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This amazing video, which NASA released on Friday, shows the Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station, before its history-making docking with the orbital lab. For nearly 15 minutes, you can see the sheer awesomeness that makes up space docking.
Dragon was built by the Hawthorne, California-based... |
28 May 2012
02:42 GMT |
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The Dragon cargo capsule was supposed to take off earlier today, May 19. Scheduled for 0855 GMT (4:55 am EDT), launch was aborted when an engine glitch triggered a series of safety mechanisms that shut down the Falcon 9 rocket.
Both the delivery system and the spacecraft are developed and built by Space Exploration ... |
19 May 2012
06:23 GMT |
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On Saturday, May 19, a single, private spaceflight company may determine the future of this emerging industry. If the corporation succeeds, then the way will be paved for other, similar entities to send cargo to the International Space Station under NASA contracts.
Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Techn... |
18 May 2012
08:32 GMT |
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According to officials form the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), it would now appear that the Dragon space capsule is unlikely to take off on May 7, as planned.
An announcement made yesterday, May 2, indicates that the company has yet to complete software checkout pro... |
3 May 2012
09:41 GMT |
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The first private spacecraft ever to attempt to dock on the International Space Station is seen in this image undergoing preparations at its processing facility, in Florida. The unmanned Dragon space capsule is attached to the Falcon 9 medium-lift delivery system.
Both vehicles are developed by Hawthorne, California... |
2 May 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announced yesterday, April 16, that the planned launch of the private Dragon spacecraft is likely to proceed according to the current schedule. The success of this flight will mark the first time a space vehicle built by a private entity achieves orbital docking.
The Dragon c... |
17 April 2012
09:37 GMT |
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The United States Navy launched a new tactical satellite from Florida yesterday, February 24. The advanced Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) spacecraft will improve the nation's communication capabilities, and help soldiers in the field gain the upper hand in any confrontation.As the name implies, MUOS-1 i... |
25 February 2012
04:10 GMT |
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The US Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM 4 spacecraft was successfully launched yesterday, January 19, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), on Florida. Takeoff occurred at 7:38 pm EST (0038 GMT), and the satellite was flown to orbit aboard an ULA Delta IV delivery system.The spacecraft was built b... |
20 January 2012
11:06 GMT |
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The US Air Force (USAF) is getting ready to launch a new, extremely important satellite tonight, January 19. The spacecraft, which has been under construction and development for the past 5 years, is now finally ready to be deployed, and assist soldiers on the battlefield.
The primary function of the Wideband Globa... |
19 January 2012
04:11 GMT |
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Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announced recently that it planned to extend its Florida-based operations, by adding new hangars to its facility.
The goal of the move is to ensure that all customer payloads and contracts are prepared for flight very fast. The extensio... |
1 December 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency are trembling with anticipation as Saturday, November 26, draws nearer. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is now poised to launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), in Florida.
The spacecraft is everything a planetary scientist could hope for in terms of... |
22 November 2011
14:01 GMT |
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A satellite communications network operated by NASA in Earth's orbit is bound to receive an upgrade, with the launch of a new spacecraft. Takeoff is currently scheduled to occur sometime in late 2012.
The NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation is responsible for facilitating the communicat... |
22 November 2011
05:06 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced recently that the launch of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity has been delayed by 24 hours, from November 25 to November 26.
The reason for the hold-up is a suspect battery in the flight termination system, on the Atlas V delivery system that wil... |
21 November 2011
06:02 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announce that the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is currently meeting all launch preparation requirements on schedule. A rocket carrying the mission is scheduled to take off towards the Red Planet in a couple of weeks.
The MSL has already been encapsulated in its prot... |
9 November 2011
08:12 GMT |
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The NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), recently encapsulated in its payload fairing, has now been hoisted up atop the Atlas V delivery system that will carry it to space. The maneuver successfully concluded on Thursday, November 3.
A launch window for the mission opens up on November 25 and ends on December 18, giv... |
4 November 2011
10:48 GMT |
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity and all its components have been encapsulated in the payload fairing that will protect them during ascent to Earth's orbit. The maneuver was completed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
“Curi... |
31 October 2011
05:29 GMT |
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Engineers at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) have just delivered their second unmanned Dragon space capsule to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), in Florida.
