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No Rest for SpaceX: Next Starlink Launch Comes on the Heels of Successful...

Earlier today, SpaceX successfully conducted an in-flight abort test of Crew Dragon.  In the words of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, “… This critical test puts us on the cusp of once again...

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A Rough Road Leads to the Stars

“Take me out to the black, tell ’em I ain’t comin’ back…” — Joss Whedon, The Ballad of Serenity On this date 53 years ago, a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station...

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Scheduled Launch of CRS-20 on March 6 Marks Swan Song for OG Dragon

image: commons.wikimedia.org When a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the waning minutes of March 6, it will mark not...

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“Firefly: The Sting” Original Graphic Novel Is a Tale That Didn’t Need Tellin’

If you are a fan of Joss Whedon who has been starved for more tales of the thrilling heroics of Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew, then the past few years have been a good time to be a Browncoat....

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Stakes Are Higher Than Usual for Next SpaceX Starlink Launch

SpaceX will launch its next batch of 60 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket NET 3:16 PM EST (19:16 UTC) Thursday, April 23 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida....

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The Browncoats Launch Party That Could Have Been

Even with the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the news these days, excitement and buzz continue to mount for the crewed demonstration flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon (DM-2), which is scheduled to launch on...

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“May Have Been the Losing Side…”

COMMANDER HARKEN:  “Seems odd you’d name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of.” MALCOLM REYNOLDS:  “May have been the losing side.  Still not convinced it was the wrong one.” —...

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Latest Release from Titan Books Is Perhaps the Best Firefly Novel Yet

Firefly: Generations is the fourth original Firefly novel from Titan Books, and the first by an author other than New York Times bestselling author James Lovegrove. For this novel, Titan called upon...

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When Your Star Falls Right Out of the Sky

For eight years, we here at Take Back the Sky lobbied SpaceX to name their first Crew Dragon spacecraft after Serenity. While our campaign ultimately wasn’t successful, the process was a labor of love...

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Boom! Studios “Watch How I Soar” a Surprisingly Fitting Tribute to Serenity’s...

by Chris Tobias I have a confession to make. When I sat down to read Watch How I Soar, the latest original Firefly graphic novel from Boom! Studios, I was expecting to be disappointed. The last...

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