Tag: NanoRacks

  • Cargo ship-turned-research lab ends mission with re-entry

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    The Cygnus spacecraft flies away from the International Space Station on Nov. 21. Credit: NASA/ESA/Thomas Pesquet In the week since it departed the International Space Station to wrap up a successful cargo delivery mission, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship hosted a combustion research experiment, deployed four small satellites for a San Francisco-based startup, then descended…

  • Cygnus cargo freighter leaves station, but its mission is not over

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    A commercial Cygnus supply ship left the International Space Station on Monday after delivering more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and experiments, ready to start a week of standalone operations to include a groundbreaking microgravity fire experiment and deployment of four commercial weather-monitoring CubeSats in orbit. The Orbital ATK-owned spacecraft was released from the station’s…

  • NASA picks 6 companies to develop prototype space habitats

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of a Lockheed Martin-built habitation system with the Orion capsule. Credit: Lockheed Martin NASA has selected six companies to work on designs for deep space habitat modules that could be used by astronauts living and working near the moon as technology is developed for eventual flights…

  • Planet Labs takes rash of launch failures in stride

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    One of Planet Labs’ satellites captured this shot of a fire burning near Itumbiara, Brazil. Credit: Planet Labs No one had ever lost 26 satellites at once until a launch failure bit Planet Labs last year, temporarily setting back the San Francisco startup’s ambition to map the globe every day. Adding to the sting of…