The spacecraft is scheduled to go out on another test flight for the NASA Commercial Crew Develo... |
25 October 2011
20:01 GMT |
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The Atlas V delivery system that will take the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity to the Red Planet is currently being assembled in a Florida facility, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).
Engineers at the Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) are now mat... |
10 October 2011
10:54 GMT |
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The twin spacecraft making up the GRAIL mission successfully lifted off to space on Saturday, at 9:08 am EDT (1308 GMT), after a couple of days of delays caused by bad weather and a possible glitch affecting the carrier rocket.
After all issues were taken care of, NASA officials were able to take advantage of a 1... |
12 September 2011
02:45 GMT |
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The American space agency should have launched the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission by now, but a set of unfortunate circumstances have delayed the attempt until Saturday, September 10, at the earliest.
Originally, the two spacecraft making up this mission were supposed to take off on Thur... |
9 September 2011
03:14 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency say that the twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar probes are ready for their scheduled launch date, on Thursday, September 8. The mission is meant to decipher the riddles the Moon's interior still poses.
One of the primary science objectives of t... |
5 September 2011
09:47 GMT |
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NASA representatives from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the two spacecraft of the American space agency's GRAIL mission have been successfully integrated with their delivery system.The mating procedure was carried out yesterday, August 18, at the Space Launch Complex... |
19 August 2011
03:49 GMT |
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Engineers in Florida carried out final tests and assessments on the twin GRAIL spacecraft that NASA built for lunar exploration. The probes are now ready for take off, and launch is scheduled to take place about a month from now. The mission is dubbed the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), and features... |
12 August 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Engineers at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) moved the NASA Juno spacecraft to its designated takeoff site yesterday, July 27. The maneuver was then followed by the mating of the probe with its Atlas 5 delivery system, that will take it to Jupiter.At this point, Juno is scheduled to launch on Friday, Aug... |
28 July 2011
03:29 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they are about a month away from the time when the first launch window for the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft opens. When this happens, the team will have about 22 days to send the rocket carrying the orbiter in space.
Planets in the solar system are not always ... |
6 July 2011
01:47 GMT |
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The next rover to trek on the surface of the Red Planet has made its way to Florida, ready to undergo final preparations for its launch later this year. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and the rover Curiosity arrived at the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 22. Both were delivered from the NASA Jet Propulsion... |
24 June 2011
02:28 GMT |
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The next rover to launch for the Red Planet is currently being put through its paces at a California facility, as its designers and constructors want to ensure that it can successfully withstand the harsh conditions of the Martian environment.There are numerous new technologies that went into the robot, now called Cu... |
15 June 2011
04:48 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, the last of the three massive solar panels that will power up NASA's next Jupiter-bound spacecraft was folded into its final launch configuration, after having successfully completed a wide array of tests meant to assess its functionality.The tests were carried out by engineers at a Titusvi... |
28 May 2011
02:25 GMT |
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In anticipation of a planned, late summer launch date, two twin spacecraft destined to go to the Moon have been delivered to Florida on May 20, for final testing and integration. The space probes arrived at an Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville.The two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)... |
24 May 2011
09:55 GMT |
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Engineers at the Denver, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems say that the twin GRAIL spacecraft NASA contracted them to build have finished testing, and are now ready for shipment. The two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes are headed for the Moon. They will be launched on September 8, 2... |
20 May 2011
09:52 GMT |
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The United States Air Force (USAF) managed to successfully launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on Saturday, May 7, from a Florida launch pad. The instrument, which is the first of its kind, is destined to provide new and improved ballistic missile detection capabilit... |
9 May 2011
04:23 GMT |
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On Friday, May 6, the United States military will launch the first of a new series of satellite into Earth's orbit. Take-off is scheduled to occur in a window of opportunity spanning from 2:14 pm EDT (1814 GMT) to 2:54 pm EDT (1854 GMT).The spacecraft was developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, and th... |
5 May 2011
10:09 GMT |
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Though the American space agency had originally planned to delay shuttle Endeavour's last launch from Friday, April 29 to Monday, May 2, apparently this schedule cannot be kept. Officials at NASA said over the weekend that engineers need at least a week to fix issues affecting the spacecraft.
