ATV Program Concludes with Successful End of ATV-5 Mission
February 15, 2015: The European Space Agency’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), known as “Georges Lemaitre”, completed its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) today, marking the successful end to ESA's ATV program. The ATV was [...]
Dragon CRS-5 Mission Success!
February 11, 2015: Early this morning, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft wrapped up the fifth of its twelve Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Odyssey engineers supported from the Johnson Space Center Mission Control Complex as [...]
Dragon CRS-5 Successfully Reaches ISS
January 12, 2015: SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, on the fifth of twelve planned missions under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. After a nominal launch from Cape Canaveral on [...]
Odyssey Contributes to Successful Orion EFT-1 Mission
December 5, 2014: The Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft has completed its first test flight, known as Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1). Orion was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Delta-4 Heavy on a trajectory that took it approximately 3600 miles [...]
Dragon CRS-4 Mission Successfully Completed!
October 25, 2014: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has completed the fourth of its twelve Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Odyssey engineers supported from the Johnson Space Center Mission Control Complex as release and departure [...]
Successful Dragon CRS-4 Rendezvous
September 23, 2014: SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft has successfully rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS), carrying hundreds of kilograms of supplies and experiments including a 3D printer and live rodent "mousetronauts", the first living mammals to be launched on [...]