By Talia Landman, on March 26th, 2016
Expedition 47 crew member Tim Kopra captured this photograph of OA-6 Cygnus before the berthing early this morning. “#Cygnus when it was on its way to #ISS- the SS Rick Husband. @Orbital_ATK @Space_Station.” Credit: Tim Kopra/ @astro_tim on Twitter
On Saturday, March 26, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship, named after the late astronaut […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 26th, 2015 The CRS-7 mission is the seventh dedicated Dragon cargo flight under the language of SpaceX’s $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. Credit: NASA
Less than six weeks since its most recent cargo ship returned from the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX—the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services operator, headed by entrepreneur Elon […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 9th, 2015
The Soyuz TMA-15M crew, clad in their Sokol (Falcon) launch and entry suits, will return to Earth on Thursday, after more than 199 days in orbit. Photo Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)
After more than 28 weeks aloft, the “core” of Expedition 43—the 43rd crew to live and work aboard the International Space […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 23rd, 2015 NASA image, detailing the removal (blue) of the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) from the Unity nadir interface and its installation (green) onto the forward port of the Tranquility node. The relocation maneuver is planned for Wednesday, 27 May. Image Credit: NASA
Continuing an ambitious year which will see the most significant reconfiguration […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 21st, 2015 The CRS-6 Dragon spacecraft is robotically detached from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, 21 May, by Expedition 43 astronauts Terry Virts and Scott Kelly. Photo Credit: Terry Virts/Twitter/NASA
SpaceX has triumphantly reached the halfway mark in its initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA, by successfully bringing its […]
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By Sherry Valare, on May 4th, 2015 Expedition 43 crew member and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti working with the C. elegans muscle experiment last week on the ISS. Photo Credit: Twitter via @AstroSamantha
The Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) kept busy last week working on a large variety of research and experiments, […]
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By Sherry Valare, on April 20th, 2015 Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency (ESA), poses with the SpaceX CRS-6 Dragon in her Starfleet outfit after successfully capturing the cargo and supply-filled spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA/ESA
The six Expedition 43 crew members currently living and working on the International Space Station (ISS) kept a busy schedule last […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 17th, 2015 Stunning view of the CRS-6 Dragon spacecraft during its final stages of approach on Friday, 17 April, to berth at the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: Terry Virts/NASA/Twitter
Sixty-five hours after departing Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in a blaze of fire and light, SpaceX’s sixth […]
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By Mike Killian, on April 14th, 2015 The Falcon-9 CRS-6 first stage booster just before touching down on the company’s offshore “Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship.” According to SpaceX leader Elon Musk, the rocket came down with excess lateral velocity, causing it to tip over post landing. Photo Credit: SpaceX via Twitter @ElonMusk
Right now SpaceX’s CRS-6 Dragon cargo ship is […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 14th, 2015 Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket to deliver the company’s sixth dedicated Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station on April 14, 2015, at 4:10 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
Following a 24-hour delay, caused by unacceptable weather conditions, SpaceX has successfully delivered its latest […]
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