Tag: Launch
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Photos: Russian cargo freighter blasts off from snow-covered launch pad
A Russian Progress supply ship launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, firing into orbit from a snow-covered pad to haul three tons of fuel, water and equipment to the International Space Station. The Progress MS-08 supply cargo craft lifted off at 0813:33 GMT (3:13:33 a.m. EST; 2:13:33 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday aboard a…
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GOES-S weather observatory hoisted atop Atlas 5 rocket
NOAA’s GOES-S weather satellite. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett NOAA’s next geostationary weather satellite, GOES-S, was raised on top of an Atlas 5 launcher Friday at Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff March 1 to keep watch over the Pacific Ocean and the Western United States. Fully fueled for a planned 15-year mission in space, the roughly…
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Photos: SpaceX’s imagery of Falcon Heavy test flight
SpaceX this week released a new batch of photos showing the Feb. 6 liftoff of the company’s first Falcon Heavy rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, followed by landing of the launcher’s two side boosters around eight minutes later at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Falcon Heavy lifted…
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Elon Musk’s Tesla will have a close encounter with Earth in 2091
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: SpaceX Even though it doesn’t obey any earthly speed limit and has a space-suited mannequin for a driver, Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster won’t drive up his insurance rates anytime soon. Researchers say the sports car won’t have a really close encounter with Earth until 2091 and could…
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Soyuz rocket launches cargo freighter to International Space Station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket boosted the Progress MS-08 cargo craft into orbit Tuesday. Credit: Roscosmos Running two days later after a last-minute abort Sunday, a Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter lifted off in a blanket of fog Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to deliver three tons of cargo, propellant and water to the International Space…
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China adds two more satellites to home-grown navigation network
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Monday with two Beidou navigation satellites. Credit: Xinhua Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks. The Long March 3B rocket and a restartable Yuanzheng upper stage deployed the two Beidou navigation…
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Photos: Launch pad cameras capture Falcon Heavy’s fiery liftoff
This up-close sequence of photos shows the Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with nearly 5 million pounds of ground-shaking thrust. Using remote cameras, photographer Walter Scriptunas II took these images of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket firing off pad 39A at 3:45 p.m. EST (2045 GMT)…
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Photos: More images of Falcon Heavy’s launch and booster landings
These additional views of the Falcon Heavy’s maiden liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, and landing of its two side boosters at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, come from locations across the Florida spaceport. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 3:45 p.m. EST (2045 GMT), and…
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Photos: Press site views of Falcon Heavy’s maiden launch
SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket powered off launch pad 39A at 3:45 p.m. EST (2045 GMT) Tuesday on its inaugural test flight, and we captured the launcher’s spectacular liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site around 3 miles from the pad. Photographer Walter Scriptunas II took these images of the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifting…
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‘Starman’ puts Earth in the rearview mirror
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: SpaceX Now in an elliptical orbit around the sun, the Tesla Roadster launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday during the powerful booster’s maiden flight was expected to pass beyond the moon’s orbit overnight Wednesday and reach the orbit of Mars in July as it puts…