Saturday, October 31, 2020

For your reading pleasure: The Flight of the Grey Falcon

Sunday, October 25, 2020

NASA's OSIRIS-REx collects science treasure from asteroid Bennu

A space probe called OSIRIS-REx reached out and touched an asteroid named Bennu and collected a small amount of soil and pebbles left over from the formation of the solar system. In the fullness of time, OSIRIS-REx will carry this science treasure back to Earth, where it is eagerly awaited by researchers.

For your reading pleasure: Warrior's Heart
Would Biden withdraw from NASA’s Artemis Accords to govern the exploration of space?

If Joe Biden is elected president, he will have a decision to make concerning a new international agreement governing space exploration. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that eight nations have signed the Artemis Accords, an agreement that cover relevant areas of space exploration ranging from resource utilization to space debris removal. The agreement is meant to complement the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.

Blue Origin takes one small step toward being a competitor to SpaceX

Recently, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket into the skies over west Texas. The flight was the 13th time a version of the New Shepard flew into space, the 12th time it was entirely successful. The flight was one more small step toward making Blue Origin a major launch company that could compete with SpaceX.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

For your reading pleasure Gabriella's Holy War

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Mark Kelly's views on Space Force, NASA's Artemis return to the moon are problematic

Captain Mark Kelly, a candidate for senator from the state of Arizona, has an impressive resume. He flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm. He flew on the space shuttle four times, twice as a mission commander.

However, Kelly’s views on space policy, a subject with which he should be familiar, given his former profession, are problematic.

Sunday, October 04, 2020

The International Artemis Alliance to return to the moon takes shape

Italy joins Japan, Australia, Canada and the European Union in what is shaping up to be a NASA-led Artemis Alliance to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972 to build a “lunar base camp” at the moon’s south pole. Astronauts will conduct science and enable commerce on Earth’s nearest neighbor as well as test technologies and practice techniques for a human mission to Mars.