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 9, 2013 | Seradata News, Technology
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced another successful test of the ship launched Standard Missile SM-3 anti-ballistic missile system. The FTM-22 flight test launch at 0533 GMT on 4 October used the latest Block 1B version of the SM-3 missile which can...
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 | Sep 30, 2013 | commercial launch services, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
Space Exploration Technologies (Space X) had a successful launch of its newest version of its Falcon 9 rocket series: the Falcon 9 V1.1. The flight which took place from the Vandenberg launch site in California at 1600 GMT on 29 September successfully placed the...
by David Todd | Sep 17, 2013 | commercial launch services, NASA, Technology
The increasing popularity of using dedicated miniaturised cubesat-class spacecraft for scientific, commercial and military use has meant that many more “launch opportunities” will be needed. NASA knows this itself as its success in promoting cubesat construction by...
by David Todd | Aug 13, 2013 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Technology
The US solid rocket manufacturer ATK has received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide first and second stage propulsion for the Air Launch Vehicle (ALV) that Orbital Sciences is designing and building for Stratolaunch Systems Corporation. ATK has...
