2015 – Page 21 – Spaceflight Now

OTD…Oct. 11 and STS-92

October 11, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2000…Discovery launched on the 100th space shuttle mission

Atlas 5 NROL-55 launch full broadcast

October 9, 2015 Spaceflight Now

The full broadcast of the Atlas 5 NROL-55 / Cubsat launch. (Membership required)

Sierra Nevada on watch for critical cargo award

October 8, 2015 Stephen Clark

A prototype of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane is nearing shipment to California’s Mojave Desert to resume runway landing tests as officials wait for word from NASA whether the company will win a competition to ferry cargo to the International Space Station.

Skies are blue and water ice is red on Pluto

October 8, 2015 Stephen Clark

It turns out Pluto’s distinct haze layer carries a bluish hue, and deposits of water ice poking out from the frozen world’s crust are covered in a red sheen, scientists said Thursday.

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars from West Coast

October 8, 2015 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the NROL-55 cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Q&A with Mark Sirangelo, leader of Sierra Nevada Space Systems

October 8, 2015 Stephen Clark

Sierra Nevada Corp. has business activity across a spectrum of programs, from Orbcomm communications satellites to parts on the New Horizons mission to Pluto, but all eyes are now on the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft. Sierra Nevada’s Mark Sirangelo met with reporters at the 2015 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Year: 2015

OTD…Oct. 11 and STS-92

Atlas 5 NROL-55 launch full broadcast

Sierra Nevada on watch for critical cargo award

Skies are blue and water ice is red on Pluto

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars from West Coast

Q&A with Mark Sirangelo, leader of Sierra Nevada Space Systems

Photos: California’s predawn liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket

Q&A with Frank Culbertson, president of Orbital ATK’s space systems group

Second Atlas 5 rocket launched in span of six days

Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on NROL-55