May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
...made from hydrocarbons, captured carbon, and renewable fuels. Smart textiles At the 2023 Advanced Textiles Expo in Florida, USA, representatives of the German Institutes of Textile and Fibre Research Denkendorf (DITF) discussed the many possibilities...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... College London, MS in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Florida. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork at Spaceport America, worked for the commercial spaceflight industry, and...
05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, held its 100th successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. The Atlas V rocket was carrying a Morelos-3 satellite for Mexico’s network of satellites, but The Washington...
03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... Space Station. The Cygnus is scheduled to launch at 5:55 p.m EST (2255 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. This is the fourth resupply mission performed by Orbital ATK, out...
21 December 2015
SpaceX’s postponed rocket launch due for lift off today
... this evening. The rocket is now scheduled to launch at 8:33 pm ET time Monday (0133 GMT Tuesday) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, said the California-based company. One key aim of SpaceX’s mission, is after lift off, to land the...
22 December 2015
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully
.... The upgraded Falcon 9 lifted off at 8:29 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Deployment of the 11 Orbcomm satellites started about 14 minutes after liftoff. “The Falcon has landed,” the SpaceX...
