Category Archives: Technology

India to Mars

Posted on November 6, 2013 by

On November 5, 2013, at 4:08 a.m. EST (0908 GMT) the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota launched an ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying India’s Mars Orbiter Mission. The Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as … Continue reading →

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SpaceShipTwo

Posted on October 20, 2013 by

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Learning How to Recover the First Stage of a Falcon 9

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

From SpaceX, regarding the September 29 launch of an upgraded Falcon 9 from Vandenberg AFB in California: Though not a primary mission objective, SpaceX was also able to initiate two engine relights on the first stage. For the first restart … Continue reading →

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Rockets to Scale

Posted on October 15, 2013 by

I had been wanting to compare the sizes of some of the various rockets that seem important to me. When I failed to find anything that satisfied me, I decided to create my own chart. I took images of the … Continue reading →

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Well Done, Grasshopper

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

From SpaceX: On Monday, October 7th, Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744m altitude. The view above is taken from a single camera hexacopter, getting closer to the stage than in any previous flight. Grasshopper is a … Continue reading →

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Falcon 9-R

Posted on October 1, 2013 by

The first demonstration launch of the new version of the Falcon 9, referred to as either the Falcon 9 v.1.1 or the Falcon 9-R launched successfully from Vandenberg AFB on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 9:00 AM PDT. A report … Continue reading →

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Warp Drive Update

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

Below is a video from the third day of this past week’s Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress. Dr. White of NASA updated the progress of his experiments (at the NASA Houston space center) to create a tiny warp bubble (yes, like … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Update

Posted on August 15, 2013 by

Once again SpaceX flew their Grasshopper in Texas. According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Twitter, the goal of the test was to determine if the rocket could perform “hard lateral deviation, stabilize & hover, rapid descent back to pad.” … Continue reading →

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God Loves You

Posted on July 24, 2013 by

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) The short … Continue reading →

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Enterprise

Posted on June 29, 2013 by

On Pearl Harbor Day, 2009—64 years after the Japanese attack—the first commercial suborbital space ship was unveiled in Mojave, California. The then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the then New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson officially certified the name of the … Continue reading →

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