03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... is a 60% chance that weather conditions will permit the launch. If the resupply mission leaves on schedule, the spacecraft is expected to reach the ISS on Sunday, December 6th. If it is unable to be launched today, it will be launched tomorrow, and...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... entering Earth's atmosphere); the Strata-I experiment (exploring regolith properties in microgravity and regolith interaction with spacecraft and spacesuit materials); the Gecko Gripper study (testing a gecko-inspired adhesive gripping device that...
09 September 2020
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth, deploys unknown object before deorbiting
...use of the space”. As declared by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on the day of launch, the spacecraft's mission was "to test the reusable technology during space flight and to provide technological support in peace exploration...
13 May 2016
Arianespace's Next Soyuz mission begins payload integration with Galileo spacecraft.
... issued by Arianespace, "Danielė" and "Alizée" will become the 13th and 14th FOC (Full Operational Capability) spacecraft to join Europe’s Galileo navigation system – which was conceived to provide high-quality positioning, navigation and timing...
30 November 2020
Chang'e 5 separates from spacecraft, prepares for a lunar soft landing
... body. The lander-ascender combination of the spacecraft separated from its orbiter-returner combination at 4:40...moon-sample mission for more than 40 years. The spacecraft is performing well and communication with ground control is normal...
11 May 2020
Spacecraft and telescopes join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphere
...'s Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away...
