January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
..., to get on the flight, two of them graduated from flight schools: Lazarev from Kharkiv Air Force Academy and Kotov from Kachinsk Air Force Academy; both later embarked upon their missions as crew commanders. Meanwhile, Morukov took courses...
03 December 2015
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Launches Today
... launch at 5:55 p.m EST (2255 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket....it will perform under its contract with NASA. The U.S. Air Force has reported that there is a 60% chance that weather ...
12 April 2016
SpaceX booster back in port
...cranes. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1643 local time on Friday carrying a...Falcon 9 booster landed on a landing pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December but roughly half of SpaceX's missions cannot ...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
... has awarded a further $40.8 million to the company under its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Air Force had already agreed an initial contract worth $33.7 million awarded earlier in January, with SpaceX agreeing to contribute double...
19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
... small scale space debris removal," was conducted by researchers from the Information and Navigation College at China's Air Force Engineering University, with the help of the Institute of China Electronic Equipment System Engineering Company and led...
04 December 2018
SpaceX sets two new highs in its latest launch
... launch for 2018, eventually took to the skies yesterday from the Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following a flawless launch. After delivering a rocket-load of satellites, SpaceX’s Falcon 9’s first stage...
