August 12, 2014: The European Space Agency’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), known as “Georges Lemaitre”, successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning after a nominal final approach. The ATV was launched into orbit on July 29, 2014 [...]
May 18, 2014: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, concluding the third of twelve cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) that Dragon will fly as part of the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. [...]
April 20, 2014: After a break of more than a year to significantly upgrade both the Dragon spacecraft and the Falcon-9 rocket it launches upon, SpaceX has successfully resumed automated re-supply missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Following a nominal launch [...]
February 19, 2014: The Orbital Sciences Orb-1 ISS resupply mission ended successfully today with the destructive atmospheric re-entry of the Cygnus "C. Gordon Fullerton" spacecraft. After remaining attached to the ISS for approximately five weeks, the Cygnus was unberthed by the on-board [...]
January 12, 2014: The Orbital Sciences Cygnus automated re-supply spacecraft successfully launched on its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on January 9, 2014, from Wallops, Virginia. After a nearly flawless rendezvous and final approach, the Cygnus was captured via [...]
January 8, 2014: On January 9, 2014, Orbital Sciences will launch the second flight of its Cygnus automated spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This flight, called Orb-1, is the first of eight scheduled Cygnus cargo resupply missions [...]