Tag: NASA
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NASA launches new video on next era for Kennedy Space Center
Photo via YouTube Today, NASA released a video showing how it’s “retooling for the future” by remaking the Kennedy Space Center into a “multi-user space port.” The goal? By modernizing and subletting parts of America’s iconic space center they want to make Kennedy the “world’s premier space port,” and the top launch spot for most…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on March 12 has completed its basic build up at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility. The spacecraft will fly in formation for the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission to gain new insights into the connections…
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Photos: Final batch of SMAP launch shots aboard Delta 2 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA’s SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein / United Launch Alliance “We had a terrific ride into space aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta 2 vehicle. They deposited…
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Atlas 5 rocket assembly starts for NASA launch in March
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Atlas rocket to launch four formation-flying spacecraft for NASA in March began to take shape Wednesday at the assembly building adjacent to the Complex 41 pad. The United Launch Alliance-made rocket will haul the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, satellites into orbit to study magnetic field explosions. Liftoff is targeted for…
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NASA outlines FY 2016 budget request
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden delivers remarks at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Gianni Woods The Obama administration’s fiscal 2016 budget includes $18.5 billion for NASA — a half-billion-dollar increase — that continues development of a new mega-rocket and capsule for deep space exploration and significantly boosts…
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Photos: Gallery of Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA’s SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Photo
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Video: Highlights of weekend’s Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance flight highlights reel for the Delta 2 rocket and NASA’s SMAP observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch camera replays provide these different angles of the Delta 2 rocket launching with SMAP.
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Photos: Delta 2 rocket blasts off with SMAP satellite
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 was launched Saturday at 6:22 a.m.local time with NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
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Camera aboard Delta 2 rocket watches SMAP begin life in orbit
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — A video camera mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket beamed back remarkable views of NASA’s SMAP spacecraft being deployed into orbit and opening its solar panels Saturday. “I guess most people saw that wonderful spacecraft separation video that we had that was transmitted back to us from…
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Full story: Delta 2 rises to occasion with SMAP observatory
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — The ever-dependable Delta 2 rocket continued its flawless service to NASA and Earth sciences today with the launch of a $916 million environmental probe focused on producing global maps of soil moisture from space. “The SMAP project is absolutely thrilled to be catching a ride to space on the Delta…