Tag: weather
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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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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for crucial GOES-R satellite launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — In the span of two weeks, United Launch Alliance technicians performed the basic buildup of the Atlas 5 rocket and then mated the advanced GOES-R weather satellite that will be hauled into space on Saturday. On Monday, Oct. 24, the Common Core Booster first stage was brought from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations…
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Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5
File photo of Atlas 5. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket into space is expected at Cape Canaveral on Saturday when an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to fly. The United Launch Alliance booster will carry the GOES-R weather satellite into orbit for NASA and NOAA, advancing the…
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Hurricane Matthew passes by Cape Canaveral coastline
Updated at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Credit: National Weather Service Hurricane Matthew slammed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, home to multiple launch pads and spacecraft assembly facilities, with wind gusts of more than 100 mph early Friday, but there were no immediate reports of significant damage at the spaceport as officials assessed the storm’s impact…
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Hurricane Matthew forecast track prompts precautions at the Cape
Forecast track from the 45th Space Wing’s Weather Squadron. As Hurricane Matthew churns ever closer to the United States, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have begun preparations for possible impacts from the storm. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today, KSC went to Hurricane Condition 3 alert status. HURCON…
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Hurricane Matthew forecast track prompts precautions at the Cape
Forecast track from the 45th Space Wing’s Weather Squadron. As Hurricane Matthew churns ever closer to the United States, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have begun preparations for possible impacts from the storm. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today, KSC went to Hurricane Condition 3 alert status. HURCON…
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Weather forecast favorable for Atlas 5 to launch NASA asteroid probe Thursday
File photo of Atlas 5. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Prognosticators are predicting favorable weather conditions to launch an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday and send NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its interplanetary journey to interrogate an asteroid and collect a surface sample for return to Earth. The Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron at Cape…
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Sophisticated new U.S. weather observatory being readied for launch
The GOES R weather satellite folded up for launch. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — On the cusp of advancing U.S. weather forecasting, a powerful new satellite was shipped from its Denver factory to the Cape today in preparation for launch in November. The first-of-its-kind observatory dubbed GOES R was flown aboard an Air Force…
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UW researchers trace a connection between the moon and the rain
Readings from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, shown in this artist’s conception, provided evidence to support a link between lunar tides and rainfall patterns. (Credit: NASA) When the moon is high in the sky, its gravitational pull warps the atmosphere enough to reduce rainfall ever so slightly. At least that’s the conclusion that researchers from…
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Hurricane Joaquin eyed from space station
Credit: NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station spied powerful Hurricane Joaquin spinning in the Bahamas in a spectacular photo showing the eye of the storm Friday. The cyclone was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph when the picture was taken early Friday, according to NASA. As of 12 p.m.…