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Antares sails test payload into orbit
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/04/22 11:12 CDT | 3 comments
Orbital Sciences Corporation completed a major milestone for NASA's COTS program as their Antares rocket sent a test payload into orbit.
Antares ready for inaugural flight
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/04/11 09:48 CDT | 5 comments
Orbital Sciences Corporation is ready to send their Antares rocket system on its inaugural flight.
SpaceX's Grasshopper makes leap toward reusability
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/12/26 01:18 CST | 14 comments
SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket passed its most ambitious test flight yet, rising 12 stories before hovering and settling gently back down onto its landing pad.
North Korea launches first satellite
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/12/12 05:04 CST
North Korea successfully launched their first satellite from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station at 9:49 a.m. local time Wednesday.
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2012/11/26 04:44 CST
MSL Curiosity left the Earth one year ago today. This is my experience of the launch.
Examining India's new RISAT 1 Earth observation satellite
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/05/02 12:03 CDT | 1 comments
Last week, India launched RISAT 1, a new Earth-observing satellite. How does its synthetic aperture radar compare to that of Envisat, which has fallen silent?
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