Hong Kong CNN – Debris from a suspected Chinese missile was seen falling to the ground over a village in southwest China on Saturday, leaving a trail of bright yellow smoke and sending villagers running, according to videos on Chinese social media and sent to CNN by a local witness. Dramatic footage emerged online shortly … Read more
The Falcon Heavy, made up of the first three stages of the Falcon 9 rocket, can be seen off the Space Coast, weather permitting. Playalinda Beach (Canaveral National Seashore) is the closest place to watch the liftoff because it is almost parallel to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! SpaceX’s … Read more
It’s time to bring out the big engines. Those on the Space Coast will soon be in for a treat. Not one, but three Falcon 9 first-stage rockets that make up the Falcon Heavy are tentatively scheduled to blast off into Florida skies together this week to bring a weather satellite into orbit. It’s been … Read more
In 1974, the late Princeton University professor and space visionary Gerard O’Neill proposed the use of electromagnetic railguns to lift payloads from the moon. O’Neill suggested using “mass drivers” based on a gun model to accelerate a non-magnetic object. One application for mass drivers was to launch lunar-derived materials into lunar orbit for manufacturing in … Read more