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Image: Axiom Station 1 Commercial Space Station Design. Credit: Axiom Space. On March 30th, 2018, NASA delivered to Congress the “International Space Station Transition Report”

Image: SpaceX Trifecta: Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5, Dragon 2 By Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 SpaceX has three major goals

2012 was the year we conquered Mars again. JPL/NASA photo, taken from the Curiosity Rover.  Despite the absence of the space shuttle, space in 2012

Me with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, October 7. It left the Earth’s bounds less than 7 hours later.  Here are some links to the

About as real as it gets: Space X Falcon 9 launch, 8:35 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2012.   Lori Garver, NASA’s Deputy Administrator, October 7,

Hey guys and gals, I know I don’t update this space as diligently as I should (life and work happens, and I’ve been very busy

The launch of SpaceX/Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch early Tuesday morning. At 3:44 a.m. Yeah, I will unfortunately not be going anywhere to view

Yep. So far, it’s a go. I’m going to try to get some pictures at a local beach. Fingers crossed…been crazy busy here, hence the

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