Tag: ISS
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Dragon Endeavour Docks to the ISS, Bob and Doug Capture the Flag
Before the Demo-2 mission, only one American crew vehicle had ever carried astronauts to the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle. On Sunday, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon became the second. Dragon Endeavour has completed the first half of her round trip mission to the space station. Spacecraft Commander Doug Hurley and Joint Operations Commander Bob Behnken…
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SpaceX Dragon’s historic launch dodges weather to launch and end the gap
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission at 15:22:45 PM EDT from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). History was made as the gap in US domestic crew launch capability was ended. Importance One small step. After nine years, the baton is finally passed. From…
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SpaceX Dragon’s historic launch dodges weather to launch and end the gap
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission at 15:22:45 PM EDT from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). History was made as the gap in US domestic crew launch capability was ended. Importance One small step. After nine years, the baton is finally passed. From…
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Tradition, Tragedy, Tribute: The Story of Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken, Columbia, and Endeavour
On Saturday, May 30, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken became the first astronauts to launch to orbit from the United States in almost nine years. Demo-2 was the first crewed launch for SpaceX, and the culmination of a decade of hard work in NASA’s Commercial Crew program. 20 years ago, Hurley and Behnken were just…
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Tradition, Tragedy, Tribute: The Story of Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken, Columbia, and Endeavour
On Saturday, May 30, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken became the first astronauts to launch to orbit from the United States in almost nine years. Demo-2 was the first crewed launch for SpaceX, and the culmination of a decade of hard work in NASA’s Commercial Crew program. 20 years ago, Hurley and Behnken were just…
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NG-13 Cygnus completes successful mission with destructive re-entry
Following the NG-13 Cygnus resupply vehicle release from the grip of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) earlier this month, the spacecraft completed two weeks on orbit, deploying a pair of nanosatellites and conducting experiments before ending its life with a destructive re-entry on May 29. NG-13’s mission began with a launch atop the…
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HTV-9 arrives at ISS on final mission
Following the H-IIB rocket’s final flight Thursday, launching the ninth and last H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) spacecraft, HTV-9 has arrived at the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Centre saw HTV-9 launched into orbit before arriving at the orbital outpost on Monday morning. The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was developed by the Japan…
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Demo-2 passes FRR milestone ahead of historic Crew Dragon launch
The path to regaining US domestic crew launch capability passed another major milestone on Friday, with the Demo-2 mission approved at the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) level during a two-day meeting at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Approval at the FRR provided the mission with NASA’s Certification Of Flight Readiness (CoFR). With Falcon 9 and…
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SpaceX, Falcon 9 for Demo-2 mission conducts critical static fire test
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a static fire test ahead of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission. The static fire was part of the ongoing series of final tests and reviews before SpaceX embarks on its first human spaceflight mission. The test took place at 16:33 EDT (20:33 UTC). The test was the final time…
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NASA outlines the near and far future of the Space Station
NASA has laid out plans for their future utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) over the next decade, including upgrades scheduled to be conducted on the outpost in the near term, its future use as an analog for human exploration missions beyond Earth Orbit, and the commercial expansion to the orbital outpost. During the…