by JVanDomelen | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
TUSCON, ARIZONA, April 26, 2016 — Vector Space Systems, a Micro Satellite space launch enterprise comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea Launch, today announced it has secured more than $1M in angel...
by JVanDomelen | Apr 8, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, April 8, 2016 — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a cargo capsule toward the International Space Station (ISS) and also attempt to land on a robotic “drone ship” in the Atlantic Ocean today (April 8), and you can watch all...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 23, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space, Unmanned
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, March 23, 2016 — Scientific investigations of fire in microgravity and grippers inspired by geckos are among the nearly 7,500 pounds of cargo headed to the International Space Station aboard an Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft, along with...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 19, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN, March 19, 2016 — The Soyuz TMA-20M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station at 5:26 p.m. EDT Friday (3:26 a.m. on March 19 in Baikonur). Jeff Williams of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 18, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN, March 18, 2016 — The Soyuz rocket that will carry three new crew members to the International Space Station Friday evening stands ready for launch in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the orbiting trio awaiting reinforcements is busy with medical science...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 14, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
ExoMars 2016 liftoff on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 09:31 GMT on 14 March 2016.