Tag: John Glenn
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Atlas 5 rocket successfully boosts Cygnus cargo ship on trek to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL — Loaded with supplies to keep the International Space Station’s crew fed, clothed and busy with new science projects, a Cygnus cargo vessel sped into orbit today atop an Atlas 5 rocket. The 194-foot-tall United Launch Alliance rocket was activated and tested during a seven-hour countdown at its Complex 41 pad, leading to…
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Video: Tribute to NASA’s retiring George Diller
NASA launch commentator George Diller called the Atlas 5 with Cygnus, his final liftoff as the voice of launch control before retirement next month. He has worked at the Kennedy Space Center for nearly four decades and served as the commentator for such memorable launches as Hubble, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity…
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Video: Atlas takes flight with Cygnus
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, generates 860,000 pounds of thrust from its main engine to launch the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship on the OA-7 mission to the International Space Station. See earlier OA-7 Cygnus coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: Post-launch news conference for Atlas/OA-7
A recap of the successful start to Orbital ATK’s OA-7 resupply mission to the International Space Station is given in this post-launch news conference held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following the Atlas 5 rocket’s delivery of the Cygnus cargo ship into space. Briefing participants are: * Joel Montalbano, NASA’s deputy manager of the International…
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Timeline: Atlas 5/OA-7 Cygnus ascent events
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the commercial Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter headed to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). T+00:01.1 Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the Atlas 5…
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Video: Atlas/OA-7 pre-launch news briefing and what’s aboard
Watch the pre-launch news conference held Monday, April 17 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to preview liftoff of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus OA-7 cargo ship aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the International Space Station. Briefing participants are: * Joel Montalbano, NASA’s deputy manager of the International Space Station program *…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with OA-7 Cygnus
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Tuesday’s launch of a commercially-operated cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station. Liftoff is planned for 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). The rocket was wheeled out aboard a mobile launcher platform,…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown journal and launch webcast
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. (Launch webcast begins at 10:00 a.m. EDT / 1400 GMT)
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NASA and ULA plan first-ever live 360 webcast of Atlas 5 launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA and United Launch Alliance will offer the first-of-its-kind live webcast in 360 Virtual Reality format of Tuesday morning’s Atlas 5 rocket liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a space station cargo ship. As if you were standing at the launch pad, webcast watchers will be in control to pan and tilt their…
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Preview: Cygnus ship sending abundance of science to ISS
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, the Cygnus was tilted to the horizontal position for final stowage of cargo.Credit: NASA/Bill White CAPE CANAVERAL — Carrying more science research gear to the International Space Station than ever launched before by U.S. commercial logistics vehicles, the next Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter takes flight…