Tag: NASA
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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…
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Video: Delta 2/SMAP pre-launch news conference
NASA, United Launch Alliance and Air Force officials hold the pre-launch news conference for the Delta 2 rocket with the agency’s SMAP environmental satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 27.
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All systems ‘go’ for Delta 2 rocket launch of SMAP
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — The SMAP observatory to map soil moisture distribution from 426 miles in space and its workhorse booster have been cleared for launch Thursday morning from California. The Launch Readiness Review occurred today to verify that SMAP and United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket are standing in perfect shape for blastoff…
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NASA gets budget hike in spending bill passed by Congress
Artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Dragon V2 crew capsule, one of two commercial vehicles contracted by NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX NASA will receive $18 billion in the federal government’s 2015 budget passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, winning nearly all the funds the agency says it…
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NASA Administrator speaks about Orion test flight
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark about the upcoming test flight of the Orion space capsule on the EFT-1 mission.
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Josh Byerly shares his experiences on being a voice for NASA
Former NASA Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Josh Byerly has talked openly about the public and private process of providing live, continuous, and accurate commentary of high-pressure moments in the world of space flight, bridging the gap between the technicalities of NASA operations and missions by translating them to the legions of followers around the world.…
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NuSTAR discovers brilliant ‘mighty mouse’ pulsar
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION A rare and mighty pulsar (pink) can be seen at the center of the galaxy Messier 82 in this new multi-wavelength portrait. NASA’s NuSTAR mission discovered the “pulse” of the pulsar — a type of dead star — using is high-energy X-ray vision. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A…
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NASA clears commercial crew contractors to resume work
Artist’s concept of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule approaching the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Boeing Boeing Co. and SpaceX, selected by NASA last month to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, can resume development of their human-rated spacecraft after officials ordered a work stoppage prompted by a protest by Sierra Nevada Corp., the company left…
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X-37B space planes to move into shuttle hangars
An X-37B space plane sits on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after landing on its second mission in June 2012. Credit: Boeing Boeing engineers are outfitting two decommissioned space shuttle hangars at the Kennedy Space Center for the U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane, NASA announced Wednesday. The announcement in a…
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Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad
The Delta IV Heavy rocket is lifted to the vertical position at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA/KSC. The booster rocket that will launch NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. United Launch Alliance’s triple-body Delta…