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@cbs_spacenews William Harwood
William Harwood posts on X about spacex, countdown, has been, robot the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2039 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"F9/Telstar18V: SpaceX plans to attempt recovery of the 1st stage with a landing on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You'; if successful the company's record will stand at XX recoveries XX on droneships and XX on land"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-10T04:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SpaceX/BFR: Looks like the announcement is moments away; live video from the SpaceX factory floor now up and running"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-18T01:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SAOCOM1A: TOUCHDOWN The 1st stage is safely down on Landing Zone 4; this was the first rocket landing at the West Coast Air Force base; SpaceX record now stands at XX Cape Canaveral landings X at Vandenberg and XX on droneships"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-08T02:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DEMO-1: NASA sets January X target date for launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship on an unpiloted test flight (DEMO-1) to the International Space Station; launch will be staged from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-21T15:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DEMO-1: Assuming uncrewed test flight goes well -- and assuming a NASA safety review doesn't turn up any show stoppers -- SpaceX could launch its first piloted Crew Dragon in the June timeframe; but dates are targets only and additional delays likely"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-21T16:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"InSight: Just X mile above the surface InSight will fall free of its backshell and parachute using XX small thrusters pulsing XX times per second to slow down to just X mph for touchdown; should be quite a ride"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-26T18:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL71: The countdown was aborted at the T-minus 7-second point in the countdown; hydrogen burn-off flares had been ignited by that point; rocket appears safe; countdown is being recycled to T-minus X minutes and holding"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-09T04:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL71: To recap the Delta X Heavy countdown aborted at the T-minus 7-second mark right around the time the engine in the right-side Common Booster Core was to ignite followed X seconds later by ignition of the engines in the center and port-side CBC"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-09T04:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3: Launch auto sequence has started; propellant loading underway momentarily; upper level winds still in question; final checkpoint at T-minus XX seconds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-22T13:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3: And the countdown has stopped at T-minus XX seconds; SpaceX is setting up for another launch attempt at 8:51am Sunday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-22T14:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL71: Good afternoon; we're now inside X hour to launch of a ULA heavy-lift Delta X rocket carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite; liftoff from LC-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base CA is targeted for 11:05am PST; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-19T18:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo1: SpaceX has not provided an update on results of todays Falcon X hot fire test; sources say firing did not run full duration and that retest may be staged in next few days; but again no official word; will advise if/when more info available"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-25T02:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo1: Reliable sources indicated test shorter than planned; no burn details from SpaceX but company tweet indicates no issues with pressing ahead"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-25T03:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo1: Liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 2:49am EST allowing the rocket to climb directly into the plane of the space station's orbit; forecasters expect favorable weather"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-02T05:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-53: Airlock repress underway at 2:27pm EDT ending a six-hour 45-minute spacewalk; total ISS EVA time now stands at 1348 hours and XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-29T18:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/Arabsat6A: SCRUB SpaceX says they're standing down today and will try again Thursday at 6:35pm EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-10T23:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew Dragon: SpaceX statement on Crew Dragon anomaly today at the Cape: Earlier today SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone X in Cape Canaveral Florida. (more)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-20T22:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew Dragon: SpaceX statement continued: "The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-20T22:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-17: Neither NASA nor SpaceX have confirmed a delay; but a launch on Friday if approved would be set for 3:11am EDT setting up Dragon capture and berthing by the station's robot arm early Sunday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-30T13:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-17: For the record NASA confirms launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship bound for the International Space Station is slipping to NET Friday at 3:11am EDT to allow time for replacement of a failed electrical box using the lab's robot arm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-30T16:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: SpaceX has re-targeted the Starlink launch for 11pm; unclear why the delay was ordered"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-05-16T01:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Good evening; SpaceX just announced launch of the Starklink mission has been scrubbed for a second day in a row this time "to update satellite software and triple-check everything again;" next launch opportunity "in about a week""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-05-17T00:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: SpaceX plans to attempt recovery of the twice-flown 1st stage with a touchdown on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" about X minutes after launch; satellite deploy begins about an hour into the mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-05-24T01:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: The spacecraft is now coasting; 2nd stage engine restart expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-05-24T02:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/STP-2: Falcon Heavy hot fire complete at 11:30pm EDT; will now stand by for an update from SpaceX after initial data review"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-06-20T03:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/STP-2: The Falcon Heavy put on a nice show during this evenings static firing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-06-20T03:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/AMOS-17: SpaceX webcast is underway:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-06T23:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starhopper: SpaceX is standing down for the day; will make another attempt tomorrow"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-26T23:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-18: The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach California bringing about 3400 lbs of science samples hardware and trash back to Earth as the CRS-18 space station resupply flight comes to an end"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-27T20:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink-1: Falcon X static firing at LC-40 now complete; test appeared normal but as usual we will await an update from SpaceX"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-11-05T17:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink1: This was the 75th Falcon X launch since 2010 -- the 78th including the Falcon Heavy -- and the 11th SpaceX flight so far this year; the 1st stage making a record 4th flight chalked up SpaceX's 45th successful landing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-11-11T16:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starliner: Rollout Boeings Starliner spacecraft heads for pad XX at the Cape Canaveral AFS where it will be hoisted stop an Atlas X rocket for launch 12/17 on an unpiloted flight to the International Space Station; 1st piloted flight in early 2020"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-11-21T11:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-19: SCRUB SpaceX has called off today's launch attempt due to high upper level winds and rough seas in the off-shore landing zone; a backup opportunity is available Thursday at 12:29pm EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-04T17:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Starliner OFT: Boeing spokesman in mission control at the Johnson Space Center reports an "off-nominal" orbit insertion for the Starliner spacecraft; it's not yet known what sort of orbit it's in or how a space station rendezvous might proceed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-20T12:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT Status: Chilton says team is working through as many original test objectives as possible; VESTA vision system working normally to determine spacecraft location/attitude; have extended and retracted docking mechanism"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-21T19:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT Status: Chilton says Starliner software designed to read mission time from Atlas rocket but the system for some reason read the wrong time; spacecraft thought it was later than expected so it was not in the expected attitude altitude etc"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-21T19:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT Status: NASA commercial crew deputy manager Steve Stich says no timing issues now; on-board events are happening per the schedule; life support systems working well good prop margins for entry and descent"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-21T19:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT Status: Good morning; OFT flight director Richard Jones has polled the flight control team at JSC and all systems are "go" for the Starliner's 55-second deorbit burn starting at 7:23:47am EST; touchdown at the White Sands Missile Range in NM remains targeted for 7:57am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-22T12:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink4: The first stage engines of a Falcon X rocket carrying another set of Starlink internet relay satellites were test fired at 2pm EST; we'll now stand by for an update from SpaceX on presumed plans to launch the rocket Tuesday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-20T19:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: For those of you scoring at home today is the 6th launch date for this mission thanks mostly to repeated weather delays; FWIW clocks here at the Kennedy Space Center press site are not yet tracking the countdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-29T12:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-13/59S: For Skvortsov and Parmitano launched 7/20 landing will close out a voyage spanning 200d 16h and 44m; For Koch launched 3/14 touchdown will wrap up a mission lasting 328d 13h and 58m the longest single flight by a female astronaut or cosmonaut"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-06T02:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink5: Heavy fog continues to blanket the Cape this morning but the most recent available forecast called for a XX percent chance of acceptable weather with possibly high upper level winds; we have not received a weather update so far today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-17T14:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Good morning; we're now XX minuts to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a sixth batch of XX Starlink internet relay satellites; liftoff from LC39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 9:22:32am EDT; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-15T12:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Starlink deploy SpaceX now has XXX Starlink satellites in orbit in a planned constellation of thousands; limited commercial service across the northern United States and Canada expected later this year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-18T12:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DM-2: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine makes it official: launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying two astronauts on the Demo X test flight to the International Space Station is now officially targeted for May 27; liftoff expected at 4:32pm EDT; docking 5/28"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-17T16:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: SpaceX confirms good static fire; launch targeted for Sunday at 3:53am EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-13T16:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NatSpace: Pence is now chatting with Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken the astronauts who will blast off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9/Crew Dragon spacecraft 5/27 for a long-awaiting test flight to the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-19T14:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: SCRUB (refiling) SpaceX has called off today's countdown at the T-minus 16:45 mark because of a weather rule violation; the next launch opportunity comes at 3:22:41pm EDT Saturday; the forecast calls for a XX percent chance of acceptable weather"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-27T20:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: No decision on weather this evening; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says the team will re-assess weather in the morning; in the meantime countdown clocks are continuing to tick toward a launch attempt Saturday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-29T21:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Behnken talking to his 6-year-old son Theodore before heading for the pad: "Are you going to be on good behavior Are you going to listen to mommy and make her life easy" And then: "Let's light this candle I agree. Launch America""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T16:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Hurley and Behnken are climbing into the Crew Dragon capsule assisted by SpaceX's closeout crew; the countdown is proceeding smoothy with no known technical issues of any significance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T16:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Bob Behnken is giving a tour of the Crew Dragon including this gorgeous shot out one of the capsule's windows showing the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T10:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: The sky is overcast but winds are light; we've not yet gotten a weather update from SpaceX but the last forecast from the 4th Space Wing called for a XX% chance of 'go' conditions"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-04T00:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Mars2020: NASA says launch of the Perseverance Mars rover is being delayed to no earlier than July XX because of an issue with a liquid oxygen sensor in the spacecraft's Atlas X rocket that cropped up during a countdown rehearsal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-30T20:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Venting is now visible at pad 39A indicating propellant loading is well underway"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-08T15:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: SCRUB SpaceX has called off today's Falcon X launch attempt due to threatening weather; a backup launch opportunity is available Friday at 11:15am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-08T15:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: NASA and SpaceX managers have decided to press ahead with the Crew Dragon's undocking at 7:34pm EDT pending a final weather assessment around 6pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-01T17:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo1: The Crew Dragon's truck section and the "claw" connecting trunk systems to the crew capsule have been jettisoned to set the stage for deorbit ignition in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-02T17:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Defense Department awards SpaceX and United Launch Alliance National Security Space Launch Service Phase Two contracts for upcoming DOD launches"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-07T21:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo 2: The SpaceX recovery ship Go Navigator pulled into Port Canaveral today bringing the Crew Dragon Demo X spacecraft back to its launch site after splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday; SpaceX plans to launch the spacecraft again next year (photo: Houston Harwood)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-07T22:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4H/NROL-44: This will be the 41st launch of a Delta X since the booster's debut in 2002 and the 12th flight of the triple-core Heavy variant; only X more D4 Heavies remain in ULA's inventory as the company transitions to new Vulcan rockets"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-29T04:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink12: SpaceX is pressing ahead with plans to launch of another Falcon X this evening from pad XX at the CCAFS at 7:18pm to put Argentina's SAOCOM 1B remote-sensing satellite in orbit; the most recent forecast was XX percent "go""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-30T11:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SAOCOM1B: This will be the 100th launch of a SpaceX rocket weather permitting and the 92nd of a Falcon 9; the previously flown first stage will attempt a landing back at the Air Force Station about 7min 49s after liftoff; SAOCOM 1B deploy is expected XX minutes after launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-30T21:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: Good afternoon; we're now X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying XX Starlink internet relay satellites; liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 2:19:25pm EDT; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-17T17:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: The Falcon X does not appear to be venting as one would normally expect if propellant loading was underway; no word from SpaceX on launch status"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-17T18:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew 1: NASA is retargeting launch of the next SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for 2:40am EDT on Saturday 10/31 a Halloween flight expected to result in a docking at the International Space Station the next day"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-29T00:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Updated near-term launch schedule: X. 9/30 11:54pm: Delta 4H/NROL-44 spysat pad XX CCAFS X. 10/1 9:17am: Falcon 9/60 Starlinks pad 39A KSC X. 10/1 9:38pm: Antares/Cygnus ISS cargo ship pad XX MARS/Wallops Island X. 10/2 9:43pm: Falcon 9/GPS-3V4 pad XX CCAFS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-30T13:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4H/NROL-44: Tonight's abort came X month after a dramatic last-second abort on 8/29 that was blamed on trouble with ground equipment; this was the 5th actual countdown to be called off since 8/27"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-01T04:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-14: Good evening; now X hour to launch of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a space station-bound Cygnus cargo ship loaded with nearly 8000 pounds of supplies and equipment including a new zero-gravity toilet"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-02T00:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-14: Weather is XX percent go; the only known issue under discussion involves a ground-support equipment rack; countdown is proceeding"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-02T00:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: Weather is once again green across the board; propellant loading should be underway momentarily but no update yet from SpaceX"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-06T10:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS17/63S: Good evening; The Soyuz MS-17/63S crew - CDR Sergey Ryzhikov FE-1 Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA FE-2 Kate Rubins - are at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad to strap in for takeoff on a 2-orbit flight to the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-14T03:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OSIRIS-REx: The checkpoint thruster firing has been executed as planned at an altitude of about XXX meters committing OSIRIS-REx to a TAGSAM collection attempt; final descent is expected to begin at 6pm EDT (Earth-receive time)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-20T21:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS16/62S: Good afternoon; Soyuz MS-16/62S CDR Anatoly Ivanishin FE Ivan Vagner and NASA's Chris Cassidy bid their ISS crewmates farewell boarded their ferry ship and closed the hatch at 4:24pm EDT; video problems prevented realtime TV"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-21T20:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink15: The SpaceX launch webcast is up on and YouTube:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-24T15:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/NROL-101: The ULA launch team was told to implement an extended 48-hour scrub-turnaround setting up another launch try Friday; SpaceX meanwhile will attempt to launch a Falcon X rocket Thursday at 6:24pm EST to put the GPS-3/F4 navsat into orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-04T22:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS-3/F4: A 10/2 launch attempt was aborted due to problems with X of the X 1st-stage engines that were traced to blocked vent lines in turbopumps used by engines X and 2; both engines were replaced and all X were successfully test fired last weekend"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-05T21:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Quick-look data from Wednesday's Falcon X engine test indicate good performance; NASA and SpaceX plan to hold a launch readiness review Friday to make a final assessment of launch preparations; liftoff is targeted for 7:49 p.m. Saturday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-12T18:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: The SpaceX closeout crew is inspecting the sealing surfaces around the Crew Dragons now-open hatch looking for anything that might have prevented a tight seal. In the meantime weather is "go" for launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T22:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: 1st stage now setting up for a plunge back into the lower atmosphere and landing on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-16T00:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Range: 200m; Crew Dragon is moving straight in to waypoint X just 20m in front of ISS; that's a final checkpoint before clearance to press in for docking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T03:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Crew Dragon hatch open at 1:02am; Expedition XX crew -- Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Kate Rubins -- standing by to welcome their new crewmates aboard"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T06:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-47: Good morning; ISS-64 CDR Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov are suited up for a spacewalk to begin preps for detachment of the Pirs airlock and docking compartment next year to make way for a Russian lab module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-18T13:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron/RTS: Rocket is now through the zone of maximum aerodynamic stress; guidance performance nominal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-20T02:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@waynehale A point oft forgotten"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-20T20:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: Docking is expected at 1:30pm EST at a mission elapsed time of 1d 12h 51m since launch Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center; after docking NASA says the space station will mass 966475 lbs (and it's moving at nearly X miles per second)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-07T16:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship/SN8: The SpaceX webcast is now live:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-08T22:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship/SN8: SpaceX says the Starship launch has been called off for the day; no word yet on when they might try again"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-08T22:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: Good morning; now X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X carrying the SiriusXM-7 radio relay station; liftoff from LC40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for 11:22am EST; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-13T15:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: Now inside XX minutes to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X carrying the SiriusXM-7 radio relay station; propellant loading should be underway for a launch attempt at 11:22am but SpaceX has not yet confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-13T15:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: XX minutes to launch; no issues reported but extremely low ceiling today; solid overcast fog and misty rain in the area as a cold front sweeps across central Florida"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T14:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: The countdown clock has recycled to T-minus XX minutes; we don't yet know if that means another attempt is possible within today's window; standing by"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T14:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: To clarify countdown clock has reset to T-minus XX minutes but holding at that point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T14:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: SCRUB SpaceX has called off today's launch attempt; Launch director says SpaceX now setting up for another launch try Friday at X a.m. EST; most recent forecast is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T16:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: Good morning; we're now X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite; liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 9am EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-19T13:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"More fun with Jupiter Saturn my iPhone and the NightCap app. And X photo-bombing airplanes during a 10-minute exposure"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-28T00:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-14: The countdown is holding at the T-minus 12-minute mark; no word yet on what the issue might be or how long the hold might last"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-14T16:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: We're finally hearing the test team audio loop on NASA TV; countdown is holding at T-minus XX minutes; appears they might be ready to resume soon but not yet clear"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T21:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: NTV commentator Alex Cagnola just provided an update; it sounds like the countdown is in a planned hold at the T-minus 10-minute mark; that hold corresponds with L-40 minutes but where they might actually be in the count/hold is not yet"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T21:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: The countdown has resumed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T22:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: Ignition At 5:27pm EST; all four RS-25 engines appeared to ignite as planned at 120-millisecond intervals presumably throttling up to a combined XXX million pounds of thrust; this is a planned 8-minute firing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T22:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin/L1: Virgin confirms stage X engine fired a second time as planned and that the payload separation command was issued on time; "the team is going through the data now to confirm everything""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-17T21:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: The hydraulic issue was related to software limits in place for a ground test; NASA says had the same issue occurred in flight the SLS core stage would have switched to redundant systems and continued flight; NASA blog post here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-19T15:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage making a record eighth flight will now head for landing on a SpaceX dronship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter 1: Liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for 9:40am EST the opening of a 42-minute window; weather is uncertain however with extensive cloud cover blanketing the Cape"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-23T13:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69: For ID Hopkins call sign EV1 is wearing a suit with red stripes and using helmet cam 18; Glover EV2 is using an unmarked suit with helmet cam 20; this will be the 233rd ISS EVA Hopkins' 3rd and Glover's 1st"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T11:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"EVA-69 Elapsed time: 47m15s (7:15am): Glover has now anchored his feet to the end of the station's robot arm operated by Kate Rubins for a ride over to ESA's Columbus module; he is bringing a new antenna that he and Hopkins plan to mount on the European laboratory"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T12:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70 PET: 02hr30min (10:26am): Glover and Hopkins have replaced camera group X on the right side inboard truss segment; Glover now will attach a new camera to the Destiny lab while Hopkins heads out to Kibo to replace the wrist camera on the Japanese robot arm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T15:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"UAE/Hope: UAE tweet: "The historic moment is here. The Delta V thrusters of the #HopeProbe has been fired. We are officially in the Mars Orbit Insertion phase.