Tag: AeroCube 12
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Weather-monitoring and tech demo CubeSats deployed in orbit
Artist’s illustration of the RainCube spacecraft released from the International Space Station on July 13. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Fifteen CubeSats owned by NASA, Spire Global, and U.S. research institutions launched aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship in May have been released into orbit, beginning missions to demonstrate miniaturized, low-cost Earth science instruments and join a…
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Cygnus cargo ship released from space station, heads for extended mission
The Cygnus supply ship flies away from the International Space Station after release from Canadarm 2 on Sunday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Closing out 52 days at the International Space Station, an automated Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft left the research outpost Sunday to climb into a higher orbit for deployment of six CubeSats and…
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Cygnus arrives at station with CubeSats, quantum physics experiment
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship in the grip of the space station’s robotic arm Thursday. Credit: Norishige Kanai/JAXA/NASA Closing out a three-day chase from a launch pad in Virginia, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo freighter arrived Thursday at the International Space Station with nearly 7,400 pounds of equipment, delivering food, a quantum physics experiment, and CubeSats…
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Photos: Antares rocket’s predawn launch from Wallops Island
Carrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifted off Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares booster launched at 4:44 a.m. EDT (0844 GMT) Monday from pad 0A at the seaside spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The…
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Antares rocket launch kicks off space station’s next commercial cargo delivery
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket lifts off from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now An Orbital ATK Antares rocket streaked into orbit early Monday from Wallops Island, Virginia, with a commercial Cygnus cargo craft carrying a quantum research experiment, an investigation into the properties of concrete in…
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Video: Orbital ATK’s Antares booster climbs away from Virginia spaceport
Video credit: NASA TV Watch a replay of the launch Monday of an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying a commercial cargo craft destined for the International Space Station. The 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket lifted off at 4:44 a.m. EDT (0844 GMT) from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.…
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Photos: Antares rocket poised for liftoff from Virginia’s Eastern Shore
A 139-foot-tall (42.5-meter) Antares rocket is slated for a predawn launch Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, carrying a Cygnus supply ship heading for the International Space Station. The two-stage commercial rocket and cargo carrier, developed and operated by Orbital ATK, will haul 7,385 pounds (3,350 kilograms) of supplies, experiments and…
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Antares launch timeline on the OA-9 cargo mission
Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Monday to begin a three-day pursuit of the International Space Station. The rocket’s two RD-181 engines will ignite around 3.7 seconds before liftoff from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a complex owned by the state of Virginia at…
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Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship captured by space station’s robotic arm
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Orbital ATK’s ninth operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Orbital ATK readies cargo ship for launch to space station
Ground crews load the Cygnus supply ship before its trip to the International Space Station set to begin with launch Monday. Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK readied an upgraded Antares rocket for launch Monday from Wallops Island, Va., to deliver more than 3 tons of crew supplies, science gear, spare parts and three small satellites…