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As 1966 began, NASA was well on its way towards its goal of reaching the Moon before the end of the decade. During 1965, a total […]
As regular readers of Drew Ex Machina are probably aware, in addition to being a writer, I am also a physicist specializing in the processing and […]
For long time space enthusiasts like myself, the test flights of the Orion and other new crewed spacecraft in recent years is reminiscent of the first […]
Probably one of the most dangerous phases of a space mission is launch which is why almost all crewed spacecraft have had launch abort options to […]
Now that we are at the end of 2015, I figured it was time to look back over this year’s material on Drew Ex Machina and […]
For avid fans of spaceflight, watching the holiday festivities on the International Space Station (ISS) has become a bit of a tradition in recent years. Remarkably, […]
This is the last in a series of articles on the historic Gemini 6 and 7 missions. The story about the original rendezvous and docking mission […]
With the loss of the Agena target vehicle shortly after it was launched on October 25, 1965 and no replacement immediately available, NASA scrapped the original […]
Today, spacecraft rendezvousing in orbit to support crews spending months at a time in space is fairly routine. But a half a century ago, the technology […]
The launching of spacecraft to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station (ISS) is considered routine today. Without this ability, new crews and vital supplies […]
With the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) routinely spending six or more months in orbit, it is sometimes forgotten that only a few decades […]
At this time there are several new heavy-lift launch vehicles being developed in the United States such as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the recently announced Vulcan being […]
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