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Five Legacies of Space Access Since the 1950s

Posted on November 28, 2016 by launiusr

While a large number of issues could be explored in the now more than fifty years of space access, here are five central legacies, number three will blow your mind. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist). The limitations of chemical rocket technology … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, chemical rockets, cold war, Delta II, Department of Defense, expendable launch vehicles, History, ICBM, MagLifter, NASA, reusable launch vehicles, Robert H. Goddard, saturn v, space shuttle, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, World War II | Leave a comment

Homer Newell and the Early Post-War Space Science Program

Posted on October 21, 2016 by launiusr

Homer E. Newell (1915-1983) is one of the NASA leaders I am profiling in a book I have underway. His career was remarkable. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin in 1940 and served as a theoretical … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunar Exploration, Science, Space | Tagged Ernst Krause, History, Homer Newell, Moon race, NASA, Naval Research Laboratory, Rocket Sonde Research Section, science, sounding rockets, space science, U.S. Civil Space, Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel, V-2, V‑2 Upper Atmosphere Panel, WAC-Corporal, White Sands | Leave a comment

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by launiusr

1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds | 5 Comments

A Brief Account of the Origins of Rocketry in Less than 1,000 Words

Posted on November 10, 2014 by launiusr

Although it is unclear who first invented rockets, many investigators link the first crude rockets with the discovery of gunpowder. The Chinese, moreover, had been using gunpowder for some 1,800 years. The first firecrackers seemed to have appeared about the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged Congreve rocket, Die Rakete zu den Planetenraumen (Rockets in Planetary Space), Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, Genghis Khan, gunpowder, Hermann Oberth, JATO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Konrad Kyser von Eichstadt, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Nauchnoye Obozreniye (Science Review), rocket technology, Royal Artillery, Sir William Congreve, Star Spangled Banner, Theodore von Karman, V-2, WAC-Corporal, War of 1812, Wernher von Braun, William Congreve | Leave a comment

A Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by launiusr

There are many anniversaries every year, some truly significant and others of a more mundane nature. What follows is a short chronology of anniversaries taking place in 2014 relating to the spaceflight community. It is not an exhaustive list, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, Cold War Competition, Lunar Exploration, Space, Space Shuttle | Tagged Able, Apollo 11, Baker, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Eileen Collins, Galileo, Gemini, hubble space telescope, IGY, International Space Station, Jupiter, Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 3, Magellan, Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, Michael D. Griffin, Opportunity, Pioneer 4, Ronald Reagan, Saturn I, Skylab, space shuttle, Space Task Group, SpaceShipOne, Spirit, V-2, Voyager 2, White Sands | 5 Comments

Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday: Blog Repost

Posted on March 23, 2012 by launiusr

I published a blog post on the National Air and Space Museum this morning on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun. For anyone who might be interested in reading that post it is here. I wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal, Space, World War II | Tagged V-2, Wernher von Braun | 4 Comments

Our Visit to Peenemünde

Posted on July 30, 2010 by launiusr

On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, Monique Laney and I had the opportunity to visit the museum at Peenemünde, on the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea in northeastern Germany. It was one of the high points of a two … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged History, Peenemunde, V-2, Wernher von Braun, World War II | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: V-2

Five Legacies of Space Access Since the 1950s

Homer Newell and the Early Post-War Space Science Program

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

A Brief Account of the Origins of Rocketry in Less than 1,000 Words

A Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2014

Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday: Blog Repost

Our Visit to Peenemünde

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