** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
- Thread starter Cosimo
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Atlas V SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Launch Highlights:
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet completed his first spacewalk 13 January 2017 together with NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough to complete a battery upgrade to the outpost’s power system:
Development of ESA's new-generation launcher, Ariane 6, is underway. A brief glimpse into the future:
More:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Launch_vehicles/Ariane_6
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Something rather special has arrived for my collection:
An Indiegogo crowdfunded "Apollo 11 Flight Plan Re-Issue".
More:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Launch_vehicles/Ariane_6
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Something rather special has arrived for my collection:
An Indiegogo crowdfunded "Apollo 11 Flight Plan Re-Issue".
The Japanese “Kounotori” H-II Transfer Vehicle cargo ship (HTV-6) departs from the station:
This week:
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This week:
Preparations at Baikonur for the launch of manned spacecraft "Soyuz-05 MS", which is scheduled for launch in the summer of 2017:
The crew will be commander Sergei Ryazan (Roscosmos) with flight engineers Randolph Breznik (NASA) and Paolo Nespoli (ESA).
The crew will be commander Sergei Ryazan (Roscosmos) with flight engineers Randolph Breznik (NASA) and Paolo Nespoli (ESA).
Work is continuing on the preparation for the launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-U" with transport cargo ship "Progress MS-05." Launch is scheduled for February 22 at 05:58 UTC. This will be the last launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-U":
Last week:
SpaceX's tenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-10) launches from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday at 15:01 UTC (10:01 EST).
It will be live here:
and here:
The press kit is here.
It will be live here:
and here:
The press kit is here.
Hopefully next attempt will be tomorrow at 14:38 UTC.
Links for today's launch if ok:
Launch window opens at 14:38 UTC (09:38 ET).
Launch window opens at 14:38 UTC (09:38 ET).
Falcon 9 First Stage lands on LZ-1
More launch and landing:
Work nears completion on the preparation for the launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-U" with transport cargo ship "Progress MS-05." Launch is scheduled for February 22 at 05:58 UTC. This will be the last launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-U":
The landing zoomed in:
Rollout of "Soyuz-U" with transport cargo ship "Progress MS-05." Launch is scheduled for February 22 at 05:58 UTC: