Russia Suspends Soyuz Rocket Production due to Coronavirus Worries
The manufacturer of Russia’s workhorse Soyuz-2 rocket said it has paused production to keep factory workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic. In a transcript released by the Kremlin April 10, Dmitry Baranov, general director of the Samara Space Center, said the company has 52 Soyuz rockets already built — 40 in storage and 12 at […]
2020 Mars Society International Teleconvention
The Mars Society is pleased to announce that the 23rd Annual International Mars Society Convention will be convened Thursday-Sunday, October 15-18, 2020, all over the world via the Internet! Through the use of unique technology provided by the TMRO company of Anaheim, California, it will be possible to not only hold debates, panel discussions and presentations, but […]
Use NASA Work at Home Opportunities to Find New Planets and Find New Data
I think this is a great opportunity for astronomy and space engineering students as well as for amateur scientists to pass time while awaiting the end of the pandemic in their homes.#education hashtag#nasa hashtag#aerospace You can be a scientist in your own home. NASA has many opportunities for citizen scientists to contribute to ongoing research. […]
Russia’s Roscosmos sees no need to postpone ISS crew’s return to Earth over coronavirus
MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos considers it inexpedient to postpone the return of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth over the coronavirus and the quarantine imposed by Kazakhstan, the Roscosmos press office told TASS on Thursday. “Roscosmos does not consider it expedient to postpone the return of […]
Musk’s SpaceX wins NASA award to supply planned lunar space station
NASA on Friday picked a new space capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency’s planned lunar space station, a crucial building block to its plans to build a permanent post on the moon and mount future missions to Mars. SpaceX will get a portion of a $7 billion NASA […]
COVID19 and Future of Aerospace Engineering and Exciting Developments
Regardless of what is happening with COVID19 Pandemic, there are many exciting developments in Aerospace Technology such as the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Scheduled Launch for Astronauts. No matter what happens Space Technology will be the salvation of mankind in the future. Please watch the video by Prof. Dr. Ugur GUVEN on his views of […]
SpaceX, NASA Aim For Historic Crew Launch In Mid-May Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
The first crewed orbital launch from American soil is scheduled to lift off just two months from now, despite the coronavirus outbreak. NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid- to late May for the launch of Demo-2, which will send agency astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX’s Crew […]
Boeing’s First Manned Spacecraft Starliner to Be Launched to ISS on 31 August
The first manned spacecraft of the Boeing company, called Starliner, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 31 August, a source in the Russian space and rocket industry said. In December 2019, the Starliner spaceship set off on its first test flight to the International Space Station, but docking was canceled after […]
Apply to NASA Aerospace Design Competitions
2019-2020 NASA Aeronautics University Design Challenge: Urban Air Mobility Students from U.S. universities are invited to design a safe, reliable autonomous system that can deliver small packages to extremely short-takeoff-and-landing platforms within an urban environment. The system must be designed for autonomous operation with the ability to conduct at least two round trip missions over […]
Simple, fuel-efficient rocket engine could enable cheaper, lighter spacecraft
It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA’s Space Shuttle into orbit required more than 3.5 million pounds of fuel, which is about 15 times heavier than a blue whale. But a new type of engine — called a rotating detonation engine — promises to make rockets not only more […]