19 September 2023
The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites
...coverage is an interesting mix of historic and modern, facilities and technology, and an early monochrome view of the Kennedy Space Center ‘rocket garden’ shows how things have progressed since the 1960s. The Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, marks...
08 May 2017
"Secret" space plane lands after 2 years in orbit
...nearly two years in orbit conducting a classified mission, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B unmanned space plane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday. Built by Boeing, the U.S. military's experimental X-37B, which has overtones of the...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
... be scrubbed due to rain and lightning around Kennedy Space Center. Today though, although ominous-looking clouds still ...enjoyed reading this article, please consider subscribing to ROOM Space Journal to gain immediate and full access to the latest...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... Area (D201) operated and managed by Defence and Space Company QinetiQ. From fully functioning communications satellites to smal...four being in the United States. Rocket launches at Kennedy Space Center have been delayed in the past because the Welsh ...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
...’s Orion spacecraft is finally ready to be shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA where it will be put together with ...should anything go wrong. And for additional storage (for space souvenirs perhaps?) it is also equipped with a stowaway ...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... To counter Musk’s pricing strategy, Russia will slash the price of its space launch services by 30 percent, said Rogozin. A move that means reducing non...a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida later this year.
