Tag: European Space Agency
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Live coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 14th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Video: Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Watch views of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fiery liftoff Monday at Cape Canaveral from multiple angles as the slender, kerosene-fueled launcher climbed into space on the way to the International Space Station. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket took off at 4:30:38 p.m. EDT (2030:38 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad, then turned to the…
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Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,800 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 2030 GMT (4:30 p.m. EDT) Monday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. It will…
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SpaceX supply ship departs Cape Canaveral for space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX Hauling nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral, with a previously-flown Dragon cargo carrier riding a reused first stage booster to kick off a nearly…
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Webb telescope’s launch delayed until 2020
The James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror and instrument section, known as the Optical Telescope element and Integrated Science (OTIS) module, is unpacked from its shipping container after arriving at Northrop Grumman’s satellite factory in Redondo Beach, California, earlier this year. JWST’s sunshield is visible at left. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn Blaming a slew of technical snags…
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Exoplanet telescope selected as ESA’s next space science mission
Artist’s concept of the ARIEL space telescope. Credit: UCL A mission to investigate the atmospheres of planets around other stars has been selected by the European Space Agency for launch in the late 2020s, officials announced this week. The space telescope will observe 1,000 exoplanets, using a spectrometer to measure the chemical make-up of their…
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Europe’s ExoMars orbiter nears start of methane-sniffing science mission
Artist’s concept of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter during aerobraking at Mars. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab Nearly a year-and-a-half after arriving at the red planet, Europe’s ExoMars orbiter is finally approaching a planned perch around 250 miles over the rust-colored world after repeatedly dipping into the Martian atmosphere to lower its orbit. The end of a…
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Investigators say erroneous navigation input led Ariane 5 rocket off course
An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from French Guiana on Jan. 25 with the SES 14 and Al Yah 3 communications satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A bad input to the Ariane 5 rocket’s guidance system that was missed during pre-launch quality control checks caused the launcher to…
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China lofts earthquake research craft with cluster of smaller satellites
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off Friday with seven satellites. Credit: Xinhua/Wang Jiangbo A Chinese Long March 2D rocket successfully delivered seven satellites into a 300-mile-high (500-kilometer) orbit Friday, boosting international missions to measure seismic signals that could help predict future earthquakes, take detailed imagery of planet Earth and test compact camera, propulsion and…
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James Webb Space Telescope completes critical end-to-end test
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The James Webb Space Telescope emerged from Chamber A at Johnson Space Center on Dec. 1. Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA’s $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope has completed critical end-to-end testing in a giant vacuum chamber at the Johnson Space Center, proving the telescope will work properly in…