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What a Lucky Person: Remembering STS-43, Thirty Years On

By Ben Evans, on August 2nd, 2021

OTD in 1991, astronaut John Blaha & the crew of Atlantis launched on an ambitious mission devoted to satellites and science. And Blaha realized what a lucky person he was. […]

Next Cygnus Cargo Ship Named for Challenger Hero Ellison Onizuka

By Ben Evans, on July 14th, 2021

@NorthropGrumman has named its next #Cygnus mission to @Space_Station after Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. […]

'When You Got Debts': Remembering the Shuttle's Maiden Launch, 40 Years On

By Ben Evans, on April 12th, 2021

OTD in 1981, a new era began with the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle, STS-1. […]

'Out on Parole': Remembering STS-29, OTD in 1989

By Ben Evans, on March 13th, 2021

OTD in 1989, the astronauts of shuttle Discovery launched, deployed a communications satellite & received a rather unexpected wakeup call. […]

The Sun Kept Rising: Remembering Columbia's Unflown Mission, 35 Years On

By Ben Evans, on March 6th, 2021

OTD in 1986, shuttle Columbia might have launched into the night on a mission to survey Halley’s Comet. Tragically, the loss of Challenger a few weeks earlier changed all that. […]

Firing Up the Shuttle: Remembering Columbia's First Roar, 40 Years On

By Ben Evans, on February 20th, 2021

40yrs ago today, with a lion-like roar, Columbia came alive in a major test before the first Space Shuttle mission. […]

SNC Receives FAA Approval to Land Dream Chaser on Former Shuttle Runway

By Ben Evans, on February 9th, 2021

@SierraNevCorp & @SpaceFlorida take one step closer to landing Dream Chaser @Space_Station cargo missions back home at @NASAKennedy. […]

Stopping the Shuttle: Remembering the Drag Chute, 30 Years On

By Ben Evans, on January 3rd, 2021

Until the very end of its life, NASA’s space shuttle fleet remained inherently dangerous. But 30yrs ago this month, work began to develop a technology which would make shuttle landings much safer. […]

'Huffing and Puffing': How Does Flying a Falcon 9 Compare to the Rest? (Part 2)

By Ben Evans, on June 7th, 2020

Launch of Dragon Endeavour atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 on 30 May 2020. Photo Credit: Mike Killian/AmericaSpace

It’s rare that you can time a moment in history to a single split-second. But last Saturday, that split-second fell at 3:22:45 p.m. EDT, when American astronauts rode an American-made spacecraft, atop an American-built rocket, and from […]

Celebrating Hubble's 30th Anniversary ... and Looking Beyond to the Next 30 Years

By Paul Scott Anderson, on April 29th, 2020

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (right) will pick up where the Hubble (left) will soon leave off, observing the universe in infrared & looking further back in time than Hubble ever could. Photos: NASA

April 24 marked the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which has given humanity some of the most […]

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