Tag: cape canaveral
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SpaceX Rocket Successfully Launches Its First Commercial Satellite
from reuters.com: An unmanned Falcon 9 rocket developed by Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, blasted off on Tuesday to put its first commercial satellite into orbit, staking a potentially game-changing claim in a global industry worth nearly $190 billion a year. The 22-story rocket lifted off from its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air…
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NASA’s MAVEN Mars Probe Roars Into Orbit
from theregister.co.uk: Scientists and engineers at the agency and Lockheed Martin have spent the last five years building the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft (MAVEN), a 2.5-ton orbital platform that will probe what remains of the Red Planet’s atmosphere to work out how Mars lived, and how we can live on it – as…
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NRO Launches US Spy Satellite On Secret Mission
The Chantilly, Va.-based NRO manages the design, construction and operation of the United States’ network of intelligence-gathering spy satellites. ULA officials broadcast the initial liftoff of the Atlas 5 rocket and spy satellite live via satellite and webcast, but cut off the video stream several minutes after launch due to the classified nature of the…
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Successful Liftoff for NASA ‘Grail’ Spacecraft
After multiple delays, including one earlier in the day, NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday morning…
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final shuttle sts-135 set to launch 11:26a et, friday
Who said people have lost interest in space? The final Shuttle mission STS-135 (promo poster pictured), with as many as a million spectators congregating along flight path from launch pad 39A, shows an intense interest to witness this historic event! The launch of Atlantis set for 11:26a ET Friday, is threatened by a rain delay.…
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SDO Video of Solar Flare in Super Hi-Def
On February 24, 2011, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft captured magnificent stream of images, at 24 second intervals, to make a nearly flawless 17 second video here.