The eighth Cygnus resupply mission to the orbital outpost departed ISS and completed 12 days of free flight events ahead of a destructive re-entry that occurred on Monday. Before the end of its mission, Cygnus conducted a variety of activities, including the deployment of 14 Nanoracks Cubesats as well as several experiments for Orbital ATK for potential future uses of the spacecraft.
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SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for resupply mission CRS-13 has arrived at the International Space Station on…
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SpaceX launched a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket Friday, deploying a Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-13…
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Fifteen months after a static fire accident removed SLC-40 from operation, SpaceX is complete with…
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship has completed its rendezvous at the International Space Station (ISS)…
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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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In what has already been a busy year for SpaceX, the commercial launch provider is…
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SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon unberthed from the ISS ahead of a return to a Pacific Ocean…
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After launching right on time in a rare single day launch window on Monday afternoon,…
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SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts static fire as Falcon Heavy waits in the wings
by Chris BerginSpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch the…
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Launch delays are sometimes part of the equation in determining when specific missions launch in…
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After 30 days in space and 28 days berthed to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s…
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After a mission lasting under two months, Orbital ATK’s OA-7 Cygnus spacecraft has conducted its…
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For the first time since 2011, a previously-flown spacecraft has arrived at the International Space…
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In a move that came as a surprise, NASA decided to unberth the Cygnus OA-7…
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SpaceX launched its first re-used Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 on Saturday, beginning the…
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SpaceX has static fired their Falcon 9 rocket tasked with lofting the CRS-11/SPX-11 Dragon resupply…
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With their OA7- mission underway and currently berthed at the International Space Station, Orbital ATK…
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Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 resupply craft, the S.S. John Glenn, was berthed at the ISS…