Tag: Boeing
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket set for launch Monday
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch the Inmarsat 5 F4 communications satellite for mobile broadband connectivity. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Satellite for broadband on-the-go next in rapid-fire SpaceX launch campaign
The Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite pictured with one-half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: Inmarsat A powerhouse communications satellite owned by Inmarsat has been fueled for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to provide broadband links for passengers and crews aboard…
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Satellite for broadband on-the-go next in rapid-fire SpaceX launch campaign
The Inmarsat 5 F4 satellite pictured with one-half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing. Credit: Inmarsat A powerhouse communications satellite owned by Inmarsat has been fueled for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to provide broadband links for passengers and crews aboard…
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Photos: Sunday’s return of X-37B after 718 days in space
This gallery of U.S. Air Force photos show technicians, wearing protective SCAPE suits, initially check for hazardous hypergolic fuel vapors around the X-37B spaceplane on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway and the subsequent tow of the vehicle to its newly-renovated hangar at the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: Air Force
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X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth and makes autopilot landing in Florida
The military’s mini shuttle on the KSC runway this morning. Credit: Air Force Editor’s note: Exact landing time now added CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force’s robotic X-37B mini space shuttle swooped out of obscurity today after 718 days spent in orbit on a secretive military mission, touching down at the Kennedy Space Center’s orbiter…
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Video: Sunday’s landing of X-37B at Kennedy Space Center
The U.S. military’s mini space shuttle successfully returned to Earth today, touching down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after spending 718 days in space. These video clips were released by the Air Force showing different views of the landing. (The NASA shuttle seen is a museum mockup being restored near the runway).
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Animation: The flight of a Boeing Starliner capsule from launch to landing
Animation depicts the flight of Boeing’s Starliner commercial crew capsule, ascending into orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket to reach the International Space Station and re-entry to make an airbag-cushioned touchdown on land. Video courtesy: Boeing
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Video: Take a virtual ride on the Atlas 5 launch pad emergency ziplines
Commercial ziplines have been installed and tested at United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket pad as the emergency escape system if astronauts and ground personnel need to evacuate the Crew Access Tower. Read our full story on the new zipliness. Video courtesy: NASA
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Ziplines installed to whisk personnel from danger at Starliner launch pad
Commercial ZipRiders will be used as the emergency escape system at the Atlas 5 launch complex. Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — Ziplines are used by thrill-seekers in adventures around the world, but now they are coming to the U.S. space program as the emergency escape system for personnel at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41. Commercial, off-the-shelf…