On June 17, 2012, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle rolled out with the telecommunications satellite Sirius-5. Sirius-5 will provide full range of telecommunications services to countries in Europe, the Baltics, and Africa. The launch, scheduled for June 19, was postponed due to technical problems. Proton-M lifted off from Baikonur on July 9, 2012.
Credit: Roscosmos
Active region AR1515 has been strobing with C- and M- class solar flares. Watch the solar flares recorded on July 5-6, 2012.
Credit: NASA SDO
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A second generation Meteosat weather satellite was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on board an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Ariane 5 lifted off on July 5, 2012. ESA has developed the series of weather satellites in close cooperation with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Eumetsat.
Credit: ESA/Arianespace
Expedition 31 Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, and ESA Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, undocked from the International Space Station and landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan.
Credit: NASA/Roscosmos
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SpaceX performed a full mission duration firing test of the Merlin 1D engine. The test took place at SpaceX\’s facilities in McGregor, Texas.
Credit: SpaceX
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