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Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon called off due to bad weather
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): The departure of the SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft was called off on Monday due to bad weather conditions off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
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US firm's rocket fails to reach orbit due to technical issues
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): A spacecraft launched by the US firm Astra has failed to reach orbit because of an upper stage failure, the spacenews.com website reported.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon flight carrying 4 astronauts docks with ISS
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Sunday with four astronauts on board safely docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at around 11 pm ET on Monday (9:30 am IST, Tuesday).
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Falcon 9 launches Crew Dragon on its first operational flight with astrona
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): The private space launch giant SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts soared into outer space Sunday, CNN reported.
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on first operational mission in space
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 16 (ANI): A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts soared into outer space on Sunday, marking the kick-off of what NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) hopes will be years of the company helping to keep the International Space Station (ISS) fully s
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully stows sample of asteroid Bennu
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 30 (ANI): NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, October 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements - acquiring at least 2 o
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, October 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements - acquiring at least 2 o
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touches asteroid
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington (US), October 21 (ANI): NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm on Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surfac
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ISS to lower orbit before arrival of Soyuz spacecraft with crew
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) is to be reduced by 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) before the arrival of the superfast Soyuz spacecraft with a crew, a spokesman for Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation told Sputnik.
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NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo spacecraft
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Wallops Island [US], October 3 (ANI): A commercial cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS) launched on Friday night carrying the name of deceased NASA astronaut Kalpana "K.C." Chawla, the first Indian-born woman to enter space, for her key contributions to human s
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The way forward to Mars
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the Martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17:30 CEST (15:30 UTC).
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