A Good Week for Landing Rockets
On Saturday private launch vehicle company Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket and capsule. The capsule released from the main rocket and reached an apogee of 64.2 miles before safely parachuting back to Earth. The […]
Sam the Stuffed Dog Takes a Ride to Space (Almost)
“Sam the Dog” is the stuffed animal mascot of English Lakes Resorts and Venues, a resort company in England that seems to manage some absolutely lovely hotels and restaurants, primarily in the Lakes District in […]
Return of the Age of the Airship
During World War I, Germany was at a disadvantage in one very important aspect of warfare: its navy was severely outclassed by Britain’s. Before the war began, H.G. Wells wrote the book The War in […]
Lost in Space: Japanese Space Telescope Suffers Mysterious Fate
On February 17th, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Hitomi Space Telescope on a mission to study highly energetic events in the cosmos by looking at x-ray emissions. It successfully got to its […]
Jupiter Strike – Our Neighbor Takes Another Hit
Two amateur astronomers in different parts of the world took video through their telescopes of a sizable object slamming into Jupiter. While reviewing footage, Austrian Gerrit Kernbauer saw a flash of light on one side […]
Inflatable Space Station Module Nears Launch
A few months ago I wrote a post on Bigelow Aerospace’s B330 inflatable space module, and how the technology could facilitate trips to Mars. Inflatable modules offer more space for less launch weight than rigid […]
Gone in 20 Minutes: A Star Goes Supernova
For the first time ever, scientists have seen a star go supernova via visual light. The massively destructive process happened to the star KSN 2011d, a previously red giant star that was about 500 times the […]
Casimir Bridge: A Science Fiction Technothriller
Smart Science Fiction at its Best. “Beyer opens his series with a punch, establishing his prospective universe while simultaneously delivering sci-fi action. A chase sequence on Earth and an explosive confrontation on Eridani […]
Fire in Space
A fire on board a spacecraft is typically not a good thing. Just ask any of the six members of the Mir team in February of 1997 when a fire broke out on the Russian […]
Super Yacht of the Future
Designer Jonathon Schwinge has decided to take the world of yachts to the 22nd century with a decidedly futuristic design he calls Tetrahedron – an apt name considering it is, well, a tetrahedron – that appears […]
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