by Dan Thisdell | May 2, 2012 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Satellites
In its “Cosmic Vision” push to explore the Solar system, Europe has setits sights on Jupiter icy moons, with a mission to launch for Europa, Ganymedeand Callisto in 2022. The so-called JUICE mission – Jupiter Icy moons Explorer – will arriveat...
by David Todd | Apr 13, 2012 | exploration, History, Russia, space station
Beginning on the 12 April, – and carrying on over the next two months, the British Interplanetary Society in Vauxhall, London, is showing “First Orbit”, the hit Internet film which re-creates the story of the Major Yuri...
by David Todd | Mar 29, 2012 | exploration, History, NASA, Seradata News
In addition to his own Blue Origin rocket pursuits, Amazon guru Jeff Bezos is also interested in space history and artefacts. He is leading a team attempting to find parts of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket which was used to launch the Apollo 11 first moon...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 26, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Orion, Seradata News
When this blogger saw the headline of this 30 March article by Aviation Week’s senior space editor Frank Morring it seemed that the “program of record” that dare not speak its name had finally broken cover and spoken to the media after a self imposed...
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 7, 2010 | Ares, Constellation, exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle
In that great tradition of immoveable objects encountering the unstoppable force it seems the force has won out and the object, the flexible path aka plan A, is succumbing to Congressional willCertainly if you believe what NASAWatch thinks is happening behind...
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 22, 2010 | exploration
Hyperbola is hearing that the UK’s new space agency will be called Her Majesty’s Space Agency, the name proposed by the Labour government’s minister for space Lord Paul Drayson of KensingtonI guess if you think you’re going to lose the general...
