March 2015 – Page 11 – Spaceflight Now

On This Day… Endeavour Launches on ASTRO-2 Mission

March 2, 2015

#OTD in 1995, Endeavour launched on the ASTRO-2 astronomy mission:

Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready to launch dual-satellite stack

March 1, 2015

SpaceX’s 22-story Falcon 9 rocket stands on Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Sunday, hours before the scheduled liftoff of a pair of commercial communications satellites for Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.

Astronauts install antennas for commercial crew capsules

March 1, 2015

Astronauts Terry Virts and space station commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore ventured back outside Sunday for their third spacewalk in eight days to complete initial preparations for upcoming dockings by commercially developed Boeing and SpaceX crew ferry ships.

Boeing’s first two all-electric satellites ready for launch

March 1, 2015

A new class of Boeing-built spacecraft will fly into orbit for the first time Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, combining Boeing’s electric propulsion technology with SpaceX’s bargain launch prices to send up communications satellites at a fraction of the typical cost.

On This Date…March 1

March 1, 2015

A mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope blasted off on this date in 2002.