Date: June 27, 2020 We’ve been traveling across the Milky Way Galaxy for some time. We have not seen any sign of other life forms since we left the comet. But I remain hopeful. Starman has been an excellent…dare I say…companion thus far. There’s room for improvement in him, but I do not dislike him....
June 3, 2010 was an ominous night for SpaceX. The winds howled and the rain battered the first Falcon 9 rocket’s body as it stood on Cape Canaveral’s historic 39A launch pad. In retrospect, the next day was incredibly important for SpaceX, as it signaled what could very well be the start of a new...
“America has launched. And so rises the new era of American spaceflight, and with it, the ambitions of a new generation, continuing the dream,” proclaimed one of the announcers covering the event right after Crew Dragon shot up the sky and towards the still unexplored frontier called space. The launch marks a pivotal step to...
Many cultures across the globe have legends about dragons that would carry the gods or other beings on magical journeys. These fire breathing beasts are an inspiration to another type of Dragon that will make history, if all goes to plan, on Saturday. 51 years ago, the Apollo 11 crew blasted off from Launch Pad...
NASA is accepting applications for new astronauts and hopes to send another man to the moon by 2024. However, it might be a woman instead–the world’s youngest astronaut in training is from Baton Rouge, LA, and she is only 18. Allyssa Carson is actually prepping to be the first human on Mars. At 15, she...
The Port of Los Angeles has granted SpaceX approval to build its Starship. Representatives of SpaceX told LA’s City Councilman, Joe Buscaino’s office that they were interested in the port site because it needed the additional manufacturing capacity for its Starship spaceship and rocket booster. Even though Starship wasn’t mentioned by name, a SpaceX rep...
Space Adventures is teaming up with SpaceX to help you go on your very own Space adventure. Space Adventures is a private space tourism company that has given private astronauts such as Guy Laliberté Mark Shuttleworth and Anousheh Ansari some nice space vacays. This news is actually not that surprising since SpaceX has been working...
On February 6, 2018, Elon Musk launched his Tesla Roadster and Starman into space on the Falcon Heavy’s maiden mission. Starman in his SpaceX spacesuit and the 2008 Tesla Roadster was Elon’s primary vehicle for commuting to work. He is the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla. This historic test flight made history as it...
On Sunday, January 19, 2020, SpaceX intentionally blew up one of its rockets in an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket lifted off from Pad 39A which is the same pad that was built for the Apollo program. This was a successful test of the...
Earlier tonight, SpaceX launched its first launch of the decade and it was another project by Elon Musk: Starlink satellites. Starlink. Starlink, for those who may not understand it, is a satellite constellation that will provide worldwide internet via satellite. It will be made up of thousands of small satellites that work with ground transceivers...
