Boeing Starliner Rolls Out for EFT-1

Bill Jelen

November 21, 2019

Filtered by Month: November 2019

In the pre-dawn hours of November 21, 2019, the first Boeing Starliner capsule rolled out from C3PF towards Launch Complex 41 to be stacked atop an Atlas V N-2-2 rocket in advance of a planned December 17, 2019 liftoff.

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Sierra Nevada's Shooting Star test cargo module on display at Kennedy Space Center.  Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

Sierra Nevada Corporation Shows Off "Shooting Star" Cargo Module at KSC

Shooting Star is a 15-foot cargo module that attaches aft of the Dream Chaser. It will transport cargo to the ISS and then burn up on re-entry to the Earth, allowing it to be used for ISS trash disposal.

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On a brilliantly blue morning in Virginia, the Cygnus cargo freighter begins its 2-day journey to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

Northrop Grumman debuts Antares 230+ launch vehicle on NG-12 mission

The morning calm of Chincoteague Island and the surrounding Eastern Shore of Virginia was briefly interrupted by a powerful rocket launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on November 2, 2019. Correspondent Will Smoot provides a first-hand account of launch viewing from Tom's Cove.

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Northrop Grumman's Cyngus spacecraft receives late-load cargo less than 24 hours prior to the launch of the NG-12 mission.  Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

What's on board NG-12?

A day prior to the scheduled launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares 230+ rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, NASA presents a briefing on the various payloads traveling to the International Space Station.

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