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After Month-Long Delivery Mission, SpaceX’s Dragon Returns to Earth
The last month has seen spectacular success for SpaceX, as the Hawthorne, Calif.-based launch services provider flawlessly conducted a pair of missions to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) and brought a pair of Upgraded Falcon 9 first stages back through the furnace heat of re-entry to safely land on the Autonomous Spaceport […] More
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Expedition 47 Return Extended to 18 June to Support ‘Heavy Scientific Research Work’
The incumbent Expedition 47 core crew of the International Space Station (ISS)—Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, and Britain’s first “official” astronaut, Tim Peake—will remain aboard the orbiting laboratory for longer than planned. On Friday, 29 April, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that the trio will return to Earth aboard their Soyuz […] More
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Space Station Ready for BEAM Installation, ULA and Bigelow Announce Future Plans
Little more than a week since its rousing launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship—and just six days since it reached its orbital home for the next two years—the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is slated to be physically installed onto the Tranquility node at the International Space Station […] More
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in NASA, SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace, CRS-8Dragon Resumes Space Station Cargo Operations as Falcon-9 Sticks Its First Drone Ship Landing
Almost a year since the launch of its last fully-successful Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX has delivered another of its venerable cargo ships toward the orbiting outpost. Liftoff of the CRS-8 mission—flown under the language of the initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract, signed between NASA and SpaceX in December […] More
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Bigelow Aerospace’s BEAM Facility Headed for Space Station on Friday
For the third time this year—following hard on the heels of January’s Jason-3 launch out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and last month’s flight of the SES-9 communications satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.—SpaceX aims to deliver another Falcon 9 booster aloft at 4:43 p.m. EDT Friday, […] More
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A Cygnus Came A’Calling: Orbital ATK’s OA-6 Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
A little more than two days after its rousing Tuesday night liftoff from the storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Orbital ATK has successfully delivered another Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS). The perfect rendezvous and capture of the OA-6 spacecraft at 6:51 a.m. EDT Saturday, […] More
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Spectacular Atlas V Launch Carries Rick Husband Back to Space
More than a decade after his mortal life was lost, along with his crew, during the final, tragic re-entry of Shuttle Columbia, veteran astronaut Rick Husband was posthumously granted a second opportunity to visit the International Space Station (ISS) tonight (Tuesday, 22 March). A mighty United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 booster successfully delivered […] More
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in ULA, Missions, CYGNUS, Orbital ATK, OA-6ULA Stands Ready to Deliver Second Orbital ATK Cygnus to Space Station on Tuesday Night
Barely a month since the last of its kind—the OA-4 mission—returned to a fiery demise in Earth’s atmosphere, Orbital ATK will deliver another Cygnus cargo ship towards the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, 22 March. Coming five weeks after the 19 February departure of its predecessor, the OA-6 launch represents the shortest interval between […] More
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in NASA, Orbital ATK, OA-6Columbia’s Final Commander Honored in Upcoming Cygnus Resupply Mission to ISS
In keeping with tradition, Orbital ATK’s next Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS)—conducted under the language of a $1.9 billion contract, signed with NASA back in December 2008—will bear the name of a former U.S. astronaut. Scheduled for launch on Tuesday, 22 March, the OA-6 mission will honor Air Force Col. Rick […] More
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in AmericaSpace, ISS, Space, Ben Evans, astronaut, Baikonur, Soyuz TMA-M, Missions, TMA-20MAmerica’s Next Record-Breaker Rockets to Orbit for Six-Month Mission
Piercing the pre-dawn skies of Baikonur Cosmodrome, on the desolate steppe of Kazakhstan, a veteran Soyuz-FG booster roared into space tonight, carrying a new crew for the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard Soyuz TMA-20M—the final member of this latest variant of Russian piloted space vehicles, whose four-generational heritage dates back to the mid-1960s—were cosmonauts Alexei […] More
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in AmericaSpace, ISS, Space, International Space Station, Ben Evans, astronaut, Baikonur, Soyuz TMA-M, Launch, Missions, TMA-20MLast Soyuz TMA-M Crew Ready for Friday Launch to Space Station
For the second time in less than a year, a NASA astronaut will soon set a new record for the longest cumulative time spent in space by an American citizen. Following the recent return of Scott Kelly from his (almost) year-long mission—during which he established a U.S. national record of more than 520 days in […] More
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in NASA, AmericaSpace, ISS, Mars, Space, COTS, International Space Station, Ben Evans, astronaut, Soyuz TMA-M, Exploration, Missions, low earth orbit, CYGNUS, TMA-15M, ORB-4, CRS-6, TMA-16M, CRS-7, TMA-17M, TMA-19M, TMA-20MKelly and Kornienko’s Year-Long Mission Paves Way for Journey to Mars
For the first time in almost five years—and the most recent flight of NASA astronaut Mike Fincke—a U.S. citizen sits within the Top 20 most experienced spacefarers in the world. Last night’s safe return to Earth of Scott Kelly, completing a year in space, has comfortably positioned him in 17th place, with a cumulative total […] More
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