Poetry in Motion
Video Credit & Copyright: Roscosmos. On November 1, 2013, Soyuz TMA-09M was repositioned at the International Space Station (ISS) from Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) Rassvet to Zvezda “Star”...
View ArticleULA’s Atlas V to Light Florida’s Skies Friday Morning
Image Credit & Copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA) of AV-021 SDO on an Atlas V-421 rocket. LAUNCH ALERT: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 10:08 UTC (06:08 EDT & 03:08 PDT) a United Launch...
View ArticleULA & Atlas V Goes to Work for the U.S. Gov This Thursday
Image Credit & Copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA) of the GPS II-F8 Atlas V-401 launch vehicle. LAUNCH ALERT: Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 12:00 UTC (08:00 EDT & 05:00 PDT) a United Launch...
View ArticleGradatim Ferociter 2
Video & Image Credit & Copyright: Blue Origin. “Now safely tucked away at our launch site in West Texas is the rarest of beasts; a used rocket.” – Jeff Bezos. Surprise, again! On Monday,...
View ArticleULA to Return Cygnus & Deke Slayton to Flight
Image Credit & Copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA). LAUNCH ALERT: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 22:55 UTC (17:55 EST & 14:55 PST) the United Launch Alliance (ULA), utilizing an Atlas V-401...
View ArticleExpedition 46/47 (TMA-19M) Launches to the ISS Tuesday
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA Bill Ingalls of the launch of Expedition 33. Tuesday, December 15, at 11:03 UTC (06:03 EDT) a Soyuz-FG rocket; TMA-19M (ISS 45S or Soyuz 47) will be lifting off from...
View ArticleThe Falcon Has Landed
All Images & Video Credit & Copyright to SpaceX. On Monday, December 21, 2015 we witnessed history as SpaceX not only successfully returned to flight with its new and improved Falcon 9 v1.2...
View ArticleSpaceX California Launch Sunday
Images Credit & Copyright: SpaceX of the launch of CASSIOPE on the 1st Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket from Vandenberg. LAUNCH ALERT: Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 18:42 UTC 10:42 PST & 13:42 EST, a SpaceX...
View Article1st Ariane 5 Launch of 2016 to Carry Intelsat 29e
Image Credit & Copyright: Arianespace image of the launch of VA-227. LAUNCH ALERT: Today, Wednesday, January 27, at 23:20 UTC (18:20 EST) Arianespace will commence the 2016 launch season with the...
View ArticlePER ASPERA AD ASTRA
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA. In the video above (there is no audio but still amazing to see) you can actually see exactly when the above photo was taken at 30:37 in the video. Most enter the...
View ArticleRemembering Challenger……..
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA of Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) Crew. “I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an...
View ArticleAtlas V GPS IIF-12 Launch Friday
Image Credit & Copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA). LAUNCH ALERT: Friday, February 5, 2016 at 13:38 UTC (08:38 EST & 05:38 PST) the United Launch Alliance (ULA), utilizing an Atlas V-401...
View ArticleSpaceX to Launch SES-9
Image Credit & Copyright: SpaceX. LAUNCH ALERT: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 18:35 EST (23:35 UTC), an upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust (FT) rocket will be launching from the Cape Canaveral Air...
View ArticleArianespace Ariane 5 Second Launch of 2016 Next Week
Image Credit & Copyright: Arianespace image of the launch of VA-228. LAUNCH ALERT: Wednesday, March 9, 2015 at 05:22 UTC (00:22 EST) Arianespace will launch the massive and beautiful Ariane 5 ECA...
View ArticleESA’s ExoMars Orbiter & Lander Bound for the Red Planet
Illustration Credit & Copyright: B. Bethge/European Space Agency (ESA). LAUNCH ALERT: Monday, March 14 at 09:30 UTC (05:30 EDT) The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission will be launching...
View ArticleExpedition 47/48 (TMA-20M & ISS 46S) Crew to Launch This Week
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/Joel Kowsky of the launch of Expedition 46/47. Friday, March 18, at 21:26 UTC (17:26 EDT) a Soyuz-FG rocket; TMA-20M (ISS 46S or Soyuz 48) will be lifting off from...
View ArticleULA, Orbital ATK & NASA Team Up to Serve the ISS Tuesday
Image Credit & Copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA) of OA-6 payload fairing containing the enhanced Cygnus cargo vehicle S.S. Rick Husband. LAUNCH ALERT: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 23:05 EDT...
View ArticleSoyuz Progress 63P (MS-02) to Launch Today
Image Credit & Copyright: Energia. LAUNCH ALERT: Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 16:23 UTC (12:23 EDT) a Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket; ISS Progress 63P (63P) is slated to launch from the Baikonur...
View ArticleSpaceX CRS-8 to Deliver Inflatable ISS Module
Image Credit & Copyright: SpaceX. LAUNCH ALERT: Friday, April 8, 2016 at 16:43 EDT (20:43 UTC), a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust (FT) rocket will be launching from the Cape Canaveral Air Force...
View Article“Of Course I Still Love You, We Have a Falcon 9 Onboard”
Videos and Images Credit & Copyright: SpaceX. What a way to start the weekend. Congratulations to SpaceX and the team at Hawthorne for successfully landing the CRS8 Falcon 9 on the Autonomous...
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