April 2015

Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch

April 25, 2015

Forecasters will be watching clouds and rain showers during the countdown before Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Turkmenistan’s first communications satellite.

Commercial Ariane 5 flight rescheduled for Sunday

April 25, 2015

Arianespace plans to launch an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Sunday after fixing a disconnected helium vent line that required the launcher be returned to a hangar for repairs.

OTD…April 25 and the Hubble deploy

April 25, 2015

25 years ago this afternoon, Hubble was deployed from shuttle Discovery

Astronomers hopeful Hubble will make it to 30th anniversary

April 24, 2015

More than five years after a final shuttle servicing mission — and a quarter of a century since its launch in April 1990 — the Hubble Space Telescope is operating in near flawless fashion, and engineers are optimistic the observatory will remain on the forefront of astronomy at least through 2020.

High-flying tune-ups gave us the Hubble generation

April 24, 2015

You can thank thousands of thinkers — unafraid to get their hands dirty — for the steady diet of discoveries and jaw-dropping vistas produced by the Hubble Space Telescope over the last quarter-century.

Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching

April 24, 2015

The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle.

Live coverage: Two satellites lift off aboard Ariane 5

April 24, 2015

A Norwegian communications satellite designed to connect far-flung clients and a Franco-Italian military spacecraft blasted off Sunday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Liftoff from the tropical spaceport occurred at 2000 GMT (4 p.m. EDT).

Clouds in the forecast for Monday’s Falcon 9 launch

Commercial Ariane 5 flight rescheduled for Sunday

OTD…April 25 and the Hubble deploy

Astronomers hopeful Hubble will make it to 30th anniversary

High-flying tune-ups gave us the Hubble generation

Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching

Live coverage: Two satellites lift off aboard Ariane 5

Ariane 5 in position for dual-satellite launch

Fixing Hubble’s blurry vision

OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble