News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories
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Demo-2 Launch Readiness Review complete, weather systems presenting as a ‘strange brew’
Cullen DesforgesMay 25th, 2020NASA and SpaceX today completed the Launch Readiness Review for Demo-2, the next step in marching towards a May 27, 2020 planned launch date.
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Virgin Orbit set to perform first test launch
Matt HaskellMay 23rd, 2020Virgin Orbit has released that they are finally ready to let their rocket fly for the first time, targeting Sunday morning at 10 AM PST from a location off the coast of Southern California.
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US Space Force prepares for astronaut rescue missions
Matt HaskellMay 22nd, 2020The 45th Operational Group, Detachment 3 stands ready to rescue Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the event their missions ends in an unexpected abort.
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Astronauts Behnken, Hurley arrive in Florida; only 7 days until Demo-2
Michael McCabeMay 20th, 2020NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana welcomed the crew of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the Cape on May 20, 2020. Set to lift off in just 7 days, Demo-2 will be the first crewed launch from American soil since OV-104 Atlantis took her final flight on July 8, 2011. […]
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Japan launches its last ‘white stork’ to the International Space Station
Derek RichardsonMay 20th, 2020Lifting off from its seaside launchpad, Japan’s final H-2B rocket sent the final Kounotori cargo ship into orbit to service the International Space Station.
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ULA successfully launches Atlas V, X-37B spaceplane
Theresa CrossMay 17th, 2020At 9:14 AM EDT, United Launch Alliance successfully launched an Atlas V rocket, lofting the X-37B spaceplane into orbit for the U.S Space Force.
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Launch of USSF-7 scrubbed due to weather
Sean CostelloMay 16th, 2020Despite the availability of two 10-minute windows, United Launch Alliance was unable to loft the USSF-7 payload atop their Atlas V rocket due to weather violations in the launch criteria.
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ULA to launch the sixth flight of the X-37B
Cullen DesforgesMay 15th, 2020United Launch Alliance will launch the USSF-7 mission early Saturday morning from Cape Canaveral for the United States Space Force.
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45th Space Wing preparing for back to back launches
Matt HaskellMay 14th, 2020This weekend, the 45th Space wing at cape Canaveral Air Force Station is poised for a modern era record turnaround in launches, as it prepares to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with the USSF-7 X-37B from LC-41 on Saturday, and a SpaceX Falcon 9 with Starlink satellites from LC-40 on Sunday.
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Flight plans released for SpaceX’s Demo-2 crewed mission
Cullen DesforgesMay 14th, 2020During a recent joint NASA / SpaceX Demo-2 mission press conference, a clear picture was painted as to what launch day activities and the ensuing flight of Crew Dragon will look like.
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Curiosity mission team operates rover from home
Jim SharkeyMay 13th, 2020While the majority of scientists and engineers who work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California are currently off-site, that doesn’t mean that their work supporting interplanetary missions has ground to a halt.
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NG-13 Cygnus departs ISS for extended mission
Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2020After 83 days attached to the International Space Station, the three-person Expedition 63 crew today bid farewell to the NG-13 Cygnus cargo ship after it supplied the outpost with some 3,400 kilograms of supplies and equipment.
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Yevgeny Mikrin, General Designer of Russian space program, dead at age 64
Sean CostelloMay 5th, 2020The Russian space community is mourning the tragic loss of their General Designer, with Roscosmos confirming today that Yevgeny Anatolyevich Mikrin died in hospital on May 5, 2020, at the age of 64.
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NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers
Cullen DesforgesMay 1st, 2020NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.
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Progress 75 resupply ship docks at International Space Station
Sean CostelloApril 25th, 2020At 1:12am EDT on April 25, 2020, the uncrewed Progress 75 Russian resupply ship successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
