News Archive / Author: Derek Richardson
Derek Richardson has a degree in mass media, with an emphasis in contemporary journalism, from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. While at Washburn, he was the managing editor of the student run newspaper, the Washburn Review. He also has a blog about the International Space Station, called Orbital Velocity. He met with members of the SpaceFlight Insider team during the flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket with the MUOS-4 satellite. Richardson joined our team shortly thereafter. His passion for space ignited when he watched Space Shuttle Discovery launch into space Oct. 29, 1998. Today, this fervor has accelerated toward orbit and shows no signs of slowing down. After dabbling in math and engineering courses in college, he soon realized his true calling was communicating to others about space. Since joining SpaceFlight Insider in 2015, Richardson has worked to increase the quality of our content, eventually becoming our managing editor. @TheSpaceWriter
Articles By Derek Richardson
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Remains of Falcon Heavy center core returned to port
April 18th, 2019A week after launching, what remains of the Falcon Heavy center core that toppled over because of rough seas has been returned to port.
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3 landings, 1 commercial payload – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy makes history – again
April 11th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — After a wait of more than a year, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has finally begun launching commercial payloads.SpaceX also managed to mark another (or was it three?) notch in its milestone list with today's flight.
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High winds ground Falcon Heavy
April 10th, 2019Higher than acceptable upper level winds prompt mission managers at SpaceX to postpone the launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon exploration
April 10th, 2019During the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outlined more of NASA’s Moon by 2024 plan.
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Astronauts route power cables during 3rd spacewalk of 2019
April 9th, 2019During a 6.5-hour spacewalk, two International Space Station astronauts finished battery work and routed cables across the outpost.
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Gallery: 2 shuttle astronauts added to Hall of Fame
April 7th, 2019Two veteran Space Shuttle astronauts were added to the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, joining the nearly 100 already inducted.
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Progress MS-11 launches toward ISS on 2-orbit trek
April 4th, 2019Russia launched a Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the latest Progress resupply freighter bound for the International Space Station.
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Raptor roars under Starship prototype in 1st static fire test
April 4th, 2019SpaceX’s stainless steel Starship prototype in South Texas has undergone its first static fire test with a Raptor engine installed beneath it.
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NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal
April 2nd, 2019NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the agency what it'll take to accomplish the Trump administration's goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2024.
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Astronauts wrap 2nd spacewalk of 2019
March 30th, 2019Astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch ventured outside the International Space Station to continue work replacing aging batteries on the exterior truss.
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Reactions mixed regarding India’s anti-satellite test
March 28th, 2019After India tested an anti-satellite missile by destroying one of its own spacecraft in orbit, the reaction from around the world has been varied.
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Vice president: US astronauts on Moon within 5 years
March 26th, 2019Vice President Pence lit a fire under the feet of all involved in returning astronauts to the Moon, telling NASA to do so by 2024 by "any means necessary."
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Assignment shuffle precludes all-female spacewalk
March 26th, 2019NASA said assignments for the next two spacewalks outside the International Space Station have been changed because of “spacesuit availability.”
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Dream Chaser passes latest NASA development milestone
March 24th, 2019Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane passed another milestone in its development to be the third commercial cargo freighter for the ISS.
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Astronauts install new batteries outside the International Space Station
March 23rd, 2019Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the 20-year-old International Space Station to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with fresh lithium-ion units.
