by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, Satellites, Science, Spaceport, Technology
Too much to see, and too little time to see it is the usual complaint about IAC, especially with respect to the various parallel strands of technical sessions. Trying to get the timing right to switch between sessions for individual lectures was virtually impossible...
by David Todd | Aug 8, 2014 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Spaceport, SpaceX
In the same way that the US Air Force and NASA had to choose over fifty years ago, Jules Verne’s characters in “From Earth to the Moon” had to make a choice between Florida and Texas for their space mission launch site(actually the site of a giant cannon). In the end,...
by David Todd | Jul 16, 2014 | commercial launch services, NASA, Seradata News, Spaceport, Technology
At the Farnborough International Air Show, Space technology was in evidence – most noticeably the special Space Zone in Exhibition Hall 3 where UK and other countries had their space wares on display. There were also some big announcements. The UK Government...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2013 | commercial launch services, Russia, Spaceport
NRO L-39 was launched by an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle ot 0714 GMT on 6 December 2013. Details about the satellite remain sketchy save to noted that it is thought to be a military radar satellitle of the TOPAZ class which was lauched fron Vandenberg in California to...
by David Todd | Oct 30, 2012 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, space station, Spaceport, SpaceX
The Dragon CRS-1 has returned to Earth. The International Space Station’s robot arm unberthed Dragon CRS 1 from the Harmony module at 1119 GMT and released it at 1329 GMT on 28 October 2012. After making two burns and jettisoning its “trunk”, the...
by David Todd | Oct 8, 2012 | commercial launch services, Spaceport
It has been revealed in a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress by Michael Berglund of the United Launch Allance that unexpectedly high temperature readings were recorded on the centrebody soon after ignition the NRO...
