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View ArticleSo Damned Pretty: 6 Things You Didn’t Know About the Dragon v2 Spaceship
After the presentation, we assume he flew away in an Iron Man armor suit. If you missed out on last week’s public unveiling of the Dragon v2 spaceship, you really missed out. It had all of the “cool”...
View ArticleBrowncoats Gain Entry to NASA Press Event — UPDATED
Titusville, FL– Dragon cargo delivery craft berthed at the International Space Station orbiting Earth. Early yesterday, Take Back the Sky received final approval and was granted full press...
View ArticleSpaceX’s Falcon 9 Landing: a New Force Awakens in the Space Industry
Okay, I’m going to admit something that might cause some folk to insist that I should resign my commission as a bona fide geek– I still haven’t seen Star Wars Episode VII: the Force Awakens. Now,...
View ArticleTake Back the Sky at Carnegie Science Center’s “Rocket Science Night” on...
Even though we haven’t quite closed the books on 2015, here at Take Back the Sky we’re already looking ahead to next year. 2016 will be a pivotal year in our efforts to convince SpaceX to name their...
View ArticleState of the ‘Verse: The Year That Was, and What’s to Come
Happy New Year, ladies and menfolk! 2015 was quite a ride. NASA announced the crew that will fly its Commercial Crew missions, SpaceX bounced back from a resupply mission to the ISS that got a little...
View ArticleDC Comics Decisions Inspire #SpaceXSerenityCrew
I’m a huge fan of science-fiction, and my first love is Firefly, but there’s more to this geek than my coat of a brownish color. For example, I’m also an avid reader and collector of comic books. I...
View ArticleJoin the #SpaceXSerenityCrew at Carnegie Science Center this Friday
We want to remind Browncoats and space enthusiasts in the Western Pennsylvania area that they are invited to join us for “21-and-Over Rocket Science Night” at the Carnegie Science Center on...
View ArticleRocket Science Night a Real Blast for the #SpaceXSerenityCrew
The evening of Friday, January 15 was a somewhat unique one for Take Back the Sky. Our tabling experience at “21+ Rocket Science Night” at the Carnegie Science Center of Pittsburgh marked the first...
View ArticleAd Astra Per Aspera: the Lost Lessons
“Take me out to the black. Tell ’em I ain’t comin’ back…” — The Ballad of Serenity If you’re a space enthusiast like us, the days between January 27 and February 1 are a difficult stretch. That’s...
View Article“This Land” is Our Land
Hands-down the best part of this campaign has been hitting the pavement and talking to fellow Browncoats and others who want to see our descendants living off-world. We tend to fret the setup, but...
View ArticleSpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of SES-9 Set for February 24
Ladies and menfolk, there’s a launch to be done! If all goes according to plan (and that’s a big IF, given all the variables that go into the business of launching rockets), SpaceX will launch a...
View ArticleBig Damn Heroes: Eric Boe
Ni hao, fellow travellers! Today we introduce Colonel Eric Boe, the third of four astronauts selected to be among the first to pilot the first of SpaceX’s manned Dragon spacecraft, which Browncoats and...
View ArticleFour Reasons You Should Watch Friday’s Dragon Launch and Falcon Landing
This Friday, April 8, SpaceX will launch an unmanned Dragon spacecraft to low Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. SpaceX’s...
View ArticleJoin the #SpaceXSerenityCrew at Carnegie Science Center for Sci-Fi Night this...
If your corner of the ‘verse is in or around the Pittsburgh area, then we have the perfect way for you to kick off your weekend! Take Back the Sky will be at Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s...
View Article“Wait, what?” SpaceX Announces Mars Landing is “GO” for 2018
On Wednesday, SpaceX announced via its social media presence that the company is sending its first mission to the red planet as soon as 2018. They intend to land an unmanned Dragon spacecraft on the...
View ArticleSpaceX Falcon 9 to Break Atmo Again May 5
SpaceX will be back in action again in the early morning hours of May 5 with the launch of another Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. This latest mission will carry the JCSAT-14 communications satellite...
View ArticleSpaceX Aims to Launch/Land Again June 15
SpaceX has announced a June 15 launch date for its next Falcon 9 launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission is to launch the Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A...
View ArticleSpaceX and Comic-Con: Planting the Seeds of Serenity
In approximately 24 hours, we will close our second (and likely final) online petition to SpaceX asking them to name their first manned Dragon capsule after Joss Whedon’s fictional spaceship Serenity....
View ArticleCRS-9: Making the ISS Truly “International”
A little after midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning, SpaceX will launch a Dragon spacecraft on its ninth Crew Resupply Mission (CRS-9) to the International Space Station (ISS) under contract to...
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