Upcoming Launches April 5, 2007
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Of the seven launch vehicles mentioned below, three have experienced terminal failures in the past twelve months. This is just a reminder that what these people do is difficult, and success cannot be taken for granted.
April 7 – ISS Expedition 15 launches in a Soyuz-TMA From Baikonur Cosmodrome. The crew includes Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov, and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi.
April 19 – Bigelow Aerospace will launch Genesis II, their second subscale inflatable demonstrator aboard a dnepr rocket from ISC Kosmotras Space and Missile Complex near Yasny, Russia.
April 28 – UP Aerospace’s SpaceLoft will carry commercial and student payloads, including the remains of Gordon Cooper and James Doohan on a suborbital flight from New Mexico’s Space Port. This will be their second attempt after their launch failure in January.
Also in April, Armadillo Aerospace plans several test flights of Pixel, their Lunar Lander Challenge vehicle. The flights will take place at the Oklahoma Space Port.
In May or June, Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-117 should lift off From Cape Canaveral. The flight will flesh out the space station with the addition of new solar arrays.
SpaceX has two more launches scheduled for this year from their facility on Omelek Island in the Kwajalein Atoll. The first could be as early as August and will carry TacSat 1, a US military demonstrator. Their second flight, in the fourth quarter, will carry a Malaysian communications satellite.
After their last launch ended in a launch pad explosion, Sea Launch is repairing their floating facility and plans to be ready for their next launch in October.
Calendar of events November 14, 2006
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December 17. STS-116 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle mission will deliver the P5 truss segment, and the SPACEHAB logistics module. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams will join the Expedition 14 crew, while Tomas Reiter will return with the shuttle.
2007
January 12. Launch of SpaceX’s second Falcon 1 booster.
February. International Space University’s 11th Annual Symposium. This year’s focus will be “Why the Moon?” and will explore technical, scientific, and commercial reasons for lunar missions.
March. Expedition 15’s Commander Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Dr. Oleg V. Kotov ar scheduled to launch in their Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
March 15. Expedition 14 Commander Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Tyurin are scheduled to return from the ISS to the Steps of Kazakstan aboard their Soyuz, while Flight Engineer Williams remains on board with Expedition 15.
March 16. Shuttle assembly flight STS-117 will carry S3/4 truss segment with solar arrays to the ISS.
May 5. ESA’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle will be launched towards the ISS on an Ariane 5 booster.
June 28. Shuttle assembly flight STS-118 will carry external stowage platform and related hardware to the ISS. Flight Engineer Clayton C. Anderson will remain aboard the ISS and Sunita Williams will return with the Shuttle.
September 7. Shuttle assembly flight STS-120 will carry Node 2 to the ISS.
September 22. Shuttle flight STS-122 is scheduled to carry ESA’s Columbus lab module to the ISS. Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani will remain on the ISS and Clayton C. Andrews will return with the Shuttle.
December 12. Shuttle flight STS-123 is scheduled to carry JAXA’s (Japan’s space administration) Kibo pressurized experiment logistics module to the ISS.
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Upcoming Events October 19, 2006
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October 18-21. Xprize Cup ’06 will be held in New Mexico. It will feature the second annual Space Elevator Challenge and premier the Lunar Lander Challenge, and Vertical Rocket Challenge.
October 20-22. 6th European Mars Society Conference
December 14. STS-116 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle mission will deliver the P5 truss segment, and the SPACEHAB logistics module. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams will join the Expedition 14 crew, while Tomas Reiter will return with the shuttle.
2007
February. International Space University’s 11th Annual Symposium. This year’s focus will be “Why the Moon?” and will explore technical, scientific, and commercial reasons for lunar missions.
March. Expedition 15’s Commander Fyodor N. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Dr. Oleg V. Kotov ar scheduled to launch in their Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
March 15. Expedition 14 Commander Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Tyurin are scheduled to return from the ISS to the Steps of Kazakstan aboard their Soyuz, while Flight Engineer Williams remains on board with Expedition 15.
March 16. Shuttle assembly flight STS-117 will carry S3/4 truss segment with solar arrays to the ISS.
May 5. ESA’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle will be launched towards the ISS on an Ariane 5 booster.
June 28. Shuttle assembly flight STS-118 will carry external stowage platform and related hardware to the ISS. Flight Engineer Clayton C. Anderson will remain aboard the ISS and Sunita Williams will return with the Shuttle.
September 7. Shuttle assembly flight STS-120 will carry Node 2 to the ISS.
September 22. Shuttle flight STS-122 is scheduled to carry ESA’s Columbus lab module to the ISS. Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani will remain on the ISS and Clayton C. Andrews will return with the Shuttle.
December 12. Shuttle flight STS-123 is scheduled to carry JAXA’s (Japan’s space administration) Kibo pressurized experiment logistics module to the ISS.
If you would like to add something to the schedule, please email sabletowerATgmail.com
Upcoming Events October 2, 2006
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October 4, 1 p.m. – NASA Science Update – NASA TV
October 16, 1 p.m. – Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter News Conference – NASA TV
October 18, 4:30 p.m. – Exploration Update – NASA TV
October 18-21. Xprize Cup ’06 will be held in New Mexico. It will feature the second annual Space Elevator Challenge and premier the Lunar Lander Challenge, and Vertical Rocket Challenge.
October 20-22. 6th European Mars Society Conference
December 14. STS-116 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle mission will deliver the P5 truss segment, and the SPACEHAB logistics module. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams will join the Expedition 14 crew, while Tomas Reiter will return with the shuttle.
2007
February. International Space University’s 11th Annual Symposium. This year’s focus will be “Why the Moon?” and will explore technical, scientific, and commercial reasons for lunar missions.
March. Expedition 15 is scheduled to launch in their Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
March 15. Expedition 14 Commander Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Tyurin are scheduled to return from the ISS to the Steps of Kazakstan aboard their Soyuz, while Flight Engineer Williams remains on board with Expedition 15.
If you would like to add something to the schedule, please email sabletowerATgmail.com
Upcoming Events September 22, 2006
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September 25. New Mexico Spaceport’s first launch. UP Aerospace will launch its unmanned suborbital SpaceLoft XL.
September 28. Expedition 14 Commander Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams will return from the ISS along with Spaceflight Participant (tourist) Anousheh Ansari aboard their Soyuz.
October 18-21. Xprize Cup ’06 will be held in New Mexico. It will feature the second annual Space Elevator Challenge and premier the Lunar Lander Challenge, and Vertical Rocket Challenge.
December 14. STS-116 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle mission will deliver the P5 truss segment, and the SPACEHAB logistics module. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams will join the Expedition 14 crew, while Tomas Reiter will return with the shuttle.
March. Expedition 15 is scheduled to launch in their Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
March 15. Expedition 14 Commander Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Tyurin are scheduled to return from the ISS to the Steps of Kazakstan aboard their Soyuz, while Flight Engineer Williams remains on board with Expedition 15.
