Another One Leaves The Crust | Electron
Another One Leaves The Crust marked Rocket Lab's 18th launch of an Electron. They carried a communication satellite for OHB Group.
Another One Leaves The Crust | Electron
Another One Leaves The Crust will mark Rocket Lab's 18th launch of an Electron. They will carry a communication satellite for OHB Group.
Rocket 3.2 Orbital Launch Attempt | Astra Rocket 3.2
Astra will attempt to launch their Rocket 3.2 as part of their three launch campaign to reach orbit from Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska.
Crew-1 (USCV-1) | Falcon 9 Block 5
Crew-1 (USCV-1) will launch three NASA astronauts and one JAXA astronaut to the ISS as part of SpaceX's efforts for the CCP.
Cygnus CRS-2 NG-14 (S.S. Kalpana Chawla)| Antares 230+
As part of the CRS-2 NG-14 mission, Northrop Grumman is launching an Antares 230+ rocket with the Cygnus spacecraft towards the ISS.
Orbital Launch Attempt | Astra Rocket 3.1
Astra will launch its Rocket 3.1 launch vehicle at the beginning of September. This will mark Astra's first orbital launch attempt taking off from Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska.
X-37B OTV-6 | Atlas V 501
The X-37B is a U.S. Space Force test vehicle. This time it will ferry the most payloads it has ever carried into orbit. It will launch on ULA's Atlas V 501.
SLS vs Starship: Why Do Both Programs Exist?
NASA just announced the lunar landers for the Artemis program. To everyone’s surprise, SpaceX’s massive Starship is one of three landers NASA chose alongside Blue Origin and Dynetics.
Understandably, this is bringing up a lot of questions. Some of which we will answer in my next video/article: “Should NASA just cancel SLS and use Starship and/or other commercial launchers for Artemis?” But today I think we need to settle a lot of debates about these two rockets first. Now, more than ever, it is time we truly compare them head-to-head.
Soyuz MS-16 | Soyuz 2.1a
A maiden flight of sorts. This is the first Soyuz 2.1a rocket to carry humans into space. It will transport the crewed Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The crew consists of Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, and NASA Astronaut Christopher Cassidy. They will complement the crew of Expedition 62 and continue its work with Expedition 63.
How much do rockets pollute?
Some might find it ironic that an organization like NASA, who studies our atmosphere, is ok with rockets polluting it so much. Or isn’t it weird that Elon Musk, the same person who is pushing sustainable energy with Tesla also has a rocket company that runs on fossil fuels?
So today we are going to do a deep dive into this. We are going to see just how much of what rockets emit, go over how much different fuels and engine types pollute, then we will compare their emissions against other forms of transportation and other global polluters.