Book Review: Into the Void
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Into the Void: Adventures of the Spacewalkers Author: John Youskauskas and Melvin Croft
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A Speculation by Dale Skran There have been a number of interesting recent developments in terms of new launchers that are likely to be actually
First All-Civilian Orbital Flight is a Milestone This week marks the launch of the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, Inspiration4, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
Well-Tested Suborbital Tourist Rocket Soars to 63 Miles After years of development and 15 prior test flights, Jeff Bezos has taken the journey of a
You are Invited to a National Space Society Space Forum Thursday, July 22, 2021, 9:00 pm EDT to 10:15 pm EDT Rocket Summer: The Adventures
This fourth test spaceflight was the first fully crewed By Bob Brodbeck Realizing a boyhood dream, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, rocketed to
This Flight Is One Step Toward Opening Space to All Humanity On Sunday, July 11, Virgin Galactic launched the first operational passenger flight of their
Flight is first spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico By Bob Brodbeck Image: Cabin interior with passenger seats rotated back in space (courtesy of Virgin
By Dale Skran On May 9th at 2:42 AM a Falcon 9 roared skyward lofting another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. Ho-hum! That’s the 11th
SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Another Record, Reaching all Milestones and Landing Safely Image: Starship SN15 after landing (SpaceX) On Wednesday May 5 at 6:24 pm Eastern
One seat is up for auction. By Bob Brodbeck Image courtesy Blue Origin Today, May 5th, on the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Mercury 7
By Bob Brodbeck Earlier today, Wednesday April 14, 2021, Blue Origin successfully completed the 15th flight of the New Shepard rocket and capsule system at
Opinion by Dale Skran Image: SN10 vaults skyward 03 03 2021, courtesy SpaceX A bit more than a year and a half ago [August 28,
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