On Tuesday, Col. Thomas Falzarano, commander of the Air Force's 45th Space Wing, said in a meeting that, if all went according to the plan, the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida would be the world’s busiest spaceport this year with 24 scheduled launches. Last year, the Russians had the supremacy with 21 launches taking place on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (although two of … [Read more...]
SpaceX Cargo Capsule Has Successfully Docked ISS on Monday
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that SpaceX cargo capsule, designed to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), has successfully docked the orbital station Monday morning. The launch took place Saturday morning at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Both the rocket launch and cargo ship docking were successful. However, SpaceX had some … [Read more...]
SpaceX: Rocket Launch Was Successful; Booster Had a Hard Landing
SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, announced Saturday that Falcon 9 rocket’s cargo capsule was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) and it would dock it on Monday, but the first stage booster had a hard landing on the floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Both booster and platform were damaged when the landing took place. Soon after the liftoff, Mrs. Musk tweeted that the first stage … [Read more...]
SpaceX to Safely Land Falcon 9 Rocket on a Floating Platform
Space X plans to land a rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean, rather than letting it smash into pieces after its mission is over. The Space X team hopes that by reusing multistage rockets billions of dollars would be saved, while keeping the environment clean. Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and co-founder of the Paypal platform, said that … [Read more...]
NASA’s Major Breakthroughs in 2014 Revealed
NASA has recently reported its major breakthroughs and groundbreaking achievements in 2014. It seems that the most important achievements were related to Mars exploration – rover Curiosity’s landing on Mars’ surface and Orion spacecraft’s (photo) short flight test. Orion would be the first spacecraft to safely get a human crew to Mars by 2021. Orion’s flight test was successfully completed … [Read more...]
Spacewalking Cosmonauts Finish Hard Work Outside Space Station
After donning their bulky white spacesuits, flight engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev opened the hatch on the Pirs docking port at 10:10 a.m. (1410 GMT) and floated outside a few minutes later. The two Russian cosmonauts ventured out into the vacuum of space for a spacewalk on Thursday, tasked with carrying out important work including the installation of an antenna outside of the … [Read more...]
Lavazza To Send An Espresso Into Space For Astronauts
As capsule-based espresso machines have taken over the world, an Italian coffee company plans to take its coffee to space. Italian coffee manufacturer Lavazza has announced that it is working with the Italian Space Agency (ISA) and engineering firm Argotect and announced their project to create the ISSpresso machine – taking its name from the International Space Station (ISS), the first … [Read more...]
