SpaceX Successfully Completes Crew Dragon PAd Abort Test Zero-G News Admin May 7, 2015 Commercial Space, Dragon, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Video Features A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system - an important step in NASA’s endeavor to rebuild...
Falcon 9 Blasts Off With Cargo Supporting NASA’s One-Year Mission Zero-G News Admin April 18, 2015 Commercial Space, Expedition 43, Exploration, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, Launches, Mars, NASA, News, One-Year Mission, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Video Features, Yearlong Mission Two tons of supplies and research cargo are headed to the International Space Station today following the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. After a one-day delay due to strong...
Antares Explodes, ISS Cargo Lost In Launch Failure Zero-G News Admin October 29, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Launch of the Cygnus spacecraft was supposed to be the start of the third of Orbital Science Corporation’s eight NASA-contracted resupply missions to the International Space Station. Instead, Orbital and...
One More Leap, Boeing And SpaceX Win NASA’s Commercial Crew Contracts Zero-G News Admin September 16, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, News, Press Releases, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced Tuesday. The agency unveiled its...
NASA Uses Laser To Beam “Hello, World!” Video From ISS Zero-G News Admin June 6, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, Press Releases, space station, Top Stories Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) Flight System hardware. Image is credited to NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to...
NASA’s Final Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Report Released Zero-G News Admin June 6, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, NASA, News, Press Releases, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight With two companies now providing commercial cargo launch services for the International Space Station, NASA is issuing its final report on the now-complete Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)...
Cygnus Arrives At ISS With Supplies, Experiments Zero-G News Admin January 12, 2014 Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, ISS, space station, Spaceflight Astronauts aboard the International Space Station Sunday used a robotic arm to capture and attach the Cygnus supply spacecraft, which carried dozens of new science experiments from across the country and the...
Antares Blasts Off With Cygnus On First Contracted ISS Resupply Mission Zero-G News Admin January 9, 2014 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Expedition 38, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, Nanosatellites, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Marking the beginning of regular supply runs to the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences Corporation sucessfully launched its Cygnus cargo craft aboard Antares rocket January 9 from the Mid-Atlantic...
Antares Set For Chilly Launch To Space Station Zero-G News Admin January 8, 2014 Commercial Space, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, space station Antares on the launch pad for the Cygnus Orb-1 launch from Wallops. Photo Credit: Mike Killian 1/8/14 7:00 am EST UPDATE: Early this morning the Antares launch team decided to scrub today's launch attempt...
SpaceX Delays Falcon 9 Launch Of Thaicom 6, Remains Confident Of January Liftoff Zero-G News Admin January 3, 2014 Commercial Space, Expedition 38, ISS, Launches, Rockets, space station A SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket blasts off with SES-8. Credit: Matthew Travis / Zero-G News Bird-watchers on the beaches of Cape Canaveral will have to wait a few more days to see Florida's first satellite...