Cygnus Launch Scrubbed Until Tuesday
The next launch attempt for Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled for 6:22 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 28 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at...
View ArticleCrew Focusing on Science While Cargo is Poised for Delivery
The Expedition 41 crew is working advanced microgravity science while a pair of space freighters await launch. Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus is set for a 6:22 p.m. EDT launch today while Russia’s ISS...
View ArticleCygnus Launch Countdown Progressing
The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on launch Pad-0A after the launch attempt was scrubbed because of a boat down range in the trajectory...
View ArticleOrbital Sciences Executing Contingency Procedures
The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket lifted off to start its third resupply mission to the International Space Station, but suffered a catastrophic anomaly shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m....
View ArticleWatch NASA TV for Live Progress Launch Coverage
At 2:45 a.m. EDT, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of a Russian Progress spacecraft carrying nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 41 crew aboard the...
View ArticleProgress Cargo Craft on Way to Station
The ISS Progress 57 space freighter launches on time from Kazakhstan for a six-hour trip to the International Space Station. Carrying more than 5,700 pounds of food, fuel, and supplies for the...
View ArticleWatch NASA TV for Live Coverage of Progress Arrival at Station
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the docking of a Russian Progress spacecraft carrying nearly three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 41 crew...
View ArticleNew Progress Resupply Craft Arrives at Station
Traveling about 261 miles over the Atlantic Ocean, the unpiloted ISS Progress 57 Russian cargo ship docked at 9:08 a.m. EDT to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station. The craft...
View ArticleExpedition 41 Opens Progress Hatch as Orbital Sciences Conducts Investigation
European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst talks to German journalists. Cosmonauts Max Suraev and Alexander Samokutyaev opened the hatch to the ISS Progress 57 space freighter which arrived...
View ArticleStation Prepares for November Crew Swap
Expedition 41 astronauts (from left) Reid Wiseman, Barry Wilmore and Alexander Gerst talk to the Blue Angels pilots who visited Mission Control Center in Johnson Space Center Friday morning. Credit:...
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