News Archive / Author: Curt Godwin

Curt Godwin has been a fan of space exploration for as long as he can remember, keeping his eyes to the skies from an early age. Initially majoring in Nuclear Engineering, Curt later decided that computers would be a more interesting - and safer - career field. He's worked in education technology for more than 20 years, and has been published in industry and peer journals, and is a respected authority on wireless network engineering. Throughout this period of his life, he maintained his love for all things space and has written about his experiences at a variety of NASA events, both on his personal blog and as a freelance media representative.

Articles By Curt Godwin

• NASA completes SLS core stage in preparation for Artemis 1 mission

  December 10th, 2019

  Boeing completes milestone in 15-year-long effort to reignite crewed deep space missions.

• OPINION: SpaceX’s upcoming Starlink mission means more than ending Florida’s launch drought

  November 3rd, 2019

  The Space Coast has not seen a liftoff since Aug. 22. SpaceX is set to launch the second group of its Starlink satellites on Nov. 11, ending a two-month "drought" of ground launches from Florida. This upcoming mission has a lot more riding on it other than just alleviating that.

• Blue Origin leads consortium of space stalwarts to develop Human Landing System

  October 25th, 2019

  Although the company has yet to launch a single human into suborbital space, much less into orbit, Blue Origin plans to be a key player in NASA's return to the Moon. At present, it's unclear if a recent announcement will join others in the lunar regolith or ignite a new era of human lunar exploration.

• Successful static fire clears way for launch of third Falcon Heavy flight

  June 21st, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Clearing one of the last hurdles before the flight of the Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission early next week, SpaceX is preparing for the first night launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket.

• NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship

  April 15th, 2019

  When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance.

• Toyota, JAXA team up to study human-rated Moon rover

  March 17th, 2019

  Having a reputation of building some of the most rugged and dependable vehicles on Earth, Toyota is setting its sights on something a little more ambitious.

• NASA makes strides to support a sustainable deep space exploration system

  March 11th, 2019

  While recent interest has been aimed at the progress of the Commercial Crew Program, NASA is making steady headway with its deep space exploration programs.

• SpaceX launches historic Crew Dragon flight to space station

  March 2nd, 2019

  Clearing one of the final milestones before the return of human spaceflight to the U.S., SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission.

• SpaceX readies Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission

  February 28th, 2019

  The journey to return human spaceflight to U.S. soil is set to cross another milestone as SpaceX prepares to send its first Crew Dragon to the ISS.

• SpaceX completes 2nd mission of 2019 with launch of GTO rideshare

  February 21st, 2019

  SpaceX launched the Indonesian Nusantara Satu (also known as PSN 6) telecommunications satellite along with SpaceIL's private Beresheet lunar lander.

• GTO rideshare mission set to be SpaceX’s 2nd launch of 2019

  February 19th, 2019

  SpaceX is about to send the PSN 6 satellite and several rideshare payloads to geostationary transfer orbit, including a lunar lander poised to make history.

• SpaceX starts 2019 manifest with successful Iridium 8 launch

  January 11th, 2019

  LOMPOC, Calif. — After enduring several delays, SpaceX successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites into a polar low-Earth orbit (LEO), marking the Falcon 9’s first flight of 2019, and the last of the original contract, signed in 2010, with Iridium.

• SpaceX continued to set records in 2018

  December 31st, 2018

  With 2017 seeing SpaceX set a company record of 18 launches in a single year, the California-based launch provider looked to 2018 to build on that success.

• SpaceX sets record with launch of 64 satellites on SSO-A

  December 3rd, 2018

  LOMPOC, Calif. -- Overcoming numerous delays, SpaceX completed one of its most complex missions yet - the delivery of 64 satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit.

• India launches HysIS satellite along with 30 co-passengers on PSLV-C43

  November 29th, 2018

  At 9:58 a.m. Indian Standard Time (IST) on Thursday, November 29, 2018 (11:28 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 28), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully delivered the HysIS imaging satellite, along with 30 smaller satellites, to a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) on flight PSLV-C43.