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The Spacewalk and the Space Shmutz

Published on October 27, 2019 By sirrahc

After being scrubbed and re-scheduled from this past March, the first all-female spacewalk took place the morning of Oct. 18, 2019. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir successfully installed a 232-pound replacement for a faulty battery charge/discharge unit (BCDU) in the lab’s solar power system. It may not sound all that difficult, but it […]

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Successful Test Flight

Published on March 10, 2019 By sirrahc

“[The Commercial Crew Program] is one step closer to launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil.”  — NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine In Aug. 2016, I wrote about SpaceX’s repeated missions carrying cargo back-and-forth between Earth and the International Space Station (ISS) with its Dragon capsule. I also mentioned SpaceX’s plans for future manned […]

Private Space Firm Targets the Moon

Published on August 28, 2016 By sirrahc

“Bang! Zoom! To the Moon!” Did you miss it? Splashdown! Just a couple days ago, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule came home after spending over a month at the International Space Station (ISS). This mission was the 9th (out of a planned 20 under contract) since 2012, when Dragon “became the first commercial spacecraft in history to […]