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-09T15:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"UAE/Hope: Burn complete; confirmation triggers a round of applause in UAE mission control center; UAE tweets (via Google translate): The stage of entering Mars' orbit was successful"""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-09T16:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Tianwen1: China is not providing live coverage of Mars orbit insertion but the probe appears to have moved behind the red planet as expected based on realtime tracking at Bochum Observatory:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-10T12:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink19: Starlink deploy confirmed completing the primary goal of this evening's mission; SpaceX has now launched 1145 Starlinks as the company builds out a globe-spanning network of internet relay stations"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-16T05:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: Good morning; astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover are suited up in the space station's Quest airlock getting set for a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk the first in a series of EVAs needed to upgrade the lab's solar power system"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T10:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink XX (V1-L17): SpaceX originally planned to launch this rocket in late January but undisclosed technical issues combined for multiple delays; the main engines were test fired twice most recently last Wednesday morning to clear the way for this evening's attempt"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-01T01:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SN10: SpaceX attempted to launch Starship prototype SN10 at 3:14pm EST but the rocket's three Raptor engines shut down almost immediately when the flight computer ordered a "total thrust abort" due to parameters "outside expected bounds" an engineer said on the flight loop"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-03T20:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SN10: SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the abort was triggered by "slightly conservative high thrust limit. Increasing thrust limit & recycling propellant for another flight attempt today;" SpaceX webcast will resume a few minutes ahead of launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-03T20:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: Good morning; astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi are suited up in the space station's Quest airlock getting set for a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T11:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 21/V1-L20: SpaceX says this evening's planned launch of XX Starlink internet satellites has been delayed to Thursday at 3:13am EST (0813 GMT) to allow "some additional time for pre-launch checks""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-10T00:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 21: Good morning; now X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying another batch of XX Starlink internet satellites; liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral SFS is targeted for 3:13am EST (0813 GMT); weather appears go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-11T07:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73: Because the astronauts saw more ammonia venting from the 1st jumper than expected they'll carry out buddy checks to make sure no ice particles are stuck to their suits; they can also take time at the end of the EVA to "bake out" any suspected contamination if needed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T14:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73 (PET: 4:27 12:41pm): Hopkins has successfully mated a third plug on the Bartelomeo interface panel; he's now going back to attempt to straighten pins in one final connector (J2) that proved troublesome earlier"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T17:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: The Cargo Dragon must dock at Harmony-Zenith for the lab's robot arm to reach the IROSA blankets in the supply ship's trunk section; hence today's relocation leaving Harmony-forward for Crew-2"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T10:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: After a 6-day handover the Soyuz MS-17/63S crew returns to Earth 4/17 followed by launch of the SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon on 4/22 and return of the Crew-1 astronauts on 4/28"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-09T07:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-15: The countdown is holding at the T-minus 24m51s mark; no explanation"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-14T15:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2 FRR: NASA telecon underway to go over today's Flight Readiness Review for the SpaceX Crew-2 launch to the International Space Station; the crew rocket and spacecraft have been cleared for launch at 6:11am EDT (1011 UTC) Thursday from KSC pad 39A"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-15T23:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2 FRR: The Crew-2 astronauts - Shane Kimbrough Megan McArthur ESA's Thomas Pesquet and JAXA's Akihiko Hoshide - are flying to KSC Friday morning to begin final preparations; Falcon X hotfire at 6:11am Saturday dress rehearsal countdown Sunday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-15T23:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: Meanwhile a brief runway Q & A session with the Crew-2 astronauts has concluded; Falcon X first stage engine test firing Saturday at 6:11am; dress rehearsal countdown Sunday; launch at 6:11am Thursday; ISS docking around 5:30am Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-16T17:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NASA/HLS: NASA confirms SpaceX has been selected to develop a new Human Landing System the lunar lander that eventually will carry astronauts back to the surface of the moon in the Artemis program"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-16T20:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: Hatches between the ISS and the Soyuz MS-18/64S spacecraft were closed at 6:25pm EDT (1024 UTC); Soyuz CDR Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA's Kate Rubins plan to undock at 9:34pm; landing in Kazakhstan is expected at 12:56am (1056 UTC local)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-16T22:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: Spacecraft commander Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins undocked from the space station at 9:34pm EDT to begin a 3.5-hour trip to landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 185-day mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T01:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: Kate Rubins is now out of the Soyuz smiling and waving to support crews; cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko presented a bouquet of flowers to welcome her back to Earth; "it was awesome" she said of entry"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T05:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: Good morning; we're standing by for launch of a Falcon X rocket and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station; liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 5:49:02am EDT (0949 UTC); weather appears go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T05:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: XX minutes to launch; SpaceX flight control and crew are go for flight; fuel loading begins in XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T08:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"LM-5B/Tianhe: With SpaceX counting down to a Falcon X launch in Florida China is preparing to fire off a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Launch Center to put the core module of a new space station in orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T02:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L24: SpaceX launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T03:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-1: Good evening; Crew-1 astronauts Michael Hopkins Victor Glover Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi boarded their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule - "Resilience" - and closed its outer hatch just before 6:30pm EDT (2230 UTC) to set the stage for undocking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-01T22:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship SN15: Water is being sprayed on the base of the Starship; flames are persisting but SpaceX has ended its webcast; LabPadre still up with live views:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-05T22:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CZ-5B R/B: Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 is providing play-by-play coverage; other feeds to follow: @SpaceTrackOrg; @AerospaceCorp"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-09T01:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL26: Wrapping up Starlink coverage we enjoyed another spectacular space station pass over the Kennedy Space Center this evening moving southwest to northeast over a brightly lighted launch pad 39A; here's an iPhone shot using the NightCap app"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-16T00:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz/OneWeb: Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin tweets Fregat upper stage fired on time; OneWeb satellite deploys four at a time expected after second Fregat firing later today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-28T18:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: Sidey tells Kimbrough to return to the Quest airlock so he can reconnect his suit to station power and reset his DCM; that will provide diagnostic data if it doesn't correct the problem outright"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T15:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: CAPCOM Jenni Sidey says big picture calls for attaching the iROSA to the P6/2B mounting platform and unfolding it; an eclipse is coming up and the crew may be asked to make electrical connections at that time; still TBD whether new array will be deployed today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T17:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: 5h31m (1742 UTC): The astronauts have positioned the iROSA on its mounting platform and soft capture latches have engaged to hold it in place; near-term goal is to get the array firmly attached; no electrical connections will be made during this night pass"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T17:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 The iROSA will be unrolled and tensioned after the electrical connections are completed during the next night pass"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T16:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 (5h24m PET/1716 UTC): Kimbrough has plugged in the last electrical cable tying the iROSA into the P6/4B solar power channel; after the ground completes a connectivity test the EVA crew will release the rolled up blankets so they can unwind to their full 60-foot length"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T17:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter2: SCRUB. SpaceX will try again tomorrow at 2:56pm EDT (1856 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-29T18:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter2: Launch had been planned for 2:56pm but SpaceX opted to build in extra time due to local weather; a launch try Tuesday was scrubbed when a helicopter strayed into the launch danger zone"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-30T18:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin Galactic says Unity will carry two pilots and four mission specialists including company founder Branson; it will be Virgin's fourth piloted test flight; Bezos will fly with his brother aviation pioneer Wally Funk and the winner of an on-line auction"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-01T22:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"On board for the Unity flight will be pilots Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci along with Branson astronaut instructor Beth Moses operations engineer Colin Bennett and government affairs VP Sirisha Bandla"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-01T22:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-22: The SpaceX cargo capsule is expected to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico south of Tallahassee at 11:30pm Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-08T14:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"BlueOrigin NS-16: An 18-year-old - Oliver Daemen - will join Jeff Bezos his brother Mark and 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk aboard a Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft for launch 7/20 on a sub-orbital spaceflight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-15T14:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"BlueOrigin NS-16: Here's a video clip of Oliver Daemen talking about his upcoming spaceflight:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-15T15:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron: Good morning; we're standing by for launch of Rocketlab's "It's A Little Chile Up Here:" mission carrying a U.S. Space Force satellite; liftoff from Launch Site X in New Zealand is targeted for 2am EDT (06:00 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-29T05:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: Launch time has been reset to 6:01:05pm EDT (22:01 UTC) the end of today's 5-minute window"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T20:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: Anomaly team visually confirmed a leak in a helium relief valve at the launch pad; valve has been reset and helium system has stabilized; the countdown will resume after the current hold ends at 4:41:05pm (20:41 UTC); weather still go for launch at 6:01:05pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T20:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-17: The countdown is holding; no reason given"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-26T13:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-17: The countdown is still holding; clock reset to T-minus XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-26T14:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: Good morning; now inside X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship on a flight to deliver 8400 lbs of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station; this will be the company's 23rd cargo run to the station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-28T06:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-49: Good morning; cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov are suiting up for the first of up to XX spacewalks to outfit and begin electrically connecting the new Nauka lab module to the International Space Station's power system"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T13:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-77 (ET: 4h 30m 1645 UTC): Hoshide is on the way back to the airlock to get the replacement floating potential measurement unit or FPMU; he and Pesquet will install it togther; mission control says crew is on the timeline; considering possible get-ahead tasks"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-12T16:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Just a few hours after a full practice countdown with the crew the Inspiration4 Falcon X rocket is venting oxygen vapor at pad 39A indicating the SpaceX team is loading propellants for a 1st stage engine "hot fire test"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-13T06:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 30/V2-1: Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base northwest of Low Angeles is planned for 11:55:50pm EDT (0355 UTC); the usual SpaceX mission/audio web streams are not yet available; no response to queries from company officials"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-14T03:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 30/V2-1: Classic Vandenberg weather with thick fog obscuring the view of the launch pad; but the weather is XXX percent 'go' according to SpaceX commentator Youmei Zhou"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-14T03:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Now X hour to launch; no known issues; XX minutes to the 'go' for propellant loading; once liquid oxygen starts flowing into the Falcon X SpaceX will be committed to the first launch opportunity at 8:02pm EDT (0002 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-15T23:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: SpaceX plans to begin live landing coverage on its website and YouTube channel starting at 6pm (2200 UTC):"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T16:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: SpaceX mission control tells crew all systems nominal weather good recovery forces on station for an on-target on-time splashdown at 7:06pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T22:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: SpaceX (continued): "Thank you for sharing your leadership hope generosity and prosperity. Congratulations. commander Jared Isaacman called the flight "a heck of a ride" and added "just getting started" (2/2)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T23:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Landsat9: RD-180 1st stage engine shutdown and stage separation; 2nd stage Centaur engine ignition confirmed; this is a planned 12-minute burn the first of X planned for today's mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-27T18:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Hooks and latches have engaged firmly securing the Soyuz to the Rassvet docking port; leak checks will begin shortly to verify an airtight structural seal; hatches should be open in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T12:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@TrevorMahlmann IPhone panorama sorta neat:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-05T23:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: Weather aside SpaceX's Sarah Walker says the company can support the Crew-3 launch Wednesday as currently planned as long as Crew-2 gets down Monday either in the morning or that night"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-06T21:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: The Crew Dragon Endeavour has completed its 360-degree loop around the ISS and fired its thrusters to leave the lab behind; the next major milestone is trunk jettison and the de-orbit rocket firing 9:40pm EST (0240 UTC); splashdown expected at 10:33pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-08T21:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: Now X hour to splashdown; the Crew-2 astronauts have jettisoned the no-longer-needed trunk section of their Crew Dragon spacecraft; now about X minutes away from the deorbit rocket firing needed to drop the ship out of orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-09T02:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: Deorbit burn complete; SpaceX reports nominal performance; Crew Dragon nose cone closure expected in about X minutes; re-entry into the discernible atmosphere in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-09T02:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: The Crew-3 astronauts are suited up and are getting ready to board SpaceX Tesla SUVs for the ride out to launch pad 39A; the weather continues to look threatening but SpaceX says conditions are expected to improve as we get closer to launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-10T22:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L-4: SpaceX has halted today's countdown due to weather; the team is recycling for a 24-hour turnaround setting up for a launch try Friday; the most recent SLD45 forecast for Saturday was XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-12T12:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L-4: The weather has improved dramatically since Thursday's scrub with clear skies across Florida's Space Coast; heavy fog blanketed the launch site earlier this morning but it's beginning to thin as sunrise at 6:43am approaches"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-13T11:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L-4: The T-minus 20-minute "big vent" presumably happened on time but the rocket still can't be seen in the fog from our location; SpaceX music now starting prior to the launch webcast:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-13T12:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L-4: 2nd stage engine shutdown; SpaceX confirms a good orbit; Starlink deploy expected in about X minutes; 1st stage landing confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-13T12:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DART: NASA now confirms AOS from DART; that's a major milestone at this early stage of the mission; solar array deploy is expected to begin just after 3am EST (0800 UTC); we'll be on the lookout for updates later this morning"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-24T07:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78: Marshburn and Barron are now out of the Quest airlock; after configuring tools and tethers Barron will make her way to the ELC-3 platform where a spare S-band antenna is mounted while Marshburn heads for the P1 truss to attach a foot restraint on the lab's robot arm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T11:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 1:30; 7:45am EST): Marshburn on the end of the station's robot arm has installed stabilizing gimbal locks on the failed S-band antenna unit; he and Barron are preparing to remove it from the P1 truss and move it to ELC-3"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T12:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"The Russian space agency says its Progress MS-18 cargo ship fired its thrusters early Friday to change the International Space Station's orbit slightly in a maneuver to avoid debris from an old US Pegasus rocket body"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-03T09:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Here's the Notice of Intent to issue a sole-source contract modification to SpaceX for up to X additional Crew Dragon flights (thanks to Joey Roulette for the link):"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-04T01:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/STP-3: The countdown resumed at the T-minus 2-hour mark at 1:34am (06:34 UTC) after a 30-minute hold; the team is 'go' to proceed with cryogenic fueling operations; a final half-hour hold is planned at the T-minus 4-minute point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-07T06:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/STP-3: Now inside XX minutes to launch; launch team has been cleared to begin loading liquid hydrogen into the Centaur upper stage"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-07T07:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Blue Origin/NS-19: Launch of a Blue Origin spacecraft carrying Alan Shepard's daughter ABC TV personality Michael Strahan and four others is being delayed from Thursday to Saturday at 9:45am EST (1445 UTC) due to high winds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T16:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: The countdown has resumed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T14:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: Passenger Lane Bess presumably joking (but maybe not): "I'm going to do it again. Get me in line""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T15:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: No other details were provided in a one-paragraph NASA blog post and it's not yet known how long it might take to resolve the problem; the post says more information will be provided no later than Friday Dec. 17""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-15T00:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: SpaceX webcast getting underway (music playing):"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-18T12:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: XX minutes to launch; propellant loading should begin in X minutes but no update yet from SpaceX or NASA"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T09:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: SpaceX reports good performance from both stages"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T10:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: Dragon deploy confirmed The capsule will now execute an autonomous rendezvous to catch up with the space station; docking at the space-facing port of the forward Harmony module is expected at 4:30am EST (0930 UTC) Wednesday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T10:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST (L-13m): Coming up on the start of the "synchronized sequence" i.e. the final X minutes of the Ariane X countdown; the overcast sky looks fairly dark on NASA TV but commentator Rob Navias says "all weather parameters are green""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST (L-7m): The automated terminal countdown sequence has started"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-5: SpaceX reports both stage performing well"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-06T21:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-6: SpaceX finally posts an update saying launch is now planned for 9:02pm EST (0202 UTC); no explanation provided"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-18T23:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GSSAP 5/6: Centaur engine shutdown No. 1; the vehicle will now coast for XX minutes (predicted) before re-igniting the RL10C engine for the 2nd of X planned burns"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-21T19:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: Good afternoon; we're now X hour to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a 2nd-generation COSMO-SkyMed imaging radar satellite for the Italian space agency; liftoff from LC-40 at the Cape Canaveral SFS is targeted for 6:11pm EST (2311 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-27T22:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-7: This will be the 6th launch of 1st stage B1061 and the 3rd Starlink flight this year; SpaceX will attempt to recover the booster with landing on the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" stationed several hundred miles downrange to the southeast"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-03T17:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-11: Propellant loading should be underway but SpaceX has not yet provided any updates"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T16:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-11: Fueling is in fact underway SpaceX mission audio confirms"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T16:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GOES-T: Propelled skyward atop XXX million pounds of thrust the Atlas X went supersonic XX seconds after liftoff and is now past the region of maximum aerodynamic stress"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-01T21:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GOES-T: The 1st stage's Russian-built RD-180 engine has shut down as planned; stage separation and ignition of the Centaur 2nd stage's Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C engine confirmed; this is a planned 7-minute 27-second burn the 1st of X planned for the RL10C"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-01T21:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GOES-T: Deploy confirmed The GOES-T satellite has separated from the Centaur second stage as planned to wrap up a successful launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-02T01:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-10: 1st stage atmospheric entry burn complete; SpaceX reports good 2nd stage performance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-09T13:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-10: Clarifying: SpaceX won't have real-time confirmation of Starlink deploy (expected L+1h 6m); but we expect an update when the vehicle flies in range of a ground station in Alaska typically within XX minutes or so of launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-09T14:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79: In a final task the spacewalkers will visit the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle physics experiment to check access to an electrical panel helping engineers assess the feasibility of a possible future upgrade"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T16:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79 (6:00 PET 2:12p EDT): Barron and Chari have completed their inspection of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer checking clearances at an electrical patch panel for a possible future upgrade and are now wrapping up today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T18:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter4: SpaceX confirms nominal deploy of EnMAP LEO-1 and GNOMES-3; deploys will resume in about XX minutes after two 2nd stage engine firings"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-01T16:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter4: SpaceX confirms another X satellites have deployed as planned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-01T17:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The SLS wet-dress countdown is in a planned hold at the T-minus 6h 40m mark; after a stormy weekend that included X lightning strikes at/near pad 39B conditions have improved and there are no known constraints to pressing ahead with propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T10:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown resumed at 7:30am EDT (1130 UTC) after a 90-minute hold; core stage LOX transfer line/main propulsion system chilldown operations should be underway; slow-fill of the core stage LOX tank will begin shortly followed by LH2 chilldown and loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T11:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Clarification: the team was about an hour behind completing storm-delayed work this morning so even though the countdown resumed at 7:30am we don't yet have confirmation propellants are flowing; despite media requests NASA is not providing realtime commentary"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T12:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown just resumed at the T-minus 6-hour mark at 10:30am EDT (1430 UTC); the team is go for cryo loading operations; propellant flow should begin momentarily with transfer line and main propulsion system chill down"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T14:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: After losing 2h and 20m in an unplanned hold it's not yet clear if the team will still attempt X terminal countdown "runs" today as originally planned; hopefully the EGS feed will provide some insight at some point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T14:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Well I spoke too soon; the countdown clock just went back to T-minus X hours and holding; standing by"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-03T14:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The SLS wet-dress countdown remains in a planned hold at the T-minus 6h 40m mark; NASA managers planned to meet at 6am EDT (1000 UTC) to assess the team's readiness to resume the count after trouble with a ground system interrupted the test Sunday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-04T10:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: EGS: "The countdown clock is continuing for now and the test team will assess where to resync after the team reconfigures loading procedures;" it's not yet known whether the team will be able to carry out all planned tests given time lost to this point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-04T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The latest EGS update says "teams are still working to update procedures. There are a lot of technical discussions to get it right and we are also looking to see what LH2 work can be pulled ahead in parallel""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-04T17:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown clock is now inside T-minus 2h:43m; EGS reports the team has resumed liquid oxygen chilldown operations and is "pressing and using every operation as test objective risk buy down;" not clear what that means but no options taken "of the table yet""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-04T18:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Ax-1: SpaceX reports good performance with both stages; nominal trajectory"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-08T15:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Multiple sources in agreement with @SpaceflightNow say the SLS dress-rehearsal countdown and fueling re-test is now scheduled to begin NET Tuesday with a 5pm EDT call to stations; fuel loading/T-0 on Thursday pending final go;' no official update yet from NASA"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-09T12:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ax-1: SpaceX mission control to Crew Dragon: "I hope you enjoyed the extra half orbit in Dragon or at least found it memorable. Crew Dragon Endeavour and MLA welcome back; Eytan Larry and Mark welcome to the International Space Station""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-09T12:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown remains in an extended hold while the team works to resolve the nitrogen supply line issue; a similar problem delayed an earlier fueling attempt but NASA says engineers "expect the supply to be re-established shortly""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-14T11:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: NASA now says a "surge in pressure" during the transition from LH2 slow-to-fast fill triggered an automatic halt to the flow of liquid hydrogen into the core stage; team is evaluating; in the meantime "the rocket remains in a safe configuration""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-14T17:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: NASA has not yet provided any insight into what might have led to the LH2 pressure surge or what might be needed to correct it"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-14T17:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown is now holding at the T-minus 10-minute mark a nominal 30-minute hold before the first of X terminal countdown/recycle runs; but NASA hasnt said yet how the remainder of today's count might play out given the prop loading issues to this point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-14T19:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-85: The 1st stage has flipped around and fired three engines to reverse course and head back toward Vandenberg SFB"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-17T13:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-52: Artemyev and Matveev are on battery power but they have not yet opened the hatch of the Poisk compartmen to officially kick off todays EVA; spacewalk should be underway shortly"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-18T14:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The Space Launch System roll back from pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building is now planned for Tuesday weather and processing permitting"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-18T19:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-4: Commander Kjell Lindgren pilot Bob Hines geologist-astronaut Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti have donned their SpaceX pressure suits and are going