2012-05-20 00:46:14 Today?s (May 19 historic launch of the first ever privately developed rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) was very surprisingly aborted at the last second when an engine glitch forced a dramatic shutdown of the Falcon 9 rockets 1st stage firing already in progress as the NASA launch commentator was in the middle ...
2012-05-19 11:56:56 Just as the Lyrid Meteor Shower was peaking on April 21, 2012, astronaut Don Pettit captured this incredible timelapse sequence from the International Space Station. Of course you can see the familiar view of cities sweeping beneath the station as it orbits the Earth, but if you watch carefully, you can see the bright flashes ...
2012-05-19 05:34:03 SpaceX’s attempt to launch their Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft was aborted by the computer at T-0 due to a high pressure reading on engine 5 of the first stage. The rocket’s nine main engines were ignited, but were automaticalaly shut down before liftoff. The vehicle was safed with no apparent other issues. ...
2012-05-19 05:26:48 Computers aboard the Falcon 9 rocket cut off the engines after seeing a high pressure warning on May 19th, 2012. Next launch attempt could occur on Tuesday May 22nd after the problem is investigated.
2012-05-18 22:35:02 The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is now poised at the launch pad and set to open a completely new era in spaceflight. Hopes are sky high that Saturday mornings Falcon 9 launch represents the dawn of the commercial era in spaceflight akin to the startup of the commercial airline industry early in the 20th Century ...
2012-05-18 17:00:25 The old saying of the universe being stranger than we can imagine definitely applies to a newfound exoplanet orbiting a star about 1,500 light years from Earth. Researchers using the Kepler space observatory have detected what appears to be a planet about the size of Mercury literally turning to dust. A long tail of debris ...
2012-05-18 16:42:50 A Mercury-sized planet, about 1500 light years away seems to be smoldering to ash due from the heat of its nearby hot orange star. Researchers at MIT and NASA found a long tail of debris, similar to a comet, revolving in sync with the planet's orbit.
2012-05-18 15:57:55 Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit took photos of star trails, terrestrial lights, airglow and auroras while aboard the International Space Station.
2012-05-18 15:45:29 Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit took photos of star trails, terrestrial lights, airglow and auroras while aboard the International Space Station.
2012-05-18 15:43:29 Saturday morning?s launch window for SpaceX’s historic test flight to the International Space Station lasts just one second. Company President Gwynne Shotwell predicted they have ?better than a 50-50 shot on whether we lift off tomorrow,? she said at a press conference today, adding, ?If we lift off, we?ll get to orbit.? Shotwell and NASA ...
2012-05-18 15:00:55 With less than a day left before SpaceX’s historic launch of the first commercial vehicle to the ISS, slated for 4:55 am EDT on Saturday, May 19, here’s a video of what will happen once the Falcon lifts off. (Part of me really wishes that they’ll be pumping out some dramatic music when it launches!) ...
2012-05-18 14:24:01 By meeting obligations necessary to keep the ISS fully supplied, commercial space companies can free up NASA to fulfill its charter, which includes human exploration ? and settlement ? of the Solar System.
