By Ben Evans, on March 9th, 2015 Barry “Butch” Wilmore (left) will hand over command of the International Space Station (ISS) to Terry Virts (right) on Tuesday, 10 March, ahead of his crew’s return to Earth. This ceremony will officially end Expedition 42 and mark the beginning of Expedition 43. Photo Credit: NASA
After more than five months in orbit, […]
By Ben Evans, on January 3rd, 2015 The CRS-5 mission is the fifth dedicated Dragon cargo flight under the language of SpaceX’s $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. Credit: NASA
Almost three weeks later than originally planned, SpaceX—the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services company, headed by entrepreneur Elon Musk—is primed to launch its fifth dedicated Dragon cargo mission […]
By Ben Evans, on January 1st, 2015 2015 promises to be a dramatic year for the ISS. Four Soyuz spacecraft will launch toward the space station, delivering new crew members from Russia, the United States, Japan, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Photo Credit: NASA
The 15th year of continuous occupation of the International Space Station (ISS) promises to be a […]
By Ben Evans, on November 20th, 2014 The Expedition 42 crew, from left, consists of Yelena Serova, Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Soyuz TMA-15M new arrivals Anton Shkaplerov, Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti. Photo Credit: NASA
Two weeks after the 9 November return to Earth of Soyuz TMA-13M, a new three-member crew will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]
By Ben Evans, on November 9th, 2014
The Expedition 41 crew gather inside Japan’s Kibo laboratory for a group portrait. Front row (from left) are Alexander Gerst, Max Surayev, and Reid Wiseman, and back row (from left) are Yelena Serova, Barry “Butch” Wilmore, and Aleksandr Samokutyayev. Photo Credit: NASA
Expedition 42 is formally underway aboard the International Space Station […]
By Ben Evans, on November 5th, 2014 An aerial view of the Wallops Island launch facilities taken by the Wallops Incident Response Team Oct. 29 following the failed launch attempt of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket Oct. 28. Photo Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach
One week after the catastrophic explosion of its fifth Antares booster—which lost all forward momentum and was remotely […]
By Ben Evans, on October 28th, 2014 Like a scene from a horror movie, Orbital’s dream of resupplying the International Space Station (ISS) crashes cruelly back to Earth. Photo Credit: NASA
Following a frustrating 24-hour delay, caused by the presence of an unauthorized watercraft in the Launch Danger Zone, the heart was torn from Orbital Sciences Corp. today (Tuesday, 28 […]
By Ben Evans, on August 17th, 2014 Characterized by its X-shaped “windmill” of solar arrays, Europe’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) is visible, attached to the aft longitudinal port of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Zvezda module. Photo Credit: NASA
A hot and feverish summer of International Space Station (ISS) resupply operations is in high gear, following the […]
By Ben Evans, on July 17th, 2014 Soyuz TMA-14M crew members Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Barry “Butch” Wilmore, and Yelena Serova are pictured during an emergency procedures training session at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: NASA
With 10 weeks to go before they head into orbit for a six-month expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), the […]
By Ben Evans, on July 16th, 2014 Less than three days after its rousing launch from the Virginia coast, Orbital Sciences Corp. has delivered the second of eight Cygnus cargo vehicles to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA
Less than three days since it launched its mighty Antares booster from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) […]
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