How Does a Gravity Assist Affect a Spacecraft?

What Gives the Most Speed to a Spacecraft Flyby? It’s the Gravity Assist. We use rockets to boost spacecraft beyond the Earth’s gravity and atmosphere. We use solar panels for ... Continue Reading →

Thinking of a prototype? Why not 3D print it?

The above is an image of a design provided by NASA for 3-d printing of the New Horizons space vehicle which flew by Pluto in 2015. For the link to this design, see page 9 of this ... Continue Reading →

Nine Years after Launch, New Horizons Flies By Pluto

PLUTO!!! July 13, 2015 This image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons on July 13, 2015, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was 766,000 ... Continue Reading →

SpaceX Mission Fails, Russia Offers Backup, and Vice Versa

VIDEO 3 min. 52 sec. Cape Canaveral: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Explodes During the 7th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-7) Launch Watch this live video of the June 28, 2015 SpaceX Mission ... Continue Reading →