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SpaceX to send unmanned cargo mission to ISS on May 19
WASHINGTON — SpaceX said Friday it will attempt to send a cargo-loaded spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 19 after a series of delays, the latest over software issues. “SpaceX and NASA are nearing completion of the software assurance process, and SpaceX is submitting a request to the…
SpaceX delays ISS launch again
WASHINGTON — The first attempt by a private company to send a cargo-loaded spacecraft to the International Space Station was delayed again on Wednesday and a new launch date remains uncertain, SpaceX said. The planned May 7 launch has been postponed while engineers work out software issues, said SpaceX spokeswoman…
SpaceX test fires rocket ahead of ISS cargo launch
WASHINGTON — SpaceX on Monday successfully test-fired its Falcon 9 rocket in a dress rehearsal for the May 7 launch of its Dragon spacecraft on a cargo-bearing mission to the International Space Station. The test, known as a static fire of the rocket’s nine main engines, lasted just two seconds,…
Europe makes its heaviest space launch ever
An automated craft laden with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) headed into space on Friday in the heaviest launch ever undertaken by Europe. The 20-tonne vessel, named after 20th-century Italian physicist, Edoardo Amaldi, blasted off atop a heavyweight version of the Ariane 5 launcher at 01:34 am (0434…
Russian cosmonauts begin ISS spacewalk
MOSCOW — Two Russian cosmonauts stepped out of the International Space Station on Thursday in a spacewalk due to last six hours, Russia’s mission control centre said. Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov opened the door to the Pirs space module and began work on the exterior of the ISS, the…
Russian satellite crashes into Siberia after launch
MOSCOW — A Russian satellite on Friday crashed into Siberia minutes after its launch due to rocket failure, the defense ministry said, in the latest humiliating setback for Russia’s embattled space programme. The failure of the Soyuz-2.1B rocket — a member of the same family that Russia uses to send humans to…
Discovery to dock today with International Space Station
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US space shuttle Discovery was approaching the International Space Station on Saturday as part of its final mission, carrying a new module and a robot to the orbiting research lab. The shuttle, which blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, is set to dock…
European freighter docks with space station
TOULOUSE, France – A robot freighter laden with seven tonnes of supplies docked flawlessly on Thursday with the International Space Station (ISS), its European controllers said here. The Johannes Kepler teamed up with the ISS at 1708 GMT after an eight-day orbital flight covering some four million kilometres (2.5 million…
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