Posts with Tag: ISS
Browse our most recent analyses and observations — from orbital mechanics to propulsion systems, we cover the successes, the failures, and all the moments that make you pause and think, “Sure… but why?”
Posted on 27th Jun 2025
The International Space Station is really starting to show its age. It's a bit leaky these days, particularly on the Russian side. The Zvezda module had had a worsening air leak since 2019. It's bad enough that the US think it could lead to a catastrophic failure, which, maybe... It is a signifi...
Posted on 28th May 2021
Good news. Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be heading to the ISS as a private astronaut in December of this year. Maezawa will be the first private astronaut to set foot on the ISS in 10 years. If you have no idea who Maezawa (or @yousuck2020) is, he is the Japanese fashion billionaire who is fa...
In case you’ve been living under a rock lately and missed the big announcement, Australia recently committed to ‘never conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing’....
Nuke Mars. You’ve probably heard about this, or maybe you have the t-shirt. The idea is simple. Mars has a cold, thin atmosphere that doesn’t...
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