Tag Archives: Spaceflight

[ad_1] Members of the Expedition 56 crew gathered for a "cosmic sushi" meal earlier this week. From left to right: Drew Feustel, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev, Oleg Artemyev, Ricky Arnold and Alexander …

[ad_1] The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will be launched Saturday will reuse the first relay of a mission of July 25 that had put into orbit 10 Iridium communication satellites. This …

[ad_1] Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft approaching asteroid Ryugu. Credit: DLR A German-built landing probe the size of a microwave oven carrying a camera and a suite of scientific instruments …

[ad_1] WRITTEN HISTORY FOR CBS NEWS AND USED WITH PERMISSION The HTV-7 supplies the robotic arm of the space station on Thursday. Credit: NASA TV A Japanese cargo ship loaded with more …

[ad_1] The MINERVA-II-1A vehicle captured this blurred image Saturday at 0:24 GMT (10:44 pm EDT Friday) showing the Ryugu asteroid as the robot jumped on its surface. The bright feature on the …

[ad_1] A Japanese H-2B rocket took off on Saturday with the seventh HTV refueling ship heading for the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA A Japanese freighter cargo ship launched on Saturday for …

[ad_1] The Delta 2 rocket launched on Saturday featured four rocket boosters. Tory Bruno, general manager of the ULA, said the same version of the Delta 2 will be on display in …

[ad_1] A Delta 2 rocket launched by United Launch Alliance took off on Saturday at 06:02 PDT (09:02 EDT and 1302 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Credit: Alex Polimeni …

[ad_1] Michael Freilich, head of NASA's Earth Sciences Division, signs a star sticker on the side of the Delta 2 rocket. ULA has added 167 stars to the rocket, each containing up …

[ad_1] Artistic illustration of the ICESat 2 satellite and its six green laser beams designed to measure the height of the ice caps. Credit: NASA The satellite waiting to launch California Saturday …