All Rocketry Blogs

Shroudlines: 1991...Estes Does Scale Right! (2017-03-08)

When people think of the "Golden Years of Model Rocketry" 1991 does not usually spring to mind. 1960's and 1970's seem much more suited to the title. However, a quick glance at the 1991 catalog ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Saturn V Large Scale Cutaway (2007-06-19)

Enjoy this all time great rocket, one of the most sexy yet made. If only we had a few left for large scale missions to mars or the outer planets, or to launch large space telescopes (a folding 30 ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Aerospike Engine (2007-10-21)

A high power type Aerospike motor - basically an inverted bell where the flame is built around a graphite spike. Very nice! I bet hobby motors could use this technology. This is the big kind - ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: A sub scale SRB static fire (2007-11-10)

"November 2nd, 2007 An amazing sight lit up and roared in the Utah desert Thursday (11-1-07) and it was witnessed by many wanting to check it out. Alliant Techsystems (ATK) test fired a reusable ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: A Ladder to Space (2008-05-18)

A whatta to wha? What do I mean by a ladder to space? Am I going to try to build the World’s Largest Structure Ever Conceived by Man? DTH Rocket Endeavors’ Ladder to Space – noun: ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: Why I Don't Like NASA (2008-06-03)

As I mentioned in my last post, I am not all that impressed with NASA. I know that it's hard to think about the atmosphere and outer space without thinking about NASA, but that's not what I want to ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Skylab (2008-08-11)

"Skylab was launched 14 May 1973 by a Saturn INT-21 (a two-stage version of the Saturn V launch vehicle) into a 235 nautical mile (435 km) orbit. The launch is sometimes referred to as Skylab 1, or ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: N-1 (2008-08-27)

I think Russian rockets are pretty much the coolest of all. The N1 is possibly the most impressive, best looking rocket ever made. The inter-stage open truss design (common in communist rockets) ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Move over plasma thrusters, black powder is on the job (2008-11-30)

Check out the following excerpt from NASA Space Flight : Later in the day, Endeavour carried out the deployment of a solar cell experiment Picosat on behalf of the Department of Defence (DOD). ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Some new books (2008-12-12)

These books are part of the latest Amazon order. Some of them were only $5 shipped... compared to the stamped prices of 15, 20, 25, or more each. Great deals! The space shuttle book is hardcover, ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: (2009-03-15)

Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off from the Cape. March 15th 2009. Awesome Photo by: Bill Turner of Tequesta, Florida 160 mile south of the launch site. [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Did Bat Hitch a Ride to Space? (2009-03-18)

The bat, seen clinging to the external fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery before its launch on Sunday , apparently clung for dear life to the side of the tank as the spaceship lifted off. ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Gyro stabilization and the big a$$ rocket of the day (2009-04-06)

Clark Lindsey points to the latest flight of the Gyroc VTVL testbed . This gyroscopically stabilized testbed uses commercially available long-burn model rocket motors for takeoff and landing. While ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA buys 24 seats aboard Russian Soyuz space vehicles (2009-04-19)

NASA plans on buying up to 24 seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) after the Space Shuttle is retired. NASA’s Johnson Space Center, ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Shuttle SRB splashdown (2009-04-28)

Photo from nasa1fan's Flickr set : [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: The Greatest Machine Ever Built (2009-07-07)

Forty Eight years ago (May 25, 1961) U.S. president John Kennedy announced the goal of landing Americans on the Moon by the end of the decade. Kennedy's ambitious speech triggered a nearly ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA Will Pay Russians For Rides To Station (2009-08-11)

CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa plans to use $50 million (R400m) of federal economic stimulus funds to seed development of commercial passenger transportation service to space, agency officials said yesterday. ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: THE CONCEPTS WERE THERE; SO WERE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO WHAT HAPPENED? AND IS ARES NEXT? (2009-08-23)

By Shelby G. Spires Times Aerospace Writer The American space program has no set goals, faces changing priorities and has axed multi-billion dollar projects every few years. A few examples: NASA ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ATK to Test First 5-Segment Ares Rocket Motor (2009-08-27)

Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) Space Systems and NASA will make history on August 27 as the new Ares I five-segment first stage is tested, marking the start of a new era of space exploration. ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Some interesting searches to this page (2009-09-23)

These are from the past few hours: saturn 5 pictures how high does first stage rocket send space shuttle long high powered rocket high power rocketry altitude record kosdon rocket ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Pegasus XL (2009-09-30)

The next installment in my "just cut and paste rocket crap from Wikipedia" series is all about a fun little rocket, one of the smallest satellite launchers ever. "In a Pegasus launch, the carrier ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Cool VASIMR graphic from the NY Times (2009-11-04)

Sadly, they perpetuate the misconception that we have not yet sent men to Mars because it takes too long to get there. No, the trip is already fairly short with normal rockets. We have not gone to ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Air Force space plane shooting for April launch (2009-11-24)

In a response to written questions, an Air Force spokesperson said the unmanned spaceship is scheduled for launch April 19 on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The winged X-37B, also ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff (2010-01-08)

ROCKET SCIENCE New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff Hypersonic vehicle in the upper atmosphere travelling at Mach 8, indicating heating in the leading edges and ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Preps Continue Toward a Targeted Feb. 7 Launch (2010-01-14)

Preps Continue Toward a Targeted Feb. 7 Launch Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:28:37 AM CST At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers at Launch Pad 39A began loading fuel into space shuttle Endeavour's ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: The X-37B and Beyond. The Future of the Space Plane (2010-01-15)

I have been wondering why the USAF created the X-37B? Why has the USAF and NASA gone in separate directions when it comes to accessing space. Basically it boils down to the mission and the money. The ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Paavo John Rahkonen dies at age 79 (2010-01-18)

Saturday, January 16, 2010  > Paavo John Rahkonen 1930-2009 OGDEN, Utah USA — After three years of battling a rare incurable blood disease, American solid ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Concept Ship Friday (update) (2010-01-22)

First up is some neat retro stuff from Scott Lowther and his Unwanted Blog.  In his post, About the Landing Boats , he expounds on how he 'derived' the design for the lifting body style ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology (2010-02-01)

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press Monday, February 1, 2010; 4:11 PM WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Modeling alert: 30 years of future launch vehicles (2010-02-04)

Clark Lindsey lets us know about Marcus Lindroos' archive about "future launch vehicle" designs that arose between 1963 and 1993 (the intro says through 2001, so I assume there is more to c ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: More fire and ice (2010-02-26)

Last Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Test (NASA, Space Shuttle, 02/25/10) , originally uploaded by nasa1fan/MSFC . Last Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Test (NASA, Space Shuttle, 02/25/10) This was the ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: A Perfect Time For Budding Aerospace Engineers (2010-02-28)

As odd as it might sound, I'm excited about NASA's budget cuts. The more the load is taken off the government agency's shoulders, the more it is placed on the private sector's. Already the ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: Why Did NASA Build the Shuttle Again? (2010-03-03)

The Space Shuttle didn't turn out to be the money-saving all-purpose reusable and safe space-truck it was meant to be. It is enormously inefficient, both in the engineering sense and the fiscal ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Air Launched Sortie Vehicle, Part 3 (2010-03-22)

The Space Review has the 3rd part of their article  Fire in the sky: the Air Launched Sortie Vehicle of the early 1980s (part 3) , by Dwayne Day. (I mentioned Parts 1 and 2  in a minor way ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Rumors of its death may have been greatly exaggerated (2010-03-25)

Space Shuttles Will Keep Flying Through Early 2011, Report Says , Space.com I Smell A Compromise In The Making , NASA Watch [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Astronauts visit Stennis (2010-03-28)

By Jeremy Pittari, Item Staff Writer The Picayune Item STENNIS — Four of the six astronauts who recently took a space shuttle ride to the International Space Station shared the story of their ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: X-37B Gets Ready For Launch (2010-04-16)

