Cygnus OA-4 Mission Complete!
February 20, 2016: The Orbital ATK Cygnus has successfully completed the OA-4 mission, its fourth flight under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract to conduct cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Odyssey engineers supported from the Johnson Space [...]
Successful Return to ISS for Cygnus!
December 9, 2015: After a long wait due to launch vehicle anomalies, Orbital ATK's unmanned Cygnus spacecraft successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning! This is the fourth of the planned cargo missions under the Commercial Resupply Services [...]
HTV-5 Successfully completes Its Mission
September 29, 2015: Today the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced completion of the destructive re-entry of the fifth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), named Kounotori-5, bringing to an end its mission. Odyssey engineers supported from the Johnson Space Center Mission [...]
Odyssey Engineer Guest Lectures at West Point
September 16, 2015: Odyssey employee and Air Force Reservist Blair Thompson was recently invited to guest lecture at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. During his multi-day visit, Blair lectured on GPS navigation fundamentals to cadets, faculty, [...]
HTV-5 Successfully Reaches ISS!
August 24, 2015: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning, its fifth such cargo mission. After a nominal launch from Tanegashima, Japan on August 19, HTV reached [...]
Odyssey Engineer Guest Lectures in Canberra, Australia
August 6, 2015: Blair Thompson, an Odyssey senior research engineer, is also a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and is currently the Vice Commandant of the Reserve National Security Space Institute (RNSSI) at Peterson Air Force Base, [...]