The Vostochny Cosmodrome
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport currently under construction, located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to become the main centre for Russia’s...
Category: Technology
Maven Launch – 18th November 2013
A new Mars orbiter, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, was launched on November 18, 2013, on top of an Atlas V-401 vehicle. It managed to successfully launch on the first day...
Extreme Astronomy
We are entering a new era in astronomy as a new generation of telescopes come online. Each new discovery provides many answers but also asks a series of new questions.
Holidays In Outer Space
A documentary looking at the possibility of leisure space travel and the aircraft that could take tourists to uncharted holiday destinations. Some of the things are already becoming a reality or are in the design...
The Birth of the ALMA Observatory
A documentary from 2012 that reveals the motivations, struggles and ultimate triumphs of the people designing and building the most elaborate ground-based astronomical observatory ever, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Commercial Space Program Success
America challenged private industry to develop new economical space transportation systems. It rose to the challenge and NASA now has two space transportation systems. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft and Orbital’s Antares rocket and...
History of Spaceflight – 5
We continue looking at the early history of spaceflight, this time looking at Skylab, the first joint US Soviet mission and the reusable space shuttle.
Revolutionary Ideas About Space Travel
A look at some revolutionary ideas about travel in space, from ship designs to innovative methods of propulsion such as solar sails and laser beams. Also a look at antimatter as a power source...
End of the Road for Kepler
The NASA built space telescope Kepler was designed to give us some initial answers to these questions. The flying telescope was launched in 2009 and until summer of 2013. But defects have made it...
History of Spaceflight – 3
We continue our series on the history of space. We look at Von Braun’s vision of space travel and its impact on the early rockets and spaceships. Also includes an interesting 1952 concept of...
Launch of New Japanese Rocket, Epsilon – 14th September 2013
A new rocket for Japan launched on September 14th 2013 from the Uchinoura Space Center. The new solid fueled rocket, called Epsilon carried a small payload SPRINT-A into orbit which is an ultraviolet astronomy...
How Not to Get Lost in Space – Bill Nye
Bill Nye explains how NASA will successfully steer the Juno spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter. In the vast reaches of Space, being of course by even a single degree can have catastrophic result. Watch...
NASA Warp Drive Project
The only way Humans are really going to be able to explore the Universe is through technology like the ‘warp’ drive. Here we look at look at NASA’s research into warp drive technology.
FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL – The Three Rocketeers
The story of Alan Bond and his reaction engine. An engine that could revolutionize space travel but many problems have to be overcome before the reaction engine could become a reality.
Lunar Space Lift
Last year US firm, Liftport, announced an ambitious project to build a lunar space elevator that could transport both robots and humans using an existing technology, in less than a decade.
Future Technology – Michio Kaku
We are making the transition from scientific discovery to scientific mastery. A world where will be able to manipulate and mould nature.
Polarizing Planets
The Very Large Telescope on Mt Paranal, Chile, will distinguish the polarized light of planet atmospheres from the light of their parent stars thereby offering a new planetary detection system. The new system will...
LADEE Launches – 6th September 2013
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) robotic probe launched Friday night atop an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur V rocket. Data from LADEE will help scientists better understand other planetary bodies in our...
