Weekly Dose of Space (11/8-17/8)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had eight orbital launches occur worldwide, with Falcon 9 making up half. News this week had another commercial Crew Dragon mission announced, as well
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Re-entry: Hot Enough to Boil Steel
One thing is going to space; another is coming back. The art of entering the Earth's atmosphere is something scientists and engineers are still working on perfecting, as temperatures from the
India completes final development flight for SSLV
At 03:47 am Universal Coordinated Time on August 16th, India launched its third development flight for its SSLV launch vehicle. This third, and final, development flight flew from the Satish Dhawan Space
Weekly Dose of Space (4/8-10/8)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches occur worldwide, with one launch starting work on a new mega-constellation. News this week had Rocket Lab fire up a new
China begins mega-constellation construction!
At 14:42 pm China Standard Time, or 06:42 am Universal Coordinated Time, on August 6th, the first batch of satellites for the Shanghai-backed Qianfan mega-constellation was sent skyward! This first batch
Weekly Dose of Space (28/7-3/8)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had six launches occur, with half being performed by Falcon 9. News this week had two International Space Station-related crew announcements, and SpaceX unveil
Radiation on Our Interplanetary Journeys
Polaris Dawn is coming up and will take humans farther than we have been since 1972, when Apollo 17, the last crewed mission to the Moon, took place. Now the Polaris Dawn crew
Get to know CAS Space!
CAS Space is one of China's many commercial launch providers, and it currently operates one of the most capable launch vehicles available in the Chinese commercial launch market. However, outside of
Cosmic Curiosities - August 2024
Hello and welcome to the very first "Cosmic Curiosities" newsletter! In this new monthly newsletter, we will go over the big astronomy events you should expect in the coming month. From
Monthly Dose of Space - July 2024
Welcome to our tenth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. July has been
Falcon 9 returns!
Falcon 9 returned to flight on July 27th at 05:45 am, Universal Coordinated Time, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. The launch vehicle had been grounded for approximately fifteen days after a