We Report Space

October 3, 2020

Will Smoot

Northrop Grumman's fourteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission lifts off from Wallops Island, delivering close to 8,000 pounds of supplies, experiments and consumables to the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches the 20th Dragon mission to the International Space Station on March 6, 2020. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

SpaceX Recovers 50th Falcon 9 First Stage During Successful CRS-20 Launch

NASA SpaceX

March 8, 2020

Bill Jelen

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SpaceX delivers their final first-generation Dragon spacecraft to station, closing out a NASA contract which began in 2008.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket leaves a fiery trail as it departs SLC-40, bearing the Dragon spacecraft and CRS-19 mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

CIMON, the AI-powered Robot Among Cargo on SpaceX CRS-19 Launch

NASA SpaceX

December 5, 2019

Bill Jelen

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SpaceX successfully launched 5,700 pounds of science experiments towards the ISS at 12:29 PM on December 5, 2019.

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

Sierra Nevada

November 19, 2019

Bill Jelen

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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.

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

NASA Northrop Grumman

November 2, 2019

Will Smoot

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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.