2015 – Page 42 – Spaceflight Now

Photos: WGS 7 readied for launch

July 18, 2015 Justin Ray

This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite No. 7 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for launch July 22.

Scientists share first close-up snapshot of Charon

July 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

A day after revealing mind-boggling ice mountains on Pluto, researchers from NASA’s New Horizons mission on Thursday released a detailed view of its companion Charon, showing a frozen, lightly-cratered world with an intriguing landform scientists have dubbed a ‘mountain in a moat.’

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars

July 16, 2015 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the GPS 2F-10 spacecraft.

Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5

July 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

A new spin-stabilized European weather observatory hitched a ride into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday, accompanying a Brazilian television broadcasting craft on a launch from French Guiana into Earth orbit.

OTD…July 16 and Apollo 11

July 16, 2015 Justin Ray

OTD in 1969…The launch of Apollo 11 for the first human landing on the moon

Scientists thrilled with mountains on Pluto, chasms on Charon

July 15, 2015 William Harwood

Images from NASA’s New Horizons probe show Pluto is a surprisingly active world in the deep freeze of the outer solar system, with jagged 11,000-foot-high mountains of frozen water dusted with a veneer of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide ice amid smooth plains and jumbled terrain.

Year: 2015

Photos: WGS 7 readied for launch

Scientists share first close-up snapshot of Charon

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket soars

Weather satellite, Brazilian payload launched on Ariane 5

OTD…July 16 and Apollo 11

Scientists thrilled with mountains on Pluto, chasms on Charon

Pluto and Charon as never seen before

Recap story: Atlas 5 delivers GPS satellite 11,000 miles up

NASA to release new Pluto images

Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-10