#sub-orbital

[moonwatchuniverse]

60 years ago... NASA astronaut Alan Shepard and “ Freedom 7 “ May 5, 1961 Mercury Seven astronaut, Naval aviator Alan Bartlett Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight onboard the one man Mercury Redstone 3 capsule nicknamed “Freedom 7″. The capsule reached an altitude of 188 kilometers before splash-down in the North Atlantic Ocean. After a 15 minutes flight, Alan Shepard, who didn’t wear a wristwatch on this flight, and his capsule were recovered by USS Lake Champlain. In January 1971, Shepard flew again as Commander of Apollo 14, during which he stayed 33 hours on the Moon, performing 9 hours 22 minutes of lunar spacewalk together with Edgar Mitchell. Shepard accumulated 9 days 5 minutes in space. This NASA photo shows astronaut Alan Shepard at the NASA Skylab press center in 1973. Note he still wore his personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi pilot watch. (Photo: NASA)

[flyingprivate]

The Paradoxal Hypersonic Sub-Orbital Aircraft Concept,

Hypersonic Aircraft

[bisrsrch]

Sub-Orbital Space Tourism Market is estimated to reach $396.6 million in 2031, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.46% during the forecast period 2021-2031.

Sub-Orbital Space Tourism Market to Reach $396.6 Million in 2031 | BIS Research

Sub-orbital reusable vehicles (SRVs) have been gaining attention for their benefits and establishing a new spaceflight industry. Comparatively, SRVs would be less expensive to develop and operate than orbital RLVs.

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[fgulla]

Pretty amazing!  And they stuck the landing!  Freaky how fast the rocket comes in to the pad.

[themadspaceball]

Virgin Galactic and LEGO Ideas Go Together Like Paul and Storm

Image from LEGO Ideas.

There’s some hope out there that Virgin Galactic will eventually start flying passengers to sub-orbit and back sometime this year.  And the spacecraft Virgin Galactic intends to use to do that is SpaceShipTwo, with the help of its airborne launch platform, WhiteKnight Two.  Of course, that particular kind of flight is a bit pricey, about $200,000 per seat per ride.  Unlike…

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[themadspaceball]

Flying in a Space Balloon.

Flying in a Space Balloon. Is a Picnic Blanket Included?

I’ve mentioned in a previous post the possibility of using balloons in accomplishing a satellite’s work.  Especially if the work can be done by the balloon more responsively, more effectively, and cheaply.  If all three of those factors are present, then why not?  It just makes sense.  For World View Enterprises’ space balloon efforts, though, just achieving one out of three of those factors…

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[riseofthemachines-blog]

"Fix Your Little Problem and Light This Candle".

{Reblog of my post from last year.} You don’t find careers more distinguished than Rear Admiral Alan Shepard Jr’s. Today is the 50th anniversary of his 15 minute suborbital flight. Highlights of his exceptional life:

~ The first American to fly into space, the second person ever behind Yuri.

~ The fifth person ever to walk on the moon, Apollo 14. The first person to golf on the moon!

~ Test Pilot / fighter jock, Naval Aviator.

~ Mercury: Freedom 7 pilot

~ Gemini: Chief astronaut

~ Apollo: Apollo 14 commander

Video here & here & here

Alan Shepard was 'a pretty cool customer'