2015 – Page 58 – Spaceflight Now

Photos: X-37B gallery archive

May 18, 2015 Justin Ray

This is a collection of images taken during the three previous flights of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mini space shuttle.

Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle

May 17, 2015 Justin Ray

Relive the launches and landings of the Air Force’s X-37B miniature space shuttle on Orbital Test Vehicle missions No.1, No. 2 and No. 3.

Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sector

May 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

Failure struck Russia’s troubled space program for the second time in three weeks Saturday, when a Proton rocket carrying a high-tech satellite for Mexico’s new $1.6 billion space-based communications network crashed shortly after liftoff.

Live coverage: Proton launch runs into trouble

May 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia’s Proton rocket launched from Kazakhstan at 0547 GMT (1:47 a.m. EDT) Saturday with Mexico’s Centenario communications satellite, but the Russian space agency reported an anomaly occurred some time after liftoff.

SpaceX gets certified to launch NASA science missions

May 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA has formally certified SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch all but the space agency’s most costly robotic science missions, beginning with a a U.S.-French oceanography satellite set for liftoff from California in July.

Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satellite

May 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Boeing-built communications satellite for the Mexican government is set for liftoff Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Proton rocket.

OTD…May 14 and STS-132

May 14, 2015 Justin Ray

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station

ULA, SpaceX face off in landmark Air Force launch competition

May 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

The U.S. Air Force has identified the launch of a next-generation GPS navigation satellite for the first in a series of competitive rocket procurements between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, service officials announced Wednesday.

DMSP satellite debris expected to remain in orbit for decades

May 13, 2015 Stephen Clark

Satellite shards scattered by the explosion of an aging U.S. military weather spacecraft in February will remain in orbit for many decades, according to researchers who specialize in space debris.

Brightman steps down from station flight

May 13, 2015 William Harwood

Soprano and would-be space tourist Sarah Brightman, who was in training for a flight to the International Space Station this fall aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft, will not be chasing her dream aloft after all.