The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond

Cosimo · 18 Nov 2016 at 07:46

Great shot of the launch:

Cosimo · 18 Nov 2016 at 11:53

GOES-R is set to launch into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on November 19 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral:

Launch window is 21:42-23:42 UTC and will be live on NASA TV.

More:

http://www.goes-r.gov/

Cosimo · 18 Nov 2016 at 15:05

Weather is 90% favourable for launch tomorrow.

Cosimo · 19 Nov 2016 at 07:29

This week:

Cosimo · 19 Nov 2016 at 08:08

GOES-R and Atlas V readied for launch:

Today's launch window is 21:42-23:42 UTC and will be live on NASA TV.

Glaucus · 19 Nov 2016 at 22:47

GOESR stuck at the 4 minute hold, due to technical issues with the launch vehicle. No idea what those issues are.

Glaucus · 19 Nov 2016 at 23:37

issue resolved, go for launch at 23:42, right at the end of the window

frankel1414 · 19 Nov 2016 at 23:43

It never gets tired seeing these things take off. Would love to see a live launch one day.

Glaucus · 19 Nov 2016 at 23:45

frankel1414 said:
It never gets tired seeing these things take off. Would love to see a live launch one day.

yep,
although they cut away as soon as the booster separated

sls or FH would be amazing to go watch.

frankel1414 · 19 Nov 2016 at 23:59

Beautiful.

Cosimo · 20 Nov 2016 at 07:32

Atlas V GOES-R Launch Highlights:

Cosimo · 20 Nov 2016 at 07:49

Two more spectacular images from the launch:

Cosimo · 20 Nov 2016 at 08:27

Expedition 50-51 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency dock to the station:

Cosimo · 21 Nov 2016 at 07:01

Say hello to the new guys...

Cosimo · 21 Nov 2016 at 14:49

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo ship leaves the station:

Cosimo · 22 Nov 2016 at 07:22

A room with a view...

Cosimo · 23 Nov 2016 at 06:50

The rocket science behind propulsion in two minutes:

Cosimo · 25 Nov 2016 at 11:52

Cargo spacecraft "Progress MS-04" being prepared for launch:

Launch from Baikonur is on December 1st at 14:51 UTC.

Cosimo · 28 Nov 2016 at 16:33

50 years of Soyuz:

Nov. 28, 2016 — It launched under a different name and was not officially disclosed until almost two decades later, but Russia's first Soyuz spacecraft lifted off into history 50 years ago Monday (Nov. 28).

The Soyuz, which became the former Soviet Union's third class of crewed transport spacecraft and is still used today to take cosmonaut and astronaut crews to the International Space Station, first flew under the intentionally nondescript title "Kosmos 133" on Nov. 28, 1966.

Cosimo · 29 Nov 2016 at 14:33

"Progress MS-04" rollout ready for launch on the 1st:

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