Tag: CRS
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Cygnus departs ISS following reboost test
The Northrop Grumman OA-9E Cygnus spacecraft has departed the ISS at the concluding phase of her mission. The departure comes five days after a unique test objective. The cargo resupply vehicle provided a reboost to the Station with a short 50 second burn of its main engine on the aft of the vehicle, raising the…
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SpaceX CRS-15 Dragon arrives at ISS with science/crew supply payloads
Three days after launching from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, SpaceX’s CRS-15 Dragon has arrived at the International Space Station. Ahead of the pre-planned timeline, Dragon was grappled by the Station’s Canadarm2 at 06:54 EDT (10:54 UTC) on Monday, with berthing following at around 09:50 EDT (13:50 UTC). Packed within Dragon…
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Final Block 4 Falcon 9 launches CRS-15 Dragon
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its next mission to the International Space Station Friday, with launch aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket – the final Block 4 vehicle – from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission, which will also use a previously-flown Dragon capsule, lifted off at 05:42 Eastern Daylight Time (09:42 UTC). The…
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Final Block 4 Falcon 9 launches CRS-15 Dragon
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its next mission to the International Space Station Friday, with launch aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket – the final Block 4 vehicle – from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission, which will also use a previously-flown Dragon capsule, lifted off at 05:42 Eastern Daylight Time (09:42 UTC). The…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of CRS-15 mission
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). A key milestone towards next Thursday’s launch was the Static Fire test, that took place on Saturday at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. This latest mission is set to take place just under a month since a Falcon…
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Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of CRS-15 mission
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). A key milestone towards next Thursday’s launch was the Static Fire test, that took place on Saturday at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. This latest mission is set to take place just under a month since a Falcon…
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BEST Station experiment aims for in-situ bacterial identification, sequence RNA for first time in space
When the S.S. J.R. Thompson (OA-9E) Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station last month, it brought with it the Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology, or BEST, experiment that will aim to demonstrate the ability to perform in-situ identification of microbes onboard the International Space Station, study mutation rates over time in bacterial genomes, and…
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BEST Station experiment aims for in-situ bacterial identification, sequence RNA for first time in space
When the S.S. J.R. Thompson (OA-9E) Cygnus arrived at the International Space Station last month, it brought with it the Biomolecule Extraction and Sequencing Technology, or BEST, experiment that will aim to demonstrate the ability to perform in-situ identification of microbes onboard the International Space Station, study mutation rates over time in bacterial genomes, and…
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Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems aims for one year or more on-orbit Cygnus lifetime
With Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK complete, the newly-formed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems will now be the division within Northrop Grumman responsible for all Cygnus missions to the International Space Station as well as the execution of the extended CRS1 and the upcoming CRS2 contracts. As part of those contracts, the company will continue…
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OA-9 Cygnus arrives at Station, makes first use of new C2V2 radio
The OA-9 (S.S. J.R. Thompson) Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday morning. During the approach, Cygnus became the first craft to use the new Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) radio – which will be instrumental for the upcoming commercial crew vehicles. During its stay at ISS, Cygnus will hopefully perform…