February 2015 – Page 4 – Spaceflight Now

Photos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan

February 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. See photos of the supply ship’s launch.

Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting better

February 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

Images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on approach to the dwarf planet Ceres show a world pockmarked by craters and mysterious bright spots, and scientists are eager for a better look in the weeks ahead.

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch

February 17, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on March 12 has completed its basic build up at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility.

Video: Progress launches and docks

February 17, 2015 Justin Ray

The Russian Progress 58P cargo freighter launches and six hours later docks to the International Space Station.

Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space station

February 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia launched a Progress resupply mission Tuesday heading for the International Space Station with more than 6,000 pounds of fuel, supplies and experiments to support the lab’s six-person crew, and the automated cargo craft sailed to a smooth link-up with the complex less than six hours later.

SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg

February 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX plans to set up landing pads on abandoned launch sites at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in a step toward the company’s vision for eventual recovery and reuse of rocket boosters.

Photos from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day comet close-up

February 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft — six months into its mission at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — made its closest flyby of the comet’s boulder-strewn nucleus Saturday, capturing photos and measurements to help scientists unravel how the duck-shaped body is evolving on its path around the sun.

Month: February 2015

Photos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan

Dawn’s imagery of Ceres keeps getting better

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch

Video: Progress launches and docks

Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space station

SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg

Photos from Rosetta’s Valentine’s Day comet close-up

SES bridges the Atlantic in latest satellite purchase

Progress cargo mission ready for launch to space station

Arianespace edges out SpaceX to launch Korean satellites