After a weather delay, a pair of small weather tracking satellites are ready to launch to space aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand a few hours from now. NASA’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) mission is sending a …
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-2 (Ax-2): Commercial, Outreach, and Payload Activities: Today, the Ax-2 crew completed several photo and video activities that will be used for commercial and marketing purposes. Crew also conducted three media outreach events, including a live event with Space Center Houston, as well as interviews with CBS and Men’s Health. Additionally, …
NASA, in cooperation with Intuitive Machines, is moving the landing site for the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to Moon’s South Pole as an important first step in managing risks for future Artemis landings. One of the first lunar payload deliveries under NASA’s CLPS initiative was awarded to Intuitive Machines in May 2019. …
The Expedition 69 and Axiom Mission-2 (Ax-2) crews worked throughout Thursday conducting a multitude of space research aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the orbiting lab’s three cosmonauts started unpacking a new cargo ship and worked on the European robotic arm controller. Science is moving full speed ahead aboard the orbital outpost as four Expedition …
NASA successfully completed a flight test of its super pressure balloon carrying the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) science mission at 9:27 a.m. EDT, Thursday, May 25, after some 39 days and 14 hours of flight. The mission began at 11:42 a.m., Sunday, April 16 (7:42 p.m. April 15 in U.S. Eastern Time) launching …
NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 11:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 25, (3:30 p.m. NZST Friday, May 26th) for the launch of the agency’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) mission, from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. Due to strong upper-level …
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-2 (Ax-2): Outreach, Payload, and Commercial Activities: Three ESA sponsored Ice Cube events, including a test event and two media outreach events, were performed. As part of the outreach events, John contacted the Oporto British School in Portugal and the Rathmore National School in Ireland to answer questions from students. The …
Launch day is here for NASA’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) mission! Atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, a pair of small satellites await liftoff from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand, to join a pair of recently deployed TROPICS satellites that launched just over …
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 12:19 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24, following launch on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. (5:56 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress is delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station …
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website now are providing live coverage of the rendezvous and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. An automatic docking to the Poisk module is planned at 12:20 p.m. EDT. The uncrewed Progress 84 launched on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. EDT …
