Tag: International Space Station
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Video: Antares/Cygnus pre-launch news conference
Officials from NASA, Orbital ATK, Wallops Flight Facility and the Commonwealth of Virginia preview Sunday night’s flight of the Antares rocket during the pre-launch news conference held on the eve of liftoff. The launch is planned for Sunday evening at 8:03 p.m. EDT (0003 GMT) to send the cargo-laden Cygnus freighter to the International Space…
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Video: Soyuz rocket rolled to pad for Expedition 49 crew launch
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft and booster rocket were rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday in preparation for liftoff Wednesday on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, will join the station’s existing three-person Expedition…
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Photos: Antares rolls out for first time since 2014
An Antares rocket is being prepared for launch for the first time in two years after emerging from the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Thursday evening for a one-mile trip to the launch pad. The rocket started its journey on a self-propelled transporter around 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 GMT) Thursday and rolled…
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Antares rocket raised on launch pad for station supply run
The 133-foot-tall (40-meter) Antares rocket was lifted vertical at pad 0A on Friday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Engineers erected a commercial Antares rocket vertical on its launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Friday, positioning the 13-story booster for liftoff Sunday night with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station. With…
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Hurricane Nicole prompts Antares launch delay to Sunday
File photo of NASA’s tracking station on Cooper’s Island, Bermuda. Credit: NASA The threat from Hurricane Nicole churning toward a tracking station in Bermuda will keep Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket from launching on a space station cargo run until at least Sunday, officials said Tuesday. The Antares launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, will carry more…
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Critical Antares rocket launch set for Friday night
A view of the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft (right) undergoing final preparations for this week’s launch. Credit: Orbital ATK The debut launch of an upgraded version of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has slipped to Friday after ground teams resolved a minor vehicle issue and made emergency preparations for Hurricane Matthew, which bypassed the Antares…
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Managers set Oct. 13 for first Antares launch in two years
A view inside the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Orbital ATK NASA and Orbital ATK officials have set Oct. 13 as the target date for the first Antares launch in nearly two years, giving approval for ground crews to load final cargo into the mission’s Cygnus supply carrier heading for the International…
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Managers set Oct. 13 for first Antares launch in two years
A view inside the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Orbital ATK NASA and Orbital ATK officials have set Oct. 13 as the target date for the first Antares launch in nearly two years, giving approval for ground crews to load final cargo into the mission’s Cygnus supply carrier heading for the International…
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Dramatic views of Hurricane Matthew taken Monday from the space station
The International Space Station flew over Matthew on Monday, the dangerous Category 4 hurricane packing 140 mph winds. Cameras outside the station captured dramatic views of the storm and its powerful eye while passing 250 miles overhead at 4:15 p.m. EDT (2015 GMT). Matthew is forecast to impact western Haiti and eastern Cuba on Tuesday…
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Russian space station crews to be smaller next year
A Soyuz crew ferry craft (left) and a Progress supply ship (right) are docked with the International Space Station in this view captured during a night pass over Europe. The Strait of Gibraltar is visible in the background. Credit: NASA Russia’s space agency has decided to cut the size of its crew complement on the…