Tweets from Space, October 30/31, 2015
Day 217. #Moon sets. May the howling begin. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/cLVwFoRfNW — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 30, 2015
Read moreDay 217. #Moon sets. May the howling begin. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/cLVwFoRfNW — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 30, 2015
Read moreThe Atlas V workhorse rocket is three-for-three in October, successfully conducting its third mission of this calendar month on Saturday and setting a new record in the ever increasing pace of United Launch Alliance missions.
Read moreAn Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
Read moreAn Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
Read moreA United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, embarking on a long mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to Medium Earth Orbit in support of the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System satellite fleet.
Read moreExperiments: Pilot-T [This experiment puts crew members through complex tasks, such as piloting a space vehicle, at various stages of
Read moreCommercial Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with International Launch Services, acquiring slots on Proton rockets for the period of 2016 to 2023, and signed with Arianespace for a rare single-payload launch atop the powerful Ariane 5 rocket in early 2016.
Read moreThe launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the GPS IIF-11 satellite is being pushed back 24 hours to Saturday to provide additional time for a Ground Support Equipment issue to be addressed. Saturday’s launch window stretches from 16:13 to 16:32 UTC.
Read moreExperiments: Plasma Kristall-4 [The PK-4 payload set up in the Columbus European Physiology Module Rack and examines low temperature gas
Read moreAn independent team of NASA investigators blames last year’s failure of Orbital ATK’s Antares on the rocket’s main engines, as stated in the Orb-3 Accident Investigation Report released by the agency on Thursday, marking the one-year anniversary of Antares’ spectacular launch failure.
Read moreThe launch of the Progress MS-1 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slipping one month from November
Read more#SpaceWalkSelfie Back on the grid! Great first spacewalk yesterday. Now on to the next one next week. #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/7qXLiKzaKA —
Read moreA very rare breed of unidentified space object in a suicidal orbit is approaching its fiery demise in two weeks
Read moreThe Turksat-4B communications satellite has arrived in its intended slot in Geostationary Orbit, orbital data released by the Joint Space Operations Center shows.
Read moreA United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is standing tall atop its Florida launch pad for liftoff on Friday, aiming to become the third Atlas V to take flight this month – a new record for the Atlas V that can look back at 58 missions since its inauguration in 2002, but never managed to launch more than twice in a single calendar month.
Read moreThe NPS-SCAT satellite of the Space Systems Academic Group at the Naval Postgraduate School re-entered the atmosphere on Wednesday after nearly two years in orbit.
Read moreFirst-time spacewalkers Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Wednesday in an excursion lasting seven hours and 16 minutes to complete a series of operations on the exterior of the U.S. Segment of the orbiting outpost.
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