** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[Cosimo]

We are GO for flight.

 

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Away and ignition.

 

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Pegasus away:

 

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Now 370 miles up and stage 3 burn complete.

 

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NuSTAR has been successfully placed in orbit and solar panels being deployed.

 

[Cosimo]

Here we go sim i have booked us a ticket


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Why thank you kind sir. Looking forward to the trip. :):D

 

[Cosimo]

Spacecraft currently docked with the ISS:

 

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China's first manned space docking mission, Shenzhou 9, is due to launch at 11:37 BST (06:37 EDT).

Watch it live here:

http://english.cntv.cn/live/​

More on the mission:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18458544

http://search.cntv.cn/english/index.shtml?&type=web&qtext=Shenzhou-9​

 

[Cosimo]

Shenzhou 9 launch:

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The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong 1 laboratory module at 07:08 BST. Start at 06:00:

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Ticks his checklist at 08:00

Commander Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang will enter the Tiangong 1 module at 10:22 BST.

 

[Cosimo]

The three astronauts are now aboard Tiangong-1 space laboratory:

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OTV-2 returns after its 468 day mission:

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More testing:

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An Atlas 5 is going up at 13:28 – 14:27 BST from Cape Canaveral. The launch is live here:

http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow

 

[Cosimo]

GO has been given for launch.

 

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The Atlas 5 with NROL-38 is on its way:

 

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What's that satellite for?

Classified mission for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

 

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