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is loaded into the 5 meter fairing for it's ride to orbit aboard an Atlas 5 rocket later this month. Since this is a top secret vehicle there is not much published ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: When rocket designers didn't think small - the ROMBUS Family (2010-04-21)

Scott Lowther presents a cool diagram (to the right) showing the relative scale of the ICARUS, Ithacus, ROMBUS, ROMBUS F, ROMBUS III, Pegasus, Icarus Jr. to subjects such as the Space Sh ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Big a$$ (concept) rockets of the day (2010-04-27)

Scott Lowther has a hat trick of cool articles for sale: Boeing Advanced Multipurpose Large Launch Vehicle (AMLLV) , "perhaps the most powerful {conventional?} booster ever envisioned… in it’s ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Guenter Wendt, 85, 'Pad Leader' for NASA's moon missions, dies (2010-05-03)

May 3, 2010 — Guenter Wendt, the original pad leader for NASA's manned space program who was the last man the Apollo astronauts saw before launching to the moon, died at his home in Merritt ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Atlantis, ISS, the Sun (2010-05-20)

Amazing photo of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station taken on May 16, 2010 from Madrid, Spain. Full Story . Credit: Thierry Legault [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Scramjet Powers Historic First Flight of X-51A WaveRider (2010-05-30)

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, May 27, 2010 Source: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's scramjet engine, achieved ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Not many people get to view a Shuttle launch from this vantage point (2010-06-07)

Lt. Col. Gabriel Green and Capt. Zachary Bartoe patrol the airspace in an F-15E Strike Eagle as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches May 14, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Colonel ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Rush - Countdown (2010-07-08)

"COUNTDOWN from the 'Signals' cd by Rush. On April 12, 1981, Rush was invited to NASA to watch the launch of the first Space Shuttle Columbia. They were so impressed and inspired that they came up ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Tarkus II-dot-1 (2010-07-09)

Here is the Tarkus II sporting its new shiny nose cone bottle.  I also added two small cones to the previously empty tubes on the front end. The original offset nose precluded adding cones to ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: X-15 video from takeoff to landing (2010-07-22)

"This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: I've been selected to attend the launch of STS-133 at the Kennedy Space Center Press Viewing Area!!! (2010-09-12)

The Bayourat has been selected to view the launch of space shuttle Discovery (STS-133) from the press viewing area at the Kennedy Space Center just 3 miles from the launch pad. I was chosen from a ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: Discovery's Launch Postponed (2010-11-05)

The last flight of the Space Shuttle has been postponed until later this November. The reason is for a major hydrogen leak. Oh well. (I'm secretly glad, because I would have had to miss the launch ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Discovery's Emotional Roller Coaster (2010-11-06)

Wow, words cannot describe what I have been through this week. I'll try to explain but my head is still spinning from the emotional rollercoaster that we call "human spaceflight". I arrived at KSC ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Gaseous Hydrogen Leak Repairs Completed. Testing To Follow. (2010-11-18)

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, technicians are completing repairs on space shuttle Discovery's ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP). On Nov. 17, the hydrogen vent line was ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: X-37B Secret Space Plane Returns To Earth Under The Cloak Of Darkness (2010-12-03)

At 1:16AM PST last night the X-37B secret space plane burned a hole through earths atmosphere in a fiery reentry and landing at Vandenberg AFB. The mini shuttle touched down autonomously on the ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: 45 minutes of shuttle engineering footage (2010-12-11)

"hotographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every mission. Motion and Still images ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: How To Move A Secret Space Plane? With A Chevy Truck Of Course! (2010-12-14)

Photos by Boeing Last week, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B unmanned space plane landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after completing a top-secret 220-day orbital space mission. It ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Mega Review: Vintage Estes (2011-01-14)

This post covers the following out-of-production Estes kits: Helio*Copter (Kit #1995) Sizzler (Kit #1906) Starter Set Skinny Mini (Kit #0880) Space Shuttle (Kit #1284) ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: The Ares 1... er I mean Liberty rocket (2011-02-08)

"The bottom part of the proposed Liberty rocket would be based on the solid-fueled boosters that help get the shuttle off the ground. The top half would use the liquid-fueled core-stage technology ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Ares 1 To Be Reborn As The Liberty Rocket (2011-02-08)

NASA's scrapped Ares I rocket may see new life as part of a new private launch vehicle to provide commercial flights to space for satellites, cargo – and maybe even people, the companies proposing ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: An Ariane 5 Rocket Sits Ready To Launch On Pad 3. On Top, ATV-2 Johannes Kepler. (2011-02-14)

It's all systems go in Kourou for the launch of ATV-2. Let's hope the weather is not a factor. It is the rainy season there. It's important to the STS-133 Space Shuttle Discovery mission that the ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: ATV Johannes Kepler operating flawlessly. After a spectacular launch viewed from the ISS (2011-02-17)

ATV Johannes Kepler was launched today at 22:50:55 CET by an Ariane 5 to dock with the ISS ESA?s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, was launched today evening from Europe?s Spaceport in Kourou, in ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Rocket fans, mark your calendars (2011-02-21)

Glory Date: Wednesday, Feb. 23 Time: 5:09 a.m. EST Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Coverage: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv (3:30 a.m. EST start) Space Shuttle Discovery Date: Thursday, Feb. 24 ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Bye bye Discovery (2011-02-25)

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 , originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video . Feb. 24, 2011 - STS-133, the 38th and final mission of Space Shuttle Discovery , OV-003.  Click ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Stenis Test Stand Passes Review for Next-Generation Rocket Engine Testing (2011-03-31)

Forty-five years after its first Saturn V rocket stage test and 35 years after its first space shuttle main engine test, the A-2 Test Stand at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center achieved a ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Eyes on the skies: Eastern Range tracks every launch. (2011-04-03)

The Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex, north of West Palm Beach, is operated by Computer Services Raytheon. (William Laakkonen, Martin County Amateur Radio Association) During the launch ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: There Are Five Vehicles Competing To Succeed The Space Shuttle (2011-04-23)

By Frank Morring, Jr. Washington U.S. spacecraft engineers with federal funding will pursue at least five different ways to replace the space shuttle in the next few years, from capsules that ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Fire in space (2011-04-28)

"When you mention burning hydrogen, many people think of the nearly invisible rocket exhaust from the Space Shuttle's three main engines. The last thing you would expect is that a burning droplet of ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Endeavour - STS-134 (2011-05-27)

"A camera mounted on each of space shuttle Endeavour's solid rocket boosters capture the launch of the orbiter on STS-134 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 16, and documents the SRBs' ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: PROFAC - PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator (2011-06-09)

"Profac, PRopulsive Fluid ACcumulator, was described by its inventor, Sterge Demetriades, in the pages of the British Interplanetary Society's Journal as long ago as 1959. In this concept, a nuclear ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: J-2X Development Engine E10001 Makes The Trip To Test Stand A-2 (2011-06-14)

Source: http://www.nasa.gov It wasn't too many years ago that there was this thing about asking sports heroes after winning the big game, "So, what's next?" They would always dutifully answer "I'm ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Chat With Deputy Administrator Lori Garver About NASA's Future (2011-06-27)

Want to learn more about NASA's future? Ask NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver on Tuesday, June 28 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT during a live video chat broadcast on NASA's UStream TV. ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Twilight of the Shuttle reference posts (updated with part 3) (2011-07-06)

Wayne Hill has started a nice series of posts on the Space Shuttle: Twilight of the Shuttle, Part 1 - The Beginning and Stats; Notes on early Shuttle concepts and statistics about the one ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Next Generation J-2X Upper-Stage Engine (2011-07-21)

CANOGA PARK, Calif., July 20, 2011 ? Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a chill test and 1.9 second ignition test of NASA?s J-2X engine at John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss. ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: When will we see another big American rocket? (2011-07-30)

"ATK engineers take a look at the company's final booster motor for the space shuttle program in Box Elder County, Utah. For more than 30 years, NASA's space shuttle program has been a cornerstone ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: The International Space Station May Have To Be Abandoned! (2011-08-29)

We have had a manned presence in space for the last 15 years straight. But all good things must come to an end. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station may have to be ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Chinese Successfully Test Their Space Plane To Mach 15 Speeds From 60 Miles Altitude (2011-09-12)

By Craig Covault Cape Canaveral, Fla.- Details emerging from China indicate the Chinese have likely flight tested for the first time a secret 4 ton winged spaceplane that was rocketed into a 60 mi. ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA's Current Program Called An "Embarrasment" By Neil Armstrong! "The Space Program To No Where" (2011-09-22)

WASHINGTON — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, told lawmakers Thursday that the end of the space shuttle era has left the American human spaceflight program in an ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Update on the new North Coast Rocketry (2011-10-10)

Matt "ManofSteele" Steele has been posting some updates on YORF. He had planned on an October 1st launch but reports he is behind because he was in Europe for business (my hear bleeds) and was set ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Here's my little Halloween post. Boo! (2011-10-31)

My Jack-O-Lantern didn't turn out as well as planned.  Probably due to lack of planning.  So, I'll start with Space.com's gallery of spacey lanterns . Here's the STS-114 punkin carved by ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: X-37B Will Remain In Orbit Longer Then 270 Days (2011-12-01)

The US Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane, launched on March 5, 2011, was designed to fly for 270 days. Day 270 came yesterday, but the military branch has decided to prolong its ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Orion, Our Future Spacecraft Undergoes Simulated Space Testing (2011-12-02)

It's not every day that America designs an entirely new spacecraft. Rarer still is the creation of a vehicle that can carry man, not just machine, beyond the earth's gravitational pull. In the ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA Dependent On Russian Soyuz Space Taxi For At Least Five More Years (2011-12-18)

(Reuters) - Budget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station until 2017, NASA's ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The Dungeon's Top Ten of 2011 (2011-12-27)

In no particular order.... Early in the year, I completed transferring reviews from the old EMRR (see the My Rocket Reviews Page ).  I transferred (and updated) all but eight and, while I ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Last look inside Atlantis before the lights go out (plus more) (2011-12-30)

collectSpace has posted a series of cool photo's inside (and below) the Space Shuttle Atlantis.  I thought I had heard that NASA had already powered her down, but evidently the lights ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Phobos-Grunt, imaged from Nice, France (2012-01-04)

Thierry Legault once again has spun his magic and captured ground images of the Phobos-Grunt .  His web page indicates that the Phobos-Grunt is not spinning but is moving backwards with respect ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: I think I destroyed Flickr (or at least part of it) (2012-01-11)

I was just favoriting a bunch of retro Space Shuttle concept photos on the San Diego Air and Space Museum's photo stream and successfully embedded a couple.  Then, all of a sudden, they were ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: JATO of the day: Teledyne Ryan UAV, Drone, RPV (2012-01-13)

Teledyne Ryan UAV, Drone, RPV , a photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr. San Diego Air and Space has restored their Space Shuttle history photos. At least some of them. ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Model Profile - Dr. Zooch Space Shuttle (2012-02-13)

This Zooch kit will improve your cardstock building skills. It's a rewarding, well engineered challenge. The nose cone has an off center weight to keep the boost vertical. The Shuttle glider does ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Shuttle Mock-up on the move (2012-02-16)

I got this photo as part of a slide-show provided via a private email list. Evidently, the Space Shuttle Mock-up is being  moved from the KSC Visitors Center to Space Center Houston.   It ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Feed reader stars, tweets and other interesting links (2012-02-18)

Warning...time sensitive tweet alert! Some quality wonkiness for wx lovers. RT @ stuostro :Models struggling cuz of this: yfrog.com/h8qgznp — Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Mensch in the Moon: The Lost Story Of Abe Silverstein (2012-02-19)

This article was first published by Jewish Ideas Daily ( http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/ ) and is reprinted with permission. Right now there are two Americans aboard the International Space ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: 50 years after John Glenn's flight, The US Has To Buy Rides To Space (2012-02-21)

