Volume 14; Issue 263 ~ 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
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...
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...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Soaring through a crystal-clear autumn afternoon, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully orbited the next-to-last craft of the current generation of Global Positioning System satellites, GPS IIF-11. Following a 24-hour delay so the ULA ground...
Saturday, July 18, 2015
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida took another step forward in its transformation to a 21st Century multi-user spaceport with the completion of the new Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad, designated 39C, in the Launch Pad 39B...
Thursday, September 11, 2014
NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule’s first trip to space in December. Engineers finished building the Orion...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Teamed with its industry partners, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is well on its way to establishing a multi-user spaceport to help meet America’s spacefaring needs for the 21st century. Counterparts from companies who are operating...
Friday, June 28, 2013
NASA’s retired space shuttle Atlantis, the last orbiter to fly, is unveiled to the general public at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The $100 million exhibit showcases the orbiter as it looked while on-orbit,...
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