Rogozin removed as head of Roscosmos as seat barter agreement signed
Original Publication Date: 2022-07-15 16:46
Kremlin dismisses Dmitry Rogozin as head of space agency Roscosmos, effective immediately. Kremlin appoints Yuri Borisov, deputy prime minister of Russia, as Rogozin’s successor. NASA and Roscosmos sign agreement to exchange seats on flights to the International Space Station.
Virgin Galactic selects Arizona for spaceplane manufacturing facility
Original Publication Date: 2022-07-15 11:34
Virgin Galactic says it has started work on a new factory in Mesa, Arizona. The facility is scheduled to be fully operational by late 2023. It will perform final assembly of new Delta-class spaceplanes. The first of those spaceplanes will start flying private astronauts in 2026.
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SpaceX launches cargo Dragon mission to ISS
Original Publication Date: 2022-07-15 02:26
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station. The July 14 launch was delayed more than a month by a hydrazine leak on the spacecraft. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the station at about 11:20 a.m. Eastern July 16. The launch was the 30th so far this year for SpaceX, versus 31 for all of 2021.
SpaceX launches 25th Dragon resupply mission to space station – Spaceflight Now
Original Publication Date: 2022-07-15 00:00
SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station in a fiery twilight departure Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 5,881 pounds (2,668 kilograms) of cargo headed off on a day-and-a-half pursuit of the space station with a successful launch. Docking at the space station is set for 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT) Saturday.
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India launched its 55th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) – in its Core Alone (CA) configuration – carrying nine payloads to a low Earth orbit (LEO) These included POEM, to demonstrate using the fourth stage as a hosted payload bus. PSLV-C53 launched from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on June 30, 2022.
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SpaceX launched its 25th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for the International Space Station (ISS) on a flight-proven Falcon 9 while also utilizing a flight-proven Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft. Falcon 9 B1067-5 lifted Dragon 2 Capsule 208-3 (C208-3) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on July 14 at 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC on July 15)
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The James Webb Space Telescope has released its first set of full-color images. Five targets were selected by Webb’s science teams to be imaged and analyzed. The five targets of the images were the Carina Nebula, WASP-96b, the Southern Ring Nebula, Stephan’s Quintet, and SMACS 0723.
Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101
China conducted a rare commercial launch of a Long March 3B rocket with the APStar-6C communications satellite. Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:06 UTC on a mission of under half an hour to lift the spacecraft into an elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit. Confirmation of launch success was provided by APT Satellite around 40 minutes after liftoff when the satellite had been separated into its target orbit.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101
Blue Origin launched their reusable New Shepard launch system on Sunday. The mission was designed to expand the vehicle’s operational envelope by sending it to a peak altitude of 107 Kilometers. Sunday’s flight marked the second for this particular set of hardware, following up on the successful December 2017 mission.
ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station
A veteran NASA spacewalker and an EVA rookie from Japan ended their week with nearly six hours of work outside the International Space Station. The restoration of the Station’s Mobile Servicing System started last year and continued in January to provide Canadarm2 with a new pair of grappling hands.
NASA, SpaceX Launch Climate Science Research, More to Space Station
Microgravity causes changes in human immune cells that resemble this condition but happen faster than the actual process of aging on Earth. Cell-free technology could provide a simple, portable, and low-cost tool for medical diagnostics, on-demand production of medicine and vaccines.
NASA’s New Mineral Dust Detector Readies for Launch
EMIT will map the world’s mineral dust source regions. The imaging spectrometer will also provide information on the color and composition of dust sources globally for the first time. This data will help scientists understand which kinds of dust dominate each region and advance their understanding of dust’s impact on climate.
NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe
Full set of the telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data, which uncover a collection of cosmic features elusive until now, released Tuesday. “This is a singular and historic moment,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. “We are elated to celebrate this extraordinary day with the world,” said Greg Robinson, Webb program director at NASA Headquarters.
President Biden Reveals First Image From NASA’s Webb Telescope
President Joe Biden released the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Monday during a public event at the White House in Washington. “These images are going to remind the world that America can do big things, and remind the American people – especially our children – that there’s nothing beyond our capacity,” said President Biden.
NASA’s Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
The MSR team calls the area they’ve been looking at the “landing strip” because – at least from images taken from spacecraft in orbit – it appears to be as flat and long as a runway. “We had been eyeing these locations since before Perseverance’s landing, but imagery from orbit can only tell you so much,” said Al Chen, Mars Sample Return Systems Engineering & Integration manager at JPL.
NASA Shares List of Cosmic Targets for Webb Telescope’s First Images
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon reveal unprecedented and detailed views of the universe with the upcoming release of its first full-color images and spectroscopic data. The images will be released in NASA’s live broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (7:30 p.m. PDT) Tuesday, July 12.
NASA Highlights Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets Coverage
Dragon is scheduled to dock at 11:20 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 16. Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth.