by David Todd | Sep 6, 2013 | Apollo, NASA, Orion
While NASA’s first manned spaceflight director, Chris Kraft, continues to be critical of the whole concept of building the new SLS heavy lift rocket system in favour of using current smaller launch vehicles, others remain concerned that NASA’s heavy lift...
by David Todd | Jun 19, 2013 | Apollo, exploration, History
Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut who flew with Neil Armstrong to walk on the surface of the Moon in July 1969, made an almost equally as important visit when he joined the team at Flightglobal’s chalet at the Paris Air Show. While Space is usually a tad subdued at...
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2013 | Apollo, History, Seradata News
Internet billionaire and space aficionado, Jeff Bezos, who plans to run a space transportation operation via his Blue Origin outfit, has just been congratulated by NASA’s Administrator Maj.Gen Charles Bolden for a more historical...
by David Todd | Feb 26, 2013 | Apollo, History
While the late first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong would probably not approve, by act of Congress, he has had his name replace aeronautical engineeer, Hugh Dryden, on the name plate of the Dryden Flight Research Center in...
by David Todd | Feb 12, 2013 | Apollo, History, Seradata News
Flightglobal’s Hyperbola column is sad to report that veteran BBC spaceflight correspondent Reg Turnill has died at the age of 97 on 12 February 2013. Recruited initially from the Press Association to cover industrial news, Turnill became the BBC air...
by David Todd | Oct 9, 2012 | Apollo, SLS, Space Shuttle
In its quest to pursue manned space exploration to the Moon, asteroids and onwards to Mars, NASA began its Space Launch System heavy lift launch vehicle programme after Project Constellation was cancelled. While the initial Block 1 SLS design has...
