Category: Space and Tech
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NASA Announces New James Webb Space Telescope Target Launch Date
NASA now is targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, due to impacts from the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as technical challenges. This decision is based on a recently completed schedule risk assessment of the remaining integration and test activities prior to…
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WATCH NOW: Space Force to Launch 4 secret satellites
Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur IV rocket will launch a classified payload (NRO spy satellites) for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). It will lift off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) Pad 0B on Wallops Island, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Program is providing…
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NASA, ESA to Release First Images from Solar Orbiter Mission
In mid-June, Solar Orbiter made its first close pass of the Sun following its Feb. 9 launch, turning on all 10 of its instruments together for the first time.
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NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection
NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection standards. The SETI Institute will work with NASA’s Office of Planetary Protection (OPP) to provide technical reviews and recommendations, validate biological cleanliness on flight projects,…
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WATCH LIVE: STARLINK MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, July 11 at 10:54 a.m. EDT, 14:54 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…
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A Day in the Life of the Deep Space Network
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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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.
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Meet 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.
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What’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…
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SpaceX 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…