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To Explore Space, Earth’s Environment Will Take One for the Team
The space exploration industry is booming, which is an encouraging sign for our future. But some pundits are arguing that rocket launches will exacerbate global warming. A time-lapse photograph of a...
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Humanity Gains Another Foothold in Space
The private spaceflight company SpaceX has done it again, and this latest achievement is an important one. Crew Dragon berthed with the space station at 2:51 a.m. PT [NASA] We space writers are very...
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Epic SpaceX Dragon Mission “Highlights” Video
In May, SpaceX made history — the company launched an unmanned spacecraft, the Dragon, to the International Space Station. The Dragon performed flawlessly, berthing with the orbiting outpost,...
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On Gingrich’s Moon Base Plan (and Why It Won’t Happen)
A base on the Moon? That would be awesome! But it can't be done for profit... yet (ESA). For more on this topic, you can listen to me chat with BBC 5live’s Dotun Adebayo (from “Up All Night” on Jan. 28...
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Ares I-X: Will This Be The Only Launch Of Constellation?
The Ares I-X and space shuttle Atlantis, ready to launch (NASA) This is possibly the most confusing image I have seen since I started writing about human space flight. In the foreground, we have the...
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Virgin Galactic to Fly Suborbital Flights from… Scotland?
Despite the fact the UK is effectively frozen out of participating in any kind of human spaceflight activity (we can blame Maggie Thatcher for that particular stroke of genius when she masterminded...
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Space Exploration Isn’t an Economic Stimulus. It’s a Humanity Stimulus
A scene from X3: Terran Conflict (©Egosoft) When I said this on Twitter today, it struck up a lot of support. It actually came out as a throwaway comment in Wednesday’s Astroengine Live when I was...
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No Bucks for NASA Without Buck Rogers
Guest article by Nina Lincoff An interview with Jeff Foust, Kathryn Thornton and Ian O’Neill. SpaceX Falcon 9 on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral (SpaceX) On Feb. 24, 2009, a quarter of a billion...
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Grab Your Mai Tai and Helmet, We’re Flying into Space… from Hawaii!
Coming to a tropical island near you (NASA, edited by Ian O'Neill) Hawaii state officials are seriously considering applying to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a spaceport licence....
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Can SpaceX Benefit from NASA’s Share of the Economic Stimulus Package?
The Falcon 9/Dragon launch configuration for crew transport. Note the launch escape rocket added to the Dragon capsule nose cone (SpaceX) Over the weekend, I discussed the pros and cons of a recent...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Fully Integrated at Cape Canaveral
The Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral (SpaceX) As the first post of 2009, I couldn’t think of a more worthy topic: SpaceX. Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company is accelerating its progress ever since the...
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SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Awarded NASA Contracts: $3.5 Billion Total
SpaceX Dragon approaches the ISS (SpaceX) NASA has just signed two very large cheques for two private spaceflight companies, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corporation....
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