Aug
16
SpaceX to fly to Int’l Space Station in November
SpaceX to fly to Int’l Space Station in November.
Tag Archives: space
Apr
13
Twenty Myths About Gagarin’s Spaceflight — IEEE Spectrum
Twenty Myths About Gagarin’s Spaceflight — IEEE Spectrum.
Mar
18
A casualty of the Space Race
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komorov went into space in a craft he knew was shoddily built. He took the assignment to save his friend, Yuri Gagarin the first man in space, from having to fly it instead. Komorov did not survive the … Read More
Jan
28
Challenger 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years ago word went around the place I worked that something terrible had happened to the Challenger space shuttle. Someone grabbed the television that the training folks had to play video tapes and jury-rigged an antenna and all of … Read More
Dec
08
Space gets commercialized
Perhaps it was inevitable that NASA’s monopoly on space travel would end, that it was time for a new approach. Still, seeing SpaceX’s commercial spacecraft launched successfully makes me wonder what space travel will be in the future. 2001: A … Read More
Sep
01
NASA on The Commons Photostream
NASA is posting historical photos on Flickr with no restrictions. If you’re a space history buff, this is a great place to check out images you may not have seen before.
