Category: News
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The Consequences of Our Inactions
The Consequences of Our Inactions By Dr. Tim G Williams The world today is too small for nations to resort to petty squabbles that have always had reverberating consequences for their nations populations. In fact they have had drastic after effects for the whole world. The United States is not alone in exasperating…
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NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Next Cargo Launch
NASA commercial cargo launch provider SpaceX is targeting 5:06 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 21, to launch its 24th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment…
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NASA Awards Marshall Engineering Support Contract
NASA has awarded the Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support (METTS) III contract to RSi-QuantiTech JV LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide a wide range of engineering technicians and trade skills, as well as professional and management oversight of the technical staff at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Michoud…
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Starlink: WATCH LIVE: TURKSAT 5B MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, December 18 for launch of the Turksat 5B mission to geostationary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 90-minute launch window opens at 10:58 p.m. EST, or 3:58 UTC on December 19, and a backup opportunity is available on Sunday, December 19…
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NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to View Webb Telescope Launch
NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope. Webb is targeted to launch at 7:20 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 24, on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern…
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Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. The agency’s international partners will…
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Sikorsky S-97 RAIDER takes flight at Redstone Arsenal (video)
FOX54 News Huntsville The one-of-a-kind Sikorsky S-97 Raider helicopter is part of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program. STORY: https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article…
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Growing list of Hertz Customers say they were wrongfully arrested for rental theft… (video)
CBS Mornings A realtor, a cleaning service operator and even a NASA employee have all now filed claims against Hertz, saying a simple rental turned into their worst nightmare. Some of those incidents were caught on video. Anna Werner reports. Each weekday morning, “CBS Mornings” co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson bring you…
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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!
December 13, 2021 It’s that time of the year again! Time for the Geminid Meteor Shower that peaks tonight. The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid with a “rock comet” orbit. This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this…
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NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. NASA will negotiate with Axiom on a mission order agreement for the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) targeted to launch between fall 2022 and late spring 2023. Ax-2 will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for…