by admin | Jun 3, 2020 | All space related, Launch, PRESS RELEASES
Today is the day SpaceX is targeting to launch. On Wednesday, June 3 at 9:25 p.m. EDT, 1:25 UTC on June 4, SpaceX plans to launch the eighth batch of Starlink satellites. A Falcon 9 liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
by admin | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Uncategorized
Apollo 15 Hammer and Feather drop test Credit NASA Imagine two objects. We connect one light object and one heavier object to each other by a string. Climb to the top of a tower with these two objects. It is a calm, sunny day with little wind. Once you reach the top,...
by admin | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies, Stuff in Orbit
Japan launched its last ISS resupply mission with the HTV. For the ISS, this week looks very busy. An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut used a Canadian robotic arm to capture a Japanese spacecraft. JAXA launched the HTV-9 mission to resupply the...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms Giant surges of solar particles that erupt off of the Sun – as depicted in this illustration. Understanding how such storms affect interplanetary space can help protect spacecraft and...
by admin | Feb 26, 2020 | PRESS RELEASES, Space Agencies, Stuff in Orbit
PRESS RELEASE 20-020 NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record By Bill D'Zio February 26, 2020 Earth’s outgoing longwave, or heat, radiation shown here as the average from 2000 to 2015 were measured by the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy...