Reuters/Cape Canaveral, Florida Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, Nasa no longer has the ability to fly astronauts in space, a decision Glenn lays squarely on ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Feed reader stars, tweets and other interesting links (2012-02-24)

The World’s Largest Museum to 3D Print Copies of Priceless Artifacts (video) - Mashable -  The Smithsonan is embarking on a project to digitize some 137 million artifacts. That should ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Landmark launch in rocketry: Centaur makes Flight 200 (2012-02-24)

Spaceflight Now Atlas Launch Report Landmark launch in rocketry: Centaur set for Flight 200 The venerable U.S. upper stage rocket -- the Centaur -- that created the pathway to the Moon and ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Feed reader stars, tweets and other interesting links (2012-03-08)

Proving the Principle - A History of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory  - High Power Rocketry Blog follower and fellow rocketeer Sascha pointed me to:  ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Feed reader stars, tweets and other interesting links (2012-03-12)

The Shuttle is gone but not forgotten:   Fuck Yeah Space Shuttle (Note: indents often mean the item came from Twitter.  Could ya' tell?)--- ▼ ATREX launch from Wallops has ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Technology '77 and '78 (2012-04-02)

I found a couple of old issues of IEEE Spectrum, the Technology '77 and '78 issues. These were heavy on words and light on photos so I merely scanned the covers. As I thumbed through them, I jotted ... [Read More]

JonRocket.com: Dr. Zooch Space Launch System (SLS) (2012-04-02)

NASA’s proposed follow-on to the Space Shuttle program is called the Space Launch System (SLS). At the heart of the SLS is a large booster rocket. Based on NASA artist conceptions, Dr. ... [Read More]

Wayne Hill's Blog: Paper rocket at the edge of space (2012-04-15)

This 1/48th scale Gemini capsule (Ton Noteboom’s design) was flown to 95,000 feet on a balloon by  JP Aerospace. However this is not the highest one of Ton’s ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: SpotTheShuttle2012 (2012-04-17)

Today, the Space Shuttle Discovery , perched atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), buzzed DC on its way to Dulles Airport and its final resting place in the National Air and Space Museum's ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-04-17)

Space Shuttle launch set to Countdown by Rush Link Lattte 178 - DRB A still photo from Armadillo Stig-Stiga engine test today, because rockets are pretty. twitpic.com/9b1gn3 — Ben ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-04-19)

Billionaire-Backed Space Venture Planetary Resources to be Unveiled April 24 - Space.com - The new venture, named Planetary Resources , "will overlay two critical sectors — space e ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Discovery and Enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy Center (2012-04-19)

Today, Space Shuttle Discovery was formally signed over to the National Air and Space Museum.  The highlight of the ceremonies was the opportunity to see two Shuttles, Enterprise and Discovery, ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-04-24)

Intrepid Museum/Space Shuttle Enterprise - The Enterprise is now slated to be moved on Friday the 27th.  This site seems to be a good source of updates. The big space news today is ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-05-01)

Conroy “Virtus” Article - Unwanted Blog  - Scott points to his article on ".... a twin-fuselage heavy lift aircraft built from B-52 parts meant to serve as the Space Shuttle ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: ReEntry Breakup Recorder (REBR) (2012-05-04)

At the Science and Engineering Festival, there was a booth showing off a program called R.E.B.R.  "Casualty expectation for reentering space hardware is computed using reentry-survivability ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-05-19)

If you're up (and I won't be), you can watch the Falcon 9 launch on NASA TV .  Countdown coverage starts at 3:30AM EST with the launch currently scheduled for 4:55 AM EST.  Pucker ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Another Shuttle Mockup (2012-05-29)

Credit: Bill Novak I just learned that the old Rockwell/Boeing Downey facility is now home of Downey Studios , an independent film studio (an has been for a while). The ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-06-02)

Space Shuttle Replica Docks in Houston Lake, Launches 'Shuttlebration' , Space.com (6/2) Shuttlebration tag on Flickr and on the Clear Lake, TX group Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: High Frontier (2012-06-11)

