tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221497292024-03-14T05:19:33.938-04:00SpaceFlight 360°SpaceFlight 360° multimedia news feedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1045125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-56182039637469299392021-04-23T09:00:00.015-04:002021-04-24T17:38:40.063-04:00SpaceX Crew Dragon 'Endeavour' Launches Four Astronauts to Space StationFour astronauts aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour launch. (SpaceX)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four astronauts launched aboard a reusable SpaceX Crew Dragon early Friday from America's Space Coast to begin a nearly six month stay aboard the International Space Station.This SpaceX Crew-2 mission is the second operational commercial crewed space launch. It also marks the third time Americans have launched Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.57717370.1637750638211557 -115.7334237 56.784242736178847 -45.4209237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-10236700811058454972021-04-22T16:00:00.019-04:002021-04-26T08:27:13.440-04:00Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Flies Higher During Second FlightMars helicopter Ingenuity begins its second flight on April 22. (NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA flew for a second time the first powered aircraft on Mars Thursday demonstrating that humans can control flight within the planet's ultra thin atmosphere.The tissue box-size Mars helicopter Ingenuity transmitted a few images during its flight to its host, the Perseverance rover. Located 215 feet Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.57717370.1637750638211557 -115.7334237 56.784242736178847 -45.4209237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-20933646179916927912021-04-12T07:01:00.005-04:002021-05-07T08:14:29.590-04:00Wings in Space: Columbia Launches the Space Shuttle EraThe first space shuttle flight lifts-off on April 12, 1981. (NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new era of human spaceflight began in April 1981, as two NASA astronauts lifted-off aboard the first reusable winged spacecraft to set sail on the ocean of space.Nothing is more associated with the 1980s as the space shuttle. In fact, Columbia's maiden launch was the first video ever played when MTV Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.57717370.1637750638211557 -115.7334237 56.784242736178847 -45.4209237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-37249127212989328072021-04-09T08:30:00.040-04:002021-04-09T08:38:44.050-04:00NASA Astronaut, Two Russians Launch on 'Fast-Track' to Space StationA Russian Soyuz 2.1a lifts-off with a new crew bound for the space station. (NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts lifted-off from Kazakhstan on Friday on a fast trip to reach the International Space Station.American Mark T. Vande Hei and Russian's Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov are scheduled to spend nearly six months in space.Lift-off of the Soyuz 2.1a rocketUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.5771737-28.403221322063345 -150.8896737 85.351239122063348 -10.264673700000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-22920491289101107522021-03-30T16:00:00.006-04:002021-05-07T08:19:38.312-04:00SpaceX Announces all-Civilian Crew for Orbital FlightSpaceX will add a dome window to their Crew Dragon. (SpaceX)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four non-astronauts were introduced to the public on Tuesday as the first all-civilian space crew selected to spend three days in Earth orbit this autumn.Businessman and jet pilot Jared "Rook" Isaacman will lead the rookie crew. A physician's assistant Hayley Arceneaux, geoscientist and pilot Dr. Sian Proctor, andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.57717370.1637750638211557 -115.7334237 56.784242736178847 -45.4209237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-49802538147778592112021-03-23T21:30:00.006-04:002021-03-24T13:18:11.019-04:00NASA Sets Target Date for Mars Helicopter FlightCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA announced on Tuesday a target date for the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet.The small helicopter known as Ingenuity is expected to lift-off from the surface of Mars no earlier than Thursday, April 8. The copter remains attached to the belly of NASA’s new rover Perseverance, receiving electricity, warmth, and a ride to its launch zone.NASA will haveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-52838703238368517852021-03-10T08:34:00.005-05:002021-03-17T15:07:48.456-04:00NASA's Martian Helicopter 'Ingenuity' Nears its First FlightCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A small helicopter attached to the NASA rover Perseverance will soon take flight to conduct the first flight of an aircraft on another world.The drone-style helicopter known as Ingenuity will provide the Red Planet with a first of its kind air show the first week of April. During a 30-day window, engineers hope to perform up to five flight tests -- each building on the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA28.3922182 -80.6077131999999920.081984363821153039 -115.76396319999999 56.70245203617884 -45.451463199999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-6138821114491288402021-03-09T10:42:00.004-05:002021-03-10T17:20:38.397-05:00Exclusive Interview: Space Shuttle Discovery Pilot Col. Eric BoeCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Col. Eric A. Boe, who piloted the final flight of space shuttle Discovery ten years ago this week, recalls the exciting 13-day mission to service the International Space Station.The 133rd space shuttle flight delivered tons of supplies, including water, fuel, and oxygen to the orbital laboratory. Discovery's six-person crew also left the Leonardo Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-84978943786183547672020-11-15T21:00:00.026-05:002020-11-30T07:51:31.168-05:00SpaceX Dragon Launches Four Astronauts toward Space StationFalcon 9 lifts-off with Crew Dragon 1 from KSC on Nov. 15. (NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted-off from America's Space Coast on Sunday evening with four astronauts beginning the first flight of an operational Crew Dragon spacecraft.NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi are on course to dock with the International Space Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA28.4886723 -80.572824099999991-1.3800668384456962 -115.72907409999999 58.357411438445695 -45.416574099999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-80204733412804666582020-05-30T18:00:00.003-04:002020-05-31T08:26:57.431-04:00NASA Astronauts Lift-off from America's Space Coast
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two NASA astronauts lifted-off from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday to begin the first U.S. crewed launch to the International Space Station in nine years.
