SpaceX’s Dragon 2 spacecraft, powered by a Falcon 9 rocket, on the lunchpad at the Kennedy Space Center.Image: David J. Phillip / AP Update 5/27:Due to weather concerns, NASA has postponed the launch until Saturday, May 30th at 3:22 PM...
Last week saw the end of the landing of the final Space Shuttle mission, bringing to close an era in space exploration. We’ve followed this story (and various tangents) for the better part of a year. In the process, we’ve...
While we seem to have been posting a bunch of space-related stories lately, this one hits a lot closer to home for us - quite literally. OWC has been a big sponsor of the Challenger Learning Center here in Woodstock,...
The new ThunderBlade is still the high-performance, mobile-ready RAID SSD that creative professionals have come to know, love, and depend on, but with several improvements that improve performance and redefine what it means to be the fastest shuttle and edit SSD in the universe.
The Flex1U4 is an innovative 4-bay rackmount solution with the best combination of storage capacity, Thunderbolt transfer performance, drive flexibility, and device expandability.
One of the most underestimated roles in film production is the Digital Imaging Technician (or DIT, for short). While the DIT will often have a later crew call than most others on set, they are often the last person to...
When I’m not writing articles for The Rocket Yard, I’m often traveling around the world with my wife, a recently retired engineer who spent 37 years in the rocket (Titan launch vehicle) and satellite business. We’re currently on a short trip to Florida prior to leaving on a cruise, which gave my spouse the chance to relive some of her career years at Kennedy Space Center. What we found was that the Cape Canaveral / Cocoa Beach / KSC area — also known as the Space Coast — is being rejuvenated by new entrants into the space industry.
Buzz Aldrin's boot print on the lunar surface, July 20, 1969. Public domain image via NASA. Seeing the Rocket Yard article about the model rocket launch at OWC Headquarters on July 16 commemorating the launch of Apollo 11 fifty years...
Wyatt Cagle’s world revolves around data. As the Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) on the Ralph Smyth Entertainment feature film “Playing God” starring Michael McKean and Alan Tudyk, Cagle is responsible for, among other things, ensuring each day’s footage is safely...
