by National Space Society | Jul 27, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By George Mancuso On July 25, 2019 Starhopper rose to an altitude of approximately 20 meters at the SpaceX McGregor Texas facility while also performing a pad translation. Starhopper is a low fidelity prototype, intended to test Raptor engines and control systems for...
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 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...
by National Space Society | Mar 8, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President With today’s complete success of the Demonstration Mission-1 uncrewed test of the Dragon 2 crew capsule, it seemed appropriate to provide an additional update to the “SpaceX Triple Trifeta” which was last written about in...
