by David Todd | Oct 21, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note
For those of use who remember the best of Children’s television in the 1970s era when Britain only had three channels, there is good news: children’s television show, The Clangers, which was orignally shown on BBC Television, are being brought back with a...
by David Todd | Oct 16, 2013 | exploration, History, NASA
The astronaut and second US citizen to orbit the Earth (after John Glenn’s flight), Scott Carpenter, has died at the age of 88. Naval aviator and test pilot, Scott Carpenter was a member of the original “Mercury Seven” group of astronauts and flew...
by David Todd | Oct 9, 2013 | Apollo, China, exploration, History, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Science, Seradata News, Technology
It is at this time of year (well actually a little later than usual) when the Flightglobal/Ascend space team considers who is in the lead in the race to return astronauts to the Moon. Last year, we did an analysis of what a nation needed to put its astronauts on the...
by David Todd | Oct 8, 2013 | China, ESA, exploration, History, International Space Station, JAXA, NASA, Russia, Science, SLS, Technology
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is held every year in a different world city. As China has become the “third force” in manned spaceflight, it was logical and correct that Beijing, China’s capital city, should be selected as the venue...
by David Todd | Oct 4, 2013 | commercial launch services, History, Seradata News
The recent maiden flight successes of the Epsilon, Falcon 9 V1.1 and Kuaizhou seem to indicate that maiden (first) flights of launch vehicles are becoming more reliable. In fact, of these three, only the Epsilon is a “brand new” vehicle. Falcon 9 V1.1. is...
by David Todd | Oct 4, 2013 | China, History, On a Lighter Note
While there are more important commercial space conferences in the world, the International Astronautical Congress, this year being held in Beijing, China, remains the the pre-eminant International space conference with all the major space agencies in attendance. Of...