through the usual checks before heading for the pad to strap in"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-27T04:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-4: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation and 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage is now flipping around tail first as it homes in on a SpaceX landing platform off the coast of the Carolinas"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-27T07:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-53: NASA TV coverage of today's spacewalk is underway with commentator Rob Navias following along in mission control at the Johnson Space Center:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-28T14:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-53 (PET: 4:05; 3:03pm EDT): The arm's wrist and elbow joints are working properly; the cosmonauts are installing another three handrails before end effector No. X "walks off" moves to another base plate and locks itself down"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-28T19:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-53 (PET: 4:22; 3:20pm EDT): One end of the European robot arm has walked off its launch mount extending away from the Nauka module like an actual appendage; after it locks onto a different base plate the other end of the arm will walk off and relocate on another base"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-28T19:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-53 (PET: 7:38; 6:36pm EDT): The robot arm end effector is not yet locked in place but Artemyev and Matveev are both back in the Poisk airlock compartment checking tools tethers and readying the hatch for closure"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-28T22:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Houston-based Axiom-Space announced today it has brokered a deal with United Arab Emirates to fly a UAE crew member to the International Space Station in '23 as part of NASA's long-duration Crew-6 mission; Axiom news release:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-29T12:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-16: 1st stage has fired X engines as planned to slow down for descent into the dense lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-04-29T21:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-3: After a 38-minute free fall the Crew Drago is expected to slam into the discernible atmosphere 12:31am followed by drogue chute deploy 12:39am main chute deploy a minute later and splashdown at 12:43am (0443 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-06T02:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-3: To set the stage for deorbit the Crew Dragon began a planned 8.7-minute thruster firing at 11:02am to use up no-longer-needed propellant in a so-called "wasting" burn; the capsule's trunk will be discarded in about XX minutes a few minutes before deorbit ignition"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-06T03:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-17: Good morning; just a few hours after SpaceX brought four astronauts back to Earth from the ISS the California rocket builder is X hour from launch of a Falcon X carrying XX Starlink internet satellites"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-06T08:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-15: Here we go again; less than XX hours after SpaceX launched XX Starlinks from Vandenberg SFB in California the company is poised to launch another XX from Cape Canaveral boosting the total launched to date to 2600"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-14T19:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: United Launch Alliance is hauling an Atlas X rocket and Boeing's Starliner crew capsule out to pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for launch Thursday on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-18T14:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: The Atlas X countdown entered a planned 1-hour hold at the T-minus 2-hour mark at 11:54am EDT (1554 UTC); when the count resumes at 12:54pm ULA will begin loading cryogenic propellants; meanwhile weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T15:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: The countdown resumed at the T-minus 2-hour mark at 12:54pm (1654 UTC); the team is preparing to load liquid oxygen into the Centaur 2nd stage followed by 1st stage LOX load (the 1st stage is already loaded with RP-1 fuel); Centaur hydrogen loading will begin shortly"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T16:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: Today's countdown remains in a planned hold at the T-minus 4-minute mark while United Launch Alliance works through its normal pre-launch timeline; weather is now XX% go; no known problems being worked"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T21:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: The white room closeout crew or Blue Team has finished its work and is leaving the launch pad; the Starliner is now pressurized for flight; the countdown will resume at the L-minus 4-minute mark at 6:50:47pm EDT (2250 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T22:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: Both AJ-60A strap-on solid-fuel boosters have consumed their loads of propellant and have fallen away as planned; the flight is continuing on the 860200-pound thrust of the venerable RD-180 main engine"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T22:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: Centaur engine shutdown; Starliner separation expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-19T23:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: The Starliner will stop at XX meters and stand by while flight controllers assess tracking data and vehicle performance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-20T22:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: NASA TV coverage of the Starliner's undocking and return to Earth is now underway:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-05-25T18:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-20/81P: After a brief bit of stationkeeping final approach now underway; range 150m"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-03T12:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Blue Origin/NS-21: The crew is strapping into the New Shepard capsule as the countdown passes the 33-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-04T12:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Blue Origin/NS-21: Apollo XX lunar module pilot Charlie Duke just sent the crew best wishes from Blue Origin's flight control room: "Godspeed I know you're going to have an exciting adventure just as I did XX years ago. Have a great ride""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-04T13:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@katlinegrey I remember him well from the shuttle days. RIP indeed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-06T15:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Astra/TROPICS: With X satellites operating in X orbital planes the TROPICS cubesats will be able to update storm development every XX to XX minutes as they pass over one after the other much faster than currently possible"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-12T15:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Astra/TROPICS: Countdown is holding at the L-minus 15-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-12T15:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Williams already had been training as CDR of the first operational Starliner flight (along with astronaut Jeanette Epps); Fincke remains eligible for a future flight and will continue training as a backup pilot for the CFT mission (2/2)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-16T21:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SARah 1: SpaceX webcast is underway (NOTE: this is a German military (Bundeswehr) launch and SpaceX is only covering ascent through 1st stage separation and then the booster's return to LZ-4; no info on 2nd stage performance or payload deploy)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-18T14:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown began Saturday and if all goes according to plan liquid oxygen loading will begin with transfer line chilldown 7:30am EDT (1130 UTC) followed by LOX loading; liquid hydrogen chilldown/loading then 2nd stage LOX/LH2 loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T11:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: In an unrelated issue an LH2 leak showed up in the east-side core stage umbilical during an "engine bleed kickstart" procedure; not yet clear what impact that might have; as for the grass fire it's headed for a dirt road at the pad where it should burn itself out"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T18:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis X (T-10m; 3:58pm EDT): The countdown has entered a planned 30-minute hold at the T-minus 10-minute point; in the meantime an attempt to re-seat a seal in the core stage hydrogen quick-disconnect fitting did not work and the leak is still present; stay tuned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T20:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis X (T-10m; 5:45pm EDT): The SLS rocket is now fully loaded; engineers want to resume the countdown and take it down to T-minus XX seconds to gain as much data as they can about terminal countdown ops; this would require masking leak indications in the LH2 QD fitting"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T21:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis X (T-10m; 6:30pm EDT): Still no word on whether the Mission Management Team will go along with plans to resume the SLS wet-dress countdown despite a leaking core stage hydrogen quick disconnect fitting; test now running X hours behind schedule"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T22:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis X (T-90s; 7:27pm EDT): NASA test director and Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson have polled their respective teams; everyone is go to pick up the countdown; the count will resume momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-20T23:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis X (1/3): Revisiting tweets I posted last Monday during wet dress rehearsal No. X I'd like to correct a misunderstanding about the nature/status of the hydrogen leak blamed for cutting the countdown short"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-27T12:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron/CAPSTONE: 2nd stage engine shutdown; good orbit Photon/CAPSTONE separation confirmed; Photon HyperCurie engine ignition expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-28T10:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/USSF-12: ULA advises the countdown will remain in this hold until the weather improves enough to meet launch commit criteria"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-30T21:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/USSF-12: SCRUB ULA has decided to call off this evening's countdown because of lightning and a variety of other weather rule violations; the team is recycling for another attempt at 6pm EDT Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-06-30T23:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink G3-1: The XX Starlinks on board will be placed in a polar orbit inclined XXXX degrees to the equator one of two such polar "shells" SpaceX intends to populate to fill in gaps in its globe-spanning network"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-11T01:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink G3-1: 1st stage entry burn complete; the rocket has fired X engines as planned to slow down as it descends tail first back into the thick lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-11T01:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: The Webb image release event is finally underway at the White House:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-11T22:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-22: 1st stage entry burn complete; vehicle now falling tail first back into the lower atmosphere; 2nd stage performance nominal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-17T14:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 3-2: Launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-21T17:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 3-2: SpaceX says despite heavy fog at Vandenberg all systems (and weather) are go for launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-21T17:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/EVA (PET: 4:28; 3:18pm EDT): Mission control in Houston tells the ISS crew they're tracking an object that might or might not require a debris avoidance maneuver later tonight; as of now however no such maneuver has been scheduled"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-21T19:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/EVA (PET: 5:25; 4:15pm EDT): NASA flight controllers now say additional tracking shows no threat of a close encounter with an object the team has been monitoring; Artemyev and Cristoforetti meanwhile have completed most of their planned robot arm work"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-21T20:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-25: Propellant load should be underway; no confirmation from SpaceX but oxygen vapor visible at the launch pad"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-07-24T13:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/SBIRS GEO 6: Standing by for 3rd and final Centaur burn to complete the SBIRS GEO X climb to orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-04T13:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New Shepard/NS-22: An international crew of X is strapped into the New Shepard capsule waiting for blastoff on a 10-minute sub-orbital flight to the edge of space and back; the countdown is currently holding at the T-minus 15-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-04T13:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New Shepard/NS-22: And the countdown has resumed; liftoff expected 9:57am EDT (1357 UTC) assuming no more holds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-04T13:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-26: Starlink deploy confirmed; SpaceX has now launched 3009 Starlinks since May 2019 although not all of those are still operational/in orbit; see Jonathan McDowell's Starlink page for updated stats:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-10T02:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 3-3: SpaceX reports good performance trajectories on both stages"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-12T21:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 3-3: Waiting for a pass over the next ground station (presumably Svalbard Norway) to confirm Starlink deploy"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-12T22:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: NASA commentator Derrol Nail says "tanking is good to go;" weather officer says they're now below the XX% threshold of lighting within X miles of the pad; the weather constraint was lifted at 1:13am and liquid oxygen transfer line chilldown is now underway"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-29T05:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: The countdown clock resumed on time at 1:23am after a built-in 2h30m hold; tanking operations began about XX minutes behind schedule but not yet known what impact if any that might have on the planned 8:33am launch target"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-29T05:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: With the hydrogen tank full and in stable replenish mode the "engine kickstart bleed" procedure will be getting underway momentarily routing hydrogen through the 4-inch QD fitting that leaked during the most recent fueling test"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-08-29T09:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: NASA countdown status briefing getting underway:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-02T13:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS EVA-54A: Good morning; cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev have started a planned 6-hour 18-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station; this is a continuation of an 8/16 EVA cut short by an electrical glitch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-02T13:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: NASA countdown commentary is underway:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-03T09:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-2: SpaceX advises the 10-minute slip was due to weather; launch director go for propellant loading; launch auto sequence has started"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-11T00:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-2: SpaceX confirms 2nd stage engine restart and shutdown No. X complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-11T02:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New Shepard 23: The countdown has resumed at the T-15 minute mark; launch now targeted for 10:06am EDT (0204 UTF) assuming no more holds*"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-12T13:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-34: 1st stage shutdown separation 2nd stage ignition confirmed; 1st stage now headed for a SpaceX landing barge stationed down range in the Atlantic Ocean"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-19T00:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-34: Starlink deploy confirmed; SpaceX has now launched 3347 Starlinks although not all of those are still operational/in orbit; see Jonathan McDowell's Starlink page for detailed statistics:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-19T00:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Commentator Derrol Nail says a red crew had to work a "minor issue" with mobile launcher nitrogen inerting/pressurization but they're clearing the pad and fuel loading should be getting underway soon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-21T11:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-22/68S: XX minutes to launch; a tape replay shows Dmitri Petelin commander Sergey Prokovyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio waving to family friends and Russian space workers earlier today before suiting up and heading to the pad to strap in"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-21T13:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Commentator Derrol Nail reports a temperature sensor used to trigger the transition to LH2 fast fill was reporting erroneous data; team will use a backup sensor and begin the transition to fast fill in a few minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-21T14:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Commentator Derrol Nail says the team plans to gradually increase pressure in the LH2 storage tank to raise flow rates to normal levels for an actual launch; engineers will track GH2 concentrations throughout; if levels exceed X% for X minutes flow will stop"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-21T16:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: Engineers are now proceeding with a liquid hydrogen "pre-press" test managing valves to increase pressure in the tank to flight levels routing the full flow of propellant to the engines as required during an actual launch countdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-21T19:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: In the meantime preparations will continue for a launch attempt Tuesday; NASA managers believe they have time to carefully weigh the weather and can get the SLS back to the protection of the VAB if necessary"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-23T17:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL-91: United Launch Alliance is counting down to the final flight of a Delta X Heavy from Vandenberg SFB in California; carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite the heavy-lift rocket is set for liftoff at 5:53pm EDT (2153 UTC; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-24T20:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL-91: The countdown entered a final planned 15-minute built-in hold at 5:34pm EDT; this hold will be extended to synch up with the new T-0 of 6:25:30pm EDT (2225 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-24T21:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4/NROL-91: The countdown resumed at the T-minus 4-minute mark at 6:21pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-24T22:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-21/67S: The braking burn will take place over the Atlantic Ocean just east of the tip of South America slowing the ship enough to drop back into the discernible atmosphere for landing in Kazakhstan near the town of Dzhezkazgan at 6:57am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-09-29T09:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew 5: 1) Recovery ship Just Read the Instructions having problems station keeping (working to fix); 2) after static fire Sunday one engine thrust vector control system "had a funny" and will be changed out; 3) will inspect suspect QD in Dragon fire extinguisher"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-03T23:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/SES-2021: 2nd stage engine shutdown; the vehicle will now coast for XX minutes before the 2nd of X planned Centaur engine firings"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-04T21:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew 5: The SpaceX closeout crew shut the hatch of the Crew Dragon capsule but they found a potential bit of foreign object debris or FOD on a seal and are reopening the hatch to clear the issue; SpaceX CORE Michael Blasko says time is available - XX minutes - to fix it"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-05T14:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew 5: SpaceX reports good 2nd stage performance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-05T16:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-29: Heavy fog at Vandenberg"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-05T23:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-29: Rising out of the fog"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-05T23:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS: Cristoforetti Crew X CDR Kjell Lindgren Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins plan to undock from the station at 7:05pm (2305 UTC) setting up a return to Earth and splashdown at 5:41pm Thursday; weather is marginal however; undocking decision expected by early afternoon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-12T14:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew 4: Crew Dragon commander Kjell Lindgren to mission control: "We're glad to hear that the weather's looking great and we're excited to get underway""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-13T11:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew 4: X minutes to deorbit ignition; the "claw" connecting the Crew Dragon capsule to the aft trunk section has been jettisoned followed by the trunk itself"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-14T19:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew 4: X minutes to entry into the discernible atmosphere; Spacex tells vehicle commander Kjell Lindgren all systems are 'go' and weather at the landing site looks good; Lindgren: We're looking forward to splashdown and seeing the recovery forces""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-14T20:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew 4: SpaceX back in contact with the Crew Dragon after passage through the max heating zone; normal parachute deploy expected"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-14T20:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hotbird: Liftoff from pad XX originally targeted for 11:26pm EDT (0326 UTC) but SpaceX has moved it to 12:26am (0426 UTC) "to allow additional time for data review;" tonights 116-minute launch window closes at 1:22am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-15T02:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hotbird: The countdown has been adjusted again; liftoff now targeted for 1:22am EDT (0522 UTC) at the end of the Hotbird 13F's 116-minute launch window; no explanation from SpaceX"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-15T03:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hotbird: The 9800-lb Hotbird 13F satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space is the 1st of X high-power relay stations that will replace X aging satellites to deliver 1000 TV channels to more than XXX million homes across Europe North Africa and the Middle East"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-15T04:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-36: Propellant loading should be underway but SpaceX has not confirmed whether the team is in fact counting toward the targeted 10:50am EDT launch or holding off until later today; standing by"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-20T14:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-31: Good morning; now inside XX minutes to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying a batch of XX Starlink internet satellites; liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg SFB is targeted for 9:14:10pm EDT (0114 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-10-28T00:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hotbird 13G: The Hotbird 13G comsat built by Airbus Defense and Space is a virtual twin of one launched by SpaceX 10/15 as part of an upgrade to replace X aging satellites to deliver 1000 TV channels to XXX million homes across Europe North Africa and the Middle East"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-03T04:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-18: Assuming it's structurally sound astronaut Nicole Mann operating the lab's robot arm plans to capture the cargo ship around 5:05am EST (1005 UTC); flight controllers then will take over pulliong the spacecraft in for berthing at the Unity module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-09T08:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/JPSS2/LOFTID: JPSS X deploy confirmed; predicted orbit: XXXXX by XXXXX statute miles; the Centaur will now coast for XX minutes before engine start No. 2"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-10T10:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/JPSS2/LOFTID: Centaur engine start No. X and shutdown confirmed; the vehicle will coast for another XX minutes before a 3rd restart"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-10T10:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/JPSS2/LOFTID: LOFTID disc-shaped inflatable heat shield has been pressurized; release from the Centaur upper stage expected in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-10T10:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Galaxy 31/32: Good morning; now X hour to launch of a pair of Intelsat Galaxy comsats atop a Falcon X rocket from the Cape Canaveral SFS; liftoff from pad XX is targeted for 11:06am; good weather expected after thick early morning fog along the Space Coast"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-12T15:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: At 5:30am EST (1020 UTC) NASAs tracking app showed the unpiloted Orion capsule about 6600 miles from the moon on course for the OPF rocket firing and an 80-mile-high flyby to whip the craft into a distant orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-21T10:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-26: SpaceX launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-26T18:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Shenzhou 15: On board: veteran commander Fei Junlong and rookie crewmates Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu; they plan to dock with Tiangong later today and will replace Shenzhou XX commander Chen Dong Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe who were launched last June"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-11-29T14:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-82: The crew is working through post-depress procedures after Cassada took a few moments to reset his spacesuit's display panel"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-03T12:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-82: The goal of today's EVA is to install one of the two new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA) blankets that were delivered to the station aboard SpaceX Cargo Dragon XX last month; the array will be deployed on starboard inboard wing (S4) to augment power channel 3A"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-03T12:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hakuto-R: Good morning; we're standing by for launch of Tokyo-based ispace's Hakuto-R lunar lander atop a SpaceX Falcon X rocket; liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral SFS is planned for 2:38am EST (0738 UTC); weather appears ideal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-11T06:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hakuto-R: Hakuto-R is the first privately developed moon lander to be launched; the Falcon X will put the lander carrying small UAE and Japanese rovers on a low-energy trajectory setting up a touchdown on the floor of Atlas Crater in April"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-11T07:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hakuto-R: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation and 2nd stage ignition confirmed; 1st stage is flipping around to reverse course and head back to Florida for touchdown at the Cape Canaveral SFS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-11T07:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Hakuto-R: 2nd stage engine firing No. X should be underway; will await confirmation from SpaceX after acquisition of signal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-11T08:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SWOT: SWOT is equipped with a Ka-band Radar Interferometer to measure global water height with XX times the resolution of previous spacecraft; mission priorities include learning more about the effects of climate change on the water cycle"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-16T10:48Z 14.9K followers, 1150 engagements
"F9/03b mPOWER: Launch time reset for 5:48:00pm EST (2248 UTC) the end of today's launch window"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-16T21:38Z 14.9K followers, 1497 engagements
"Electron/Hawkeye360: Along with being the first Rocketlab flight from US soil the Electron is the first booster equipped with NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU) software enabling a less expensive self-destruct system to protect against major malfunctions"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-18T22:09Z 14.9K followers, 1601 engagements
"Electron/HawkEye360: The Electron countdown remains in an extended hold at the T-minus 12-minute mark while the launch team awaits updated upper level wind data"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-18T23:22Z 14.9K followers, 1699 engagements
"Electron/HawkEye360: Now 1-hour 4-minutes into this evening's launch window; the launch team continues to stand by in hopes upper level winds will abate; in the meantime the countdown remains in an extended hold at the T-minus 12-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-19T00:04Z 14.9K followers, 1999 engagements
"US EVA-83: Another debris "conjunction" was predicted for this morning but additional tracking showed it posed no threat and an avoidance maneuver was not required"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-22T12:13Z 14.9K followers, 1818 engagements
"US EVA-83 (ET: 3h10m; 11:29am EST): Cassada and Rubio are now working to attach the 4A IROSA to its mounting bracket on the P4 truss; theyll then need to unfold the two halves of the assembly lock them open make electrical connections and then unfurl the 60-foot-long blankets"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-22T16:31Z 14.9K followers, 1409 engagements
"US EVA-83 (ET: 5h12m; 1:31pm EST): All X electrical cables have now been mated allowing power from the new IROSA blanket once deployed to flow into and augment power channel 4A; the new blanket will be unfurled in orbital daylight after sunrise in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-22T18:32Z 14.9K followers, 1407 engagements
"F9/Starlink 5-1: The Starlinks are the 1st to begin populating a new orbital shell intended for larger more powerful next-generation satellites that eventually will be launched aboard SpaceX Super Heavy rockets; it's not clear which satellite version is being launched today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-28T08:52Z 14.9K followers, 1393 engagements
"F9/EROS C3: SpaceX launch commentator says weather is now XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-12-30T07:32Z 14.9K followers, 1816 engagements
"F9/SARah-2: At the request of its customer SpaceX is not providing any details about 2nd stage performance the SARah satellite deployments or their intended orbit; coverage of the 1st stage's return to Vandenberg is continuing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2023-12-24T13:17Z 14.9K followers, 1696 engagements
"FH/X-37B: The Falcon Heavy is putting on a spectacular evening sky show lighting up the Space Coast for miles around as it climbs away from pad 39A arcing onto a northeasterly trajectory"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2023-12-29T01:08Z 14.9K followers, 1382 engagements
