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MSNBC reports: A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made its maiden test flight Sunday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Designed by Scaled Composites, the huge and unique White … Continue reading →

From a SpaceX press release that I got today. It looks as if they are on track for the first demonstration flight of a Falcon 9 early in the new year: Hawthorne, CA – December 18, 2008 – Space Exploration … Continue reading →

The composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany and moved to Austria in his 20s. Send to Kindle

Interesting video of the test at Edwards, AFB. Science fiction made real: Send to Kindle

Quote for the Day: …December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was … Continue reading →

Last year, Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day was on Saturday, December 8, as reported in Wired Magazine: The whole idea is to pretend for the day that you are a traveler from a different time – except that, … Continue reading →

STS-126 mission specialist Don Pettit used some of his off-duty time on Saturday to improvise a new coffee cup for use in space. No more drinking coffee through a straw! Coffee lovers will name a planet after him someday. Send … Continue reading →

From the press release: At full power, the rocket generated 855,000 pounds of force at sea level. In vacuum, the thrust increases to approximately one million pounds or four times the maximum thrust of a 747 aircraft. The test consumed … Continue reading →

Press release from SpaceX today: Hawthorne, CA – November 23, 2008 – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, on November … Continue reading →

Ten years ago today (July 20, 1998) the first piece of the International Space Station was launched into orbit, the Zarya module (built by Russia, financed by the US). It was lofted by a Russian Proton K booster from the … Continue reading →