Tag: cargo

10 NOV

Coming Saturday: A Virginia rocket launch by NASA’s other cargo provider

Orbital ATK As one of two partners in NASA’s commercial cargo program to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, Orbital ATK has received significantly less attention than the other provider, SpaceX. And with Orbital ATK preparing to make just its second launch attempt in more than three years from its home base of Wallops […]

08 NOV

In-depth study: Commercial cargo program a bargain for NASA

Enlarge / The first Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corp. flew to the International Space Station in 2013. (credit: NASA) It has generally been assumed that NASA will save money by spurring the development of services by US companies to supply the International Space Station, but such conclusions have largely been based […]

06 OCT

American Airlines Matches UNICEF Donations, Tops 1.1 Million Pounds of Cargo to Puerto Rico

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29 SEP

SpaceX aims to land two ‘BFR’ cargo missions on Mars by 2022

SpaceX hopes to land at least two cargo missions to Mars a mere five years from now. The aerospace company’s chief, Elon Musk, has discussed its plans at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Australia. He talked about how SpaceX intends to use the BFR, the massive rocket it’s developing, to fly Martian settlers to […]

25 JUL

Crewless electric cargo ships may be on the horizon in Norway

Enlarge / Robo-cranes load cargo onto the robo-boat Yara Birkeland in this rendering of the drone ship, under construction in Norway. (credit: Konsberg Gruppen) SpaceX’s drone landing ships have already proven that uncrewed vessels can handle some of the most dangerous jobs at sea. Now, two Norwegian companies are poised to put robo-boats into one […]

24 JUL

NASA backs deep space habitat made with old ISS cargo module

NASA has given Lockheed Martin the go-ahead to build a full-scale prototype of the deep space habitat it proposed for the NextSTEP program. That means in around 18 months’ time, it might start testing new space travel technologies for the agency. No, not in orbit, but right inside a facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. […]

04 JUL

Record-breaking SpaceX Dragon returns from ISS with huge NASA cargo (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Published time: 4 Jul, 2017 18:41 SpaceX once again made history when its Dragon craft successfully returned from the International Space Station (ISS) – making it the first commercial spacecraft to fly to the station twice. The unmanned Dragon capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on June 3, bringing with it about 6,000lb […]

23 JUN

Cargo ship that hit US destroyer near Japan was on autopilot, data shows

Published time: 23 Jun, 2017 16:31 The Philippines-flagged freighter that struck the USS Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan last week was on autopilot at the time, according to tracking data that emerged in the course of the investigation. The collision killed seven US sailors and injured three. While the US Navy’s investigation is ongoing, […]