Space Flight
New Crew Arrives at Space Station
The crew aboard the International Space Station is now back to a compliment of six. New Expedition 31 crew members…
Rocket Man Elton John Sings Greetings to the ISS
Sir Elton John sent a special message to the ‘rocket men’ on board the International Space Station by singing his…
Expedition 31 Blasts Off!
[/caption] After a six-week delay, the crew of Expedition 31 successfully launched aboard a Soyuz TMA-04M rocket on Tuesday, May…
Former Astronaut Criticizes NASA’s Current Course
[/caption] Former NASA astronaut Story Musgrave is neither happy nor excited about the current state of the space administration or…
Endeavour Unplugged – Last Picture Show from the Flight Deck of a Living Space Shuttle Orbiter
[/caption] At 9:58 a.m. this morning (Friday May 11), technicians unplugged Space Shuttle Endeavour marking the final power down of…
Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise in 20 Years
[/caption] In Star Trek lore, the first Constitution Class Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today,…
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SpaceX Dragon Launch Slides to May 19
[/caption]SpaceX has announced that the upcoming launch of the firms Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft on the commercial COTS 2…
The View From Freedom 7
51 years ago today, on May 5, 1961, NASA launched the Mercury-Redstone 3 rocket carrying Alan B. Shepard, Jr. aboard…
Chaos and Education at 120,000 feet for Camilla the Rubber Chicken
[/caption] In my travels, I've had the pleasure of regularly meeting up with Camilla the Rubber Chicken, the social media…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Set for Critical Engine Test Firing on Monday, April 30
[/caption] On Monday, April 30, SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) is all set to conduct a critical static engine test fire…