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SpaceX launch nominal, but Dragon capsule encounters problems

March 2, 2013 by elyomaha

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Dragon capsule into orbit, but an anomaly with three of the four thruster pods on the capsule threatened to end the mission abruptly. Two thruster pods are now operating successfully, with the other two planned to follow shortly. The Falcon 9′s 1 March liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, went according to plan, but an anomaly was noted shortly after the Dragon separated from the second stage. The live feed from SpaceX and NASA […]

Categories: Aerospace • Tags: Dragon Capsule, NASA, Space X

Two Launches Successfully Put Payloads into Orbit

February 11, 2013 by feryomaha

A Soyuz launch vehicle has successfully launched a Progress resupply capsule on a path to theInternational Space Station (ISS). It is the 50th Progress capsule launched to the ISS. The 11 February launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, puts the Progress on a relatively direct path to the ISS, previously flown by only one other resupply mission. Normal flight paths require two to three days to rendezvous with the ISS. The Progress will dock with around 1, 360kg (3,000lb) of spare parts, in addition to […]

Categories: Aerospace • Tags: Roscosmos, Soyuz

Lockheed Martin Partners With Sierra Nevada To Human-Rate Dream Chaser

February 3, 2013 by feryomaha

Lockheed Martin will help Sierra Nevada Corp. human-rate its Dream Chaser reusable human spacecraft under a subcontract announced Jan. 30, drawing on its experience building the Orion multipurpose crew vehicle for NASA. Sierra Nevada’s lifting-body vehicle, which is partially funded by NASA’s Commercial Crew Development seed-money effort, is due for its first drop test in the next month to six weeks, company officials said in a press conference at the company’s Louisville, Colo., facility. Lockheed Martin will use its Space […]

Categories: Aerospace • Tags: Dream Chaser, Lockheed Martin, Sierra Nevada

Atlas V launches NASA Data Relay Satellite

January 31, 2013 by feryomaha

On 30 January an Atlas V successfully launched a NASA data relay satellite from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The satellite has reached its target orbit and its controllers have confirmed good signal reception. The Atlas V flew in 401 configuration, with a 4m payload fairing, no solid-fuel rocket boosters and a single RL-10A-4 engine in the upper stage. The launch marks the 35th for the Atlas V, and the 14th for the 401 configuration. The next Atlas V launch is scheduled for 11 February from […]

Categories: Aerospace • Tags: Atlas V, NASA, Satellite

Japanese Reconnaissance Satellite Launched

January 28, 2013 by feryomaha

Japan has successfully orbited two satellites during a 27 January launch at Tanegashima, Japan, in the nation’s first launch of 2013. The larger satellite, a radar satellite called Information Gathering Satellite (IGS-4D), completes Japan’s latest constellation of similar spy satellites. IGS-4D is meant to replace a similar satellite, launched in 2003, that lost radar abilities while in orbit. The second satellite is described as a reconnaissance demonstration payload, though further details have not been released. Japan’s spy satellite programme began in earnest […]

Categories: Aerospace, News • Tags: Japan, Satellite

Deep Space Industries Plans to Mine Asteroids Flying by the Earth

January 22, 2013 by feryomaha

A newly-formed company, Deep Space Industries, has announced a plan to mine asteroids flying by the Earth. The company intends to send small, lightweight modified cubesats (small, standardized, modular satellites) on missions to mineral-rich asteroids as they pass near Earth’s orbit, returning small samples to Earth orbit for exploitation. Asteroids are often rich in valuable commodities like platinum, gold and more exotic materials that sell at high prices. “The number of asteroids that are more energetically accessible than the moonis […]

Categories: Aerospace, News • Tags: Asteroids, Deep Space Industries, DSI

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