Years ago, whenever I got an email from Burt Rutan, the legendary airplane designer and the mastermind behind the foundational spaceship designs at Virgin Galactic, Burt would always close with, […]
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Post Flight Re-write?
Keithâs note: In 2021 I posted a book review of “Not Necessarily Rocket Science – A Beginners Guide To Life In The Space Age” by Kellie Gerardi – who just […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 9: Anticipation, Revealed — S. Alan Stern
This is the 9th and next to last blog Iâll write surrounding my inaugural spaceflight, which took place as a research and training mission that flew last week on Virgin […]
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Newly Minted Astronauts Return To Earth
Keith’s note: VSS Unity Galactic05 has dropped from space and has landed back on Earth. Congratulations to new astronauts Alan Stern, Kellie Gerardi, and whoever the 3rd mystery person is. […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 7: Of Risk and Reward — S. Alan Stern
My reflections for today, launch day, are on risk and reward. In my view, both are integral parts of what it means to be human. Risk and reward are also […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 6: Anticipation — S. Alan Stern
My rookie spaceflight is so close now that itâs hard to believe–its time is really here. We plan to fly on Thursday, launching aboard Virgin Galacticâs Unity spacecraft. As the […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 5: Hi Five! — S. Alan Stern
Virgin Galacticâs Galactic 05 suborbital mission I am flying on, still set for November 2nd, is the fifth commercial suborbital revenue mission for Virgin Galactic. Among myself and the other […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 4: My Research Spaceflight Training: Count Down to Launch — S. Alan Stern
Itâs just T-6 days to launch on my first space mission, which is set for liftoff on Thursday, November 2nd from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. Spaceport America is […]
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My Suborbital Life Blog 3: The Suborbital Revolution Is Here –S. Alan Stern
As I write this blog, Iâm about to leave on a business trip to Boston, to lead a science team meeting of the NASA New Horizons mission, which I serve […]
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Virgin Galactic’s Unity Reaches Space
Keith’s note: Virgin Galactic pulled off an apparently flawless flight into space today – two pilots took four commercial passengers into space, they did their science thing, looked out the […]