The Soyuz spacecraft and booster on the pad and being prepared for launch, March 28th. Image Credit: RSC Energia
Bound for the International Space Station, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams are scheduled for liftoff this evening at 9:30 p.m. EST, departing the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew will launch aboard […]

Not much of a surprise, but NASA has announced that the next liftoff of the Shuttle (STS-121, Discovery) will not take place before July 1 at the earliest due to unresolved technical issues. The original launch window targeted May 10 - May 22nd.

Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station.
Image credit: NASA (STS-114, 28 July […]

Wow. What an image:

Image Credit: NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — From between lightning masts surrounding the launch pad, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky aboard an Atlas V rocket spewing flames and smoke. Liftoff was on time at 2 p.m. EST from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. […]

Image credit: NASA/KSC
Success! NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a fast-moving Atlas V rocket. It’s headed for a distant rendezvous with the mysterious planet Pluto almost a decade from now.
The third time was the charm for New Horizons. Two consecutive launch attempts earlier in the week […]

Ugh. The New Horizons launch has been delayed an additional day according to this latest bit from NASA:
Next Launch Attempt: Thursday, Jan. 19
Today’s planned launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been delayed for at least one more day. The Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, which operates the spacecraft and […]

Bummer:
No-Go for New Horizons
Today’s planned launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been scrubbed due to excessive ground winds at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch managers extended the countdown several times, hoping the upper level and ground winds would die down, but the winds surpassed limits during the […]

Image Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI)
New Horizons is in full flight configuration and on schedule for liftoff tomorrow, 17 January 2006, with the opening of primary launch window coming at 13:24:00 EST. See my previous article for more details about this exciting mission.
New Horizons Update
On Tuesday, Jan. 17, at […]