The Russian Prichtal module is prepared for launch to the International Space Station. Smaller Russian modules of the ISS are launched atop a modified Soyuz service module which is then discard...
FAMED ARECIBO RADIO TELESCOPE COLLAPSES, ENDING 57-YEAR RUN The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was abruptly decommissioned two weeks ago due to hazardous structural conditions, c...
This blog is to proliferate space travel and exploration to people the world over in an attempt to inspire a sense of awe and wonder into mankind’s greatest accomplishment - the exploration of the stars. Former NASA History social media content creator. Now a journalist covering rocket launches, space programs, and activities.Passionate about spaceflight since the age of two, I live and breath rockets, NASA, and anything space. I also enjoy Florida History and World’s Fairs. I’m an avid explorer, and I’ll occasionally post images from my travels.22 - FL
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Dragonship Endeavour is seen docked to the International Space Station in this stunning ground-based view taken by the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing laboratory June 15. The AMOS teles...
This blog is to proliferate space travel and exploration to people the world over in an attempt to inspire a sense of awe and wonder into mankind’s greatest accomplishment - the exploration of the stars. Former NASA History social media content creator. Now a journalist covering rocket launches, space programs, and activities.Passionate about spaceflight since the age of two, I live and breath rockets, NASA, and anything space. I also enjoy Florida History and World’s Fairs. I’m an avid explorer, and I’ll occasionally post images from my travels.22 - FL
Calypso Starliner returns to earth after shortened Orbital Flight Test (December 22, 2019). Following a shortened, 49 hour, 21 minute flight in space, Boeing’s Starliner Calypso safely landed ...
INAUGURAL STARLINER MISSION CUT SHORT AS COMPUTER ANOMALY NIXES ISS RENDEZVOUS. (DECEMBER 21, 2019) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule launched on its maiden voyage to space Friday morning, b...
INAUGURAL STARLINER FLIGHT ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD. (DECEMBER 18, 2019) With countdown clocks ticking towards the first test of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, the United Launch Alliance rolled the ...
LIGHTSAIL-2 DEPLOYS SOLAR SAIL, BEGINNING ORBITAL OPERATIONS (JULY 23, 2019). Four weeks after launching on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 spac...
CHINA’S ISPACE PERFORMS FIRST EVER CHINESE PRIVATE SECTOR LAUNCH. China’s rapidly expanding aerospace industry achieved a significant milestone Thursday, July 25, with the first ever succes...
India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission launches on a GSLV Mk III vehicle from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, 2:43pm India Standard Time, July 22, 2019. Chandrayaan-2 is Ind...
INDIA LAUNCHES FIRST LUNAR LANDER, ROVER, ON CHANDRAYAAN-2 MISSION (JULY 22, 2019). Closing out a week of historic lunar anniversaries, India’s space research organization, ISRO, attempted to...
CHINA’S TIANGONG-2 LABORATORY REENTERS ATMOSPHERE. (JULY 19, 2019) After nearly three years in orbit, China’s second prototype space station module, Tiangong-2, reentered the Earth’s atmo...
Following last month’s STP-2 mission, the WorldView-3 satellite captured the two side boosters from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket at Landing Zone’s 1 and 2. One booster is having its land...
APOLLO-ERA LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 CAPTURED FROM ORBIT ON EVE OF APOLLO 11 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY (JULY 10, 2019). Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite captured these views of Kennedy Space Center...
NASA’s Ascent Abort 2 launches from LC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, July 2, 2019. AA-2 tested the Orion capsule’s Launch Escape System during flight conditions. The 96 foot vehi...
SATELLITES CAPTURE HISTORIC IMAGES OF 2019 SOLAR ECLIPSE. Visible to Earthlings only along a narrow band of Chile and Argentina, Earth’s first total solar eclipse since 2017 crossed the Southe...
ASCENT ABORT 2 COMPLETES ORION TEST PROGRAM. (JULY 2, 2019) Reminiscent of the early 1960s tests for the Mercury and Apollo programs, NASA performed a three-minute flight test of the Orion Laun...
SPACEX’S CARGO DRAGON, FLYING NASA’S DM-1 MISSION, UNDOCKS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 2:32AM EST, MARCH 7, 2019. Dragon spent just over five days at the orbiting laboratory durin...