Tag: Japan
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with Es’hail 2
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Es’hail 2 communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:46 p.m. EST…
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Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ready for another launch
A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a first stage booster recovered after a launch in July is being readied for another flight Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is standing at pad 39A, the starting point for numerous space shuttle launches and Saturn 5 moonshots, in preparation for liftoff…
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SpaceX fires Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A, aims for comsat launch Thursday
A plume of exhaust erupts from the flame trench at pad 39A during a hold-down firing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday night. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Monday night at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing the way for a launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Es’hail 2 communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of the launch pad. Become a member and support our coverage.…
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Russians reboot space station computer
A picture taken from the International Space Station shows Japan’s robotic HTV-7 cargo ship being released from the station’s Canadian robotic arm. (ESA Photo / Alexander Gerst via Twitter) A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency reported today. “The system was tested…
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Japan launches satellite to study human causes of climate change
A Japanese H-2A rocket lifted off at 0408 GMT (12:08 a.m. EDT; 1:08 p.m. JST) Monday. Credit: JAXA/MHI A Japanese H-2A rocket deployed a satellite in orbit Monday to measure greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere and help scientists better quantify the role of human activity in climate change. Nicknamed Ibuki 2, Japan’s second Greenhouse Gases Observing…
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Live coverage: Japan’s H-2A launches on 40th flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H-2A rocket with Japan’s GOSAT 2 satellite to monitor greenhouse gases and the KhalifaSat Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Japanese Webcast”] [tabby title=”UAE Webcast”]…
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Live coverage: Probe heading to Mercury blasts off from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Arianespace Webcast”] [tabby title=”ESA Webcast”] [tabbyending] The European Space Agency’s live video webcast will begin approximately 30 minutes before launch…
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MASCOT lander hops around asteroid, exceeding scientists’ expectations
This image was taken by MASCOT’s camera between 10 and 20 meters (32 and 65 feet) above the asteroid’s surface. Credit: MASCOT/DLR/JAXA BREMEN and COLOGNE, Germany — The MASCOT lander released from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft this week made three hops to different locations on asteroid Ryugu before draining its battery, outliving its design life…
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MASCOT lander sends back otherworldly views of asteroid Ryugu’s rugged terrain
The MASCOT lander’s view of asteroid Ryugu’s lumpy, bumpy surface was displayed during a post-mission news conference. Click on the image for more from German science writer Daniel Fischer’s Skyweek 2.0 website. (DLR Photo / Processed by Daniel Fischer) Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe and the German-French MASCOT lander have teamed up to send back amazing…