Tag: International Space Station
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Boeing’s Starliner space taxi makes flawless landing after flawed flight
Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel put a protective cover over Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft shortly after its landing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi made a flawless automated landing in New Mexico today, marking the end of an orbital test flight that…
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NASA and Boeing trace roots of Starliner’s bad timing — and prepare for landing
An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi in orbit. (Boeing Illustration) NASA and Boeing say they’ve learned more about the timing glitch that kept Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner space taxi from making its planned rendezvous with the International Space Station — and they’re getting “an enormous amount of data” in advance of Sunday’s…
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Boeing’s Starliner space taxi fails to reach its intended orbit for first space station trip
Boeing’s Starliner space taxi lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) Boeing’s Starliner space taxi blasted off for the first time today on an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station, but ran into a problem that precluded a…
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It’s all systems go from NASA for uncrewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner to space station
Perched atop its Atlas 5 rocket, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi is being prepared for launch. (United Launch Alliance Photo) After conducting a flight readiness review today, NASA gave its go-ahead for launching Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi on an uncrewed demonstration flight to the International Space Station on Dec. 20. Starliner is due for…
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Progress docking marks second cargo ship arrival at space station in two days
The Progress MS-13 spacecraft moves in for docking Monday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An automated Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station Monday to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies, fuel, water and oxygen to the orbiting research complex. The Progress MS-13 spacecraft concluded a three-day pursuit of the…
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SpaceX resupply mission reaches International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship in the grasp of the International Space Station’s robotic arm Sunday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A commercial Dragon supply ship loaded with genetically-enhanced mice, a beer brewing experiment, a CubeSat developed by Mexican students and other scientific research payloads arrived at the International Space Station Sunday. The SpaceX-owned robotic cargo freighter…
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Russian cargo freighter on the way to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket climbs into the sky Friday over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-13 supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos For the second time in less than 24 hours, a robotic resupply freighter departed Earth Friday for the International Space Station, this time aboard a Russian Soyuz booster launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Dragon soars on research and resupply flight to International Space Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into space Thursday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A commercial Dragon supply freighter built and owned by SpaceX rocketed into a clear blue sky over Florida’s Space Coast Thursday with a menagerie of research experiments and holiday surprises heading for the International…
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SpaceX launches Dragon cargo craft with mighty mice and a tricky shipment for Seattle’s Spaceflight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad, sending a robotic Dragon cargo ship into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) A fresh SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a recycled robotic Dragon cargo capsule today, carrying 5,700 pounds of supplies, satellites and science to the International Space Station. In contrast with Wednesday’s planned launch…
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Soyuz rocket set to launch Russian Progress freighter to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a booster is set to launch the Russian Progress MS-13 cargo freighter Friday to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian resupply and refueling freighter loaded with 2.7 tons of cargo, propellant, water and oxygen for the International Space Station is in position on a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…