Orbital Sciences Corporation launched a Minotaur IV rocket carrying an experimental hypersonic prototype for the United States Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency into space on a suborbital trajectory. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 8 at 14:45 UTC (07:45 local time) on Thursday. However, the HTV-2b failed during flight.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) H-II Transfer Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) “Kounotori” (White Stork) is departing…
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After less than a week in space, Japan’s HTV-2 spacecraft was successfully grappled by the…
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Representing the third spaceflight of 2011, JAXA’s HTV-2 vehicle, atop the H-IIB rocket, launched at…
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Following the further delay of the STS-133/ULF-5 mission into late February, International Space Station (ISS)…
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Nearly 11 years after the launch of the first Japanese Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)…
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HTV-7 has been captured by the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, delivering a new…
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The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has launched three new crewmembers to the International Space…
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Dextre, Canada’s adventurous robot on the International Space Station (ISS), has – along with his…
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Japan’s HTV-6 cargo vehicle has completed its destructive re-entry on Monday, February 6, following its…
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SpaceX has conducted a crucial static fire of their Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Dragon’s…
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The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) has completed a series of tests aimed at reducing the…
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Orbital ATK’s “S.S. Deke Slayton II” Cygnus spacecraft has completed rendezvous and proximity operations with…
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Japan’s HTV-5 cargo vehicle has departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday ahead of…
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Japan’s HTV-5 spacecraft “Kounotori 5” has launched en route to the International Space Station on…
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Orbital’s ORB-2 Cygnus spacecraft has successfully rendezvoused and berthed with the International Space Station (ISS)…
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Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft has marked her second arrival at the International Space Station (ISS), this…
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Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft made its second attempt to dock with the International Space Station (ISS)…
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Orbital’s Cygnus spacecraft was into the final leg of berthing with the International Space Station…
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NASA’s latest mission to the Moon launched aboard an Orbital Sciences Minotaur rocket Friday night.…