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Per Wimmer – Exclusive interview with the adventurer and future private astronaut

Dr Andy Quinn and Per Wimmer talk about private spaceflight, the second space race and everything in between, discussing frontrunners Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin and what prospective space participants should expect when they blast Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 1 year ago June 24, 2018

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Interview 2 with Vijay, aerospace engineer & BBC2 Astronauts contestant

Dr Andy Quinn catches up Vijay after BBC2’s Astronauts: Do you have what it takes? series came to a close to get Vijay’s thoughts on the challenges of the series and on the wider second Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 2 years ago November 25, 2017

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BBC2 Astronauts: Interview with Vijay

Dr Andy Quinn caught up with Vijay, one of the contestants on BBC2’s Astronauts: Do you have what it takes? series. Vijay, 35, is an aerospace engineer currently working on designs for a hypersonic space Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 2 years ago August 20, 2017

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NASA technology experiments hitching a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket
NASA is sending into orbit Monday night a spacecraft to test a safer type of rocket fuel, an ultra-precise atomic clock that could change the way missions navigate in deep space, and an experiment to examine the resiliency of electronics to radiation. The NASA-funded missions are part of a package of 24 spacecraft awaiting liftoff […]
Photos: Falcon Heavy reaches pad 39A for its first night launch
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then was raised vertical at the seaside launch complex early Monday in preparation for a late-night liftoff with two dozen weather observation and technology demonstration satellites.
Live coverage: International Space Station crew ready for landing
Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Canadian co-pilot David Saint-Jacques and NASA flight engineer Anne McClain took their seats in their Soyuz landing craft Monday and undocked from the International Space Station at 7:25 p.m. EDT (2325 GMT). The three-person crew is heading for landing in Kazakhstan at 10:48 p.m. EDT (0248 GMT).
American, Canadian, Russian space station fliers set for return to Earth
A Russian cosmonaut, his Canadian co-pilot and a NASA flight engineer packed their Soyuz spacecraft for departure from the International Space Station Monday night, targeting a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out an action-packed 204-day mission.
Live coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set for overnight launch
The third flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, and the first at night, is set for liftoff from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) Tuesday. The massive launcher will carry two dozen spacecraft into three distinct orbits on a mission for the U.S. Air Force, […]
Next Atlas 5 launch delayed by battery failure
The next launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite, previously scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed to no earlier than July 12 to replace a failed battery on the vehicle.
Falcon Heavy to flex muscles on demanding demo launch for U.S. Air Force
On its third flight Monday night, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will fly to three different orbits with two dozen spacecraft on a mission set to last more than six hours, prompting SpaceX founder Elon Musk to declare it the company's "most difficult launch ever."
Russia postpones launch of X-ray astronomy mission
Russian officials postponed the planned launch of a Proton rocket with an X-ray astronomy satellite Friday until no earlier than July 12 resolve a problem with an inadvertently drained battery on the vehicle.
European space mission to get close-up view of new comet
A new flyby mission selected by the European Space Agency this week for launch in 2028 will be the first to intercept a new comet or interstellar object fresh from the frozen depths of the outer solar system, or beyond.
Live coverage: Russia postpones launch of X-ray astronomy mission
Russian officials have postponed the launch of the Spektr-RG astronomy mission after discovering an issue with the spacecraft. The mission was supposed to take off Friday from Kazakhstan aboard a Proton rocket, but the launch has been rescheduled for no earlier than July 12.