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NASA Sent A Bunch Of Stuff to Space While You Were Asleep
NASA Sent A Bunch Of Stuff to Space While You Were Asleep

NASA hired a private launch company to send almost 7,400 pounds to the space station in the dead of night.

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“This is an actual picture, not a rendering.” #starship
From #ElonMusk’s Twitter: “Starship test vehicle under assembly will look similar to this illustration when finished. Operational Starships would obv have windows, etc.” 😍 #spacex #starship #space
SpaceX’s Dragon resupply vessel sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket, ready to launch food, supplies, and experiments to the International Space Station this afternoon. Tune into www.spacex.com/webcast for today’s 1:16pm EST launch. #spacex #space #stationresupply #dragoncargocraft #falcon9 #stem #science #rocketlaunch
Welcome to Mars, InSight! Congratulations @NASA and the whole InSight team!
@NASA’s Parker #SolarProbe launches tonight! Or, early tomorrow morning, if you want to get technical. Crack open a redbull. You’ll want to stay up for this one. Liftoff: August 11, 3:33am Rocket: @ULAlaunch’s Delta Heavy Launchpad: SLC-37B
NASA Commercial Crew Program Test Flight Assignments Boeing Starliner: -Eric Boe -Chris Ferguson -Nicole Mann SpaceX Crew Dragon: -Bob Behnken -Doug Hurley First Mission Crews Boeing Starliner: -John Cassada -Suni William SpaceX Crew Dragon: -Victor Glover -Mike Hopkins
NASA Commercial Crew Program Test Flight Assignments Boeing Starliner: -Eric Boe -Chris Ferguson -Nicole Mann SpaceX Crew Dragon: -Bob Behnken -Doug Hurley First Mission Crews Boeing Starliner: -John Cassada -Suni William SpaceX Crew Dragon: -Victor Glover -Mike Hopkins
Go Antares! Go Cygnus! @Orbital_ATK successfully launched its Antares rocket this morning at 4:44am EDT, sending the Cygnus cargo spacecraft en route to rendezvous with the @ISS for @NASA’s Commercial Resupply contract. Congratulations on a successful launch! #orbitalatk #cygnus #rocketlaunch #oa9 #crs #wallops #nasa #space #stationresupply
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket stands ready for Monday morning’s 4:39am EDT liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft en route to the International Space Station with 7,400 pounds of science and supplies, in support of NASA’s Commercial Resupply mission contract. Picture taken by @JoshDinner. People for scale. #orbitalatk #cygnus #rocketlaunch #oa9 #crs #wallops #nasa #space #stationresupply
Media was given a tour today of the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Flight Facility, ahead of the Orbital ATK Antares rocket launch tomorrow morning. It’s here they fit the first and second stages together, and the Cygnus cargo spacecraft is mated to the rocket. The OA-9 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station launches Monday morning at 4:39am EDT. #orbitalatk #cygnus #rocketlaunch #oa9 #crs #wallops #nasa #space #stationresupply