Category Archives: News

SpaceX CRS-17 Space Station Resupply from Cape Canaveral

Posted on April 26, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: NASA & SpaceX. LAUNCH ALERT! Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 02:48 EDT (06:48 UTC) SpaceX Falcon 9 (core: currently unknown) will be launching from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) as part of Commercial Resupply … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Block 5 Falcon Heavy Coming Up!

Posted on April 5, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: SpaceX & Elon Musk. Launch Alert!: Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 18:35 EDT (15:35 PDT & 22:35 UTC) SpaceX will be launching their massive Falcon Heavy (F9H) from Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) carrying … Continue reading →

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ULA Delta 4 Ready to Serve

Posted on March 13, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: United Launch Alliance (ULA). LAUNCH ALERT: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 18:56 EDT (22:56 UTC) the United Launch Alliance (ULA), will be launching a Delta IV rocket in its Medium + (5,4) configuration carrying the 10th … Continue reading →

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Expedition 59/60 Crew Ready for Flight!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: Roscosmos/NASA. Launch Alert: Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 15:14 EDT (19:14 UTC) a Soyuz-FG rocket; MS-12 (ISS 58S or Soyuz 60) will lift off from Launch Pad 1/Launcher 5 (LC 1/5) at the legendary Baikonur Cosmodrome … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Falcon 9 from FL Coming Up

Posted on February 20, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: SpaceX and NASA. LAUNCH ALERT! Thursday, February 21, 2018 at 20:45 EST (01:45 UTC on the 22nd) SpaceX Falcon 9 (core B1048.3) will be launching from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to deliver the … Continue reading →

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Godspeed Little Giant

Posted on February 14, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit: NASA/JPL. “My battery is low and it’s getting dark…” – Opportunity’s final message Mars Exploration Rover “Opportunity” (MER-1 or MER-B) launched onto its journey to the Red Planet on a Delta II from Cape Canaveral, Space Launch Complex 17B … Continue reading →

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Ariane 5’s 1st Launch of 2019 Coming Up

Posted on February 3, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: Arianespace/CNES. Launch Alert! Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 21:01 UTC (16:01 EST) Arianespace will launch their massive Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA247 carrying the HellasSat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 and GSAT 11 from Launch Site, Ensemble de … Continue reading →

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Remembering Columbia and Crew

Posted on February 1, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: NASA and the crew of STS-107 Columbia. “And for the whole time I was growing up, for as long as I can remember, any time anyone asked me what I wanted to be it was, “I … Continue reading →

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Remembering Challenger and Crew

Posted on January 28, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: NASA. “I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Apollo One Remembered “Ad Astra Per Aspera”

Posted on January 26, 2019 by AstroDan77

Images & video credit & copyright: NASA. Many images and videos below. Ad Astra Per Aspera, or as it’s more commonly spoken, Per Aspera Ad Astra; “Through Hardship to the Stars.” “If we die, we want people to accept it. … Continue reading →

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