NASA spacecraft begins trek out of our solar system
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 18, 2012
A NASA spacecraft is speeding out and away from our solar system and will make the first leap into interstellar space at any moment according to scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.Voyager 1′s exit will begin giving astrophysicists new data accounts of life outside the solar system.The planetary satellite was launched nearly 34 [...]
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Europe’s ATV-3 spacecraft set to deliver large cargo load to ISS
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 7, 2012
Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-3 (ATV-3) spacecraft is all set to deliver a large load of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), providing a welcome boost of crew supplies, replacement hardware and scientific equipment aboard the orbital outpost following last year’s retirement of the Space Shuttle and launch failure of a Russian Progress spacecraft. ATV-3 [...]
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Venerable Voyager 2 Spacecraft Gets a Tune-up 14 billion Kilometers From Earth
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 17, 2011
Artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Every mechanic loves to tinker with a machine to give it optimum operating efficiency. But this latest engineering feat involving the Voyager 2 spacecraft wins the prize for longest distance tune-up. Akin to servicing an old car to increase gas mileage, engineers at JPL sent commands [...]
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Russian engineers battling to restore stricken Fobos-Grunt spacecraft
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 12, 2011
Despite several valiant attempts, Russian experts are still unable to command the Fobos-Grunt spacecraft back to nominal operations – which is required for it to carry out two critical burns to head to its Phobos destination. The spacecraft is expected to wander around in Low Earth Orbit for some time, although controllers only have two [...]
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NASA…Deeper Exploration (Spacecraft)
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 17, 2011
[SatNews] The design of a new, heavy-lift rocket and a new crew capsule has been selected… Satnews.com — Worldwide Satellite News
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NASA Spacecraft Sees Wind-Whipped Fires in East Texas
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 13, 2011
As most of Texas continues to experience the worst one-year drought on record, more than 170 wildfires have erupted across the Lone Star State so far this month alone. The Texas Forest Service reports the past week’s blazes have charred more than 135,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. Strong, gusty winds on the [...]
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Delta II launches with moon-bound GRAIL spacecraft
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 11, 2011
The Delta II rocket has launched on its 150th flight on Saturday, departing from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17 for the final time on the second of two launch opportunities – at 9:08am Eastern (13:08 UTC). The rocket is carrying NASA’s two GRAIL spacecraft, which will be used to study the Moon’s gravitational field. [...]
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NASA spacecraft to begin five year voyage to Jupiter Friday
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 1, 2011
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will reach Jupiter in 2016. (NASA)A NASA spacecraft will begin a 1700 million mile voyage on Friday from America’s Space Coast as it travels to our solar system’s largest and most complex planet.NASA’s Juno spacecraft will study Jupiter’s atmosphere for moisture and map it’s magnetic fields and much more during it’s one [...]
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Atlas V 551 launches new NASA spacecraft to Jupiter
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 19, 2011
Launch of a ULA Atlas V 551 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS today at 12:25:01 pm EDT. SpaceLaunch News: Up to the Minute
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NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 5, 2011
Observations from NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars. “NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, “and it reaffirms Mars as an important future destination for human exploration.” Dark, [...]
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