Archive for April, 2015

SpaceX CRS-6 Launch Set for April 13

SpaceX CRS-6 Launch Set for April 13

CRS-5 Dragon Awaits Launch :  Image Credit S. Money SpaceX’s next launch, the CRS-6 re-supply mission to the International Space Station, has been moved to Monday, April 13th at 4:33 PM EDT. It has previously been listed as “No Earlier Than” (NET) April 10th on NASA’s launch calendar. No explanation has been given for the […]

Posted in: NASA, SpaceX
Imaging Icy Worlds: Dawn, Cassini and New Horizons Promise a Hot Summer

Imaging Icy Worlds: Dawn, Cassini and New Horizons Promise a Hot Summer

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute 2015 is shaping up as a banner year for imaging icy worlds.  The ion powered Dawn probe arrived at the Dwarf planet Ceres in the Main Asteroid Belt on March 6th, and is currently on that world’s shadowed side, still firing its engines as it seeks a circular science orbit […]

Posted in: Asteroids, Outer Planets
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