by Matt Wilson | Dec 6, 2019 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1729 GMT, 5 December 2019, a Falcon 9 rocket has carried the Dragon CRS-19 (CRS1-19) mission to the ISS. This mission was part of the Commercial ReSupply 1 (CRS1) contract between SpaceX and NASA. The Dragon capsule was...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2019 | Blue Origin, exploration, NASA, Orion
The Presidential directive to put humans on the Moon by the end of 2024 is concentrating the mind of NASA’s leadership. To some extent NASA’s hands have been bound by past equipment choices with the ever-present problem of having very limited funds to enact such a...
by Matt Wilson | Nov 6, 2019 | Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
Launching at 1400 GMT, on 2 November 2019, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Virginia, a top off an Antares 230+ rocket was the Cygnus NG-12 mission. Cygnus NG-12 is a commercial resupply mission to the ISS (International Space Station) contracted to...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 25, 2019 | History, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Personal spaceflight, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At 1357 GMT on 25 September, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Launch Site No. 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-15 crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This launch marked the end of some eras – and the beginning of...
by David Todd | Sep 16, 2019 | NASA
NASA does not have a diversity-promoting positive discrimination policy like the BBC has with its very apparent “quota” system for its TV presenters and guests. Under US law, such direct discrimination is illegal. Nevertheless, NASA does have a...
