Latest Space News - Echoes of Apollo

NASA’s Ares 1-X Launch Meets Expectations!
Comments from NASA following the Ares 1-X launch indictaed that the only impediment that they faces was waiting for clear weather. Early indications are that the rocket performed as expected and reached a height of 21.9 miles beofre engine burnout. The upper stage separated as planned and the first stage [...]

Download “Facilities on the ISS”
The International Space Station is the first step in exploration, from research and discovery, to international cooperation, to commercial development, and to exploring beyond low-Earth orbit. This booklet from NASA outlines the ISS research capabilities and potential as we usher in this new phase of on-orbit research.
CLICK HERE to download the [...]

2009-10-25
Here are the latest space news clips from Echoes of Apollo
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Ares I-X Test Flight in HD
Ares I-X will be an atmospheric test flight in the Ares I rocket development program. The test flight vehicle will be similar to the planned Ares I. The flight is scheduled for July 2009 at the earliest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMjjB3ziBfA
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Long Night [...]

Download the Augustine Committee Report

CLICK HERE for a 7Mb copy of the Augustine Committee Report – “Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation”
CLICK HERE for a brief outline of the report (our previous news story)
Image Courtesy of NASA/Bill Ingalls

Ares 1-X Launch Test, its Timing  and its Implications – Opinion
Below is a link to a story from Space.com. It is a story worth reading given the new report just released. It is the Augustine Committee’s 155 page report entitled “Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation”.

NASA Clears New Rocket For Tuesday [...]

2009-10-23

Sensing disasters from space
Prof. Eyal Ben-Dor’s “hyperspectral remote sensor” combines sophisticated sensors in orbit with sensors on the ground and in the air to give advance warnings about contamination, pollution and weather disasters.
Click here to read the story

Air Force’s Secretive Space Plane Nears Maiden Voyage
You would think an unpiloted space plane, hurled from Florida atop [...]

Tidbinbilla 40 years after Apollo 11
Speech at Tidbinbilla (Australia) on the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 by Mike Dinn – Tidbinbilla could track both spacecraft (as could Honeysuckle Creek). The Honeysuckle Creek antenna that brought us the first lunar steps from Neil Armstrong is now located at Tidbinbilla but has just been retired in August [...]

HoneySuckle Creek and Parkes A11+40.
A news story about the Apollo 11 communications from an Australian perspective. It shows my good friend John Sarkissian commenting on the role of the Parkes facility in relaying the bulk of the Apollo 11 moon video. Honeysuckle Creek is also shown. Honeysuckle creek brought the whole world the first video [...]

Video Honoring Madrid Achievements.
Madrid was an essential part of the Apollo missions along with centres in Australia and the USA. It remains a cornerstone of the deep space communications network. It was one of the Apollo MSFN stations. This video honors the Madrid Apollo and the Deep Space Network (DSN) tracking stations. It is in [...]

2009-10-12

Saturn V Cutaway Poster.
This is one of the best cutaways posters of the Saturn V Rocket we have seen – for both adults and kids. Even shows the ullage rockets – nice detail. They are used to keep some thrust (artificial gravity) between staging so that liquids stay at the bottom of tanks where they [...]