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On Monday, NASA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) published the first public report on the SpaceX CRS-7 failure. The accident occurred on June 28th, 2015 when a Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage experienced an over-pressurization event during first stage ascent. The incident led to a launch vehicle failure approximately two minutes… Read more“NASA’s IRT publishes report on SpaceX’s CRS-7 failure”
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has won a major contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop their largely solid propulsion OmegA rocket. The contract award, valued at an approximate total of $792 million to be paid in increments over various phases, ensures the Air Force that NGIS will develop both… Read more“NGIS highlights advantages of their Air Force contract win with OmegA”
SpaceX and Boeing continue to make steady progress towards the major flight tests under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. At a NASA Advisory Council (NAC) meeting on Monday, the members were updated on the progress of each of the two providers. Overall, the updates were quite positive with most of the… Read more“NAC provides Starliner, Dragon 2 update – Commercial Crew preps entering final leg to launch”
On September 29th, 2017, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled detailed plans of the Big Falcon Rocket at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. It was a follow-up speech to the prior year’s presentation when he first discussed the architecture of what was then called the Interplanetary Transport System. … Read more“The Evolution of the Big Falcon Rocket”
SpaceX is working a dual test flow for its new Super Heavy and Starship systems, with construction ongoing in Florida while Starhopper prepares to restart test operations in Texas. Two orbital Starship prototypes are now in staggered stages of production while the first Super Heavy booster is set to begin… Read more“SpaceX ramps up operations in South Texas as Hopper tests loom”
As part of a planned presentation to the NASA Advisory Council, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, Kathy Lueders, updated the advisory council on the status of the investigation for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon anomaly that occurred in April.
NASA has released information regarding the U.S. space agency’s payloads that will launch on the Air Force’s STP-2 (Space Test Program -2) mission on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket later this month.
A lot of companies outsource some part of their business. It is quite a common practice, which has a lot of benefits but also poses some risks. We will try to figure out how risky it is to use IT outsourcing services. As a business owner, you may want to… Read more“How risky is IT outsourcing?”
Many people have a question what is better, buy proxies or VPN. Let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of the first and second options, after which you will choose the one that suits you. Despite the fact that the result of both technologies allows you to achieve the same… Read more“When to use proxy, and when VPN”
Regardless of one’s personal opinions of the current executive branch leadership, they demonstrate a real and ongoing interest in space issues. In the past, presidents have dropped into a NASA center, made soaring speeches about space, and then moved on. Vice President Pence, on the contrary, has shown ongoing interest… Read more“Reasons to be optimistic The Politics”