UPDATE: Oops, AM not PM. NASA is going to try again to launch SLS/Artemis. Currently the launch window opens on Wednesday, November 16, at 1:04 AM Eastern time. The launch window is 2 hours. NASA Sets New Coverage for Artemis I Moon Mission Launch
The Zambian space program was a magnificent Other Way Of Space Knowing. Did it fail due to machinations from the bigger nations? Or did it succeed, and right now Mars is populated by enlightened Zambians?
The LOFTID inflatable aeroshell was apparently a complete success, inflating in space, entering, popping a chute, splashing down and being recovered at sea. I wonder if this could be conveniently applied to the Falcon 9 second stage.
Atlas launch to test inflatable heat shield A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:25 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. The primary payload of the rocket is the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 2 weather satellite … A secondary payload on the launch…
An Aerojet rendering, unfortunately not in color, of the Small ICBM (MGM-134 “Midgetman”) from the 80’s. This was a single-warhead missile meant specifically to be carried by and launched from an off-road truck/trailer capable of withstanding a reasonably nearby nuclear blast. The image hear focuses on the second stage; like all post-Minuteman US ICBM’s, the…
The filming miniature of the USCM Dropship from “Aliens” is being auctioned off. It’s a bit incomplete and showing its age, but it’d be a hell of a thing to own. I’d love to have one in 1/35 scale to go with the APC model kit. Sigh.
The October 2022 rewards are available for APR Patrons and Subscribers. This latest package includes: Large format art: A Bell Aerospace painting of the D188A VTOL fighter/bomber Document: “Standard Aircraft Characteristics – Convair Class VF Seaplane Night Fighter (SKATE)” diagrams and data for seaplane jet fighter Document: “21St Century Aerospace – The 20th Century Challenge,”…
The YouTube channel “Found and Explained” just released a video on the 4,000 ton Orion Battleship, with the model used based on my reconstruction from issue V2N2 of “Aerospace Projects Review.” The video was sponsored by a “Star Trek” video game, so there are a *lot* of Star Trek references in the video. For more…
A Boeing concept from 1983 for an Orbital Transfer Vehicle. This vehicle would change the orbit of the payload not only propulsively, but by using aerodynamic drag to slow the vehicle at perigee. When returning a payload from geosynchronous orbit, it would dive into the upper atmosphere and use aerodynamic lift and drag to slow…
Russia warns West: We can target your commercial satellites Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the Russian foreign ministry’s department for non-proliferation and arms control, told the United Nations that the United States and its allies were trying to use space to enforce Western dominance. “Quasi-civilian infrastructure may be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike,”…
