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Per Wimmer – Exclusive interview with the adventurer and future private astronaut

Dr Andy Quinn and Per Wimmer talk about private spaceflight, the second space race and everything in between, discussing frontrunners Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin and what prospective space participants should expect when they blast Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 10 months ago June 24, 2018

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Interview 2 with Vijay, aerospace engineer & BBC2 Astronauts contestant

Dr Andy Quinn catches up Vijay after BBC2’s Astronauts: Do you have what it takes? series came to a close to get Vijay’s thoughts on the challenges of the series and on the wider second Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 1 year ago November 25, 2017

Interviews

BBC2 Astronauts: Interview with Vijay

Dr Andy Quinn caught up with Vijay, one of the contestants on BBC2’s Astronauts: Do you have what it takes? series. Vijay, 35, is an aerospace engineer currently working on designs for a hypersonic space Read more…

By YourSpaceflight, 2 years ago August 20, 2017

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Antares rocket boosts Cygnus supply ship toward International Space Station
A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter packed with 3.8 tons of medical and pharmaceutical experiments, technology demonstration hardware, CubeSats and crew provisions rode an Antares rocket into orbit from Virginia's Eastern Shore on Wednesday afternoon on the first leg of a day-and-a-half journey to the International Space Station.
Photos: Ground crews load final cargo into Cygnus supply ship
Technicians working at launch pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia completed the final loading of cargo into Northrop Grumman's Cygnus supply ship late Tuesday, and the Antares rocket was raised vertical again in preparation for Wednesday's countdown.
Antares launch timeline on the NG-11 mission
Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket will deliver a Cygnus supply ship into orbit Wednesday to begin a day-and-a-half pursuit of the International Space Station.
Live coverage: Antares rocket lifts off from Virginia
Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket lifted off at 4:46 p.m. EDT (2046 GMT) Wednesday carrying a Cygnus supply ship on a cargo mission to the International Space Station. The automated cargo freighter is set to arrive at the station at 5:30 a.m. EDT (0930 GMT) Friday.
Northrop Grumman introducing new capabilities on Cygnus cargo craft
The next Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station set for liftoff Wednesday from Virginia's Eastern Shore will introduce new capabilities for the commercial cargo freighter, including a longer operating life enabled by fuel-saving gyroscopes to support an extended mission months after the spacecraft departs the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman officials said.
Photos: Antares reaches launch pad in Virginia for space station cargo mission
A two-stage Northrop Grumman Antares rocket rolled out of its horizontal integration facility Monday for the mile-journey south to launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, where liftoff on a space station resupply mission is scheduled for Wednesday.
Falcon Heavy core booster tips over in rough seas after drone ship landing
The core booster from the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched Thursday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida tipped over in rough seas after landing on an offshore drone ship, SpaceX officials said Monday.
Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy aces second mission
Photos captured by remote cameras placed at launch pad 39A show SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket soaring skyward Thursday evening atop more than 5 million pounds of thrust.
Stricken with fuel leak, Intelsat 29e seen drifting in geostationary orbit
A Boeing-built Intelsat communications satellite launched three years ago is drifting in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator after suffering a fuel leak and releasing debris fragments last week, according to an analysis by space surveillance experts.
Photos: Stratolaunch’s giant airplane flies over Mojave
Stratolaunch's rocket carrier jet, the largest aircraft in the world by wing span, took off Saturday morning from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California for its first test flight.