The High Frontier, Human Colonies in Space, by Gerard O'Neill. Depiction of "Island Three" concept, a 3km radius cylindrical space habitat. ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: The Legacy of Discovery (2012-06-12)

(Image: Mark Avino, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution) The chance to see the Air France Concorde, the second world war Hawker Hurricane and the undeniably evil-looking ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: B612 Foundation's Sentinel infrared space telescope (2012-06-28)

Today, the space blogoverse is afire about the B612 Foundation 's announcement that they will be building the first private deep space satellite, the Sentinel Space Telescope , I snipped an ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Former Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly to space, has passed away (2012-07-23)

On June 18, 1983, Sally Kristen Ride, PhD flew to space and the history books aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. She inspired us all. Below is a statement from Sally Ride Science 's website. ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: God Speed Sally Ride, Rest In Peace (2012-07-24)

AMERICA'S FIRST WOMEN IN SPACE!   In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The soft-spoken California physicist broke the gender ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Colorado > than NY? (2012-08-02)

Up-Ship.com  recently suggested as much.  Right after the latest of  several  mass shootings in CO.  Why does he say so?  Well because people in Colorado went out after ... [Read More]

Meatball Rocketry: George's Little Joe II Pages (2012-09-10)

If you’ve never visited George Gassaway’s site, be sure to check it out.  There is a ton of useful and interesting stuff there including his award-winning Space Shuttle project, as ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The last Shuttle flight (update 3) (2012-09-21)

As everyone is aware, Space Shuttle Endeavour is making its final flight to Cali. This will be the last time a Shuttle will be in the air at an altitude higher than that attainable by a crane. ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: A (short) tale of air and water (2012-09-24)

Here are the two flying things that I have on deck. I assembled the Quest water rocket and converted a Guillows Space Shuttle to launch off of my 1/2" PVC launcher. I chose a 2-L pop bottle ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: X-37B Prepares For Return To Orbit (2012-09-27)

The highly mysterious X-37B OTV-3 (Orbital Test Vehicle) – which is, essentially, a drone boosted into orbital spaceflight – is being prepared for its third top secret space flight in ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Links roundup (2012-10-16)

ALPHA CENTAURI HAS A PLANET! , Bad Astronomy EVEL KNIEVEL | TRIUMPH OVER THE FOUNTAINS AT CAESARS PALACE , The Selvedge Yard Meteor Shower Created by Halley’s Comet Peaks This Week , ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NRC Panel Questions Business Case For USAF Reusable Booster (2012-10-17)

  The U.S. Air Force’s Reusable Booster System (RBS) lacks a mature business case, but the service should continue to pursue key technology challenges as well as a pathfinder ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Insanely detailed Shuttle model (update) (2012-11-02)

Check out this thread on the Aircraft Resource Center (ARC) forum: Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 . (hat tip to paul.nortness on TRF) Update: Here is link that provides photos of ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The Dungeon's Top-10 for 2012 (2012-12-22)

I see Chris Michielssen posted his top ten for 2012. So, I see no reason to wait to post mine: 1. Space Shuttle Discovery buzzes Washington DC . 2. Discovery and Enterprise nose-to-nose at ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: NJRick's Dr. Zooch Lifting Body Shuttles (2013-01-02)

Rick Teklits (NJRick on the Rocketry Forum) posted some pictures of his Dr. Zooch CRV Lifting Body Shuttle builds. "....last year I bought Dr. Zooch's Space Shuttle and much to my ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Discontinued Quest Kits? (2013-03-09)

When I got the Rockets Of The World book from NARTS, order forms from Belleview Wholesale Hobby were enclosed. There were three pages of products, one each from Estes, Custom and Quest. The Quest ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Ginormous photo dump...the Flickr version! (2013-03-09)

The 2000 pound gorilla of the photo-hosting world is Flickr. Here is a very small smattering of photos that I 'favorited' this week. I though these deserved their own post. As usual, if you hover ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Happy Easter to my fellow rocket and space fans (2013-03-31)

