SpaceX’s CRS-5 Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) ahead of a return to Earth on Tuesday. The EOM (End Of Mission) events climaxed with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at around 7:44 pm Eastern, concluding another successful mission for the commercial resupply spacecraft.
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Canada’s multi-tasking robot, Dextre, successfully removed the CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) payload from the unpressurised trunk…
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SpaceX successfully conducted a second attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, tasked with sending…
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The next Falcon 9 v1.1 set to launch out of Florida’s Cape Canaveral has been rescheduled…
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NASA has confirmed a December 16 placeholder for the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch of the…
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SpaceX conducted their thirteenth launch of the year Sunday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying…
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First Falcon 9 Block 5 booster readying for static fire at McGregor; paving way for rapid reuse
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX is working towards a major milestone on their road to rapid and inexpensive reusability.…
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With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
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Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8…
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After 30 days in space and 28 days berthed to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s…
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SpaceX conducted its sixth launch of the year Monday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying…
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SpaceX took a step into the future Thursday as it reused – for the first…
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SpaceX has conducted its first launch from the Kennedy Space Center since the end of…
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SpaceX returned its Falcon 9 rocket to flight Saturday with a mission that delivered ten…
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NASA has decided to end operations on the International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer (ISS-RapidScat) Earth…
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SpaceX launched Japan’s JCSAT-16 communications satellite in the early hours of Sunday via a Falcon…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its twenty-fifth flight – and its second of the month…
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The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was finally installed on the International Space Station (ISS)…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket – forced to delay its opening attempts to launch the SES-9…
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The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) has completed a series of tests aimed at reducing the…