Category: Space and Tech
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Blue Origin Completes Third Human Spaceflight (video)
Blue Origin today successfully completed the third human spaceflight – the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest included, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. Blue Origin safely completes third human spaceflight http://tnc.network/science/
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Blue Origin safely completes third human spaceflight
Blue Origin today successfully completed the third human spaceflight – the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest included, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. “We had a great flight today. This was our sixth flight in what has been a great year for…
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WATCH LIVE!!! NEW SHEPARD MISSION NS-19 WEBCAST
Blue Origin will conduct its third human spaceflight on Saturday, December 11, the first with six astronauts on board. The astronaut manifest includes, Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess. Live launch coverage begins T-90 minutes, AT 7:15 AM CST/ 6:15 AM MST. Follow @BlueOrigin on Twitter for launch…
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NS-19 is Go for Launch
After successful completion of the Flight Readiness Evaluation this morning, the mission operations team has given the “Go” to proceed to launch tomorrow. Liftoff of New Shepard is slated for 8:45 am CST / 14:45 UTC. Weather for the launch is currently favorable. Today, lead flight director Steve Lanius sat down with webcast host and…
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NASA Selects Education Projects to Help Broaden STEM Participation
NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors. The projects all received Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Awards. Designation as a community anchor recognizes an institution as a…
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NASA Launches New Mission to Explore Universe’s Most Dramatic Objects
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the IXPE observatory is NASA’s first mission dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from the most extreme and…
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New Shepard NS-19 Launch Delayed Until Saturday
Due to forecasted winds on Thursday, December 9 and Friday, December 10, the New Shepard launch team has made the call to delay the launch of NS-19 to Saturday, December 11. Liftoff from Launch Site One is targeted for 8:45am CST / 14:45 UTC. The team has completed Flight Readiness Review and confirmed the…
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NASA’s Laser Communications Tech, Science Experiment Safely in Space
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The payloads launched aboard the Space Test Program Satellite-6 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in…
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NASA Selects New Astronaut Recruits to Train for Future Missions
NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the United States and work for humanity’s benefit in space. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced the members of the 2021 astronaut class, the first new class in four years, during a Monday, Dec. 6 event at…
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NASA to Highlight New Science Findings, Missions During AGU Meeting
NASA researchers and colleagues from around the world will present the latest findings on a range of Earth and space science topics at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, being held virtually and in New Orleans from Monday, Dec.13, through Friday, Dec. 17. Topics of discussion include upcoming NASA Earth science launches…