What Is The Global Positioning System (GPS)?
Locations With Military Precision! Basically, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system comprised of at least 24 satellites. The Government built the system in the late 1970’s…
New Glenn – Blue Origin’s Planned Heavy Lift Rocket
Private Launch Provider Named after John Glenn, America’s first man to orbit the Earth, the New Glenn rocket is a heavy-lift class rocket that is being privately developed by Blue…
Top Ten Facts About Orbital ATK’s Antares Rocket
ISS Commercial Courier Named after the star Antares, the Orbital ATK rocket is an expendable launch system to put payloads into low Earth orbit! The 42-metre tall rocket comes in…
Pegasus – The Air Launched Rocket
Boosted Into Space The Pegasus rocket is unique as it is launched from the belly of an aircraft high above Earth and yet can place small satellites of over 440…
Dawn Of The Commercial Rocket Age 🚀
Businesses Enter The Space Age Since the beginning of the Space Race in 1957, rocket launches (which can reach orbit) have been the domain of large governments or the military!…
Space Launch System (SLS) – NASA Returns To Deep Space!
NASA’s New Monster Rocket The Space Launch System (SLS) has had a complicated development history after it was chosen to succeed the cancelled Constellation program in 2010. The SLS has…
The V-2 | The World’s First Space Rocket
Germany’s Rocket Weapon The V-2 ‘vengeance weapon’ became the world’s first guided ballistic missile when German forces used it to bomb allied cities during World War II. It would also…
The Cool Looking Delta IV Heavy Lift Rocket
Former Heavy Lift Champion! The Delta IV Heavy is a United Launch Alliance (ULA) super-heavy lift rocket that is capable of putting tonnes in low Earth orbit (LEO) utilizing three…
Proton-M – Russia’s Commercial Workhorse Rocket
From Cold War To Commercial Space The Proton-M is the modern variant of the Russian built Proton heavy-lift rocket in operation since 2001 which has launched over 100 times from…
Saturn V | Facts On The World’s Most Powerful Rocket!
Apollo Moon Rocket Here you can enjoy learning Cool Facts about the amazing rocket which sent astronauts to the Moon! Built by NASA as part of the Apollo program, the…