Archive for the ‘space travel’ category: Page 377
Feb 22, 2019
Why It’ll Take Israel’s Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
Feb 22, 2019
Virgin Galactic space plane takes first test passenger into space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Feb 22, 2019
Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space travel
Feb 21, 2019
Elon Musk: Moving to Mars would cost about $200,000
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
Feb 21, 2019
VASIMR plasma engine: Earth to Mars in 39 days?
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: nuclear energy, space travel
Circa 2017
“We’re likely to find hydrogen pretty much anywhere we go in the Solar System,” he said.
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Feb 21, 2019
Israel to launch first privately funded moon mission
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: government, space travel
While it is not a government-led initiative, the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) corporation joined as a partner. If the mission is successful, Israel will become the fourth country, after Russia, the US and China, to reach the moon.
Attempt to become fourth country to send spacecraft to lunar surface blasts off this week.
Feb 21, 2019
Is It Time For A National Space Lottery?
Posted by Bruce Dorminey in category: space travel
Feb 20, 2019
NASA, SpaceX Demo-1 Briefings, Events and Broadcasts
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space travel
NASA and commercial crew provider SpaceX are targeting 2:48 a.m. EST Saturday, March 2, for the launch of the Demo-1 uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station. The uncrewed test flights will be the first time a commercially-built and operated American rocket and spacecraft designed for humans will launch to the space station.
Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website Friday, Feb. 22 with prelaunch events.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 10 minutes after launch, Crew Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit. It is scheduled to dock to station Sunday, March 3 at 5:55 a.m. ESThe Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry about 400 pounds of crew supplies and equipment to the space station and return some critical research samples to Earth.
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