In a move that came as a surprise, NASA decided to unberth the Cygnus OA-7 resupply craft from the ISS over a month ahead of schedule. The move will help alleviate the down-sized ISS crew’s workload in July. The OA-7 Cygnus is now set to spend a week in free-flight performing the SAFFIRE III experiment and deploying satellites for Nanoracks before destructively reentering Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, 11 June.
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 resupply craft, the S.S. John Glenn, was berthed at the ISS…
While Orbital ATK’s first Enhanced Cygnus spacecraft performs well at the International Space Station, the…
Physical changes to a number of historic pads located on Florida’s Space Coast are progressing…
With less than two weeks to go before NASA awards the CEV (Crew Exploration Vehicle)…
NASA Glenn are hoping they will win the contract to build the Service Module element…
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A fully stacked Starship is still set to conduct the next round of tests for…
Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and…
Blue Origin has sent another crew of six to space with the launch of their…
Cape Canaveral has been at the heart of America’s space program since the very beginning.…
Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX,…
Amid a year of momentous developments in commercial spaceflight, including the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and…
On August 10, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from Pad-0A…
A month after New Shepard’s first flight carrying people into space, a science flight without…
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