NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need
Interesting find by Leo Boudreau on Flickr, an illustration of a von Braun ship from "Путешествие к далеким мирам" ("Journey to DIstant Worlds") by Karl Gilzen. He indicates it's from 1960, but I did find that the first edition was printed in 1956. So it may be as old as that.
Particularly interesting is that it's not just a "von Braun ship" but a direct trace of the 1952 Collier's image shown at right.
The decade-long concerns continue. NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules associated with its Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.
Two-page spread from Popular Mechanics' 5/1949 issue. Either author Ley or Wernher von Braun deserve the title of Chief Popularizer of Rockets in the post-war, pre-Sputnik era. Ley got a head start as von Braun was still at Fort Bliss when this was printed.
Two notes: the first page uses the Americanism of the time, "steps" instead of stages. That word would disappear in a few years. And the quote from Forrestal is unfortunate, as he'd be dead before the month was out.
For today’s art share, I’m throwing it back to a rocket piece that started a series I’m hoping to expand! “SPACEX DM-2 LAUNCH”, 9x12”, ink on illustration board. (Prints available!)
Martin Marietta's EGRESS, a proposed escape capsule for spaceflight based on the one used for the American B-58. This image would be from sometime around 1972, when it was proposed.
Pretty sure I've seen these expressions on Bob and Jebediah Kerman (respectively).
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions (www.nasa.gov)
NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need
SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida this evening (www.space.com)
Liftoff is scheduled for 6:39 p.m. ET tonight (Sept. 29).
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases asteroid sample capsule toward Earth in flyby, heads to Apophis (www.space.com)
OSIRIS-REx's samples of asteroid Bennu will land at 10:42 a.m. EDT (1442 GMT), while the spacecraft itself heads to a new target.
NASA's mighty SLS megarocket for Artemis moonshots 'unaffordable' for sustained exploration, audit finds (www.space.com)
The decade-long concerns continue. NASA needs to be more transparent about the costs and schedules associated with its Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket, a newly released audit has found.
Spies and hackers are targeting the US space industry: report (www.space.com)
The warning comes as the U.S. space economy is predicted to reach $1 trillion by 2030.
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite is ready to hunt for water on the moon (www.space.com)
Lunar Trailblazer joins a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice.
This Canadian satellite was supposed to last 2 years in space. It's now celebrating 20 (www.space.com)
Scisat tracks changes in the atmosphere that could 'delay the ozone recovery in a warming world.'
Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight is about to launch (archive.is)
Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers to space, is scheduled to launch from New Mexico on 10 August
These new photos of SpaceX's giant Starship Booster 9 engine test are just gorgeous (www.space.com)
The company shared a handful of static-fire shots via social media on Tuesday (Aug. 8).