Reposting with corrections ("centrifugal force" is what was meant): =================================== It might help to think of two-body orbit dynamics in a...

So was talking with some folks about the Soyuz leak and someone joked about finding who made the hole and sending him to Siberia or something like that. I...

From Alain Fournier: On Sep/6/2018 at 19:23, JF Mezei wrote : I know this is likely a newbie question but... Say I have a satellite in...

"The notion of an asteroid headed for Earth is typically seen as a bad omen.. On the flip side, some scientists and entrepreneurs increasingly see this...

https://www.rt.com/news/437522-soyuz-air-leak-blunder/ Appears it was NOT a micrometeorite but was a hole drilled on Earth and covered up!

SpaceX will only use brand new Dragon V2 craft for NASA crew missions. Both SpaceX and Boeing were offered the option of reflying capsules and Boeing plans to...

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/08/soyuz-station-leak-no-threat-repairs-continue/ Apparently there's a 2mm leak on-board ISS that's been tracked down to...

Is the spaceplane for manned or unmanned launches? wrote in message...

I don't think I mention this before, but it looks like NASA has approved the SpaceX 'load and go' fueling plan for manned vehicles. All they'll have to do is...

Doc O'Leary wrote on Fri, 8 Jun 2018 13:10:48 -0000 (UTC): For your reference, records indicate that "Robert Clark"...

A description of the Parker Solar Probe take off is included in http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/parker-solar-probe-preview.html In the web page it...

Jeff Findley and I have been having on sci.space.science a discussion about water on Mars and terraforming Mars, that I appreciate very much. Nobody else is...

"Running a day late, a United Launch Alliance heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, boosting NASA’s $1.5 billion Parker...

Nighttime launch, successful 1st and 2nd stage firings, fairing release, satellite release for GSO, and landing of 1st stage at...

Aerojet Rocketdyne progressing towards six-engine RS-25 production run written by Philip Sloss July 31,...

Our planet is becoming very hot nowadays, as almost everyone in the northern hemisphere could feel. Never in the relatively short records humans have...

"A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there,...

SpaceX Falcon 9 sets new record with Telstar 19V launch from SLC-40 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/07/spacex-falcon-9-telstar-19v- launch/ From above: ...

Blue Origin just successfully tested the escape system for their manned capsule. They launched on a New Shepard rocket and then did a high altitude escape...

In article , says... The NASA PR guy just mentioned the Soyuz was fueled several hours...