Tag: NASA
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NASA’s mission to snag asteroid faces questions amid Trump transition
In this artist’s conception, two astronauts make their way between their Orion capsule and a piece of an asteroid that’s been captured by a robotic spacecraft. (NASA via YouTube) House Republicans are voicing renewed doubts about NASA’s plan to have astronauts study a piece of an asteroid – a turn of events that was expected for…
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How cloud computing boosts NASA’s quest to explore the final frontier
An open-source cloud computing project, known as OpenStack, was developed by NASA and Rackspace Inc. to standardize the data on NASA websites. (NASA Photo) When one of NASA’s top geeks talks to the cloud-computing geeks at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference, you can bet the talk is not going to be just about outer space.…
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Photos: America’s 100th EELV blasts off
The 100th flight of America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program — a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket — departed Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening carrying the most advanced U.S. weather satellite ever made. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See earlier GOES-R coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: GOES-R departs Earth atop Atlas 5 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes 2.4 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and four solid-fuel boosters at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT) Saturday to launch the GOES-R weather observer for NASA and NOAA from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See earlier GOES-R…
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Atlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in history
CAPE CANAVERAL — Revolutionizing the way American meteorologists see the weather, likened to the advancement from black and white television to modern high definition TV, a new observatory was successfully launched Saturday by an Atlas 5 rocket to serve as the linchpin to forecasting what tomorrow will bring. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observer
Launching the high-tech GOES-R satellite to revolutionize U.S. weather forecasting, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT). Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier GOES-R coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Doubleheader in space! Trio arrives at space station, weather satellite lifts off
An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending the GOES-R weather satellite into space. (United Launch Alliance Photo) NASA and its space partners juggled an arrival and a departure today: First, three new crew members docked with the International Space Station to begin a months-long stay in orbit. Then…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with GOES-R aboard
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with four strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 to deliver the GOES-R weather satellite into space. Liftoff is planned for Saturday at 5:42 p.m. EST (2242 GMT). The rocket was wheeled out aboard…
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Video: Atlas 5/GOES-R pre-launch news conference
Preview the deployment of the advanced GOES-R weather satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in the pre-launch news conference held at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Nov. 17. Briefing participants are: * Stephen Volz, assistant administrator for satellite and information services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Greg Mandt, GOES-R…
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Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad
The Atlas 5 rocket with GOES-R was rolled out this morning. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad this morning for a vital mission…