The green ball of ice

It would be a night time launch for Delta 13. Onboard were mission commander Valentina Kerman, Chief Engineer Bill Kerman and Scientist Fjalarr Kerman. After Delta 12s historic landing on the Mun, it was time to head out to that other moon. Orbital insertion was good and due to the launch window they could compensate […]

The cold surprise

Early morning an Arrow IIB stood on the launchpad, carrying a ScanSat A3 gravioli density scan. It would target a polar orbit and launch from Woomerang. One minute into the flight telemetry showed something was wrong. The payload was well within the capacity but the rocket started losing speed as if it was pulled back […]