"F9/Ovzon3: Good evening; less than XX hours after kicking off the new year with a Starlink launch SpaceX is set to launch a Swedish comsat - Ovzon X - from the Cape Canaveral SFS; liftoff from pad XX is targeted for 6:04pm EST (2304 UTC) just XX minutes after sunset"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-03T22:21Z 14.9K followers, 1508 engagements
"Vulcan/Peregrine: This is the first of X certification flights to demonstrate the rocket's performance and reliability before it can be used to launch high-priority military payloads; ULA plans to replace its Atlas X and Delta X rockets with Vulcans over the next several years"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-08T05:51Z 14.9K followers, 1235 engagements
"Vulcan/Peregrine: The countdown entered a planned 1-hour hold at 1:11am EST (0611 UTC) at the T-minus 1h 7m mark; the countdown should resume at 2:11am at the T-minus 7-minute mark setting he stage for launch; should be exciting"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-08T06:12Z 14.9K followers, 1230 engagements
"Vulcan/Peregrine: A magnificent sight as the 198-foot-tall Vulcan climbs away from pad XX atop X million lbs of thrust lighting up the overnight sky for miles around with a brilliant plume of exhaust from its X BE-4 engines and twin strap-on boosters"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-08T07:20Z 14.9K followers, 1233 engagements
"F9/Starlink 7-10: Good morning; After a scrub in Florida late Saturday SpaceX is pressing ahead with the West Coast launch of another Falcon X carrying XX Starlink internet satellites; liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 3:59am EST (0859 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-14T08:25Z 14.9K followers, 1707 engagements
"F9/Ax-3: It's official; SpaceX confirms the Ax-3 flight to the ISS is slipping at least one day to allow more time "to complete pre-launch checkouts and data analysis on the vehicle;" a launch on Thursday would be set for 4:49pm EST (2149 UTC); a Friday launch would be set for 4pm (1900 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-17T16:30Z 14.9K followers, 17.2K engagements
"F9/Ax-3: Now X hours to launch of a SpaceX Falcon X rocket carrying an international 4-man crew bound for the space station; liftoff from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 4:49:11pm EST (2149 UTC); weather is overcast but currently "go""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-18T19:47Z 14.9K followers, 1383 engagements
"F9/Ax-3: Propellant loading is underway; reminding to rendezvous with the ISS the Falcon X must take off on time directly into the plane of the station's orbit; any holds in the countdown will result in a scrub"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-18T21:16Z 14.9K followers, 1223 engagements
"F9/Starlink 6-38: Good evening; in the 1st launch of a planned bi-coastal doubleheader SpaceX is readying a Falcon X carrying XX Starlink internet satellites for launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; liftoff from pad XX is targeted for 8:10:00pm EST (0110 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-29T00:29Z 14.9K followers, 1878 engagements
"F9/Starlink 7-12: On the West Coast SpaceX plans to launch XX Starlinks from Vandenberg SFB in California later this evening; we'll be back for the day's 2nd launch but for now we'll stick with Starlink 6-38"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-01-29T00:31Z 14.9K followers, 2552 engagements
"Cygnus NG-20: The Cygnus was locked in place at the Earth-facing port of the space station's central Unity module at 7:14am EST (1214 UTC); hatches will be opened later today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-01T12:17Z 14.9K followers, 1777 engagements
"F9/PACE: The launch shuffle comes as SpaceX gears up for a critical fueling test Thursday at KSC pad 39A to clear the way for launch of a robotic moon lander next week atop another Falcon 9; also on tap: the return to Earth Friday of the Ax-3 crew aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-08T04:37Z 14.9K followers, 1320 engagements
"F9/Starlink 7-13: HOLD HOLD HOLD"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-09T01:09Z 14.9K followers, 1798 engagements
"Ax-3: The Crew Dragon's no-longer-needed trunk section will be jettisoned around 7:37am EST (1237 UTC) followed by a roughly 9-minute deorbit burn starting X minutes later setting up splashdown off the east coast of Florida at 8:30am (1330 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-09T11:58Z 14.9K followers, 1290 engagements
"F9/IM-1: Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center have stopped ticking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-14T03:58Z 14.9K followers, 2135 engagements
"F9/USSF-124: Today's launch of X satellites is the third in the "Tranche 0" deployment featuring a final four tracking layer satellites that will boost the SDA constellation to 27; the flight also includes X Missile Defense Agency hypersonic sensor satellites"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-14T21:31Z 14.9K followers, 1492 engagements
"F9/IM-1: This will be SpaceXs 2nd Falcon X flight in less than eight hours following launch of X Space Force missile tracking and data relay satellites from the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:30pm EST (2230 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-15T03:51Z 14.9K followers, 1187 engagements
"F9/IM-1: Putting on a spectacular show the Falcon X is smoothly accelerating away to the east atop XXX million pounds of thrust from its X first-stage engines"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-15T06:07Z 14.9K followers, 1091 engagements
"F9/IM-1: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage is flipping around to reverse course and head back to the Cape for landing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-02-15T06:08Z 14.9K followers, 1019 engagements
"F9/Crew 8: Already running X days late because of high winds and rough seas Crew X commander Matthew Dominick co-pilot Michael Barratt Jeanette Epps and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin plan to begin strapping in shortly before X p.m. (0200 UTC) to await liftoff"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-02T23:54Z 14.9K followers, 1787 engagements
"Crew 7: Good morning; the Crew X fliers - commander Jasmin Moghbeli ESA's Andreas Mogensen Japanese flier Satoshi Furukawa and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov - have closed the hatch of their Crew Dragon ferry ship on track to undock from the ISS at 11:20am EST (1620 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-11T13:10Z 14.9K followers, 1594 engagements
"Crew 7: Good morning; Crew X commander Jasmin Moghbeli ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen JAXA flier Satoshi Furukawa and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are now X hour from the deorbit burn designed to put the ship on a trajectory toward splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-12T07:56Z 14.9K followers, 1262 engagements
"Crew 7: The burn is expected to begin around 4:56am EDT (0856 UTC) slowing the ship by about XXX mph just enough to drop the far side of the orbit into the discernible atmosphere for a NW-to-SE descent across the heartland of America"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-12T07:56Z 14.9K followers, 1201 engagements
"Crew 7: SpaceX mission control tells Moghbeli and her crewmates they are "go" for deorbit entry and splashdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-12T08:24Z 14.9K followers, 1416 engagements
"Crew 7: Splashdown confirmed; at 5:47am EDT (1047 UTC) within sight of SpaceX recovery crews"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-03-12T09:48Z 14.9K followers, 1791 engagements
"F9/Starlink 8-1 (04/06/24 11:33 PM EDT/0333 UTC): SpaceX confirms deploy of XX Starlink internet satellites. The company has now launched 6168 Starlinks in XXX missions"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-04-07T03:35Z 14.9K followers, 1685 engagements
"D4H/NROL-70: LIFTOFF At 12:53pm EDT (1653 UTC); the final Delta mission in a program dating back more than XX years is on its way to space"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-04-09T16:54Z 14.9K followers, XXX engagements
"Russian EVA-62 (Elapsed time: 28:50; 11:25am EDT): Nice views today during a southeasterly pass over the United States as the cosmonauts begin work to deploy a balky synthetic aperture radar panel on an instrument installed last year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-04-25T15:29Z 14.9K followers, 1657 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno says the trouble with the Centaur oxygen relief valve was first detected as a flutter or audible "humming" as the valve repeatedly tried to seat itself"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-05-07T03:05Z 14.9K followers, 2091 engagements
"NS-25: Blue Origin is go for launch; the countdown has picked up at the T-minus 10-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-05-19T14:27Z 14.9K followers, 1592 engagements
"F9/NROL-146: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the first stage is now heading for touchdown on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You to wrap up its 16th flight; as usual with classified NRO launches SpaceX is providing no details about upper stage performance the trajectory or payload deployment at the request of the National Reconnaissance Office"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-05-22T08:05Z 14.9K followers, 1407 engagements
"F9/EarthCARE: Setting up for the second launch in a Tuesday doubleheader SpaceX is readying a Falcon X for launch from California to put a European-Japanese satellite in orbit to monitor how clouds and aerosols reflect sunlight back into space while trapping infrared emissions. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is targeted for 6:20pm EDT (2220 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-05-28T21:58Z 14.9K followers, 1423 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams flew back to the Kennedy Space Center from Texas Tuesday evening to await their delayed launch; NASA Boeing and ULA officials will participate in a news briefing Friday at 1pm EDT (1700 UTC) to discuss launch preparations and flight rationale"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-05-29T21:20Z 14.9K followers, 2111 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: Good morning; United Launch Alliance engineers are fueling an Atlas X rocket for a second attempt to get Boeing's Starliner crew capsule off on the spacecraft's first piloted test flight; liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station remains targeted for 12:25:40pm EDT (1625 UTC); weather appears "go" as dawn breaks over the Space Coast"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-06-01T10:50Z 14.9K followers, 1891 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: NASA launch coverage is underway starting with live video from crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center where Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams are in the process of suiting up"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-06-01T12:22Z 14.9K followers, 1393 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: The countdown entered a planned 4-hour hold at the T-minus 4-minute mark at 8:21am EDT (1221 UTC); Wilmore and Williams are expected to head for launch pad XX just after 9am (1300 UTC); they'll start the boarding process about a half hour later"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-06-01T12:22Z 14.9K followers, 1624 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: Good morning; United Launch Alliance is once again fueling the Starliner Atlas X rocket setting the stage for blastoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52:15am EDT (1452 UTC); commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and co-pilot Sunita Williams plan to begin suiting up around 6:30am (1030 UTC) and to begin boarding just after 8am (1200 UTC); fingers crossed third time's the charm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-06-05T09:33Z 14.9K followers, 2283 engagements
"A5/Starliner CFT: T-minus X minutes and counting; no problems today with the ground launch sequencer computer that caused a launch delay June 1; standing by for liftoff"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-06-05T14:49Z 14.9K followers, 1662 engagements
"F9/Trksat 6A: Good afternoon; we're standing by for launch of Turkey's first domestically built communications satellite - Trksat 6A - atop a SpaceX Falcon X rocket; liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is now targeted for 6pm EDT (1800 UTC) XX minutes into the 4-hour window due to weather"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-07-08T21:14Z 14.9K followers, 1763 engagements
"F9/Trksat 6A: Trksat 6A is equipped with XX Ku-band transponders (plus four held in reserve) along with X X-band transponder (2 active X held in reserve) for Turkish military use; it will be stationed above the equator at XX degrees E longitude providing commercial services across Europe North Africa India the Middle East and all the way to Indonesia"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-07-08T23:09Z 14.9K followers, 1583 engagements
"A5/USSF-51: This is ULA's 100th and final national security mission using the Atlas X and now-retired Delta X and X rockets as the company transitions to lower-cost Vulcan boosters featuring methane-burning first stage engines built by Blue Origin"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-07-30T10:07Z 14.9K followers, 1485 engagements
"F9/Cygnus NG-21: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; 1st stage booster B1080 is flipping around to reverse course and head back to landing at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-08-04T15:05Z 14.9K followers, 3097 engagements
"F9/NROL-113: X minutes to launch of the NROL-113 payload atop a SpaceX Falcon X rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff from pad 4E is targeted for 11:20pm EDT (0320 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-09-06T03:15Z 14.9K followers, 1540 engagements
"F9/Polaris Dawn: The Crew Dragon trunk has been jettisoned as planned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-09-15T06:36Z 14.9K followers, 1210 engagements
"F9/Galileo L13: Good evening; we're standing by for launch of a Falcon X rocket carrying two 2nd-generation Galileo navigation satellites for the European Space Agency; liftoff from pad XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for 6:50pm EDT (2250 UTC); SpaceX confirms the start of propellant loading at 6:15pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-09-17T22:19Z 14.9K followers, 1780 engagements
"Vulcan/Cert-2: The countdown has resumed at the T-minus 7-minute mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-04T10:23Z 14.9K followers, 1539 engagements
"Vulcan/Cert-2: The countdown clock has been reset to T-minus 7-minutes and holding; no explanation yet on what the issue might be"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-04T10:30Z 14.9K followers, 2117 engagements
"NS-27: While we're waiting for the Hera probe's deployment in about XX minutes we're following Blue Origin's preparations for the uncrewed launch of a sub-orbital New Shepard rocket on its maiden flight; no one is on board for today's launch but the booster is carrying five payloads with another XX technology demonstration experiments/instruments in the crew cabin; the countdown currently is holding at the T-minus 9-minute and 58-second mark"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-07T15:56Z 14.9K followers, 1676 engagements
"NS-27: The countdown is holding at the T-minus 3m 51s point while engineers troubleshoot a telemetry issue"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-07T16:12Z 14.9K followers, 3035 engagements
"NS-27: We're standing by for launch of a New Shepard sub-orbital rocket and capsule from Blue Origin's west Texas launch site; this is a "certification" flight for a new rocket and capsule and no passengers are on board; the countdown is now inside X minutes to launch but the webcast commentators warn that holds are possible if not likely"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-23T15:22Z 14.9K followers, 1558 engagements
"Crew 8: The Crew Dragon has now exited the imaginary "keep-out sphere" a protected zone around the International Space Station; the capsule should be nearly X miles from the lab by 5:50pm (2150 UTC); a third departure burn is expected in about two hours before a phasing burn later this evening; the crew will enjoy some time off Thursday before getting into the terminal phase of the re-entry timeline early Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2024-10-23T21:18Z 14.9K followers, 1498 engagements
"ISS: The station crew has plugged a small leak in the Soyuz MS-09 ferry ship and cabin air pressure appears stable; but flight controllers are going to fine tune the stations temperature and check again in an hour or so to make sure the leak has in fact been stopped"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-08-30T15:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Telstar18V: Now XX minutes to launch at 12am EDT; lightning advisories are still in effect across Cape Canaveral"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-10T03:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Telstar18V: New launch time: 12:45am EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-10T03:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Telstar18V: Satellite separation confirmed No additional updates are expected so this will complete this evening's launch coverage"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-10T05:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"HTV7: Good morning; the Japanese HTV-7 cargo ship is holding position about XX meters from the International Space Station on track for capture by the lab's robot arm in an hour or so"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-09-27T10:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS08: Artemyev reports the problem with Arnold's seat is not the liner; it's the seat itself; but crew says they are strapped in securely and no further action is planned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-04T11:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS08: A gorgeous day in Kazakhstan"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-04T11:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@SciGuySpace FWIW Ovchinin reported on air to ground the failure occurred at 11:42:17 or X minutes X seconds after liftoff"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-11T13:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SoyuzMS10: It's also not yet known which crew will be assigned to the next flight whenever it takes off; in the meantime two EVAs planned for 10/19 and XX by Gerst and Hague to replace a set of solar array batteries are on hold"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-11T13:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/AEHF4: Good evening; now X hours to launch of an Atlas X rocket carrying the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite a payload valued at $XXX billion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-10-17T02:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-10/71P: The Progress is now within XXX meters from the space station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-18T19:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"InSight: TOUCHDOWN at 2:54pm EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-26T19:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"InSight: We're still awaiting an update from JPL on the status of InSight's solar arrays; received a new photo in the meantime this one from InSight's instrument deck camera:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-11-27T03:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"EVA-45A: No additional repairs are planned but the cosmonauts will try to collect samples of the sealant and material around the hole's location on the exterior of the Soyuz orbital module during today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-11T16:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"EVA-45A: As Kononenko made an initial cut into the insulation on the Soyuz MS-09 orbital module Prokopev who will command the ship during entry 12/20 said: "Honestly I can't look at that. It's my vehicle Oleg.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2018-12-11T19:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New_Horizons: Good morning; we're standing by for an update from the New Horizons probe that will (hopefully) confirm a successful flyby of Ultima Thule earlier today; radio transmission expected to arrive around 10:29am EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-01T14:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New_Horizons: No images or other science data are expected in this initial update but engineers will be able to check the status of its instruments/subsystems and see where the spacecraft is on the science timeline"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-01T14:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New_Horizons: A large crowd has assembled here at the Applied Physics Laboratory awaiting update; follow along here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-01T15:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"New_Horizons: Mission ops manager Alice Bowman: "We have a healthy spacecraft. . We are ready for Ultima Thule science transmission.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-01T15:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Eric Boe has been pulled from the first test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner due to undisclosed medical reasons; he'll be replaced by veteran astronaut Mike Fincke:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-01-22T20:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SS2: Touchdown Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo logs its second flight into the lower reaches of space adding three more names to the list of experienced space fliers"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-02-22T17:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo1: Launch escape system is now armed; liquid oxygen loading begins in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-02T07:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo1: Make that 5:51am; the spacecraft is now in soft capture; XX hooks will engage in the next few minutes to lock the capsule in place"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-03T10:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo1: Communications have been restored; NASA's WB-70 research jet is tracking the spacecraft sending back great views as the vehicle streaks across the sky"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-08T13:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SoyuzMS12: 3rd stage shutdown; orbit insertion confirmed; spacecraft antennas solar array deploy confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-14T19:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SoyuzMS12: The Soyuz has been pulled into the Rassvet docking port for a "hard mate;" hatches will be opened in about two hours after lengthy tests to verify an airtight seal and to equalize pressure"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-03-15T01:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/Arabsat6A: Core stage droneship touchdown confirmed SpaceX's booster recover record now stands at XX successful drone ship landings XX at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and X at Vandenberg AFB"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-11T22:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@Astronut099 Is this your video or did it come from somewhere else Trying to verify authenticity"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-04-21T15:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/STP-2: The central core stage appeared to crash land on or near the droneship OCISLY; was always considered a difficult landing attempt due to distance and orbit requirements"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-06-25T06:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/STP-2: The PROX1 payload including the Planetary Society's LightSail X is safely away"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-06-25T07:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"FH/STP-2: 24th and final satellite - DSX - deploy complete at 6:04am; all satellites successfully launched"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-06-25T10:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"AA2: The launch abort system appeared to work as advertised pulling the Orion mockup away from the test booster re-orienting the craft for entry and then separating and pulling away"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-07-02T11:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-18: The forecast is now XX percent no-go due to attached anvil rule cumulus cloud rule and lightning"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-07-24T22:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-18: The Dragon capsule is now berthed at the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module; the crew is scheduled to open hatches Sunday but they have the option to move that up if they wish"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-07-27T15:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/AEHF-5: The AEHF-5 military comsat was successfully deployed from the Atlas X Centaur stage X hours and XX minutes after launch or 11:53am; that concludes the launch phase of today's mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-08T16:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-55: Elapsed time: 5:55; mission control has told Hague and Morgan to wrap up their final tasks to take a few final photographs and to start making their way back to the space station's Quest airlock to close out an uneventful spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-21T18:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-14: The KURS automated rendezvous system appears to be having trouble locking onto nav signals from the Poisk docking port; the station crew has lost visual contact with the Soyuz; NASA has called the U.S. crew members to "make sure you're awake.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-24T05:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-14: Russian engineers suspect this morning's Soyuz rendezvous attempt went awry because of a bad amplifier in the system sending out signals for the Soyuz to home in on; the crew will swap out the amp to see if that was in fact the problem"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-24T06:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starhopper: We're standing by for a short up-and-down test flight of SpaceX's "Starhopper" test vehicle at the company's Boca Chica Texas facility; the sub-scale prototype is expected to climb to about XXX feet before descending to touchdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-26T22:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starhopper: And TOUCHDOWN At 6:03pm; a roughly 1-minute flight; no obvious problems"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-08-27T22:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"HTV-8: A fire apparently broke out at or near the base of the Japanese H2-B rocket during fueling operations at Tanegashima Space Center for this evening's planned launch of the HTV-8 cargo ship to the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-09-10T19:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"HTV-8: Good morning. We're standing by for launch of JAXA's HTV-8 cargo ship from the Tanegashima Space Center; liftoff on a flight to the International Space Station is targeted for 12:05:05pm EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-09-24T15:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Musk/Boca Chica: Good evening; we're standing by at SpaceX's south Texas launch facility for an update on the company's Starship rocket system from founder Elon Musk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-09-29T01:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Musk/Boca Chica: Initial angle of attack about XX degrees then it tilts over and falls; "it'll look totally nuts to see it land." Now talking about Raptor engines"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-09-29T01:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Musk/Boca Chica: Musk has concluded his remarks; He provided little in the way of significant new information but clearly the company is making steady progress working out engineering details; we're expecting a Q & A session with reporters in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-09-29T02:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"PegasusXL/ICON: ICON separation confirmed "Good luck ICON" says control center commentator. "This ends the Pegasus ICON mission""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-10-11T02:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-57: Today's EVA begins as Russian news agencies are reporting the death of Alexei Leonov the famed cosmonaut who carried out history's 1st spacewalk back in 1965 and who commanded the Soyuz spacecraft that docked with an Apollo capsule in 1975"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-10-11T11:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"EVA UPDATE: Koch making her fourth EVA was the 14th woman to walk in space and Meir making her first will be the 15th; Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Skavitskaya became the first female spacewalker in 1984; NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan followed suit later that year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-10-15T15:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"EVA-58: Koch and Meir switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7:38am EDT officially kicking off today's spacewalk; reminding Koch call sign EV-1 is wearing a suit with red stripes while Meir EV-2 is using an unmarked suit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-10-18T11:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG12: The robot arm locked onto the Cygnus spacecraft at 4:10am EST wrapping up a two-day rendezvous; flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center now will take over pulling the ship in for berthing at the forward Harmony module's Earth-facing port"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-11-04T09:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@SpacePadreIsle Hi. Would like to use your feed in a CBS News story. Is that permissible with proper credit of course"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-11-20T22:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/JCSAT18/Kacific 1: SATELLITE SEPARATION confirmed The JCSat-18/Kacific X satellite is safely away from the 2nd stage; it will now use on-board thrusters to reach its planned circular orbit 22300 miles above the equator"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2019-12-17T00:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CrewDragon IFAT: Now X hour from presumed 10:30am T-0; awaiting yet another weather update on winds in the splashdown recovery zone; predicted downward trend not yet apparent in off-shore buoy data"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-19T14:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CrewDragon IFAT: X minutes to launch; no known technical issues; fairly hazy sky here at the KSC press site so not sure what we'll be able to see in realtime; NASA's WB-70 jet should have a good view of Crew Dragon separation and fly out"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-19T15:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CrewDragon IFAT: LIFTOFF At 10:30am EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-19T15:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CrewDragon IFAT: Musk and Bridenstine say Demo-2 rocket and Crew Dragon should be ready for 1st piloted launch by end of February but more work needed to review data complete parachute testing and decide what makes most sense for ISS crew rotation; Musk says "2nd quarter""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-19T17:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-65: Elapsed time 1h 59m (9:03 am EST): Parmitano reports the leak indicator in coolant line X still shows signs of leakage; ""I'm sorry to report I do have a leak. It looks like a large leak to me. (The indicator) is fully open; flight controllers are assessing options"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-01-25T14:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-13: SCRUB; launch has been scrubbed for the day; no word yet on what went wrong"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-09T22:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-13: Launch of the Antares/Cygnus spacecraft has been rescheduled for no earlier than Thursday at 4:05pm EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-10T01:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-13: Cygnus separation confirmed; solar array deploy expected in a litte more than an hour; the flight plan calls for Cygnus to catch up with the space station early Tuesday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-15T20:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink5: It appears the 1st stage missed the droneship OCISLY; video from the landing platform showed a hint of vapor to the right of the screen the apparent result of a water impact"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-17T15:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink5: Starlink satellite deploy confirmed; the launch phase of the mission is now complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-02-17T15:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-20: Dragon's solar arrays have deployed; all thrusters operational; vehicle appears in excellent shape as it sets off after the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-07T05:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation confirmed; 2nd stage Merlin engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage is flipping around for a tail-first entry back into the lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-18T12:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; Starlink deploy expected in about X minutes; no word on 1st stage landing burn or touchdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-18T12:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@SciGuySpace Ha No kidding"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-24T15:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/AEHF-6: ULA CEO Tory Bruno says the problem involves a ground hydraulics accumulator; engineers are working to resolve the issue"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-03-26T19:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-16/62S: Third stage shutdown Soyuz separation confirmed; Russian flight control: Congratulations guys you are in orbit""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-09T08:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-15/61S: Good evening; Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan bid their space station crewmates farewell entered the Soyuz MS-15/61S ferry ship and closed hatches at 6:44pm EDT to set the stage for an overnight trip back to Earth"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-16T22:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-15/61S: Now standing by for Soyuz undocking at 9:53:30pm EDT; here's an edited timeline of major events in this evening's return to Earth:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-17T01:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-15/61S: Undocking confirmed; the Soyuz MS-15/61S spacecraft is now backing away from the Zvezda module's aft port"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-17T01:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-15/61S: Deorbit burn complete; the Soyuz is now falling back toward the discernible atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-17T04:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-15/61S: The descent module has exited the plasma heating zone and the crew is back in radio contact with Russian flight controllers; no issues reported"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-17T05:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-14/75P: Flying into orbit sunrise over the Mediterranean; range inside XXX meters"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-25T04:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-14/75P: Contact and capture at 1:12am; after residual motions damp out hooks and latches will engage to pull the two craft firmly together for a "hard mate""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-25T05:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-14/75P: Duration of today's two-orbit rendezvous from launch to docking was X hours and XX minutes; "a textbook approach and docking by the unpiloted Progress craft" says NASA commentator Rob Navias"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-04-25T05:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NatSpace: Remarkably the audio from the Johnson Space Center for both Bridenstine and the Crew Dragon astronauts is almost unreadable"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-19T14:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The NASA Gulfstream X jet carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the Kennedy Space Center is within sight of the Shuttle Landing Facility runway; the astronauts plan to take questions from reporters awaiting their arrival"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-20T19:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: This is not an indicator of unexpected problems but more a reflection of the sheer amount of work to review on the eve of NASA's first piloted launch from US soil in nearly X years; NASA plans a post-FRR briefing on NASA TV whenever the review concludes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-21T21:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Good morning; another busy day on tap for the Demo X launch campaign; NASA managers are wrapping up a detailed flight readiness review this morning followed by a test firing of the Falcon 9's 1st stage engines this afternoon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-22T12:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The flight readiness review is over and the NASA-SpaceX team are "go" for Crew Dragon launch Wednesday; astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will participate in a "virtual engagement with reporters on NASA TV at 2:15pm; virtual post-FRR briefing at 2:45pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-22T18:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Cassidy operating the space station's robot arm locked onto the HTV at 8:13am EDT; flight controllers in Houston will now take over arm operations to pull the ship in for berthing"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-25T12:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Weather officer Mike McAleenan answering a question says conditions appear more favorable Saturday and Sunday both at the Cape and along the downrange trajectory"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-25T23:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Heavy clouds and rain have blanketed the Kennedy Space Center throughout the morning but the latest AF forecast is XX% go; a final weather check is planned at 3:48pm (T-45 mins) just before the Crew Dragon's abort system is armed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-27T14:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The 45th Weather Squadron/45th Space Wing has not yet issued an updated forecast; the most recent forecast posted Friday called for a XX percent chance of violating launch weather rules"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T11:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard are chatting with Hurley and Behnken in the suit-up room; Elon Musk was there Wednesday but not today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T15:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Clouds are building across Florida's Space Coast but forecasters are hopeful conditions will permit a launch today; the astronauts meanwhile are strapped in and the closeout crew will begin shutting the Crew Dragon's hatch shortly"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T17:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: XX minutes to launch; no issues reported; weather is still go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T19:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The 1st stage is flipping around to to head for a landing on the "Of Course I Still Love You" drone ship; 2nd stage performance nominal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T19:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Crew Dragon separation confirmed The spacecraft is flying on its own"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-30T19:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Approaching from behind and below the Crew Dragon capsule is within range of the lab's cameras; with the rendezvous proceeding smoothy Hurley and Behnken plan to hold a PAO event at 6:45am that will be carried on NASA TV"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T09:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Great views of the Crew Dragon touch screen displays coming down"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T13:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: Now holding position XXX meters directly in front of station flying in formation; the crew will take over manual control briefly in a "near field" test of the ship's maneuverability; then the capsule will move in to Waypoint X just XX meters from ISS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T13:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: A nice view of the Crew Dragon directly ahead of ISS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T13:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The Crew Dragon is approaching ISS at about XXX m/s; a brief hold is planned at the 20-meter mark before a final 'go' to proceed; Chris Cassidy reports "the crew on the International Space Station is ready for docking""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T14:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Demo 2: The capsule has reached Waypoint X holding at XX meters from station; ground controllers are 'go' to proceed; final approach expected to resume momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-05-31T14:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: My apologies for being distracted with my camera. Starlink put on a spectacular show and we see the entry burn as I speak through a break in the clouds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-13T09:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Stage X touchdown confirmed; 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; the 1st SkySat satellite will be released in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-13T09:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Mars2020: Launch of the Perseverance Mars rover atop a ULA Atlas X rocket is now targeted for 9:35am ET on 7/22 a 2-day slip due to a processing issue during encapsulation NASA says; the planetary launch window extends through 8/11"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-24T19:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3: This will be the 11th F9 launch so far this year and the first National Security Space Launch to feature a 1st stage recovery attempt; touchdown on the droneship "Just Read The Instructions" is expected about XXX minutes after launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-30T19:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3: The Falcon 9's 2nd stage engine has completed a second planned firing to reach the orbit required by the GPS 3F3 satellite; spacecraft deploy expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-30T21:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3: Spacecraft deploy confirmed at 5:40pm; the GPS 3F3 satellite is now flying on its own bringing the launch phase of the mission to a successful conclusion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-06-30T21:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA: Good morning; astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken started their second EVA in five days at 7:13am EDT and are now setting up to begin another round of space station battery replacement work on the right-side outboard (S6) solar array truss segment"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-01T11:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA (3h10m 10:23am): Cassidy and Behnken have completed breaking torque on power channel 3B batteries; they are now splitting up to carry out get-ahead work; Cassidy will route a power cable on the S3 truss while Behnken removes a no-longer-needed solar array fixture"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-01T14:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA: Behnken's total EVA time through X spacewalks is XX hours and XX minutes moving him up to No. XX on the list of most experienced spacewalkers; Cassidy's mark through eight EVAs stands at XX hours and XX minutes; he'll move into the top XX with his next EVA"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-01T17:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA (0h18m 7:28am): The astronauts have collected their tools hooked onto safety tethers and are heading out to the worksite on the far right end of the station's power truss (S6)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-16T11:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA (0h50m 8:00am): Cassidy and Behnken are now set up at the S6 power channel 3B worksite; while heading out from the airlock Cassidy installed a new camera on a boom attached to the S3 truss segment to replace a camera with a degraded color wheel"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-16T12:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA (3h33m 10:43am): The astronauts are running an hour and XX minutes ahead of schedule; mission controllers are now considering having Cassidy and Behnken go ahead and remove a 6th and final nickel-hydrogen battery today to complete the battery replacement work"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-16T14:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"H2A/Hope: If all goes well Hope will be released from the rocket's 2nd stage about X hour after launch; solar array deploy is expected X minutes after that followed by an initial telemetry downlink through NASA's Madrid DSN station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-19T20:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"H2A/Hope: Payload fairing separation confirmed; vehicle performance nominal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-19T22:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"H2A/Hope: 2nd stage performance nominal; vehicle is on the planned trajectory; first of two burns expected to end in about X minute"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-19T22:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"H2A/Hope: 2nd stage engine restart and shutdown confirmed; the Hope spacecraft has separated from the upper stage and is now flying on its own"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-19T22:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"H2A/Hope: Solar array deploy confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-19T23:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Anasis2: 1st stage touchdown 2nd stage shutdown No. X confirmed; vehicle now coasting before 2nd upper stage burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-20T21:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA (5h8m; 12:20am EDT): Cassidy and Behnken have completed their planned tasks and are heading back to the Quest airlock to wrap up today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-21T16:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS EVA: Behnken's total EVA time over XX spacewalks is XX hours and XX minutes moving him up to No. X on the list of most experienced spacewalkers; Cassidy's total across his XX EVA's is XX hours and XX minutes moving him to No. X on the list"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-21T16:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-15/76P: The spacecraft is loaded with 1102 lbs of propellant XXX lbs of water XXX lbs of oxygen/air and 3351 lbs of crew supplies spare parts and research; it is flying a 2-orbit rendezvous and is expected to dock at the Pirs module around 1:48pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-23T14:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Mars2020: 2nd stage engine shutdown No. X confirmed; the vehicle is now moving out at some 26000 mph (predicted); Perseverance separation expected in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-30T12:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Mars2020: Perseverance separation confirmed Perseverance is now flying free on its way to Mars"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-30T12:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Mars2020: Acquisition of signal through Canberra Deep Space Network antenna XX Perseverance is transmitting telemetry as expected"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-30T13:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Mars2020: The Deep Space Network page now shows Perseverance data coming down at the Goldstone California ground station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-30T15:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Mars2020: Wallace says initial telemetry readout will take another XX minutes to an hour; health update expected shortly thereafter"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-30T15:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo 2: More meetings are planned Friday/Saturday to assess the weather and splashdown options; but in the meantime undocking remains targeted for around 7:34 p.m. EDT Saturday which would result in a splashdown Sunday around 2:42 p.m. NASA blog post:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-07-31T02:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: Assuming an on-time undocking splashdown near Pensacola is now targeted for 2:41pm EDT Sunday; the astronauts are expected to enter the Crew Dragon around 5:35pm this afternoon to begin final preparations for undocking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-01T17:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: The forward hatch of the Crew Dragon capsule was closed at 5:36pm; Hurley and Behnken will don their pressure suits shortly and await final clearance to undock from the space station at 7:34pm EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-01T21:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: The undock command has been sent; that starts a procedure to retract power and data lines linking the Crew Dragon capsule to the space statoin and two sets of hooks in the docking mechanism"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-01T23:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: Nice views of Dragon pulling away from the ISS; NASA says physical separation occurred at 7:35pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-01T23:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: The deorbit burn is complete; Hurley Behnken and their Crew Dragon capsule are now committed to a Gulf of Mexico splashdown; atmospheric entry expected at 2:36pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-02T18:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: The Crew Dragon astronauts report entry preps complete as they near the top of the discernible atmosphere; weather in the landing zone appears excellent"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-02T18:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Demo2: The NASA jet carrying Hurley and Behnken home to Houston has landed at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center. NASA welcome ceremony expected momentarily on NTV:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-02T23:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Left out in the Phase X contract awards: Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and Northrop Grumman's OmegA booster"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-07T21:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: 1st stage touchdown on the "Of Course I Still Love You;" 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; SkySat deploys expected to start in about XXX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-18T14:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4H/NROL-44: Now XX minutes to launch at 2:04am; propellant loading is complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-29T04:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4H/NROL-44: ULA CEO Tory Bruno: "The bird is in good shape. This was an automatic abort during the ignition sequence. Cause appears to have been in the ground system. System functioned as intended to protect the vehicle and payload""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-29T08:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SAOCOM1B: 1st stage entry burn complete; the booster is now steering to a touchdown at Landing Zone 1"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-30T23:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SAOCOM1B: SAOCOM 1B solar array deploy confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-08-30T23:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-13: Blue Origin has scrubbed today's unpiloted New Shepard test flight due to an issue with power to on-board experiments; "new launch target forthcoming" the company tweets"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-24T16:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew 1: The Crew X launch originally was planned for 10/23 just X days after launch of a Russian Soyuz carrying a 3-person crew to the ISS and just X days after the lab's current 3-man crew returns to Earth; slipping the Crew X flight will ease workloads and sleep cycling"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-09-29T00:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"D4H/NROL-44: And as expected launch has been scrubbed for the day; we'll provide updates as more information becomes available"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-01T04:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: For those of you scoring at home thats two launch scrubs in less than XX hours here on Floridas Space Coast; next up: Antares/Cygnus launch this evening from Wallops Island VA"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-01T13:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-14: After a last-minute scrub Thursday night due to a ground software issue liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Island Virginia test facility is targeted for 9:16:14pm EDT; weather is XX% go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-03T00:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-14: XX minutes to this evening's Antares/Cygnus NG-14 resupply flight to the ISS; no known technical issues under discussion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-03T00:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-14: LIFTOFF At 9:16:14pm EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-03T01:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS3-SV04: X minutes to launch; all systems go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-03T01:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Cygnus/NG-14: Cygnus capture confirmed; at 05:32am EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-05T09:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: Now X hour to launch; weather remains red for field mills and cumulus clouds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-05T10:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: SCRUB"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-05T11:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink13: 2nd stage engine restart. and shutdown; Starlink deploy expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-06T12:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS17/63S: Calm cosmonauts during suitup earlier"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-14T05:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS17/63S: Russian flight controllers report a healthy spacecraft; the vehicle will now execute an automated two-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station; docking at the Rassvet module expected around 4:52am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-14T05:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OSIRIS-REx: Reminding Earth-receive time takes into account the XXXX minutes required for radio signals from OSIRIS-REx to reach Earth from more than XXX million miles away; in real time the spacecraft should have already reached the surface of Bennu and backed away"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-20T21:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS16/62S: Deorbit burn is complete; the burn duration was definitely longer that what was listed in pre-entry documentation but there are no known issues and the crew is now committed to landing at 10:55pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-22T02:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS16/62S: Soyuz module separation confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-22T02:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS16/62S: The NASA commentator reports recovery crews at the landing site have the descending Soyuz capsule in sight and "all is well""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-22T02:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS16/62S: The NASA commentator reports recovery crews have established good communications with the Soyuz crew now about X minutes from touchdown; still no video from the landing site"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-22T02:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OSIRIS-REx: NASA reports the spacecraft's TAGSAM sample collection device is "full of sample material. much more than XX grams" (the minimum mission requirement)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-23T21:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink15: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 63rd successful booster recovery and it's 43rd on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-24T15:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink15: Hard to edit on a phone in sunlight; here's a better view of today's launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-10-24T15:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Latest weather discussion indicates acceptable winds and sea states off shore; there's still concern about on-shore weather with showers possibly moving into the area as the day wears on; crew walk out from the O%C building expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T20:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Shannon Walker follows Mike Hopkins into the Crew Dragon capsule; Glover and Soichi will follow momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T21:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Victor Glover and Soichi Noguchi are now climbing into the Crew Dragon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T21:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: All four astronauts are now on board the Crew Dragon; hatch closure is expected at 5:32pm; propellant loading is scheduled to begin at T-minus XX minutes or 6:52pm for a launch attempt at 7:27:17pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T21:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Closeout crew reports finding a possible "root cause" of the pressure drop presumably a bit of debris on a sealing surface and have re-closed the hatch for another leak check"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T22:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Pressure re-test ongoing to verify an air-tight seal around the Crew-Dragon's hatch; otherwise all systems now go for launch at 7:27:17pm; weather is hanging in there"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T22:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Crew access arm is retracting from the side of the Crew Dragon capsule; the spacecraft's launch escape system will be armed momentarily setting the stage for propellant loading; weather is now XX percent go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-15T23:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: X minutes to launch; green board; weather is go"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-16T00:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: LIFTOFF At 7:27:17pm EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-16T00:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 65th successful booster recover and its 45th on a droneship; this booster will be refurbished and set aside for use with the next Crew Dragon launch next spring"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-16T00:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: A cool shot of Crew Dragon above the limb of the Earth as it approaches waypoint X directly in front of the station; and a view of the cockpit displays showing the automated approach"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T03:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Rock solid"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T03:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Situational awareness"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T03:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-1: Hopkins says lighting now acceptable for docking; Crew Dragon has resumed its approach"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-17T03:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-47: Poisk is once again depressurized; Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov have been given a "go" to reopen the hatch and venture outside"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-18T15:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-47: The Poisk hatch was re-opened at 10:56am; Kud-Sverchkov has floated outside followed by Ryzhikov; after arranging safety tethers they'll move over to the Zarya module to replace a fluid flow-control regulator"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-18T16:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-47: PET 4h:30m; Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov have disconnected the telemetry cable from Pirs and connected it to Poisk a step toward decommissioning Pirs before detachment next year; the cosmonauts are now going to remove and replace a micrometeoroid "witness plate""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-18T19:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Sentinel-6: Liftoff from Vandenberg AFB is targeted for 12:17:08pm EST; the 1st stage will attempt a landing back at the launch site while two firings of the 2nd stage will be needed to put the satellite into an 830-mile-high orbit about XX minutes after liftoff"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-21T16:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Sentinel-6: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 66th successful stage recovery it's 21st on land and its 3rd at Vandenberg"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-21T17:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink16: 1st stage engine shutdown and stage separation; 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; this is a planned 6-minute 5-second burn (predicted)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-25T02:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink16: 2nd stage engine shutdown occurred a few seconds after 1st stage landing; all XX Starlink satellites will be released in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-11-25T02:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-21: Dragon X separation confirmed; the first in a series of rendezvous rocket firings is expected shortly after noon as the spacecraft continues its rendezvous with the space station; docking at Harmony's zenith port is expected at 1:30 p.m. Monday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-06T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: The Dragon X spacecraft has resumed its approach to the space station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-07T18:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: The station and the captured Cargo Dragon spacecraft as the complex moves into orbital sunrise"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-07T18:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship/SN8: Abort"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-08T22:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship/SN8: LIFTOFF At 5:45pm EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-09T22:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@jeff_foust @jerry_carter Heres how Otter transcribed your name in the SLS Q & A over a scratchy phone line: Jeff Bezos of fake news"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-10T18:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: Today's launch window closes at 1:20pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-11T16:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SS2: Virgin tweet: "Touchdown SpaceShipTwo Unity;" and "Wheel stop""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-12T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SS2: Virgin tweet: "Early update on flight: The ignition sequence for the rocket motor did not complete. Vehicle and crew are in great shape. We have several motors ready at Spaceport America. We will check the vehicle and be back to flight soon.