Tag: NASA
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Another Close Flyby of an Asteroid on February 22!
1999 VF22 is a cruise-ship-sized space rock that astronomers say will safely pass Earth on February 22, 2022. The space rock will be making its closest approach in more than 100 years, which will be at 2:54 a.m. EST (07:54 UTC) on February 22. The asteroid will pass us at a distance of 3.3 million miles…
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NASA TV to Air NOAA’s GOES-T Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA will provide coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next weather observing and environmental monitoring system satellite. Currently known as GOES-T, this is the third satellite in NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R series. GOES-T is scheduled to launch at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday,…
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Colorado Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from Colorado will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:35 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 18, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Raja Chari will answer prerecorded video questions from students in grades nine through…
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NASA Advisory Council Welcomes New Members, Sets 2022 Goals
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday he appointed new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), which provides leadership counsel and advice on a variety of important and complex agency programs and topics. Retired Gen. Lester Lyles will continue to chair the NAC and its more than 50 members appointed across the council and five committees…
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NASA Sets Coverage, Opens Virtual Experience for Next Cargo Launch
NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 12:40 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 19, for the launch of the company’s 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Live launch coverage will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website, as well as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and NASA’s App, beginning…
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NASA Television to Cover Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station. Coverage will begin at 11 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 14. Launch of the unpiloted Russian Progress 80 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is…
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NASA Statement on Meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Poland
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski’s visit Friday, Feb. 4, to NASA Headquarters in Washington: “It was a pleasure to welcome U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski to NASA last week. “Poland is a valued partner and ally, and as recent signatory of the…
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NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet Earth
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Just one part of…
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NASA Awards Challenge Prizes to Startup Companies
NASA has awarded $90,000 each to seven entrepreneurial startup companies under its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program. The awards will advance new technology concepts ranging from novel materials with properties not found in nature to innovative technologies that will enable small satellite (SmallSat) science missions. The following companies were selected as winners of the Entrepreneur’s Challenge: Morpheus Space…
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Landsat 9 Goes to Work
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. This current satellite is the ninth in the Landsat program, which…