2015 – Page 73 – Spaceflight Now

Video: Delta 4 lifts off

March 25, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched on-time today at 2:36 p.m. EDT carrying a new Global Positioning System spacecraft to advance the navigation network with every launch.

With memory restored, Opportunity rover completes marathon on Mars

March 25, 2015 Stephen Clark

NASA’s Opportunity rover trekking across Mars completed a marathon’s worth of driving Tuesday, extending its record-setting exploration of the red planet as engineers installed a software fix to overcome a problem with the aging robot’s flash memory.

Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket launches with GPS satellite

March 25, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifted off Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT) from Cape Canaveral on a mission to place into orbit a fresh satellite for the Global Positioning System.

Surveillance satellite on track for blastoff from Japan

March 24, 2015 Stephen Clark

A Japanese H-2A rocket is set for launch Thursday with a high-resolution imaging satellite to record views of strategic sites for the country’s intelligence agencies.

Photos: Delta 4 awaits blastoff

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket sits peacefully inside its mobile service gantry on Tuesday afternoon, one day before its scheduled launch of the GPS 2F-9 navigation satellite.

Photos: Soyuz rocket transferred to jungle launch pad

March 24, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russian technicians rolled a Soyuz rocket from its integration hangar to the launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday morning, positioning the booster to receive two Galileo navigation satellites ahead of liftoff Friday.

OTD…March 24 and STS-45

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

Studying the atmosphere as part of NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth was the objective of shuttle Atlantis’ STS-45 mission in March 1992.

Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket poised for launch Wednesday

March 24, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket is scheduled for liftoff Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. EDT (1836 GMT) from Cape Canaveral to place into orbit a fresh satellite for the Global Positioning System.

Debut flight of rail-guided space launcher slips to October

March 23, 2015 Stephen Clark

The first flight of a new rail-guided satellite launch system from a military missile range in Hawaii has been delayed until late October due to problems with the rocket’s first stage motor, according to a U.S. Air Force official.

Soyuz launch double-header set for Friday

March 23, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russian launch crews on two continents are putting the final touches on a pair of Soyuz rockets scheduled to blast off less than two hours apart Friday — one carrying a three-man crew to the space station, and another boosting two European navigation satellites into orbit from the Amazon jungle.