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken boarded the commercial spacecraft known as Crew Dragon 2 at historic launch pad 39-A. As the countdown ticked toward zero, the launch team ran a smooth count and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA28.4886723 -80.5728240999999910.17843846382115558 -115.72907409999999 56.798906136178843 -45.416574099999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-20755584809646710632020-05-17T16:00:00.002-04:002020-05-27T09:49:05.710-04:00X-37B Lifts-off to Begin a Multi-Research Mission for Space Force
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The U.S. Space Force's uncrewed X-37B space shuttle lifted off into the blue skies over America's Space Coast on Sunday to begin military science research in space.
This sixth flight of the X-37B program is the first under the management of the Space Force. As the previous five flights under the Air Force were top secret, several payloads have been announced for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.5771737-0.61161029713582593 -115.7334237 57.559628097135828 -45.4209237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-29914772166071872972020-04-14T12:09:00.000-04:002020-05-14T10:35:09.038-04:00NASA Apollo 13 Upper Stage Impacted the Moon During the Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The astronauts aboard the aborted flight of NASA's Apollo 13 may not have landed on the Moon, one section of their spacecraft did make a landing for scientific results.
The third stage of the Saturn V rocket known as the S-IVB was used to place the crew in the direction of the Moon. The S-IVB-508 stage housed the lunar lander Aquarius and the command module Odyssey, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.577173728.2507534 -80.8998972 28.6972644 -80.254450200000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-74111190346994281112020-04-11T15:00:00.000-04:002020-05-14T10:35:45.878-04:00Odyssey of Apollo 13 Became NASA's 'Successful Failure'
Crew of Apollo 13 the day before launch at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The odyssey of NASA's Apollo 13 lifted-off fifty-years ago on Saturday to begin the third crewed mission to land on the Moon but quickly became a mission of survival in deep space.
The flight of Apollo 13 has been called “a successful failure”. It was successful in how the crew worked with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.577173728.2507534 -80.8998972 28.6972644 -80.254450200000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-31797461795980266812020-02-23T18:00:00.000-05:002020-02-23T19:14:15.599-05:00Akron Classmates Achieved High Flying Jobs as Astronaut, Blue Angel
AKRON, OHIO -- Two high school classmates driven early by different goals found themselves a decade later working in similar career fields -- one a top naval aviator and one a NASA astronaut.
On June 6, 1966, Stuart Robinson Powrie and Judith Arlene Resnik graduated with their senior class from Firestone High School. Their families and the educators at the Akron, Ohio school had inspired the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-70931360935051573942020-02-20T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-20T07:04:16.027-05:00Upclose: Two Engineers Discuss Servicing Space Shuttle Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttle fleet served as an orbiting workshop for thirty years -- a space truck which delivered a variety of spacecraft and segments of the International Space Station into orbit.
Five space-worthy orbiters were built to allow astronauts to live and work in space. Behind the pressurized living quarters, a massive 60-foot cargo bay housed commercial and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Florida 32899, USA28.5728722 -80.648980799999992.214337699999998 -121.95757479999999 54.9314067 -39.34038679999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-57583712361488423222020-01-19T15:00:00.000-05:002020-01-20T08:47:27.638-05:00SpaceX Crew Dragon Performs Successful Launch Abort Test
A Falcon 9 lifts-off on January 19, 2020, on the launch abort test. (SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX achieved a huge milestone in safely launching astronauts from America's Space Coast this spring as they performed an uncrewed launch abort test of their spacecraft on Sunday.
This flight test of the Crew Dragon's launch escape system now moves SpaceX and NASA closer to launching Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.577173728.2507534 -80.8998972 28.6972644 -80.254450200000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-11624904334813373322020-01-06T23:30:00.000-05:002020-01-12T08:49:32.635-05:00SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Internet Relay Satellites into LEO
SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts-off from Cape Canaveral AFS on January 6. (SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new decade of rocket launches began Monday evening as a SpaceX Falcon 9 thundered away from America's Space Coast to place 60 internet-relay satellites into orbit.
This launch was confirmed as the first official rocket launch under the new U.S. Space Force.
SpaceX is in the midst of building Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA28.4740089 -80.577173728.2507534 -80.8998972 28.6972644 -80.254450200000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-67099623482963939552019-12-18T09:00:00.000-05:002019-12-26T11:12:14.249-05:00NASA's Quieter Supersonic X-59 Approved for Final Assembly
The future of supersonic flight across land will be tested with NASA X-59. (LMA)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An experimental NASA aircraft designed to perform supersonic commercial travel while reducing the sound generated by sonic booms was approved for final assembly on Thursday.
The X-59, also known as the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD), is NASA’s first experimental aircraft in three Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-6425893979309784182019-12-05T16:00:00.000-05:002019-12-26T11:12:32.796-05:00SpaceX Launches Dragon Resupply Craft to Space Station
SpaceX Falcon 9's CRS-19 mission launches on Dec. 5, 2019 (Atkeison)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off into the blue skies over America's Space Coast Thursday successfully placing a resupply craft on a course toward the International Space Station.
The Dragon supply craft is making its third voyage to the space station, having flown in 2014 and 2017. Loaded with 5700 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0PAROL Rd, Florida, USA28.525663164681472 -80.56232682655195328.484947164681472 -80.644724326551952 28.566379164681472 -80.479929326551954tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-36347889085424409172019-10-27T07:00:00.000-04:002019-12-27T10:32:14.048-05:00Air Force's X-37B Space Shuttle Returns from Record Breaking Flight
The X-37B returns home to Cape Canaveral with a predawn landing. (USAF)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A secret military winged spacecraft glided out of Earth orbit on Sunday touching down at the Kennedy Space Center at the conclusion of a record breaking mission.
The uncrewed Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle spent 780 days in space performing detailed experiments for the military. The winged Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-75924984591056369242019-07-03T09:30:00.000-04:002019-12-26T11:13:13.794-05:00Four-Time Shuttle Astronaut Inspiring Today's Youth at SpaceCamp
Dr. Don Thomas stands near space shuttle Pathfinder in Huntsville. (Atkeison)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The early days of America's space program inspired a future four-time space shuttle astronaut who now works to inspire the youth of today to reach for their goals -- including a voyage to Mars.
Dr. Donald Thomas ventured into space during four flights on the space shuttle. Each flight was a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com01 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA34.711138057956553 -86.65397644042968834.558730057956552 -86.983566440429684 34.863546057956555 -86.324386440429691tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-75945609333370172972019-03-29T08:29:00.000-04:002019-12-28T08:38:30.867-05:00NASA's X-57 Maxwell to Demonstrate the Benefits of Electric Propulsion
NASA's experimental aircraft will use electricity and zero gas to fly. (NASA)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is engineering an all-electric aircraft capable of flying people and cargo great distances as a futuristic, clean-energy concept becomes a reality during the coming decade.
NASA’s first piloted X-plane in two decades, the X-57 Maxwell will push the boundaries of aeronautics by creating aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-30112979223396356082019-03-14T18:00:00.000-04:002019-12-26T11:13:42.107-05:00Two Americans, One Russian Lift-off to the Space Station
A Soyuz FG lifts-off from Kazakhstan with a new space station crew. (NASA)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two Americans and their Russian spacecraft commander launched a top a Soyuz rocket on Thursday to begin a four-orbit voyage to catch-up with and dock to the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin will spend six-months living and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-36416199420754505202019-03-02T05:00:00.000-05:002019-12-28T09:08:06.902-05:00SpaceX launches Uncrewed Craft Designed to Ferry Astronauts to Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts-off with the first crew-rated Dragon on Mar. 2 (SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A giant leap in launching astronauts from the United States began on Saturday as a commercial rocket lifted off from America's Space Coast with a space capsule designed to fly crews to and from Earth orbit.
As NASA paves the way for humanities voyages to the moon and Mars in the coming Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, USA28.4886723 -80.5728240999999912.1301343000000017 -121.88141809999999 54.8472103 -39.264230099999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22149729.post-43084406924089857722018-04-04T09:11:00.000-04:002019-12-28T09:30:31.601-05:00NASA Apollo 6 paved America's Pathway to the MoonATLANTA -- As America recalls the golden anniversary of mankind's first voyage to the moon this December, the lesser known flight of Apollo 6 cleared a major hurdle for NASA as it paved the country's pathway toward lunar orbit.
Designed as a test flight article and flew unmanned, the flight of Apollo 6 fifty years ago tested not just the spacecraft itself, but launched the largest rocket AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0