Satellites Track the Re-floating of a Cruise Ship

Yes, the European Union types are using satellites to monitor the re-floating of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This Airbus Defence & Space post notes that the satellites are involved as part of the Copernicus Emergency Management System (CEMS). They are: TerraSAR-X and Pleiades satellites. TerraSAR-X is a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite that is very accurate […]

Top Secret Satellites Involved in International Justice?

Clearancejobs.com posted my article about this last Friday. I note that a lot of different space assets seem to have been brought to bear to clarify how the MH17 passengers were murdered. If you want to read more, please read: Can Top Secret Satellites Aid in International Justice?

DIY Space: Build A LEGO ISS

Okay, okay! Really this is about voting for the ability to build the International Space Station out of LEGOs. Found on the LEGO Ideas website, this particular LEGO model of the ISS stands out because of the details the designer, XCLD, put into it. There are over 1000 LEGO pieces that have gone into the design […]

Geckos of the Lost Ark

Ruh-row! According to this MSN news post, a Russian satellite containing some mushrooms, lizards and flies might come back to Earth in a hard, fiery, non-survivable way. The lizards are geckos and the flies are the California favorite: fruit flies. The mushrooms are just mushrooms. All of the creatures are probably oblivious to the unexpected end […]

SpaceX Falcon 9 “Lands”

This is very cool (no matter what the naysayers say). SpaceX just released a video (shown below) from their latest Falcon 9 launch of ORBCOMM satellites. Except, they aren’t focusing on the rocket’s launch, but its landing. That’s right, as they’ve said they would do all along, SpaceX keeps testing their rockets’ abilities for landing. The video they […]