Volume 14; Issue 174 ~ 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...
Friday, March 3, 2017
NASA’s Launch Services Program has selected United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) mission, the third in the nation’s new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. This award resulted from...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at 9:50 a.m. PST. Designated NROL-79, the mission is in support of national...
Monday, February 27, 2017
Elon Musk is not someone who could be described as timid. The same could be said for his flagship enterprise, SpaceX. That was evidenced today when the company made the surprise announcement that it plans to send...
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...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
The International Space Station allows NASA to conduct cutting-edge research and technology demonstrations for the next giant leap in human exploration and supports an emerging space economy in low-Earth orbit. Deployment of CubeSats and other small satellite...
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...
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