Phillip Keane

My background is in Aeronautical Engineering, I have worked as a Technical Author for Airbus Military and as a Development Technician at Rolls-Royce on Trent XWB project (R&D). Now studying Space Studies at ISU in Strasbourg, my interests are primarily in Space Suit Design and Hypersonic Propulsion. My hobbies are Bass Guitar and Holidays :D

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European Mars Rover Prototype on Test in Chile

By Phillip Keane on October 15, 2013

Bridget the rover, roaming the Atacama Desert (Credit: ESA/M. van Winnendael). In early October 2013, the Atacama Desert became the site of a Mars... Read more →

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Cosmonaut Quits After Finding Something “More Interesting” To Do

By Phillip Keane on September 6, 2013

Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov clearly has better things to do (Credits: RIA Novosti). According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Cosmonaut Yury... Read more →

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NASA Test Fires 3D Printed Rocket Fuel Injector

By Phillip Keane on August 28, 2013

An engineer inspects the injector (Credits: NASA). Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have posted a video showing the successful... Read more →

Parsons in the Pasadena desert, along side a prototype engine (Credits: JPL).

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Jack Parsons and the Occult Roots of JPL

By Phillip Keane on August 2, 2013

Almost everyone in the fields of space and aeronautical engineering are aware of the names of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Werner Von... Read more →

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Martian HiRISE Videogame Launches Kickstarter Campaign

By Phillip Keane on July 3, 2013

Digital Terrain Model of Mojave Crater, created from HiRISE data. This is similar to the process that will be used in game (Credits:... Read more →

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First O3b Satellites Launched from Guiana

By Phillip Keane on June 25, 2013

The O3b constellation, in MEO. (Credits: O3b Networks). Four O3b satellites have successfully been launched on an Arianespace Soyuz ST-B launch... Read more →

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ExoMars Enters Final Phase of Construction

By Phillip Keane on June 18, 2013

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (Credits: ESA). ESA's ExoMars program has entered the final stage of construction by signing a hardware contract... Read more →

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Gastronomy Domine: Neil deGrasse Tyson on Space Food

By Phillip Keane on June 14, 2013

Space food, as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey (Credits: MGM). Neil deGrasse Tyson gives an interview for his StarTalk... Read more →

Media

First Radar Glance Reveals that Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon

By Phillip Keane on May 31, 2013

That's no moon....Oh, yes it is! (Credits: NASA/JPL). The asteroid 1998 QE2 which is making its pass this week, apparently has a moon, as shown... Read more →

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JPL Announces Curiosity Radiation Exposure Levels

By Phillip Keane on May 30, 2013

Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard Curiosity rover (Credits: JPL) On May 30th, NASA and JPL held a teleconference to present the findings... Read more →