The Launch Complex

Informing the general public about current events and history of spaceflight through relatively short and easy to read entries that avoid all the technical language. (I attempt anyway because sometimes the words take over and I lose control.) Often focusing on the ongoing development of commercial interests such as SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Blue Origin, and others that are working in cooperation with NASA to develop the next generation of spaceships.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

OSIRIS-Rex: Dinosaur or science mission?

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On September 8th, 2016, NASA used an Atlas V (411) 1 to launch the OSIRIS-REx 2 asteroid sample return mission 3 to asteroid Bennu 4 . ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Sounding Rockets

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On August 17th, 2016, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility launched a suborbital sounding rocket for the RockSat-X mission. Now...what the...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Progress - The Swiss Army Knife of Spacecraft

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Shortly after noon today, a Soyuz rocket blasted away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a cargo vehicle known as "Pr...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

NASA? Didn't they shut down a few years ago?

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Despite my persistent (annoying?) posting and sharing efforts, I've been getting the impression that the general public is stil...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

My Journey to NASA Wallops - Part 1: Excitement and Frustration

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On December 4th of 2013, I received the most exciting e-mail that has yet to grace my inbox. It was from NASA Social, a small crew that coo...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Catching up with a 17,500 mph Space Station

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When the Antares rocket took off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this past Thursday, its Cygnus payload didn't go s...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Antares, International Rocket for an International Station

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One of the two rockets being put to use these days in resupplying the International Space Station is the Orbital Sciences Antares , named...
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