At first, expert... |
2 May 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Officials with the United States Air Force (USAF) say that there is currently no fixed timetable for the launch of additional X-37B space planes, but add that the possibility is not off the table altogether.
The robotic spacecraft, pegged as mini-space shuttles, are unmanned vehicles capable of reaching low-Earth... |
12 March 2011
04:29 GMT |
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The United States Air Force (USAF) launched its second unmanned space plane on Friday, March 5, from California. The flight, which is still surrounded in secrecy, managed to reach orbit successfully. Officials with the Air Force say that the mini-shuttle, as it's called, took off from the Cape Canaveral Air For... |
7 March 2011
02:45 GMT |
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Officials in the United States are currently getting ready for the upcoming launch of the second unmanned X-37B spacecraft. The craft, which many believes acts as a spy plane in orbit, comes shortly after the successful landing of the first X-37B.Officially, it is called the US Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (O... |
1 March 2011
10:53 GMT |
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is currently getting ready to launch its second unmanned spy space plane, following the successful landing of the first such spacecraft, about two months ago.The X-37B autonomous space vehicle was originally developed by NASA, but then the project was handed over to the US Defense A... |
4 February 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Under an agreement signed recently by representatives from Mojave, California-based company Masten Space Systems and Space Florida, the private space business will be allowed to conduct demonstration launches from a launch pad in Cape Canaveral. The company is currently developing a reusable suborbital spacecraft con... |
29 November 2010
10:40 GMT |
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Some United States Air Force (USAF) officials recently made announcements that led experts to believe that the experimental spy spacecraft that was launched in orbit on April 22 is nearing its mission's end. In the mean time, the unmanned spy plane continues to maneuver in Earth's orbit, changing course and... |
23 November 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Officials at Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that they are now targeting a new launch date for the Dragon space capsule. Originally, the technology demonstrator spacecraft was supposed to launch aboard a Falcon 9 medium-lift delivery system on October 23, ... |
24 September 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Officials at Lockheed Martin announce that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite that the corporation built for the US Air Force has successfully launched on August 14.The newly-launched satellite is the most technologically advanced military communications instrument ever developed, and its go... |
16 August 2010
02:50 GMT |
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At 2:45 pm EDT (1845 GMT) yesterday, June 5, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Corporation made history, when it launched its commercial Falcon 9 delivery system. After months of glitches, delays and waiting for approvals, engineers at the Hawthorne, California-based company were able to send the rocket into sp... |
5 June 2010
04:13 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that they are currently targeting a June 4 launch date for their Falcon 9 rocket. The delivery system was assembled at its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) launch pad months ago, but thus far various tech... |
2 June 2010
08:54 GMT |
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The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) was yesterday night the scene of an important rocket launch. The United States Air Force (USAF) managed to hurl into space its newest Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, which is the first of a new series of advanced devices, planned to improve the service considera... |
28 May 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Officials at Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that the first launch of their new, medium-lift delivery system will take place no early than June 2. Over the past few weeks, the launch date for the Falcon 9 rocket has been slipping continuously, even though the company is un... |
27 May 2010
06:02 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that they have set a launch date for their new medium-lift rocket, Falcon 9. The delivery system is now scheduled to take off on May 28, from a launch facility at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), in Florida. The... |
21 May 2010
03:04 GMT |
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Representatives of Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that they plan to push ahead with their scheduled rocket launch this month. The company has yet to receive the final approval of a critical system, but officials say they are confident this will not delay the maiden flight... |
8 May 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Officials from Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announce that their Falcon 9 medium-class delivery system has successfully completed its first test fire. The rocket is currently being prepared for its maiden flight on Launch Complex 40, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS... |
16 March 2010
04:06 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announce that they have canceled a planned, 3.5-second test burn of their new medium-lift rocket, the Falcon 9. The rocket, which sits atop a Florida launch pad, experienced a small, unspecified glitch, and engineers decided to ... |
11 March 2010
01:43 GMT |
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The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is making considerable headway in its efforts to launch its first medium-lift rocket later this year. The Falcon 9 prototype, which rests on Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base (CCAFS), in Florida, was brought to life for the first time on Fri... |
4 March 2010
03:52 GMT |
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