Volume 14; Issue 179 ~ Zero-G News (ISSN 2333-7257) ~ A Publication Of Ares Institute, Inc.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Demonstrating SpaceX”s ramped-up two missions per month launch rate, the company successfully launched the Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 spacecraft on its two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center today. Once again, Falcon flew from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), lifting off at 7:21 pm EDT. Falcon 9 / Inmarsat-5 F4 Launch Pad Remote And Press Site
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Blazing a fiery trail in the sky above Cape Canaveral, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket successfully orbited the ninth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-9) spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force last night, the second launch in...
Thursday, March 16, 2017
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully orbited the EchoStar XXIII to Geostationary Transfer Orbit this morning, marking the company’s second flight from historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Following a slight delay during the countdown, Falcon...
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is being prepped for it seventh launch under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract to deliver experiments and supplies to the International Space Station. This will be the third time Cygnus has launched on...
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Nearly five years after the final space shuttle mission blasted off and forty four years since the last humans left Earth to set foot on the Moon, Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A was again the focus...
Friday, January 20, 2017
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft this evening. The first launch from the East Coast in 2017 blasted into the night sky from Space...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
On September 27, NASA offered members of the media an opportunity to see the GOES-R spacecraft in its processing facility at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, FL. The meteorological satellite, the first of the GOES-R series, is...
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Blazing a trail into the early evening sky, the first asteroid sampling mission launched launched by NASA blasted into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT, September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a...
Thursday, July 28, 2016
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 July 28 at 8:37 a.m. EDT. Designated NROL-61, the mission is in support of...
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Emergency management: A behind the scenes look on the Eastern Range
Last week, the 45th Space Wing’s Incident Management Team responded to the Falcon 9 Static Test Fire anomaly on Space Launch Complex 40. The explosion occurred Sept. 1 at approximately 9:07 a.m. as many of us were...