![]() United Launch Alliance does not have any Atlas V rockets available as their manifest is already assigned ahead of its retirement and eventual switch to the new Vulcan rocket that will be launching the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser vehicle. Northrop Grumman recently retired its Antares rocket and will be launching its next Cygnus resupply vehicle on the Falcon 9 next year. SpaceX is currently the only American launch provider with the ability to send supplies or Crew, for that matter, to the International Space Station. This rocket is the latest in a series of missions to deliver supplies and equipment. This was the 9th mission in the current Phase 2 Commercial Resupply Services that was awarded to SpaceX, and as of writing, there are six more Cargo Dragon flights scheduled between 20.įalcon 9’s first stage has landed at LZ-1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station /mZdAvImchu NASA will launch the Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. Antares first test launch occurred on April 18, 2013. 6, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A on Wallops Island. When upright, the rocket is 131 feet (40 m) tall, and the rockets dual AJ26 rocket engines are designed to provide 680,000 pounds of thrust. The next Antares launch is scheduled for 5:50 a.m. The first stage then made a successful landing back at LZ-1, sending sonic booms around the Space Coast. NASA Rise and shine early to catch the next launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Once docked to the Space Station, the crew will open the hatches and begin removing the supplies and experiments inside and over the course of the next month, filling it with finished experiments and other unnecessary items to be returned to Earth.įalcon 9 Booster 1081 completed its 2nd flight and, after separating from the 2nd stage, created a beautiful “Falcon Nebula” in the sky as the Merlin 1D and Merlin Vacuum engine plumes interacted, causing the gases to glow in the upper atmosphere. ![]()
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