2010s

16 Nov
2022
November 16, 2022

The Largest Launch Vehicles in Service – 1957 to the Present

With the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis I test flight, we now have a new holder of the title “the largest launch vehicle in service”: the […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight
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27 Jun
2021
June 27, 2021

A Century of Progress: Telescopic Views of the Triangulum Galaxy

Back in the late 1990s, while I was still teaching classes in astronomy for a local adult and continuing education program, an elderly student of mine […]
Astronomical Instruments, Astronomy, Drew's Basement
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22 Apr
2021
April 22, 2021

Images of Our Home World for Earth Day

In addition to being a freelance space writer, I am a remote sensing specialist who has been involved in a number of space-related projects funded by […]
Drew's Basement, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing History, Remote Sensing Science
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13 Feb
2020
February 13, 2020

A Brief History of Planetary Orbit Insertion Failures

One of the most crucial phases of many interplanetary missions is orbit insertion. Everything must go right the first time, or the spacecraft fails to enter […]
Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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9 Dec
2019
December 9, 2019

Top Ten Images from NASA’s Tropical Cyclone Experiment on the ISS

For the past five years, NASA’s Tropical Cyclone Experiment was performed in support of the CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project funded by […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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4 Nov
2019
November 4, 2019

The South Pacific Nighttime Sky as Seen from the ISS

The goal of the CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project has been to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Astronomy, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Spaceflight
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29 Aug
2019
August 29, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: A 3D View of Tropical Cyclone Debbie from the ISS

The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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29 Jul
2019
July 29, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: 3D Views of Typhoon Noru from the ISS

The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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24 Jun
2019
June 24, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: A 3D View of Hurricane Eugene from the ISS

The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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31 May
2019
May 31, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: 3D Views of Hurricane Hector from the ISS

The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
1 Comment
22 Apr
2019
April 22, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: 3D Views of Super Typhoon Soudelor from the ISS

The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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22 Mar
2019
March 22, 2019

CyMISS Image of the Month: A Moonlit 3D View of Tropical Cyclone Oma from the ISS

In the most recent phase of the CyMISS (tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project, our team has been exploring improvements we can make to […]
Image & Data Processing, Manned Spaceflight, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Science, Spaceflight
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