Tag: SpaceX
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US Commercial Space 2 for 2 today
Following on from the Cygnus berthing to the space station this morning SpaceX successfully launched its modified Falcon 9 rocket this afternoon in the process achieving several firsts for the company. The launch which came exactly five years after their first successful Falcon 1 launch was the first from their Vandenburg launch pad, the first…
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And then there were two
With the arrival of the Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station the US now has two commercial suppliers to deliver cargo to the station. Since the retirement of the shuttle and before SpaceX and Orbital Sciences the US was reliant on International Partners Russia, ESA and Japan to deliver cargo. There are now five…
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Weekly Space Blog 9/28
This week in space… Soyuz Launched to ISS This week saw another Soyuz launch to the space station on board the Soyuz TMA-10M were Russian Cosmonaut’s Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy as well as NASA Astronaut Michael Hopkins. Following a flawless countdown the three launched at 4:58:50 pm EDT, eight minutes later they were in…
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Weekly Space Blog 9/14
We are back again with our weekly blog and what a week it has been for space news. Voyager has left the Solar System This week the Voyager Science Team announced that the long serving Voyager 1 spacecraft had left the solar system, making it the first human made object to achieve the feat. As…
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Weekly Space Blog 8/17
We are back after a two week break to enjoy the New England summer, this week we have lots of great news. Russian Cosmonauts set new Space Walk Record The week two Russian Cosmonauts broke the space walk endurance record by complete a 7h 29m excursion outside the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander…
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Weekly Space Blog 7/6
Another busy week in space Cassini captures picture of Saturn Moon Janus This week Cassini returned a picture of one of Saturn’s small lumpy moon’s named Janus, the moon doesn’t have sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape as seen with most other moons. For more pictures of the moon check out the…
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Weekly Space Blog 6/15
This week SpaceX sign military agreement, Chinese Astronauts, Chris Hadfield, Opportunity and Kepler keep giving, and much more. SpaceX This week SpaceX signed a framework agreement for potential Military launches in the future. Under the agreement the air force will evaluate the Falcon v1.1 rocket over at least three launches as well as all the…
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Soyuz launch, ARKYD Kickstarter, Astronaut Abby
Welcome to my new weekly blog on all things Space, this week we take a look at the latest Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, the ARKYD Kickstarter project and Astronaut Abby a 15 year old with an amazing vision for STEM and Space. Soyuz Launch On Tuesday this week Karen Nyberg, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Luca…
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Liftoff of Falcon 9 with Dragon
This morning SpaceX successfully launched their latest Falcon 9 witth Dragon towards the international space station. Following an aborted launch on Saturday that was traced back to a faulty value on engine 5 SpaceX successfully fixed, validated and prepared for launch this morning. After the 9 minute ride to orbit which was performed flawlessly by…
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3 Weeks and Counting to SpaceX Launch
In just over three weeks SpaceX is scheduled to launch their second and hopefully last COTS demo mission. Today we are going to take a look in detail at the Dragon spacecraft and what a successful mission will mean for SpaceX and the US space industry in general. Dragon Designed and built by SpaceX the…