Justin Ray – Page 58 – Spaceflight Now

OTD…June 18 and STS-7 and LRO

June 18, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1983…Challenger launched with America’s first woman astronaut. Watch the launch:

Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket

June 17, 2015 Justin Ray

With the Delta 4 rocket now waiting on the launch pad, its Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite payload has jetted from the Los Angeles factory to the Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff this summer.

OTD…June 17 and STS-51G

June 17, 2015 Justin Ray

US-French-Saudi crew launched aboard Discovery with a multi-satellite payload

OTD…June 8 and STS-117

June 8, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2007…The launch of Atlantis with a power truss for International Space Station

OTD…June 5 and STS-40

June 5, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1991…The launch of Columbia on Spacelab Life Sciences 1 mission

OTD…June 2 and STS-91

June 2, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1998…The launch of Discovery on final shuttle-Mir docking mission

X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered

May 27, 2015 Justin Ray

Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force’s mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth.

Video: Fourth X-37B launch highlights

May 22, 2015 Justin Ray

This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane.

Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch

May 21, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Photos: Atlas 5 sets sail to orbit

May 21, 2015 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the ULA Atlas 5 rocket launch of the X-37B spaceplane on its fourth mission taken by photographer Walter Scriptunas II.