Being old enough and lucky enough to have seen two Saturn 5 rockets leave Earth for the moon in my…
Tag: Rocket
British Jet Car Set to Break Land Speed Record….But whats the point.
Strap a big jet engine to a pointy car frame add some special tires and yeee haawww! But what is…
New Spaceport on East Coast at Wallops Island Va. Northeast U.S. can view launches.
Exciting news for people in the northeast U.S. who want to see a rocket launch to the space station. The…
Orion Splashdown Tests Ensure Safe Landings For Astronauts
18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft crew module NASA. — The Orion program…
Spacex Falcon to launch first commercial re-supply of station October 7th.
NASA – SpaceX and NASA continue to prepare for the company’s first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS, mission to the…
SpaceX wins $440 Million Contract to Return Astronauts to Space.
Hawthorne, CA – According to the SpaceX Web site on August third Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won a $440 million…
Latest Crew Blasts Off For International Space Station
WASHINGTON — Three new crew members are on their way to the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams,…
SPACEX MERLIN 1D ENGINE ACHIEVES FULL MISSION DURATION FIRING
SpaceX Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration…
