by National Space Society | Jun 26, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran Chair of the NSS Executive Committee Image: First SpaceX recovery of payload fairing In March of 2019 I wrote a Dragon 2 focused update on the “SpaceX Triple Trifeta.” In that article I reviewed the status of SpaceX’s three ambitious goals for 2018: •...
by National Space Society | May 17, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
Opinion By Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee In the martial arts there is something called a “committed strike.” That is a blow which cannot be “pulled” or changed in direction by the initiator. The action is complete and will...
by National Space Society | May 14, 2019 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds Jeff Bezos for the hope and inspiration he delivered to the world on Thursday, May 9 when he took the stage in Washington, D.C. to present his company Blue Origin’s plans for improving life on Earth (see his full 51-minute...
by National Space Society | May 2, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Bob Brodbeck At 8:32 am CST Thursday May 2nd Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket and payload capsule to space on the 11th flight of their test program, a.k.a. NS-11. This was the fifth flight of this particular New Shepard booster and the same...
by National Space Society | Apr 30, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space
Opinion by Robert Bunn All of a sudden, space news is everywhere―spanning a variety of sub-topics. This past month, we saw China put a versatile robotic lander on the far side of the Moon, Space-X launch another set of satellites for Iridium, then cut 10 percent of...
by National Space Society | Apr 21, 2019 | Commercial Space
Opinion By Dale Skran Three recent incidents have led to a lot of hand-wringing among space advocates. After the fully successful “hat trick” of landing both the side boosters and the center core the Falcon Heavy, the center core of the FH toppled due to heavy seas,...
by National Space Society | Apr 18, 2019 | Commercial Space, International Space Station, Space Development
By Dale Skran, NSS Chair of the Executive Committee On April 17th the final Cargo Resupply Services 1 mission to the ISS soared off the pad at 4:46 EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The NG-11 (Northrup Grumman 11) flight will...
by National Space Society | Mar 10, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Development
By George Mancuso After five days in orbit Crew Dragon Demo-1 undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and completed a picture-perfect landing with splashdown occurring at approximately 08:45 EST (1345 UTC) on March 8, 2019. The landing took place 230 miles...
