ATV-4 Successfully Docks to ISS
June 15, 2013: The European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), known as “Albert Einstein,” successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning despite anomalies sustained by both ATV and ISS during the rendezvous. The ATV was launched [...]
Odyssey Engineers On Award Winning Software Development Team
May 31, 2013: The NASA JSC Software Awards Selection Committee has chosen the Partition Level Application Test for Orion (PLATO) development team for the 2013 JSC Exceptional Software Award. PLATO is a software tool developed by NASA ER6 with a [...]
Family Fun Day with the Astros
April 21, 2013: Odyssey employees and their families gathered at Minute Maid Park on Sunday, April 21, 2013 to watch the Houston Astros battle the Cleveland Indians. It was a beautiful day at the ball park to root for the [...]
Dragon Resupply Mission Concludes Successfully
March 26, 2013: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, concluding the second of twelve cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) that Dragon will fly as part of the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract [...]
Dragon CRS-2 Mission Reaches ISS
March 3, 2013: SpaceX's Dragon automated re-supply spacecraft successfully launched on its third flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 1, 2013. Upon separation from the launch vehicle, Dragon suffered a significant propulsion system anomaly that affected it [...]
SpaceX Ready to Launch Third Dragon Mission to ISS
February 28, 2013: On March 1, 2013, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will launch on its third flight to the International Space Station (ISS). This flight, called CRS-2, is the second Dragon cargo resupply mission to ISS under SpaceX's Commercial Resupply Services [...]