Justin Ray – Page 61 – Spaceflight Now

OTD…April 26 and STS-55

April 26, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1993 on the second flight of the German Spacelab

OTD…April 25 and the Hubble deploy

April 25, 2015 Justin Ray

25 years ago this afternoon, Hubble was deployed from shuttle Discovery

Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching

April 24, 2015 Justin Ray

The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle.

OTD…April 24 and the birth of Hubble

April 23, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Discovery in 1990 with the Hubble Space Telescope, our window on the universe!

Newest GPS satellite goes into service

April 21, 2015 Justin Ray

The world’s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month.

Stats: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 histories and backlogs (updated April 20)

April 21, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Atlas 5 and Delta 4 flight histories and the manifests for both rockets.

Photo: New Orbital ATK paint job for Pegasus carrier jet

April 19, 2015 Justin Ray

The aircraft that air-launches the Pegasus rocket has been repainted with new livery to mark the recent corporate merge that formed Orbital ATK.

OTD…April 19 and STS-100

April 19, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Endeavour in 2001 to deliver Canadarm2 to the space station

ULA sees clean handover of Boeing crew launches to Vulcan rocket

April 18, 2015 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance vows a “seamless” switch from the Atlas 5 to the new Vulcan rocket in launches of Boeing’s astronaut taxis.

OTD…April 17 and STS-90

April 17, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD…Launch of Columbia in 1998 on the Neurolab Spacelab mission