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Mostly Your Knees: Remembering STS-9, OTD in 1983
OTD in 1983, Columbia launched Spacelab-1, a precursor for today’s @Space_Station. And STS-9 CDR John Young’s knees were knocking all the way uphill. More
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in SpaceSpaceX Launches Sentinel-6A on U.S./European Ocean-Monitoring Mission
More than a year since the roar of powerful Merlin 1D+ engines last rolled across the West Coast of the United States, a brand-new Falcon 9 booster took flight from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., early Saturday to deliver the long-awaited Sentinel-6A ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit. Named in honor of […] More
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in SpaceGood Falcon 9 Test Fire at Vandenberg Sets Stage for NASA/ESA Sentinel-6A Launch Nov 21
SpaceX conducted a successful Static Test Fire today of the Falcon 9 rocket tasked with launching NASA and ESA’s latest Earth observing science satellte, Sentinel-6A, paving the way for a launch attempt from Vandenberg AFB in southern California on Nov 21 at 9:17 a.m. PST from Space Launch Complex 4E. The rocket will also attempt […] More
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‘Never So Much Time’: Remembering STS-41 and Ulysses, 30 Years On
OTD in 1990, Space Shuttle Discovery launched @NASA & @ESA #Ulysses mission to explore the poles of the #Sun. After 30yrs, AmericaSpace looks back on this dramatic mission. More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, JPL, ESA, Space Exploration, ULA, Sun, Technology, Comets, Solar System, Research, space weather, Parker Solar Probe, Solar OrbiterNASA/ESA’s Solar Orbiter Spots ‘Campfires’ on Sun in New and Closest Images Ever Taken
Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between NASA and ESA to study the Sun in unprecedented detail, has just returned the closest images of our local star ever taken, and they are amazing. The images, and other data, were sent back after the spacecraft’s first close flyby of the Sun in mid-June. The images were released […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Kennedy Space Center, ESA, JWST, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Exploration, Kepler, Discovery, astronomy, space shuttle, Technology, Exoplanets, Saturn, Neptune, Voyager, black holes, habitability, Galaxies, galaxy clusters, Universe, dark energyCelebrating Hubble’s 30th Anniversary… and Looking Beyond to the Next 30 Years
April 24 marked the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which has given humanity some of the most awe-inspiring images of the cosmos ever taken. Hubble has revealed sights never seen before, and new views of old favourites, including planets, stars, nebulas, galaxies and black holes. More
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in SpaceSolar Orbiter Launches to the Sun, Kicking Off Ambitious 2020 Manifest for ULA
Rocket launches out of Cape Canaveral, whilst not necessarily an everyday sight, do tend to have a measure of regularity about them. But Sunday night’s spectacular 11:03 p.m. EST launch of Solar Orbiter—a European Space Agency (ESA)-led mission which will venture nearer to the Sun than ever before, achieve higher heliographic latitudes and even “hover” over portions of our […] More
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Weather 90% GO for Solar Orbiter Launch to the Sun Tonight from Florida, Watch Live
More than two decades since it was first conceived as a logical “next step” from the hugely successful Ulysses and Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) missions, Europe’s Solar Orbiter finally stands atop an Atlas V booster on Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., ready to fly at 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday, […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, Kennedy Space Center, ESA, Atlas V, Space Exploration, Sun, European Space Agency, Technology, Solar System, Research, space weather, Parker Solar ProbeMeet Solar Orbiter, Launching to the Sun for Europe and NASA in Feb 2020
We’ve been hearing a lot about NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP), which has been making close flybys of the Sun to learn more about how our star evolved and behaves. But now, another mission is getting ready to follow in its footsteps – Solar Orbiter. Both spacecraft / missions will even work together, to unravel […] More
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in News, NASA, Space, Science, ESA, James Webb Space Telescope, Space Exploration, Kepler, Technology, ExoplanetsNASA Joins ESA’s ‘ARIEL’ Mission to Study Atmospheres of Hot Exoplanets
Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered so far – just over 4,000 now actually – with thousands more expected to be found in the near future. But these worlds are very far away, so it is a difficult task to determine just what they are actually like. But now, NASA is contributing an instrument to […] More
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in News, NASA, Mars, Space, Science, ESA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, Space Exploration, Astrobiology, Mars Express, Solar System, ResearchCuriosity Detects Large Methane Burst on Mars, NASA Orders Follow-Up Testing
It seems that Mars is belching methane again. NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a new burst of the gas, it was reported today in the New York Times. The new detection of the gas – which can come from either biology or geology – happened last Wednesday. More
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From Jupiter to the Universe: First Science Targets Chosen For James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may not be launching until 2019, but the first targets for the powerful new observatory have already been chosen, including Jupiter, organic molecules in star-forming clouds and baby galaxies in the distant Universe. JWST is the long-awaited “successor” to the Hubble Space Telescope and will provide unprecedented new views of […] More
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