Credits: +NASA
September 20, 2013
September 19, 2013
A private capsule launched with success to ISS
Dear followers,
yesterday was a busy day for the space launches in USA. Actually after the successful liftoff of the space rocket Atlas5, the private company, Orbital Sciences, became the second private challenger to successfully launch a cargo vessel to the International Space Station. The lift off could be watched from New York was depicted on the picture below.
The next step for the Cygnus spacecraft is four days of tests while its in orbit. If successful, the mission will take a rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station on Sunday, September 22th , as the ATV4, from +European Space Agency, ESA did few weeks ago.
Credit: Orbital Sciences / +Google Earth
The next step for the Cygnus spacecraft is four days of tests while its in orbit. If successful, the mission will take a rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station on Sunday, September 22th , as the ATV4, from +European Space Agency, ESA did few weeks ago.
The liftoff of the space rocket Antares happened from the center of Wallops Flight, located on an island near the coast of Virginia. Cygnus is separated from the second stage of the launcher ten minutes after launch to reach the Earth orbit.
For this first flight, Cygnus carries 589 kg of supplies including food and clothing. It will remain docked to the ISS thirty days. Upon his return, Cygnus will be destroyed in the atmosphere.
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September 18, 2013
Atlas 5 take-off livestream now
Dear followers,
today, United Launch Alliance will perform its seventy-fifth launch with the space-launcher Atlas V with the aim of deploying the AEHF-3 satellite for the US Air Force.
The Liftoff is scheduled from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in few minutes. You could follow the liftoff in livesteam below.
September 17, 2013
September 16, 2013
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