Tag: John Glenn
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Atlas 5 rocket aims for Tuesday morning launch of supplies to space station
The Atlas 5 will be rolled to the launch pad on Monday. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Air Force meteorologists on this Good Friday have released their initial forecast for Tuesday’s launch of a cargo ship to the International Space Station, predicting favorable conditions to fly the Atlas 5 booster on a commercial…
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Videos: Atlas 5 rocket stacked to launch Cygnus
This is video footage documenting stacking activities for the two-stage United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall, to boost the commercial Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station. Activities occurred at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility. Liftoff is scheduled for April 18 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). Video…
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Science: Cygnus to make science-enabling delivery to the space station
The Orbital ATK and NASA logos for the OA-7 Cygnus mission. Credit: Orbital ATK and NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — Loaded with investigations into chemotherapy drugs with reduced side effects and radiation detectors for homeland security, a plant-growing chamber to promote future food harvesting in space and a technology demonstration for sample-return capsules, a commercial Cygnus…
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Videos: Cygnus prepped for mission to space laboratory
This is video footage documenting preparations for the commercial Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter to perform the OA-7 mission to the International Space Station. Activities occurred at the Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility and the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The craft will be boosted into orbit by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Pioneer astronaut John Glenn finally laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Almost four months after his death at the age of 95, the mortal remains of former astronaut and senator John Glenn were interred today amid Marine Corps pomp and circumstance at Arlington National Cemetery. Glenn became the first American in orbit in 1962, and the oldest human in space in 1998. Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot wished…
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Photos: Cygnus spacecraft readied for launch to International Space Station
These photographs span March 9 through the 17th as the news media got an up-close viewing of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus cargo ship at Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Processing Facility, placement aboard a mobile transporter and delivery to the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket assembly building for hoisting and mating. Cygnus is…
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S.S. John Glenn vessel mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch next week
Cygnus, as pictured last week, being prepped for encapsulation in Atlas 5 rocket’s nose cone. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images CAPE CANAVERAL — An eight-ton cargo ship destined for the International Space Station was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur booster rocket today in preparation for liftoff to the orbiting laboratory next…
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Next Cygnus commercial space freighter christened the S.S. John Glenn
CAPE CANAVERAL — Orbital ATK’s next commercial resupply freighter going to the International Space Station will be named the S.S. John Glenn, paying tribute to the legendary first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn died Dec. 8 at age 95. The company has made it tradition to give each of its autonomous Cygnus cargo ships…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled to launch the S.S. John Glenn
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, flying in its basic two-stage configuration with no strap-on solids, was stacked aboard a mobile launch platform at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility on Feb. 22 and 23 in preparation to send Orbital ATK’s S.S. John Glenn cargo ship into orbit for the International Space Station. The pre-flight…
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Photos: The S.S. John Glenn freighter readied to launch
The two structural elements of Orbital ATK’s OA-7 Cygnus space freighter were delivered to Kennedy Space Center for final assembly, the packing of cargo and launch to the International Space Station. Named in tribute to the first American to orbit Earth, this Cygnus is the S.S. John Glenn. It will be the seventh commercial resupply…