Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy NASA’s TDRS-M data relay satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
(Launch webcast begins at 7:30 a.m. EDT / 1130 GMT)
News
Bezos says space industry stalwarts will help Blue Origin build moon lander
Blue Origin has partnered with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build elements of the company’s human-rated lunar lander, and Draper will lead development of the lander’s avionics and guidance systems, with an aim to be ready to land a crew on the moon by 2024, company founder Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday.
Mission Reports
Live coverage: Space station crew home after 115-day mission
Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, Japanese flight engineer Takuya Onishi and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins departed the International Space Station on Saturday and headed for a homecoming in Kazakhstan to wrap up a 115-day expedition in orbit. Undocking occurred at 8:35 p.m. EDT Saturday (0035 GMT Sunday), with an on-target landing more than three hours later at 11:58 p.m. EDT (0358 GMT).