Peeps Show: National Air and Space Museum Welcomes Discovery , a photo by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Flickr. Finally, an on-topic Easter-themed photo! Easter Peeps Welcome ... [Read More]

DTH Rocket Blog: Dance Party Under Endeavor! (2013-04-14)

I had the interesting experience the other day of attending a wild Yuri's Night party under the Shuttle Endeavor, as a VIP from XCOR. VERY interesting experience being on the same VIP list as ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano Are Now Tweeting From Space (2013-05-30)

Photographers take pictures of the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-09M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station. Photo: AP An ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Sharp rocket is all nosecone (2013-06-04)

    "As the aerospace world prepares to say goodbye to the space shuttles, engineers are looking for cheaper, faster replacements. The German space agency is apparently ahead of ... [Read More]

Bayourat Aerospace Blog: NASA Selects Space Florida To Take Over Shuttle Landing Strip (2013-07-01)

Cape Canaveral - Nasa has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at ... [Read More]

PayloadBay.com: University High School's 1/40 Scale Space Shuttle (2013-07-08)

Shortly after moving to Orlando in 1994, I visited a local hobby shop where I bought a copy of Sport Rocketry magazine. A large model of the Space Shuttle adorned the front cover.  Reading the ... [Read More]

RocketReviews.com Blog: The Coolest Hobby Rocket of All Time (2013-07-08)

I just posted a blog entry at PayloadBay.com about the University High School Space Shuttle. The space shuttle model stood about five-foot tall and flew on an I motor. Unlike every other flying ... [Read More]

PayloadBay.com: Amazing Time Lapse Video of Endeavour's "Last Ride" (2013-10-14)

Photographer Scott Andrews and his crew recorded and edited more than 500 hours of video captured by 12 cameras to complete the time-lapse view of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s trip from Florida ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Endeavour/ST-134 Mach 6.2 recovery (2014-01-13)

Attached is a great photo from MARS Scientific /NASA Langley/Space Shuttle Program Office.  Per the MARS Scientific site: NASA Space Shuttle Reentry at Mach 6.2. MARS infrared observations ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: The last Shuttle stack (2014-08-14)

Or should I say the stacking of a Shuttle? Caption via Flickr: JSC2014-E-077299 (14 Aug. 2014) --- Space Center Houston's space shuttle replica Independence is hoisted for placement atop the ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes Suggestions From TRF (2015-01-20)

John Boren from Estes (Jumpjet of TRF) asked for product suggestions: "Maybe someone can start a positive thread on what people believe Estes should produce, and no, the B14 motor isn't going to ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: The Shelf Queens (2015-03-26)

  In a comment, Jim asked to see some other models in the fleet.   Here's the Shelf Queens, the models that don't fly! (Yes, they are in a kitchen cabinet. I'm single and ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Check out this wind tunnel model of the Buran (2015-09-01)

If you click through to the source album, you will see what is purportedly a wind tunnel model of the Buran, the Soviet version of the Space Shuttle. I did no fact checking, but this is pretty cool ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: The Commander Thinks Aloud (2016-01-31)

A podcast I really enjoy is called Song Exploder. In it, musicians pick apart the recordings of songs to explain how they were created, and you get to hear how the song was developed, track by track. ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: The Rocketry Show Season 2 Finale: John Beans of Jolly Logic (2016-07-18)

John Beans, of Jolly Logic, with the new Chute Release I'm working on the next Rocket Camp post, but in the mean time, the latest episode of The Rocketry Show is up. This one features John Beans of ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Back In The Day #12 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise (2018-04-23)

I finally located the photographs I had taken of the Space Shuttle Enterprise strapped to the back of a 747. The tandem made a two day stop at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on ... [Read More]

GRC Blog: The Space Shuttle (2018-12-27)

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Bayourat Aerospace Blog: X-37b Space Plane Returns (2022-11-16)

  The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is shown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The unmanned U.S. military space plane landed early Saturday ... [Read More]