India lofts 104 satellites to set single-launch record
In a record-breaking flight, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully orbited the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series satellite along with 103 …
Posts in category Earth
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February 4, 2015 Bulawa sisters are sending an experimental garden to ISS
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October 16, 2014 Deep Space Network: Finding the signal for 50 years
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October 16, 2014 Spaceport America: A convergence of ideas and events
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October 9, 2014 SSEP: Sending student experiments to the ISS
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July 11, 2014 Project Morpheus: Flying a test bed for future landers
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Delta IV Heavy launches with classified payload
The largest and most powerful American rocket currently flying, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy, lifted off from Launch Complex 37 …
Stuck on Mars: Comparing Mars analog simulations to ‘The Martian’
I’ve never been stuck on Mars, or any other planets save for this one. But I have had a chance to …
DSCOVR sees the Earth like never before
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the Sun, as it crosses between …
Troubleshooting with a ‘dead’ astronaut
I was an electronic technician for Grumman Aircraft Co. from 1964 through 1978. One of my duties was to operate the …
Celebrating Mars New Year
The town of Mars, Pennsylvania and NASA marked the Martian New Year with a three-day celebration in the small western Pennsylvania …