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-12T17:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: The "big vent" (oxygen vapor) was seen on time at the T-minus 20-minute mark; counting down to launch at 12:30pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-13T17:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 69th successful booster recovery its 48th on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-13T17:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM7: 2nd stage engine firing No. X complete; nominal orbit; SiriusXM-7 deploy expected in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-13T17:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Chang'e 5: Chinese television reports the Chang'e X lunar sample return spacecraft has successfully landed in inner Mongolia; recovery forces are gathering at the landing site; live English-language coverage here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-16T18:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: The rocket's 1st stage making it's 5th flight will attempt a return-to-launch-site landing at Cape Canaveral; if successful it will be SpaceX's 70th booster recovery its 19th in Florida and its 3rd Cape Canaveral landing this year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T14:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-108: X minutes to launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2020-12-17T14:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat-5A: X minutes to launch; no known issues; clear sky over LC-40"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-08T02:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat-5A: 1st stage landing on the droneship "Just Read the Instructions" confirmed; this was SpaceX's 71st successful booster recovery and its 49th on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-08T02:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat-5A: Standing by for 2nd stage engine restart; this is a planned 1m 12s burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-08T02:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: NASA flight controllers have uplinked commands to drive the hooks open that are holding the Cargo Dragon in place at the upper port of the station's Harmony module; undocking expected momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-12T14:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: Undocking confirmed at 9:05 a.m.; the Cargo Dragon is backing away from the space station; splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico is expected around 8:27pm Wednesday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-12T14:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-21: The Cargo Dragon coming home this evening was launched on 12/6; it is the first US cargo ship designed to dock on its own; splashdown will mark the first for a Cargo Dragon in the Gulf of Mexico"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-14T00:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: No ignition at 4pm EST; and still no word from NASA on what's going on"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T21:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: Initial stages of the test appeared normal and all X Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines ignited and throttled up at 5:27pm EST; the flight computer or an engine controller presumably detected an out-of-limits reading and commanded a shutdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-16T22:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin/L1: DROP LauncherOne was released from Virgin's XXX carrier jet at 2:39pm EST; 1st stage ignition confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-17T19:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin/L1: NewtonFour upper stage engine ignition payload fairing separation confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-17T19:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin/L1: Awaiting an update from Virgin on 2nd stage final engine firing and satellite deploy"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-17T20:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Virgin/L1: Virgin reports flight controllers are "still monitoring the upper stage the see whether the payloads have successfully deployed. Well have an update soon;" so 2nd stage final burn apparently went off as planned although no details provided"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-17T21:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@waynehale One does not argue with Mr. Hale. Concur"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-19T16:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: LIFTOFF At 8:02am EST"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: despite high winds 1st stage has successfully landed on the droneship "Just Read the Instructions;" this was the 72nd successful booster recovery the 50th on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: 2nd stage engine shutdown No. X confirmed; good orbit; the vehicle will now coast for about XX minutes before a 2nd short burn to reach the planned orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: A nice view today from the roof of the CBS News bureau at the Kennedy Space Center; a gorgeous day for a launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: X minutes to 2nd stage engine restart; this is a planned 1-second burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: 2nd stage engine firing No. X complete; nominal orbit; Starlink deploy expected in about XX minutes (predicted)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T13:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 17: Starlink deploy confirmed at 9:07am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-20T14:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@EmreKelly So in one universe they launch and in another they dont. Clearly Daisy has an intuitive grasp of quantum reality. Who knew"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-21T22:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter 1: SCRUB"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-23T14:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter 1: The rideshare portion of today's mission is complete with XXX small satellites successfully deployed; XX SpaceX/Starlink internet relay satellites will be released in about XX minutes to complete today's mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-24T16:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter 1: The XX Starlink satellites have been deployed the first to be released in a polar orbit; the 143-satellite Transporter X rideshare mission is now complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-24T16:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69: The astronauts are both out of the airlock; after configuring tools and safety tethers Glover riding the station's robot arm will meet Hopkins at the Columbus module to install and connect a new high-speed data relay antenna"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T11:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69 Elapsed time: 02h17m (8:45am): Hopkins and Glover are working to route power and data cables between the Columbus laboratory module and the Bartolomeo external experiment platform the second major item on their to-do list today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T13:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69 Elapsed time: 03h40m (10:08am): While engineers continue assessing cable connection issues with Bartolomeo Glover has been told to move back to the antenna so he can jettison its protective cover as originally planned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T15:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69 Elapsed time: 05h51m (12:19am): Big picture: Hopkins and Glover are going to remove the H fixtures from the P6 solar array truss as planned and then call it a day; flight controllers are ruling out additional Bartolomeo cable work today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T17:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69 Elapsed time: 06h25m (12:53pm): Applying a bit of elbow grease Hopkins has removed a solar array handling fixture on the outboard P6 truss segment; with the "H fixture" gone a supplemental solar blanket can be attached later"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T17:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-69: A 2nd P6 solar array H fixture also was removed; Hopkins and Glover are now returning to the Quest airlock to close out today's EVA; NASA commentator now says X of X Bartolomeo cables connected in agreement with Mogensens earlier call to the crew"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-01-27T18:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70: Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover are in the space station's Quest crew airlock gearing up for a planned 6.5-hour EVA to complete solar array battery upgrades and to install three external video cameras"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T12:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Hale's piece was written XX years after the accident but the memories and lessons learned are as vivid as ever"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T12:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70: Flight controllers report the new battery is healthy; the work completes the replacement of all XX original batteries with XX more powerful lithium ion powerpacks and adapter places; the replacement work began in 2017"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T14:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70 PET: 01hr23min (9:19am): Hopkins also has removed a no-longer-needed solar array handling fixture to make way for the future installation of new roll-out solar blankets; the remainder of today's EVA will be devoted to installing X new/replacement cameras"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T14:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70 PET: 3hr56min (11:52am): Hopkins and Glover have wrapped up the primary objectives of today's EVA wiring in a final lithium ion solar array battery removing a solar array ground handling fixture and installing X external cameras"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T16:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-70: The spacewalkers are now pressing ahead with a few lower-priority 'get-ahead' tasks including removal of another solar array handling fixture on the S4 truss segment and the relocation of several foot restraints and aids needed for future solar array upgrades"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-01T16:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 18: T-18 minutes; the normal T-minus 20-minute "big vent" of oxygen vapor was seen on time indicating fueling is proceeding toward an on-time launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-04T06:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 18: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 74th successful booster landing and its 52nd on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-04T06:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"UAE/Hope: UAE's Hope spacecraft presumably ignited its X thrusters for a planned 27-minute Mars orbit insertion burn at 10:30am EST; it will take radio signals confirming the start of the burn a bit more than XX minutes to reach Earth; standing by"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-09T15:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NASA/Artemis: Gateway's solar-electric power and propulsion module and HALO crew compartment will launch together on a Falcon Heavy NET May 2024; the agency says the total cost to NASA is $XXXXX million"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-09T22:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/77P: The Progress is loaded with 5424 lbs of cargo bound for the International Space Station including 3086 lbs of dry cargo 1322 lbs of propellant XXX lbs of water and XX lbs of pressurized gas"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-15T04:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/77P: The Soyuz 2.1a rocket quickly disappeared from view in a gloomy overcast sky but NASA's mission control commentator relaying updates from the Russian flight control center reports nominal performance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-15T04:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/77P: 3rd stage engine ignition; core stage separation confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-15T04:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/77P: Docking at the station's Pirs module is expected at 1:20am Wednesday; along with delivering needed supplies and equipment the Progress will be used later this year to de-orbit Pirs making way for a new Russian laboratory module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-15T04:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink19: 1st stage landing failed; 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; good initial orbit; the vehicle will coast for XX minutes and XX seconds (predicted) before a final 1-second burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-16T04:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: Good afternoon; we're now inside X hours from the Perseverance Mars rover's 7-minute descent to touchdown in Jezero Crater; we'll be following along and posting updates as warranted throughout the day"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T19:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: NASA TV's live coverage begins at 2:15pm; As always NASA's Deep Space Network will be listening for data from Perseverance; you can follow along here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T19:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: NASA TV's coverage of entry descent and landing is now live:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T19:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: A clean feed of the Perseverance guidance navigation and control audio loop is available on the NASA TV media channel. The engineer monitoring rover telemetry and calling out milestones is Swati Mohan GNC operations lead"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T19:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: The spacecraft will send simple tones back to Earth via X-band radio during the descent to confirm various events in the entry sequence; actual telemetry will be routed back via UHF through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which will be passing overhead"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T20:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: The probe experienced a maximum decleration force of XX Gs; peak heating happening about now; temperatures across the rover's heat shield are expected to climb as high as 2370 F as atmospheric friction helps slow the spacecraft"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T20:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: Now standing by for parachute deploy; the 70.5-foot-wide canopy will be released based on the flight computer's determination of the remaining distance to the landing target; release expected momentarily; this is a make-or-break moment for Perseverance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T20:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: Backshell separation confirmed; Perseverance and its "sky crane" jet pack have fallen free to begin the powered descent portion of the flight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T20:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"MarsRover: Apologies for delays posting updates due to broadcast commitments; but as most readers surely know by now Perseverance landed safely and has sent back initial hazcam images of its surroundings; a remarkable achievement"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-18T21:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-15: 2nd stage burnout confirmed; good orbit; Cygnus separation expected in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-20T17:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-15: Cygnus separation confirmed; robot arm capture at the ISS (by astronaut Soichi Noguchi) expected about 4:40am Monday morning"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-20T17:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Cygnus/NG-15: Flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center now will take over arm operations to pull the Cygnus in for berthing at the central Unity module's Earth-facing port"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-22T09:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: The astronauts are expected to switch their suits to battery power around 6am EST (1100 GMT) to officially kick off the 235th ISS spacewalk the 3rd so far this year and the 3rd for both Rubins and Glover"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T10:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: Rubins and Glover switched their spacesuits to battery power at 6:12am EST (1012 GMT) officially starting today's planned 6.5-hour spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T11:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71 (PET: 1h45m 7:57am): Rubins and Glover are working through a multi-step procedure to assemble and attach struts to the outboard P6/2B solar array mast canister that later will be used to support a new roll-out solar blanket"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T12:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: NASA is spending $XXX million to buy six new ISS roll-out solar arrays - IROSA - blankets that will be mounted to the bases of six of the station's eight existing panels offsetting age-related degradation and boosting total power output to XXX kW"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T12:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71 (PET: 4h20m 10:20am): Rubins and Glover are wrapping up installation of the P6/2B IROSA support fixture; they ran into problems securing two bolts and may use a ratchet tool later or in a subsequent EVA to make sure they're tight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T15:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: Flight controllers say today's spacewalk will be extended to around the 7-hour mark to complete assembly of the upper triangle segment of the P6/4B IROSA support fixture and tie it down; they will resume work on the fixture during an EVA next Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71 (PET: 6h00m 12:12pm): The upper triangle segment of the P6/4P IROSA support fixture is complete; the crew is now working to tie it down to the station's power truss ready for installation during an EVA next Friday; this is the final planned task for today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T17:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71 (PET: 6h16m 12:28pm): The P6/4B IROSA triangle segment is now tied down; Rubins and Glover are closing out the work site at the far left end of the station's power truss and will head back to the airlock shortly"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T17:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: Airlock repressization began at 1:16pm closing out a 7-hour 4-minute spacewalk; total ISS EVA time now stands at 1478 hours and XX minutes or XXXX days since assembly began two decades ago"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-02-28T18:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink XX (V1-L17): The rocket's first stage making its 8th flight will attempt to land on the "Of Course I Still Love You droneship; if successful it will mark SpaceXs 75th booster recovery; the most recent landing try 2/15 was unsuccessful"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-01T00:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink XX (V1-L17): 2nd stage engine restart and shutdown confirmed; good orbit; Starlink deploy expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-04T09:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-72: Rubins and Noguchi are running ahead of schedule and have nearly completed airlock depressurization"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T11:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-71: For identification Rubins call sign EV-1 is wearing a suit with red stripes and is using helmet camera No. 22; she also has a new high-definition video camera; Noguchi call sign EV-2 is wearing an unmarked suit and is using helmetcam 20; CAPCOM is Frank Rubio"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T11:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-72: Rubins and Noguchi have both floated out of the Quest airlock and are configuring safety tethers before heading out to the left end of the station's power truss where they'll work to finish assembly of X supplemental solar array support fixtures"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T11:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-72 (PET: 2h35m 9:12am EST): The spacewalkers are running about a half hour behind the planned timeline; the channel 4B IROSA framework is still being assembled albeit with a few bolt alignment issues; no major problems"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T14:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-72: After the blankets are secure the astronauts will move to the channel 2B mast canister where they will attempt to tighten two bolts in the support fixture assembled during a 2/28 EVA by Rubins and Victor Glover"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T15:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-72: The 2B support assembly is secure but it is not yet stable enough to safely carry the loads imparted by a new roll-out solar array blanket once the panel is installed during a future spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-05T15:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NASA post on how Mark Vande Hei's Soyuz seat was arranged:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-10T00:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 21: 1st stage droneship landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 76th successful booster recovery and its 54th on a droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-11T08:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73: Glover and Hopkins still inside the Quest airlock switched their suits to battery power at 8:14am (1314 UTC) to officially kick off today's spacewalk;"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T13:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73: Today's goals: vent and relocate X ammonia jumpers used to service the lab's cooling system; make connections with ESA's Bartolomeo experiment platform; replace a wireless transceiver; route X ethernet cables; attach a stiffener to the airlock's thermal cover"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T13:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73 (PET: 00:49 09:03am): Glover and Hopkins are working at the port-6 solar array truss segment preparing to vent ammonia from jumpers used to service the station's thermal control system; enjoying spectacular views from Hopkins' high-def helmet camera"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T14:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73 (PET: 1:08 9:22am): The 1st ammonia jumper has been vented to space; video from Hopkins' high-def camera clearly showed the coolant streaming away into space (at right in photo); this jumper now "safed" will be relocated on the Quest airlock for future use as needed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T14:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-73: Glover is reporting irritation in his right eye; it's watering and uncomfortable; he says his left eye is fine and that he did not use anti-fog on his helmet visor before starting the spacewalk; blinking seems to help"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-13T17:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 22/V1-L21: X minutes to launch; no known issues"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-14T09:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/HotFire 2: Now about XX minutes to engine ignition"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-18T20:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron 19: Gorgeous Earth views from a camera on the 2nd stage"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-22T22:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron 19: Battery hot swap confirmed; 2nd stage performance nominal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-22T22:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 23/V1-L22: Starlink deploy confirmed And that completes this morning's launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-24T09:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship SN11: Liftoff at 9am EDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-03-30T13:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: Good morning; we're standing by for the Crew-1 Dragon's relocation from the space station's Harmony-forward port to Harmony-zenith; the move is needed to free up Harmony-forward for arrival of the Crew-2 Dragon on 4/23"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T09:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: The Crew-1 astronauts - Mike Hopkins Victor Glover Shannon Walker and Japan's Soichi Noguchi - are suited up and strapped in awaiting undocking at 6:30am EDT (1030 UTC); the automated port relocation is expected to take about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T09:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: NASA TV coverage of the Crew-1 Dragon port relocation is now live:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T10:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: Flight control team is 'go' for Crew-1 Dragon undocking and port relocation"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T10:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: The Crew-1 Dragon has halted its motion directly away from Harmony forward at a distance of XX meters; good nav confirmed; crew is go for relocate after moving back to XX meters"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T10:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Crew-1: Soft capture confirmed; the Crew-1 Dragon's docking ring engaged its counterpart in the Harmony-zenith port at 7:08am EDT (1108 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-05T11:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L23: The T-minus 20-minute "big vent" of oxygen vapor now visible"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-07T16:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L23: 2nd stage burn No. X complete; good orbit confirmed; Starlink deploy expected in XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-07T17:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: The Soyuz has pulled within sight of the space station after a 2-orbit chase; now inside XXX kilometers from the lab complex as the automated approach continues"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-09T10:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: Contact and capture At 7:05am EDT (1105 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-09T11:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ingenuity: The glitch occurred when a "watchdog timer" expired during a transition from "pre flight" to "flight" mode as part of the spin test; JPL reports "the helicopter is safe and healthy and communicated its full telemetry set to Earth""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-10T17:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Blue Origin/NS-15: Blue Origin plans to launch a New Shepard rocket and capsule from its West Texas launch site Wednesday; the launch window opens at 9am EDT (1300 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-12T20:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ingenuity: In the meantime a status report says "Ingenuity continues to be healthy on the surface on Mars. Critical functions such as power communications and thermal control are stable""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-13T00:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: We're standing by for ignition of the Soyuz spacecraft's braking rockets; ignition is targeted for 12:01:30am EDT (0401 UTC) a 1-minute 39-second retrograde burn to slow the ship by about XXX m/s"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T03:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: Deorbit burn complete; no issues reported; the spacecraft will reach the top of the discernible atmosphere in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T04:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: Touchdown At 12:55am EDT (0455 UTC; 10:55 a.m. local time)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T04:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-17/63S: From here the crew will be flown by helicopter to the town of Karaganda where Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will board a Russian jet for a flight back to Star City; Rubins will board a NASA aircraft for a flight home to Houston"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T05:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Mars2020: NASA is now targeting no earlier than Monday 4/19 for the 1st flight of the Ingenuity helicopter; details here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-17T18:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Mars2020: The helicopter was programmed to spin up its rotors around 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 UTC) fly up XX feet hover rotate in place and land a test flight lasting about XX seconds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-19T10:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Mars2020: NASA TV's coverage of today's Mars helicopter flight is available here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-19T10:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: All four astronauts are now strapped into the Crew Dragon; comm checks complete; the seats have been rotated to the launch position giving Kimbrough and McArthur access to the spacecraft's touchscreen displays"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T07:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: The Crew Dragon's launch escape system has been armed; if a major problem develops at any point from this point forward the capsule's thrusters can propel the crew to safety"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T09:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: Crew Dragon separation confirmed; the astronauts are safely in orbit and on course for a rendezvous with the International Space Station; docking at the lab's forward port is expected at 5:10am Saturday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T10:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: We don't yet know when/if the Crew-2 astronauts might participate in a video downlink from the Crew Dragon but two opportunities are available if they so choose: 7:55am EDT (1155 UTC) Friday and 12:12am (0412 UTC) Saturday; again these are at the crews discretion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-23T11:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: The Crew-2 astronauts are donning their pressure suits for the approach phase of the rendezvous with ISS; range is about X miles; approach initiation burn expected in XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-24T06:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: The 90-second approach initiation burn is complete kicking off the final stage of today's rendezvous with the ISS; Crew Dragon is about XXX miles behind and below the lab"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-24T07:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: The Crew Dragon is approaching Waypoint X 1300 feet directly below the ISS; from there the spacecraft will loop up to a point directly ahead of the station - Waypoint X - and move in from there toward the lab's forward docking port (trajectory shown in red below)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-24T08:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: Waypoint X confirmed; Crew Dragon is passing 1300 feet directly below the ISS as the X spacecraft pass XXX miles above the Dominican Republic; spacecraft expected to reach Waypoint X directly in front of ISS at 4:45am"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-24T08:23Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-2: Welcome ceremony complete the Crew-2 astronauts will now get a traditional post-docking safety briefing to familiarize them with emergency procedures before winding down a busy day; NASA TVs launch-to-docking commentators have ended their around-the-clock coverage"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-24T12:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"LM-5B/Tianhe: Engine shutdown; the Tianhe core module has separated and is now flying on its own; a successful launch for China's Tianhe space station module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T03:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L24: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 81st successful booster recovery and its 59th at sea"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T03:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: Here's another view courtesy of Spaceflight Now:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T12:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: The SLS core stage is now out of the Pegasus transport vessel and being readied for a short trip over to the Vehicle Assembly Building; if all goes well the next time we see the core stage itll be vertical and attached to a pair of 5-segment solid rocket boosters"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T14:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: Now on the way to the VAB"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-04-29T15:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-1: The timeline calls for the Crew Dragon to undock from the Harmony module's zenith port at 8:35pm; after reaching the planned deorbit point the ship's braking rockets will fire for about XXXX minutes starting at 2:03am Sunday to begin the return to Earth"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-01T22:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-1: Nice shots of Crew Dragon thruster firings as the ship backed away from the space station; the spacecraft is now outside the "keep out sphere" one of two protective buffers around the ISS; capsule is now moving into orbital daylight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-02T00:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Crew-1: The Crew Dragon has re-entered the discernible atmosphere; now XX minutes to splashdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-02T06:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL25: The vehicle is now transonic and through the region of maximum aerodynamic pressure as it powers out of the lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-04T19:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL25: 1st stage engine shutdown and stage separation; 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-04T19:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL25: 2nd stage start and shutdown confirmed; good orbit; Starlink deploy expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-04T19:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship SN15: You can watch on SpaceX's web site or directly on YouTube:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-05T21:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL27: The expected L-minus 20-minute "big vent" now visible as oxygen vapor streams away from the rocket"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-09T06:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL27: 1st stage separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage will now head for its 10th landing its 9th on an off-shore droneship"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-09T06:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/StarlinkL27: No word yet on 2nd stage engine burn No. 2; assuming all is well Starlink deploy expected in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-09T07:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Zhurong: Chinese news agencies confirm the Zhurong rover and its landing craft have successfully touched down on Mars: and"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T00:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron20/BlackSky: While we're waiting on the weather in New Zealand here's a shot out my back door of the ISS passing over Merritt Island FL this morning; saw it last night with China's Tianhe space station module; great views"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T10:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron20/BlackSky: Rocketlab now counting down toward new T-0 of 7:11am EDT (1111 UTC); second management poll ciomplete and all systems are currently go for launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T11:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron20/BlackSky: 1st stage engine shutdown; stage separation and 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T11:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron20/BlackSky: Loss of telemetry"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T11:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron20/BlackSky: Rocketlab reports loss of mission; "we are deeply sorry to our launch customers BlackSky and Spaceflight. The issue occurred shortly after stage two ignition. More information will be provided as it becomes available.