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The Parker Solar Probe blasting off atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket (Photo NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The Parker Solar Probe has been successfully launched to go and touch the Sun’s corona

Massimo Luciani August 12, 2018 0

A little while ago, the Parker Solar Probe was launched atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from the Cape Canaveral base. After a little more than 43 minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and went en route to slowly approach the Sun to study it closely.

The Progress MS-9 cargo spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket (Image NASA TV)

A success for the mission of the Russian cargo spaceship Progress MS-9 to the International Space Station with the first journey on the ultra-fast track

Massimo Luciani July 10, 2018 2

A few hours ago the Progress MS-9 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After about nine minutes it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and was placed on its ultra-fast track in its resupply mission to the International Space Station also called Progress 70 or 70P. After less than 4 hours it reached the International Space Station docking with its Pirs module.

The Dragon space cargo ship blasting off atop a Falcon 9 rocket in its CRS-15 mission (Image NASA TV)

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft blasted off for its CRS-15 mission for NASA

Massimo Luciani June 29, 2018 1

A little while ago the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in its CRS-15 (Cargo Resupply Service 15) mission, also referred to as SPX-15. After just over ten minutes it separated successfully from the rocket’s last stage and went en route. This is the 15th mission for the Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station with various cargoes and then return to Earth, again with various cargoes.

The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft blasting off atop a Soyuz rocket (Image NASA TV)

Three Expedition 56 astronauts have been launched to the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani June 6, 2018 1

A little while ago the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with aboard the three new crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Sergey Prokopyev and Alexander Gerst to be transported to the International Space Station carrying three new crew members. The Soyuz traveled on the 2-day path.

The GRACE-FO satellites blasting off atop a Falcon 9 rocket (Photo NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The GRACE-FO satellites have been successfully launched to monitor the Earth’s water

Massimo Luciani May 23, 2018 0

A few hours ago, the two GRACE-FO twin spacecraft were launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg base. After about ten minutes they successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and entered a polar orbit. Shortly thereafter they started transmitting telemetry signals. SpaceX’s mission continued with the launch of 5 satellites of the Iridium constellation.