Following a day in the life of the Deep Space Network; the coder to the scientist to the ACE to the spacecraft and back again.
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Category: Science
The Next Starlink Mission
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 8 at 11:59 a.m. EDT, for launching the tenth Starlink mission, including 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky.
Read MoreMeet the NASA team who will map Psyche’s elemental composition
Meet the team designing and building the Psyche mission’s gamma ray and neutron spectrometer. This instrument on the spacecraft will detect, measure, and map Psyche’s elemental composition.
Read MoreWhat’s Up: July 2020 Skywatching Tips from NASA
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory What are some skywatching highlights you can see in July 2020? Enjoy the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn with their moons, stay up late to spot Mars rising. Plus: what would you see stargazing on the Red Planet? Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video,…
Read MoreSpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 GPS III Space Vehicle 03
On Tuesday, June 30th at 4:10 p.m. ET, 20:10 UTC, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully lifted off, carrying the Space Force’s GPS III Space Vehicle 03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the…
Read MoreNASA Plans for More SLS Rocket Boosters to Launch Artemis Moon Missions
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights
Read MoreUPDATE: STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX is standing down from today’s launch in order to allow additional time for pre-launch checkouts in advance of its tenth Starlink mission. Falcon 9 and its payloads, 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky, a Spaceflight customer, remain healthy. SpaceX teams are evaluating the next earliest launch opportunity and will announce a new target date once confirmed on the Range. Falcon…
Read MoreNASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates to Discuss Upcoming Spaceflight
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will discuss her upcoming second mission to the International Space Station, along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, during a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 1, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and on the…
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Friday, June 26 at 4:18 p.m. EDT, 20:18 UTC, for launch of its tenth Starlink mission, which will include 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky, a Spaceflight customer. Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission…
Read MoreNASA and HeroX Launch Lunar Loo Challenge to Find Way for Astronauts to Poop on the Moon
One Small Step for Man/Woman, One Lunar Poop for Humanity: NASA Seeks Innovative Lunar Toilet
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