Tag: International Space Station
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Antares rocket’s launch timeline on the OA-8 cargo mission
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT) Nov. 11 after scrubbed launch attempt. Credit: Orbital ATK Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver the commercial Cygnus supply ship to an orbit with an altitude between 117 miles (189 kilometers) and 184 miles (296 kilometers) within about nine minutes of liftoff Saturday from Virginia’s Eastern…
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Antares rocket rolled to Virginia launch pad for station cargo run
An Antares rocket rolls out to pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Thursday morning. Credit: Orbital ATK A commercial Antares rocket rolled out of a hangar on a one-mile trip to its launch pad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Thursday, ready for final countdown preparations ahead of liftoff Saturday morning on…
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Photos: Rollout of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket
Riding a self-propelled transporter, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket rolled out to it launch pad Thursday on Virginia’s Eastern Shore for final preparations to send a Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station. The two-stage rocket was stood up at pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility after a predawn rollout from Orbital ATK’s…
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Startups win another $500,000 from Boeing and CASIS for zero-gravity tech
The International Space Station serves as an orbiting laboratory. (NASA photo) The Boeing Co. and a nonprofit group called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, or CASIS, have teamed up for the fourth year in a row to provide financial support for orbital entrepreneurship through the MassChallenge startup accelerator program. This year’s…
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SpaceX to restore damaged Cape Canaveral launch pad to service in December
A view of rocket hardware inside SpaceX’s hangar at 39A as a Falcon 9 rocket (center) rolled out Sunday for launch with the Koreasat 5A satellite. The rocket stages visible here include hardware for the Falcon Heavy demonstration flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is set to resume launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral in December…
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Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, accomplishing all primary tasks
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) after spacewalk’s conclusion. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Joe Acaba works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Friday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Staging NASA’s third spacewalk in 15 days, two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Friday and installed a…
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Progress supply ship completes space station delivery
Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress resupply freighter docked with the International Space Station on Monday, delivering fuel, food and supplies to the orbiting research lab’s six-person crew. Docking with the space station’s Pirs module occurred at 1104 GMT (7:04 a.m. EDT) with nearly three tons of cargo, completing a two-day pursuit that began…
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Regulatory filings suggest SpaceX plans November launch with mystery payload
File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A in Florida. Credit: SpaceX Information found in federal regulatory filings suggests SpaceX plans to conduct a Falcon 9 rocket launch as soon as mid-November with an unidentified payload that has so far escaped public disclosure. It is unusual for such a mission to…
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Progress cargo freighter begins two-day trek to space station
Editor’s Note: Updated at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT) after confirmation of successful launch. Credit: TsENKI TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress freighter carrying nearly three tons of fuel, cargo and supplies for the International Space Station took off from Kazakhstan Saturday, two days after an uncommon last-minute abort for its Soyuz booster. The unpiloted Progress MS-07…
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Watch astronauts flip when they get to play with a fidget spinner on the space station
We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from NASA, they’re still cool on the International Space Station. The video uploaded on Friday by the Johnson Space Center YouTube account was trending Saturday on the social platform. “How long does it spin? I’m not…