By Ben Evans, on December 10th, 2020
It’s been a long wait, but the roar of @ULALaunch #MajesticDelta echoed across the Space Coast Thursday night, delivering #NROL44 to orbit for @NatReconOfc. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 8th, 2020
@ULALaunch is counting down to Thursday’s scheduled launch of snakebitten #MajesticDelta & long-delayed #NROL44 for @NatReconOfc. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 13th, 2020
@ULALaunch #MightyAtlas successfully launches #NROL101 mission for @NatReconOfc. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 5th, 2020
@ULALaunch & @NatReconOfc will wait until NET 6 Nov to launch #NROL101 mission. But the weather outlook heading into the weekend does not look promising. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 3rd, 2020
@ULALaunch will wait until Wednesday at 5:54 p.m. EST to launch @NatReconOfc #NROL101 mission, due to Environmental Control System (ECS) flow-rate reduction issue. Vehicle and payload remain healthy, ULA reports. […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 25th, 2020
Series of three images showing that the sample collector head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. They also reveal that some particles are escaping into space since the sampler’s mylar flap lid (the black bulge on the left inside the ring) is […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 21st, 2020
Artist’s illustration of OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample from Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
History was made yesterday as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx became the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully retrieve a sample of rock and dust from an asteroid, which will be later returned to Earth.
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By Ben Evans, on October 17th, 2020
@SpaceX plans 2 #Starlink missions on Monday & Wednesday, as @ULALaunch #NROL44 is delayed indefinitely. […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on October 14th, 2020
Artist’s illustration of OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample from Bennu on Oct. 20, 2020. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
In less than a couple weeks from now, on Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will become the space agency’s first mission to obtain samples from an asteroid – Bennu – that will then be returned to […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 30th, 2020
@ULALaunch scrubs #NROL44, as #MajesticDelta aims for 11:54 p.m. EDT Wed, as @SpaceX aims for 2 #Falcon9 missions & @NorthropGrumman readies #Antares for #NG14. […]
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