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-15T11:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/SBIRS: SCRUB Launch has been called off; ULA implementing 24-hour scrub-turnaround"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-17T16:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/SBIRS: 2nd stage engine shutdown; SBIRS GEO-5 deploy expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-18T18:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/SBIRS: SBIRS deploy confirmed; predicted apogee 21800 miles; predicted perigee XXX miles; the satellite will use on-board thrusters over the next few weeks to reach a circular geosynchronous orbit 22300 miles above the equator"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-18T18:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz/OneWeb: All XX satellites were successfully deploy from the Fregat upper stage company officials say: "with XXX satellites in orbit we are one launch away from being able to deliver connectivity services north of XX degrees latitude by the end of this year.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-05-28T23:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-22: Launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-03T16:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-22: 1st stage boostback shutdown as planned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-03T17:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM8: 1st stage landing confirmed; this was SpaceX's 65th successful droneship recovery and its 87th overall"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-06T04:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/SiriusXM8: 2nd stage engine ignition and shutdown; good orbit confirmed; Sirius XM-8 release expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-06T04:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS: Very cool time-lapse video showing the SLS core stage rotating to vertical:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-11T20:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS/Auction: And the winning bid is $XX million to join Jeff Bezos for a sub-orbital flight to space"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-12T17:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Minotaur/NROL-111: 2nd stage burnout; mission commentary has ended per NRO request; well await an update later this morning on the results of the mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-15T13:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74: Good morning; ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA crewmate Shane Kimbrough are suited up for the 1st of X spacewalks to attach and deploy ISS roll-out solar arrays (iROSAs) on the space station's far left (P6) truss segment"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T10:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74: For identification Pesquet call sign EV-1 is wearing a suit with red stripes and using helmetcam 20; Kimbrough EV-2 is wearing an unmarked suit and using helmetcam XX. They also are equipped with high-def cameras"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T12:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74: Kimbrough is still at the airlock but will follow momentarily with tools and a portable foot restraint"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T12:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: 0h45m (1256 UTC): Both spacewalkers are now at the iROSA carrier preparing to detach and move the assembly outboard to the P6 solar array truss segment where the new panel will be installed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T12:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: 3h35m (1546 UTC): Kimbrough has carried out a procedure to shed more light on the sublimator issue; he's been told to continue to the iROSA worksite; not yet clear if the crew is go to proceed with the array removal; CAPCOM: We just want to be super safe here""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T15:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74 PET: 5h04m (1715 UTC): Pesquet is now directly below Kimbrough repositioning or yawing his crewmate's foot restraint to move Kimbrough and the iROSA into position for a final handoff at the P6/2B solar array worksite"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T17:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US/EVA-74: For what it's worth the crew is running well behind the original timeline primarily due to time lost troubleshooting issues with Kimbrough's suit; the original timeline showed iROSA fully installed and deployed by now"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-16T17:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS-3/F5: Standing by for 2nd stage engine restart"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-17T17:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/GPS-3/F5: 2nd stage engine restart and shutdown; good orbit confirmed; payload deploy expected in about XX minutes (predicted)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-17T17:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75: The crew has unfolded the P6/2B iROSA array; now they must get itthe two halvs properly aligned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T12:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75: Two X halves of the iROSA are unfolded and aligned and after struggling with friction and mechanical interference alignment pins have gone in to complete the soft capture procedure; mission control applauds"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T13:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75: Pesquet and Kimbrough now will drive bolts to firmly lock the iROSA down on its mounting bracket; then they'll have to connect cables tying the new array into the P6/2B power channel; that work can't be done until the station is in eclipse"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T13:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75 PET: 2h:01m (9:43am): Now X hour to the next eclipse when the crew will electrically connect the new iROSA panel; EVA crew is configuring connectors and carrying out other prep work"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T13:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75 PET: 2h38m (1420 UTC): Pesquet is doing a bit of surgery on Kimbrough's suit wire-tying his crewmate's helmet camera back in place"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T14:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75 PET: 5h50m (1732 UTC): The spacewalkers have finished the iROSA prep work for Friday's EVA and have been told to clean up tools and tethers and start heading back to the Quest airlock"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T17:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75 PET: 6h18m (1800 UTC): Pesquet and Kimbrough are back in the Quest airlock; standing by for repress momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T18:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-75: Kimbrough's total time through X EVAs now stands at XX hours and XX minutes moving him up to 11th on the list of most experienced spacewalkers; Pesquet's total through X EVAs is XX hours XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-20T18:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 (0h45m PET/1237 UTC): Pesquet is working to prep the 2nd iROSA for removal from its flight support pallet midway down the left-side power truss; Kimbrough will assist moving iROSA outboard to the P6/4B array where the new blanket will be installed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T12:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 (3h04m PET/1456 UTC): Pesquet is handing the iROSA off to Kimbrough who's anchored to a foot restraint near the P6/4B worksite; Pesquet will now get off the arm and both astronauts will work to attach the rolled-up solar array to its mounting bracket"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T14:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 (5h52m PET/1744 UTC): Shunt test successful; Pesquet is now releasing a final bolt to deploy the iROSA"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T17:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-76 (6h05m PET/1757 UTC): iROSA roll-out is complete; the array is fully deployed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-25T18:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter2: Elon Musk tweets the hold was ordered due to an aircraft in an "unreasonably gigantic" keep out zone; says humanity cannot become a spacefaring civilization "without major regulatory reform. The current regulatory system is broken""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-29T19:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter2: The 2nd stage will now coast for a bit more than XX minutes before a 2nd final burn to complete the ascent phase of the mission; 2-second engine restart expected 3:50:13pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-06-30T19:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-17/78P: NASA engineers meanwhile think the ground commanding issue noted earlier today was caused by a file server problem at the Johnson Space Center; flight controllers are continuing to troubleshoot"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-02T01:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"VSS Unity-22: And for the statistically minded this will be the 23rd sub-orbital spaceflight dating back to Alan Shepard's Mercury mission in 1961; that total includes XX X-15 flights above XX miles and the aborted Soyuz MS-10 flight in 2018"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-11T13:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"VSS Unity-22: On board Unity are pilots Dave Mackay and Mike Masucci along with Branson astronaut trainer Best Moses (wife of Virgin President Mike Moses) flight engineer Colin Bennett and Virgin VP for government affairs Sirisha Bandla"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-11T14:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"VSS Unity-22: Release release release At 11:24am EDT (1524 UTC); and rocket motor ignition confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-11T15:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/Port Relocation: Contact and capture at 7:35am EDT (1136 UTC); hard mate confirmed at 7:47am (11:47am)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-21T11:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Proton/Nauka: 2nd stage ignition 1st stage separation confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-21T15:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Proton/Nauka: 3rd stage ignition 2nd stage separation confirmed; payload fairing has been jettisoned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-21T15:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Proton/Nauka: 3rd stage shutdown; Nauka separation confirmed; the spacecraft is now flying on its own heading for a planned docking at the station's Zvezda module on 7/29"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-21T15:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT-2: Liftoff from complex XX at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas X rocket is targeted for 2:53:32pm EDT (1853 UTC) next Friday 7/30"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-22T22:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"OFT-2: Assuming an on-time launch the Starliner will dock at the Harmony module's forward port 3:06pm on 7/31 and return to Earth with a landing at White Sands New Mexico on 8/5 2:44pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-22T22:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Assuming a post-undocking robot arm inspection of Zvezda's nair port finds no issues Russia's new Nauka lab module will aim to close out an extended rendezvous docking in place of Pirs on 7/29; that would preserve a 7/30 launch date for Boeing's OFT-2 test flight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-25T15:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/Pirs: But Nauka now appears to be in good shape and with the departure of Pirs this morning from the Zvezda module's Earth-facing port the lab will be clear to move in for docking on 7/29"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-26T10:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/Pirs: The Progress meanwhile will fire its thrusters at 10:01am (0201 UTC) today and both the cargo ship and Pirs will plunge back into the atmosphere XX minutes later; any debris that survives re-entry heating will fall into the Pacific Ocean"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-26T10:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-16/Pirs: Later today NASA's robot arm will "walk off" onto the Russian Zarya module and carry out a 7-hour video inspection of Zvezda's now-vacant nadir port looking for any signs of debris or other problems that could cause trouble for Nauka's docking Thursday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-26T11:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Bezos: "I am honored to offer these contributions and am grateful to be in a financial position to be able to do so. NASA veered from its original dual-source acquisition strategy due to perceived near-term budgetary issues and this offer removes that obstacle"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-26T12:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/OFT-2: Rollout of the Atlas X rocket scheduled for launch Friday to send Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station has been delayed one day to Thursday due to an ISP outage and expected stormy weather"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-28T17:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron: This will be the company's 21st small-satellite Electron launch the 4th so far this year and the 1st since a May XX launch failure"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-29T05:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron: 2nd stage engine shutdown as planned; kick stage/payload separation confirmed; Space Force's Monolith satellite will be released in about XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-29T06:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Nauka/ISS: After reaching orbit last Wednesday the lab module ran into multiple problems with its propulsion and KURS navigation systems; after several days of high anxiety Russian flight controllers were able to resolve the issues setting the stage for an on-time docking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-29T11:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Nauka/ISS: The Nauka spacecraft continues to close in on the ISS; here's a nice view of the station from the lab module's camera along with two useful charts"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-07-29T13:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Starliner: ULA CEO Tory Bruno tweets the team is in fact setting up for a Wednesday launch indicating the problem whatever it is is not expected to require roll back to the Vertical Assembly Facility"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-03T14:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@waynehale I would add former shuttle launch director Bob Siecks binary weather wisdom: Regardless of the forecast its always 50-50"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-03T14:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@torybruno Wondering when you need a go/no-go to start the count if decision is to press ahead for launch Wednesday. Assume you can take that down to the wire"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-03T21:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: The range also is trying to contact a wayward boat that may be straying into the launch danger zone"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T21:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: The Antares rocket is now transonic and through the region of maximum aerodynamic pressure as it climbs out of the dense lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T22:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: The X Russian-built RD-181 engines powering the Antares first stage have shut down as planned; stage separation confirmed; 2nd stage ignition expected momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T22:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: Stage X ignition confirmed; this is a planned 2-minute 45-second burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T22:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-16: Cygnus separation confirmed Solar array deploy expected to begin in about X hour and X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-10T22:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@wapodavenport Colonoscopies are a piece of cake. The prep is another matter"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-12T00:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Cygnus: Capture confirmed at 6:07am EDT (10:07 UTC); McArthur will now hand off arm operations to flight controllers in Houston who will pull the Cygnus supply ship in for berthing at the central Unity module's Earth-facing port"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-12T10:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@wapodavenport The CRS-23 Cargo Dragon undocks at the end of September"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-13T17:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-17: Launch commentator Kiah Erlich director of astronaut and NASA sales for Blue Origin provided an update on astronaut ticket sales saying "we're actually at nearly $XXX million in seat sales; I'm just blown away by all the interest.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-26T13:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: Launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-28T07:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: SCRUB Today's launch attempt has been called off apparently due to multiple weather rule violations; the next launch opportunity is Sunday at 3:14:48am (07:14 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-28T07:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: Launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-29T06:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: T-minus XX minutes; the familiar "big vent" of oxygen vapor now visible at LC-39A"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-29T06:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: LIFTOFF At 3:14:49am EDT (07:14 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-29T07:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: Cargo Dragon is now poised just XX meters in front of the IDA-2 docking port while flight controllers verify readiness to move in"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-30T14:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: The Cargo Dragon has resumed its approach from Waypoint 2"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-30T14:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-23: CONTACT AND CAPTURE XXX miles above western Australia; at 10:30am EDT (1430 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-30T14:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@Free_Space @NASA Theres no dial-in line"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-08-30T18:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: Standing by for Firefly's maiden launch of its carbon composite Alpha rocket out of Vandenberg SFB; liftoff expected at 9pm EDT (0100 UTC); weather is go; live stream here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T00:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: ABORT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T01:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: Not yet clear what the issue might have been"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T01:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: Firefly tweets "We are GO for a recycle attempt. New T-0 is 01:59 UTC;" that's 9:59pm EDT 6:59pm PDT"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T01:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: Now XX minutes to a 2nd launch try; Firefly appears go for launch at 9:59pm EDT (0159 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T01:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Alpha/Firefly: Here's a screen grab from Tim Dodd's livestream:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T02:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@thesheetztweetz @lorengrush As Tom Hanks said in A League of Their Own: Its supposed to be hard. If it were easy everyone would do it. Hard is what makes it great"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-03T15:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@joroulette @SpcPlcyOnline Yeah she was THE authority on Russian space ops. So glad shes still covering"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-06T01:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-77: Today's EVA has two primary goals: 1) assembly of a support platform on the station's left-side inboard set of arrays for the eventual installation of a 3rd IROSA roll-out solar blanket (1/2)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-12T11:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-77: Mission control reports another XX minutes to go in the modified airlock depress procedure"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-12T11:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-77 (ET: 5h 45m 1800 UTC): The failed floating potential measurement unit has been removed and Pesquet assisted by Hoshide is installing the replacement"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-12T17:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 30/V2-1: LIFTOFF At 11:55:50pm EDT (0355 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-14T03:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 30/V2-1: 1st stage touchdown confirmed; this was the 91st successful booster recovery and the 68th at sea"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-14T04:05Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Crew suit up nearly complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-15T20:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: The crew is strapped in and the seats have rotated up into the launch orientation; before and after:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-15T21:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@planet4589 A lost cause"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-15T23:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: X minutes to launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-16T00:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Deorbit burn complete; nominal burn; the Crew Dragon's nose cap will be closed momentarily and the ship will essentially free fall to the top of the dense lower atmosphere where friction will began to quickly slow the spacecraft; splashdown expected in XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T22:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: The Crew Dragon is out of blackout; standing by for drogue chute deploy"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T23:02Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Drogue chute deploy confirmed We now have realtime video from tracking cameras and the Crew Dragon capsule"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T23:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/I4: Splashdown confirmed At 7:07pm EDT 2307 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-18T23:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Landsat9: Liftoff from Vandenberg SFB is targeted for 2:12pm EDT (11:12am local 1812 UTC); forecasters are predicting a better-than XX percent chance of acceptable weather"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-27T17:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Landsat9: LIFTOFF At 2:12:00pm EDT (1812 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-27T18:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Landsat9: The vehicle is now transonic and through the region of maximum aerodynamic pressure as it climbs out of the thick lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-27T18:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Landsat9: ULA reports nominal 1st stage performance; 2nd stage RL10C engine working normally good trajectory"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-27T18:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: Undocking is planned for 8:21am EDT (1221 UTC); after backing away Novitskiy will guide the ship toward the US segment of the ISS for an out-and-back photo survey of the outpost before moving in for the first Soyuz docking at Nauka"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-28T12:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: Contact and capture at 9:04am EDT (1304 UTC); the Soyuz is now being pulled in for a "hard mate" with the Nauka module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-28T13:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-18/64S: Hooks have been closed firmly securing the Soyuz to the Nauka docking port; after the usual leak checks to verify an airtight structural seal hatches will be opened and the crew will float back into the station; relocation complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-09-28T13:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@wapodavenport It might be the second best sensation there is"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-04T01:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Good morning; we're standing by for launch of a Soyuz 2.1a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-19/65S spacecraft at Site XX at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T08:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: 3rd stage shutdown and Soyuz separation confirmed; solar array deploy on time"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T09:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Shkaplerov reports "we're feeling great everything is working nominally;" the crew is now working through their post-insertion timeline on track for a 2-orbit rendezvous with the ISS and docking at the Rassvet module at 8:12am (1212 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T09:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Range: XX meters; Shkaplerov is taking over manual control because of "ratty data" through the KURS automated rendezvous system; the Soyuz is backing away from station while Shkaplerov tests his rotational hand controller but will resume approach momentarily"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T12:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Shkaplerov is manually guiding the Soyuz spacecraft back in toward the Rassvet docking port; range is less than XX meters"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T12:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-19/65S: Pressure between Rassvet and the Soyuz spacecraft has now equalized; standing by for hatch opening"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-05T14:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Astronauts Butch Wilmore Mike Fincke and Suni Williams all spaceflight veterans will continue working with Boeing and the Starliner team as the company prepares for a second unpiloted test flight and an eventual crew flight test next year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-06T15:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-18: Drogue parachutes unfurled as planned followed by release of the capsule's X main parachutes; the vehicle is descending smoothy toward touchdown"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-13T14:58Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-18: Bill Shatner is welcomed back by Jeff Bezos"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-13T15:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: 2nd stage relight confirmed; this is a planned 6-minute burn to reach the planned Earth-escape velocity"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-16T10:14Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: Lucy separation confirmed The spacecraft is now flying on its own on a trajectory that will carry it back to Earth in 2022 and 2024 for velocity-boosting flybys to pump up its velocity enough to reach the L4 "swarm" of Trojan asteroids"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-16T10:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: After inspecting X main belt asteroid and X in the L4 swarm Lucy will fall back into the inner solar system for a 3rd Earth flyby in 2030 setting up an encounter X years later with an unusual asteroid binary in in the L5 swarm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-16T10:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS18/64S: A spectacular view of the departing Soyuz spacecraft from one of the space station's high-def cameras:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-17T01:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS18/64S: All three crew members are out of the Soyuz and resting in recliners near the descent module; all appear healthy and in good spirits; camera crews are shooting scenes for what will be the end of the movie The Challenge that Peresild stars in"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-17T05:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS18/64S: Peresild Shipenko and Novitskiy are being carried into a medical tent for the usual post-landing checks and to doff their bulky spacesuits; all three will be flown to Karaganda and then on to Star City near Moscow to bring the mission to a close"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-17T05:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: Lori Glaze NASA's planetary science division director says engineers are still assessing telemetry from the Lucy asteroid probe to determine the exact status of a solar wing that telemetry indicates did not fully deploy after launch Saturday (1/4)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-18T19:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: Glaze said the spacecraft can safely adjust its attitude as needed with the unlatched array; but it's not yet clear whether major propulsive maneuvers can be carried out in the current configuration (4/4)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-18T19:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@SciGuySpace How many of the XX in favor live in the Boca Chica area Just saying"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-18T23:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/Lucy: NASA has posted an update on the status of the Lucy asteroid probe's solar arrays:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-27T23:42Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-18/79P: NASA commentator at JSC/Houston reports nominal performance"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-28T00:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@jeff_foust @NASAWatch Do you ever sleep"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-10-30T06:28Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@SpcPlcyOnline Crew-2 hits XXX days on 11/8. Theyre at MET 194d 14h right now"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-04T00:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: NASA is not yet revealing Crew-2's preferred splashdown location but TFRs (temporary flight restrictions) posted on the FAA NOTAMs page indicate a Gulf of Mexico landing zone"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-06T01:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: On the eve of Crew-2's departure from the ISS the outgoing commander ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is handing the lab over to cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov in a traditional change-of-command ceremony; live on NASA TV at 1:35pm EDT (1735 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-06T17:30Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: After an early morning weather assessment NASA/SpaceX managers decided to delay the Crew-2 undocking to Monday because of expected high winds in the Gulf of Mexico landing zone; weather looks weather looks more favorable for a splashdown Monday