This week’s destructive re-entry of the Cygnus cargo craft after a successful mission to the Space Station was heavily studied from within the spacecraft and via an airborne campaign from below.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft met its fiery end on Wednesday when re-entering over the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 91-day resupply mission to the International Space Station including a week-long free flight after undocking dedicated to the first large-scale combustion experiment conducted in space.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday after an 80-day stay, heading into a second mission phase dedicated to an unprecedented in-space fire experiment involving the largest man-made fire ever to be lit in space.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft currently in free flight in Low Earth Orbit will support an unprecedented microgravity combustion study on Tuesday involving the largest man-made fire ever lit in a spacecraft.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday after a stay of 80 Days, facilitating a busy cargo-delivery and trash pick-up mission.
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft is being buttoned up for its departure of the International Space Station for an eight-day free flight dedicated to NASA’s Saffire-I In-Space Fire Experiment as well as the release of CubeSats from an external deployer.
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Atlas V dodged a bullet earlier this week when launching the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, coming much closer to a launch failure than initially let on by launch vehicle manufacturer and operator United Launch Alliance.
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The Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday following a three-day flight from its liftoff at Florida’s Space Coast to the orbiting outpost, culminating in the successful robotic capture of the spacecraft.
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Although widely hailed as a complete success, Tuesday night’s Atlas V launch with the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft headed to the International Space Station left some questions open on a possible performance hit suffered by the workhorse launch vehicle.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket made a nighttime liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:05 UTC on Wednesday, successfully lifting into orbit the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft set for a delivery of food, spare parts and science equipment to the International Space Station.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off under a nearly full moon Tuesday night, rumbling into the dark skies over Florida’s Space Coast to carry the Cygnus OA-6 resupply craft into orbit for a cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket made a nighttime liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:05 UTC on Wednesday, successfully lifting into orbit the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft set for a delivery of food, spare parts and science equipment to the International Space Station.
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United Launch Alliance and Orbital ATK are ready to repeat their partnership in resupplying the International Space Station Tuesday night when an Atlas V rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Space Coast to send the Cygnus OA-6 cargo ship into orbit for a three-day flight to ISS ahead of a two-month stay.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket is rolled to its launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 to enter final preparations for liftoff with the Cygnus OA-6 cargo spacecraft, set to deliver over three metric tons of cargo to the International Space Station.
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The Atlas V 401 launch vehicle set to deliver the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft to orbit is assembled at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft, the S.S. Rick Husband, completes pre-flight processing, cargo loading and integration with the spacecraft Service Module at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a two-month cargo delivering mission to the Space Station.
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Preparations for the next Cygnus cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station have begun at the Kennedy Space Center where elements of the mission are being readied for launch.
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