Tag: European Space Agency
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Photos: Falcon 9 launches and lands at Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket fired into a late-night sky Friday night over Cape Canaveral with a Dragon supply ship bound for the International Space Station. Eight minutes later, the booster returned to Florida’s Space Coast for SpaceX’s 50th landing of a Falcon first stage. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Late-night launch of SpaceX cargo ship marks end of an era
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into space in this long exposure photo taken Friday night. Credit: SpaceX Taking aim on the International Space Station, nine kerosene-burning rocket engines powered a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher into a clear sky over Florida’s Space Coast on Friday night to begin the final flight of the first version of…
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 20th space station resupply mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday night with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 11:50 p.m. EST Friday (0450 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Space station to receive new outdoor deck for science experiments
Ground teams inspect the Bartolomeo science platform at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before loading into the drunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. Credit: NASA An Airbus-owned, German-built outdoor science deck is set for launch Friday night from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, heading for the International Space Station to…
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Photos: Atlas 5 lifts off with Solar Orbiter
Take a look back at the Feb. 9 launch of a 189-foot-tall (57.6-meter) Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying the European-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Flying in a rarely-used configuration with a single strap-on solid rocket booster, the Atlas 5 took off at 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday (0403 GMT Monday) from pad 41 at Cape…
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Atlas 5 blasts off with Solar Orbiter
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An Atlas 5 rocket lifted off at 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday (0403 GMT Monday) with the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Credit: United Launch Alliance Under a brilliant moon, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flashed to life and vaulted away from Cape Canaveral late Sunday, boosting the European…
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Atlas 5/Solar Orbiter launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the European-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft to study the sun. Launch is scheduled 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday (0403 GMT Monday) at the opening of a two-hour launch window. The 189-foot-tall (57.6-meter) rocket will arc to the…
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Solar Orbiter blasts off on a mission to study the sources of the sun’s power from pole to pole
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft was launched tonight to begin a seven-year, $1.5 billion mission aimed at studying the sun and its mysterious magnetic field from an unprecedented vantage point. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the two-ton, bus-sized probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:03 p.m. ET (8:03 p.m. PT) after…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches from Cape Canaveral with Solar Orbiter
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission developed in partnership with NASA. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 10:30 p.m. EST on Feb. 9 (0330 GMT on…
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Koch and crewmates back on Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch is helped from the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Christina Koch, veteran of six spacewalks outside the International Space Station — including the first all-female excursion — joined a Russian commander and an Italian flight engineer for a…