night"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-07T11:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: The Crew Dragon's hatch was closed at 12:13pm EST (1613 UTC); undocking from Harmony's space-facing port remains targeted for 2:05pm; splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola is on tap at 10:33pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-08T17:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet (seen just below the Crew Dragon cockpit displays in the photo below) has started taking pictures for the photo-survey of the space station; a camera on the front of the Crew Dragon is providing a birds eye view of the ISS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-08T19:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-2: Splashdown At 10:33pm EST (0333 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-09T03:33Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich said a parachute that inflated slower than expected during the Crew-2 descent to splashdown Monday was "in family" with test data and no issue for the Crew-3 mission"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-10T04:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: If launch is delayed the forecast for Thursday drops to 50-50 but the outlook for Friday improves to XX% 'go;' that said it's worth remembering former shuttle launch director Bob Sieck's binary observation about launch odds: in the end it's always 50-50"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-10T17:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: X minutes to launch; Dragon is on internal power; propellant tanks are pressurizing; no known technical issues; weather is 'go'"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T01:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: LIFTOFF At 9:03:31pm EST (0203 UTC Thursday)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T02:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: The first in a series of rendezvous rocket firings has been executed and the astronauts have doffed their pressure suits; crew sleep begins at 6am EST (1000 UTC) Thursday with wakeup on tap at 2pm; docking at the ISS is expected at 7:10pm"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T03:16Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: Kayla Barron and Raja Chari are members of an astronaut class nicknamed the Turtles while Tom Marshburn was a Peacock; the German name gets ESA crewmate Matthias Maurer into the mix"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T10:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: After reaching waypoint X the Crew Dragon will loop up to a point directly ahead of lab - waypoint X - before moving in for docking 6:33pm EST (2333 UTC) at the front end of the forward Harmony module"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T22:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: The view from Crew Dragon"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T23:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: Contact and capture At 6:31pm EST (2331 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-11T23:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Crew-3: Go for hatch open"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-12T01:24Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink L-4: 1st stage entry burn complete; 2nd stage performance remains solid"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-13T12:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"ISS/debris: The Russian defense ministry said in a statement the US "knows for a fact that the fragments did not pose a threat due to the timing of the test and the orbit parameters and will be no threat to space stations satellites or space activies in the future""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-16T21:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SSB/Starship: Elon Musk is scheduled to address the Space Studies Board of the National Academies at 6pm EST (2300 UTC); topic is Starship; live stream here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-17T22:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SSB/Starship: Musk: "The first orbital flight (of Starship) we're hoping to do in January""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-17T23:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SSB/Starship: But most fun part of talk to this listener at least was his take on threats facing humanity the Fermi paradox and the long-term outlook for planet Earth; worth the listen"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-18T00:17Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron/LAFI: 2nd stage engine shutdown 3rd stage and payload separation confirmed; live video from chase copter"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-18T01:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Electron/LAFI: Both Black Sky satellites have been deployed bringing this evening's mission to a successful conclusion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-18T02:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DART: The launch team is go for liquid oxygen loading; cryo tanking begins at T-minus XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-24T05:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DART: Propellant loading started on time; no known issues"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-24T05:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/DART: X minute to 2nd stage engine restart; this is a planned 53-second burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-24T06:48Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz/Prichal: The view from Prichal and the view from the ISS"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-26T15:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz/Prichal: Contact and capture At 10:19am EST (1519 UTC); the Prichal six-port node module has successfully docked with the International Space Station's Russian Nauka multi-purpose lab module (just behind a docked Soyuz in the photo below)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-11-26T15:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 3:43; 9:58am EST): Barron inspecting the failed S-band antenna prior to permanently stowing it on ELC-3 says she's counted at least XX small dings from presumed micrometeoroid impacts; such dings are fairly common on the station's exterior"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T15:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 4:22; 10:37am EST): The newly installed S-band antenna assembly has been powered up and verified working normally able to receive and transmit voice and data; Barron is re-securing thermal insulation over the failed antenna now mounted on ELC-3"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T15:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 4:40; 10:55am EST): With the antenna R & R complete well ahead of schedule flight controllers may ask the Marshburn and Barron to carry out a few lower-priority "get-ahead" tasks before wrapping up today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T15:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 5:20; 11:35am EST): Marshburn is stowing the foot restraint he used to ride on the end of the robot arm during today's antenna replacement work; Barron is breaking torque on bolts holding a P4 solar array power component in place to make future replacement easier"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T16:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-78 (PET 5:57; 12:12pm EST): Marshburn and Barron are headed back to the airlock to wrap up today's spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T17:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"The avoidance maneuver (PDAM) is planned for 2:58am EST (0758 UTC) according to ISS-MCC radio traffic and will alter the station's velocity by XXX meters per second; Heavens-Above says the current time of close approach is at 5:33am (1033 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-02T20:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-3: Standing by for the first BlackSky deploy in XX minutes; meanwhile here's a look at launch from our vantage point"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-03T00:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-3: The 2nd firing of the Falcon 9's 2nd stage vacuum-rated Merlin engine went off without a hitch; good orbit confirmed; 1st BlackSky deploy expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-03T00:15Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: LIFTOFF At 2:38:15am EST (0738 UTC 12:38pm local time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T07:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: NASA MCC commentator Courtney Beasley relaying updates from the Visiting Vehicle Officer says the Soyuz 2.1a rocket is performing smoothly as it climbs out of the dense lower atmosphere directly into the plane of the space station's orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T07:40Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: X minutes into flight and all systems performing normally; Misurkin: "Everything's fine on board. . We're feeling good""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T07:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: The Soyuz MS-20/66S spacecraft will now execute a 4-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station moving in for docking at the space-facing Poisk module at 8:41am EST (1341 UTC); stay tuned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T07:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: Contact and capture Docking confirmed at 8:40am EST (1340 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T13:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: The Soyuz docking probe has retracted hooks and latches have engaged and the spacecraft is now "hard docked" to the Poisk module; hatches won't be opened for another XX minutes or so after extensive leak checks to verify an airtight structural seal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-08T13:49Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/IXPE: 2nd stage engine shutdown; the vehicle will now coast for about XX minutes before a second and final 1-minute engine firing to put the craft in the planned 335-mile-high circular orbit directly above the equator"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-09T06:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/IXPE: 1st stage landing confirmed; touchdown marked SpaceX's 97th successful booster recovery and its 74th at sea"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-09T06:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: Crew: "Check this out. oh my God;" lots of laughter and obvious exhilaration"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T15:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: The New Shepard booster has successfully landed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T15:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: Crew capsule main parachute deploy confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T15:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NS-19: After Strahan enthusiastically described the flight to Bezos the Amazon founder joked "You've gotta pay for the next one""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-11T15:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: Zurbuchen to Spaceflight Now (continuing): Tomorrow were going up there with the ground support equipment and just really (make) sure we can flush out where the issue is. . The way these things work once you find it its easy;" stay tuned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-15T02:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@KristinFisher And what a mission it was STS-51A Satellite rescues with the MMU and Anna Fisher operating the SSRMS. One of the greatest shuttle missions if all time"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-17T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: Isral cautions encapsulation is not yet complete and says confirmation of XX December launch target will come Saturday if the work proceeds as planned; So stay tuned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-18T00:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: Launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-18T12:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: 1st stage engine shutdown and stage 1/2 separation; 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage is now flipping around to target landing on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-18T12:44Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink: 2nd stage engine shutdown; good orbit; Starlink deploy expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-18T12:51Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat5B: The launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-19T03:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat5B: Stage X engine shutdown; the vehicle will now coast for XX minutes before a final 1-minute burn to reach the right position for satellite deploy"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-19T04:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Turksat5B: 2nd stage engine ignition and shutdown; good orbit; Turksat 5B deploy expected in X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-19T04:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: Good evening; we're standing by for the Soyuz MS-20/66S ferry ship to undock from the International Space Station's Poisk module closing out an 11-day 19-hour visit by a veteran cosmonaut and two Japanese space tourists"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-19T23:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: X separation burns complete; next major event is the deorbit rocket firing at 9:18pm; the braking burn will slow the ship by about XXX m/s dropping the far side of the orbit into the discernible atmosphere for re-entry and landing; stay tuned"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-20T00:00Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: Standing by for the Soyuz deorbit burn; this 4m 38s burn will slow the ship by about XXX m/s just enough to set up re-entry and landing in Kazakhstan around 10:13pm EST (0313 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-20T02:07Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Soyuz MS-20/66S: In any case Misurkin Maezawa and Hirano are now out of the spacecraft Roscosmos reports and all three "feel good""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-20T03:53Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: Management poll complete; launch director is go for propellant loading"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T09:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: The weather launch commit criteria are now green across the board"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T09:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CRS-24: X minutes to launch; no known issues"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T10:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: A launch on Christmas Day would be targeted for the same time - 7:20am EST (1220 UTC) - the opening of a 32-minute window; no word yet on what forecasters expect past Friday"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-21T21:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: Good morning and Merry Christmas to one and all; we're standing by for the long-awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope atop a European Ariane X rocket from the ESA-Arianespace launch site in Kourou French Guiana at 7:20am EST (1220 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T08:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: The vehicle is supersonic; now through the region of maximum aerodynamic pressure as it climbs out of the dense lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: The Ariane 5's X strap-on solid-propellant boosters have been jettisoned; the rocket is continuing to accelerate on the power of is cryogenic Vulcain X main engine"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: Vulcain X engine shutdown stage separation and ignition of the HM7-B 2nd stage engine confirmed; this is a planned 16-minute burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Ariane5/JWST: 2nd stage performance and trajectory are normal; no issues reported; XX minutes left in this burn"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2021-12-25T12:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: Good morning; NASA is about to brief reporters on the status of Webb deployments and activation during its 1st week in space; trelecon audio here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-03T16:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-5: 2nd stage engine shutdown about X second after the 1st stage successfully landed; good orbit confirmed; this was SpaceX's 101st successful booster recovery and its 78th at sea; Starlink deploy expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-06T21:59Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: NASA is providing live TV coverage from the Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore Maryland:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-08T14:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter-3: One more statistical note: This will be SpaceX's 2nd F9 launch of the year after a record XX last year its 136th single-core flight and the company's 4th Florida launch targeting a polar orbit"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-13T14:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter-3: Boostback burn complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-13T15:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Transporter-3: The 1st satellite (Unicorn-2E) deploy confirmed; deploys will continue over the next half hour or so"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-13T16:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-6: The vehicle is supersonic now past the region of maximum aerodynamic stress as it arcs away to the northeast on a trajectory inclined XX degrees to the equator"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T02:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-6: 2nd stage engine shutdown on time a few seconds after 1st stage landing; this was SpaceX's 103rd successful booster recovery and it's 79th at sea; Starlink deploys expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T02:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-51: The official start time for today's spacewalk was 7:17am EST (1217 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T12:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-51 (PET: 34m00s 7:51am EST): The cosmonauts are unlimbering the Strela boom to provide a path "down" to the Nauka lab module and the newly arrived Prichal docking compartment where they'll spend most of their time today"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T12:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"NAC/CCP notes: 1st crewed flight likely X months after OFT-2 depending on post-flight analysis"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T15:26Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"RS/EVA-51: Total ISS EVA time through XXX spacewalks now stands at 1555h 37m or XXXX days; Shkaplerov's total through X EVAs stands at 21h 39m while Dubrov's total through X EVAs stands at 29h 49m"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-19T19:37Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@jeff_foust That is correct"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-20T12:55Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@marinakoren I asked PAO for MCC X burn time/duration early this morning. Havent heard a word back nearly X hours later"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-20T18:29Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: A NASA "Science Live" broadcast at 3pm Monday will discuss Webb's arrival at its final destination followed by a media teleconference at 4pm to provide an update on plans for mirror alignment and instrument calibration"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-20T22:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GSSAP 5/6: ULA reports good performance from the RL10C Center engine"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-21T19:08Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"CRS-24: This Dragon delivered 6590 lbs of crew supplies and equipment to the International Space Station on 12/22; it is returning to Earth at the end of a 34-day mission with 4900 lbs of equipment and science samples"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-24T20:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: A launch try Thursday was called off due to low clouds and rain over the Space Coast; there hasn't been any rain this afternoon but fairly heavy cloud cover is present"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-28T22:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: Standing by for an update on the cruise ship. fingers crossed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-30T23:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: Back-to-back launch tries Thursday and Friday were called off due to thick clouds and rain a Saturday try was ruled out because of high winds and a launch try Sunday was scrubbed when a cruise ship strayed into the off-shore danger zone"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-31T22:04Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: For what it's worth one cruise ship is leaving Port Canaveral as we speak with two and possibly three others still there; one hopes none of them "foul the range" tonight"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-01-31T22:11Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/CSG-2: Payload deploy confirmed bringing SpaceX's 4th flight this year to a successful conclusion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-01T00:12Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@wapodavenport Have heard the same"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-01T22:36Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-87: LIFTOFF At 3:27:26pm EST (2027 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-02T20:27Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/NROL-87: 1st stage engine shutdown stage separation confirmed; 2nd stage engine ignition presumed; no details on ascent past this point per NRO guidelines; but 1st stage boostback burn now complete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-02T20:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-7: Propellant loading is underway"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-03T17:39Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@marinakoren We'll it IS. Here's one of mine from the shuttle days"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-04T23:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Astra/ELaNa: Management poll complete; go for launch"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-07T18:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Astra/ELaNa: Abort"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-07T18:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"The company says "the deorbiting satellites pose zero collision risk with other satellites and by design demise burn up upon atmospheric reentry meaning no orbital debris is created and no satellite parts hit the ground""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-09T01:03Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship: Standing by for an update from Elon Musk on Starship plans and Boca Chica operations. Watch here:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-11T01:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship: Musk takes the stage in front of a fully stacked Super Heavy Starship; begins with a familiar theme the need to ensure ways to carry people out into the cosmos "to find out what the heck's going on;" and to make humanity a multi-planet species"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-11T02:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Starship: Musk says he has no guidance yet on FAA and launch licensing prospects; said "rough indication" of possible March approval but nothing concrete"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-11T02:45Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: Marshall Perrin Webb deputy telescope scientist says it will take about a month to complete the mirror alignment process clearing the way for instrument checkout and calibration; he says the team is very close to the pre-launch predicted timeline"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-11T16:18Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-19/80P: Core stage engine shutdown and stage separation confirmed; 3rd stage engine up and running; all systems normal"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-15T04:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-19/80P: The spacecraft is delivering 3704 lbs of dry goods and spare parts XXX lbs of propellant XX lbs of nitrogen and XXX lbs of water; docking at the Poisk module is expected around 2:06am EST (0706 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-17T06:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-19/80P: The Progress has completed a fly around of the station and is now station keeping at a distance of XXX meters lined up on the space-facing Poisk module and awaiting commands to move in for docking"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-17T06:52Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Progress MS-19/80P: Hooks and latches have engaged pulling the Progress in for a "hard mate" atop the space-facing Poisk module; hatches will be opened after leak checks are complete; X visiting vehicles are now docked at the space station as seen in this NASA graphic:"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-17T07:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-17: Good day; we're now X hour to launch of a Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket carrying a Cygnus cargo ship loaded with more than 8k lbs of equipment and supplies bound for the International Space Station"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-19T16:41Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-17: XX minutes to launch; no technical issues under discussion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-19T17:25Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"Antares/NG-17: Cygnus separation confirmed; solar array deploy expected in about an hour and a half NASA says; ISS capture expected Monday 4:35am (0935 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-19T17:50Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@waynehale Thats a sobering factoid"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-21T00:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-8: Launch director is go for propellant loading commencing at 9:09am (1409 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-21T14:09Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-8: Stage X engine shutdown separation 2nd stage engine ignition confirmed; the 1st stage is now heading for landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-21T14:47Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-8: 1st stage landing 2nd stage engine shutdown confirmed; the upper stage will now coast for about XX minutes before a 1-second final firing to complete the ascent"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-21T14:54Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"@jeff_foust No kidding"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T14:31Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-11: The vehicle is supersonic"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T17:13Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-11: 1st stage touchdown confirmed; this was SpaceX's 108th successful booster recovery its 82nd at sea"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T17:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-11: 2nd stage restart. and shutdown; Starlink deploy expected in about X minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-25T18:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/AX-1 (2/4): Lueders: "We are not getting any indications at a working level that our counterparts are not committed to ongoing operation of the International Space Station. We as a team are operating just as we were operating X weeks ago""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-28T17:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/AX-1 (3/4): While NASA continues to study ways to provide reboost and other capabilities "it woule be very difficult for us to be operating on our own" Lueders said. "ISS is an international partnership . with joint dependencies""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-28T17:19Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/AX-1 (4/4): Lueders (continuing): "We are operating peacefully in space now and moving forward. It would be a sad day for international operations if we can't continue to peacefully operate in space. And as a team we are doing that""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-02-28T17:20Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GOES-T: 2nd stage restart confirmed"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-01T22:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"A5/GOES-T: Standing by for Atlas X 2nd stage engine start No. 3"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-02T01:06Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-9: 1st stage entry burn complete; the vehicle is now falling back into the dense lower atmosphere"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-03T14:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-9: 1st stage landing confirmed; 2nd stage engine shutdown on time; good orbit reported; the vehicle will now coast for XX minutes before a short 2nd burn (dT X second)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-03T14:34Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-10: LIFTOFF At 8:45am EST (1345 UTC)"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-09T13:46Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-10: 2nd stage engine shutdown No. 1; good orbit confirmed; successful 1st stage landing also confirmed by SpaceX (no video); this was SpaceX's 84th successful booster recovery at sea and the 110th at overall"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-09T13:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"F9/Starlink 4-10: 2nd stage engine restart expected at L+56m 50s or 9:41:50am EST (1441 UTC); well be standing by"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-09T13:57Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79: ISS astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari are suited up in the Quest airlock preparing for a 6.5-hour spacewalk to install brackets at the base of the lab's right-side inboard solar wing so new roll-out solar array blankets can be installed later this year"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T10:35Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79: For ID Barron call sign EV-1 is wearing a suit with red stripes while Chari EV-2 is wearing an unmarked suit; this will be the 247th ISS EVA the 2nd for Barron and the 1st for Chari; total ISS EVA time going into today's excursion is 1555 hours and XX minutes"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T10:38Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79: The first X IROSAs were installed on the left outboard solar wing - P6 power channels 2B and 4B respectively - during EVAs last June 16/20; brackets to support IROSA blankets on the P4 channel 4A port inboard array were installed during a 9/12 spacewalk"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T12:32Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79 (01:05 PET 9:17am EDT): Barron and Chari are assembling a tripod-like upper bracket assembly at the base of the space station's S4 channel 3A solar wing; the assembly is going well and pretty much per the timeline"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T13:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79 (4:30 PET 12:42pm EDT): Barron and Chari now XX minutes ahead of schedule have tied back insulation on a BCDU on the P6 solar array truss segment; they're now going to break torque on bolts holding X other BCDUs in place to facilitate future work"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T16:43Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79 (6:45 PET 2:57pm EDT): Barron and Chari are back in the Quest airlock"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T18:56Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"US EVA-79: In a recent interview with CBS News Kelly said "I think it's great. What's the saying records are made to be broken And that means we're doing things better than we did it before. So yeah congratulations to him.""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-15T19:22Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST: Erin Wolf Webb prog. mgr at Ball Aerospace says the optics are "working better than our most optimistic predicts;" Lee Feinberg optical element mgr at Goddard says "we're getting very close to the point where we can turn this amazing (telescope) over to the community""
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-16T16:21Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"JWST (1/2): Irene Klotz/Av Week asked Webb briefers if the Ukraine invasion might impact any Russian science participation in the Webb project and separately asked science chief Zurbuchen about possible impacts to NASA science projects in general"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-16T17:10Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements
"SLS/Artemis 1: For the record NASA test engineer says 5:47pm (2147 UTC) for first motion"
X Link @cbs_spacenews 2022-03-17T22:01Z 14.9K followers, XX engagements