Spaceport America
Kicking off a Week of Rocket Engineering at Spaceport America Cup 2019
Students from around the world are here to launch rockets they designed and built themselves.
T.J. Tarazevits
Episodes
68: Space Policy with Marcia Smith
We sit down with the founder and editor of SpacePolicyOnline, Marcia Smith, to discuss the role space policy plays in every space activity we see
SpaceX
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Suffers Anomaly During SuperDraco Test
A major setback for the decade long program
Articles
Falcon 9 Acrobatics Highlight Impressive Control System in Landing Mishap
Falcon 9 misses its LZ-1 landing, but mission success is unaffected
Articles
SpaceX will launch Yusaku Maezawa and a band of artists to the Moon in 2023
A billionaire's grand artistic gesture appears to be the financial catalyst for development of SpaceX's mega rocket towards the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
SpaceX
SpaceX announces plan to send tourists to the Moon on new BFR
SpaceX will ferry a private citizen to lunar orbit, returning humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972
IREC
63: Student Innovation at Spaceport America Cup 2018
In the New Mexico heat, student engineers prove their mettle with high powered rocketry and learn how to work as a team along the way
Articles
Blue Origin Aims for the Moon and ULA Inches Closer to Reuse with New NASA Tipping Point Contracts
Key technologies for both companies receive NASA funding to push them towards reality
Episodes
62: On-Demand Satellite Constellations with York Space Systems' Charles Beames
Mass-produced satellites backed by an all-in-one operations system enables new space applications to be tried quicker than ever before.
Episodes
61: Unlocking the Potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar with ICEYE's Pekka Laurila
A constellation of radar imaging microsatellites could enable new insights for business and science
Articles
What is Moon Direct?
Renowned engineer Dr. Robert Zubrin unveiled his ambitious plan to send humans back to the Moon more cheaply, quickly, and most importantly permanently. Is his plan possible and will we see it put into action?
Episodes
60: SpaceX Flight Control, CRS-15 Payloads, and Chinese Lunar Missions
The dark side of the moon will soon be getting company from a Chinese lander, and Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to build their own Avengers style tower.
