Space Station completes Reboost Maneuver for upcoming Visiting Vehicle Traffic
The International Space Station successfully completed a reboost of its orbit Wednesday night, increasing its orbital altitude by a little over one Kilometer.
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Author: Patrick Blau
Tweets from Space – January 28, 2016
Remembering the sacrifices of the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia crews from @space_station today. #NASARemembershttps://t.co/H2ftIgTb7O — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January
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Video: Ariane 5 Launch with Intelsat 29e
Europe’s workhorse rocket conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit to begin an “Epic” mission as part of Intelsat’s new and improved communications architecture.
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Photos: Ariane 5 rumbles away from Jungle Launch Pad
Europe’s workhorse rocket conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit to begin an “Epic” mission as part of Intelsat’s new and improved communications architecture.
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Photos: Blizzard 2016 Seen from the Space Station
The crew aboard the International Space Station captured a series of impressive photos showing the progression of a major snowstorm that impacted millions of Americans last weekend, providing a look at the huge blanket of snow and thick cloud cover over the East Coast.
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ISS Operations Update – January 27, 2016
Experiments: Burning and Suppression of Solids – Milliken (BASS-M) – Equipment Preparation in Microgravity Science Glovebox [BASS-M stands for Burning
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Tweets from Space – January 27, 2016
A wintry looking #Moscow under the #aurora. #Principia https://t.co/egnbZ8yN4r pic.twitter.com/qycfwzXbxC — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January 27, 2016 Busy day loading
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Heavy-Lift Ariane 5 launches Intelsat 29e in rare Single-Payload Mission
Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e satellite into an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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ISS Operations Update – January 26, 2016
Experiments: Burning and Suppression of Solids – Milliken (BASS-M) – Equipment Preparation in Microgravity Science Glovebox [BASS-M stands for Burning
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Tweets from Space – January 26, 2016
#Italy and the #Alps last night were breathtaking! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/Sgbkb1CPA4 — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 26, 2016 Happy #AustraliaDay to
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ISS Operations Update – January 25, 2016
Experiments: SPHERES Zero Robotics [SPHERES stands for Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites and involves two satellites that are
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Tweets from Space – January 25, 2016
Day 304. That's 4,864 orbits a'round' our beautiful planet #Earth. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/tZZBbPcQ3q — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January
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LISA Pathfinder arrives at Distant Worksite for ambitious Technology Demonstration
ESA’s LISA Pathfinder spacecraft arrived at its distant worksite, located 1.5 Million Kilometers from Earth for the mission’s ambitious demonstration of cutting edge technology needed for the measurement of gravitational waves, tiny ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
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Tweets from Space – January 24, 2016
A peek out of the window. Our view from space in real time. #Principia https://t.co/HfOedoyJx3https://t.co/K7gED88Z26 — Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) January
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Booster successfully completes Reuse Test
Blue Origin achieved another milestone, successfully flying and landing the company’s New Shepard rocket in an ambitious re-use test, demonstrating both, the New Shepard booster and Blue Origin’s crew capsule, can be re-flown with minimal refurbishment between flights.
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Tweets from Space – January 23, 2016
Day 302. #Blizzard2016 gave us an impressive view below. Stay warm! #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/ioNOqdYDCP — Scott Kelly
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Human-Rated Dragon Spacecraft begins Propulsive Landing Tests
SpaceX has begun propulsive hover testing of the company’s prototype Dragon crew capsule, marking a milestone in the development of the high-precision powered landing technique envisioned to become the end of crewed Dragon missions.
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