Orbital Sciences Ready for Historic Cygnus Demo Mission
September 17, 2013: On September 18, 2013, Orbital Sciences will launch their Cygnus cargo resupply vehicle on its maiden voyage to the International Space Station (ISS) via an Antares rocket. The flight, named G. David Low in memory of the [...]
Successful End to HTV-4 Mission
September 7, 2013: Today the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced completion of the destructive re-entry of the fourth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), named Kounotori-4, bringing to an end its nearly month-long mission. After a successful attached operations phase, HTV-4 [...]
HTV Captured by ISS
August 9, 2013: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched their fourth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-4) from Tanegashima Space Center on August 3, 2013 at 14:48:46 GMT. After successfully completing phasing, the HTV-4 was given the “GO” to fly under [...]
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 [...]