Posts Tagged ‘Launch’
Wallops Launch Leaves A Glow In The Sky
People across Delmarva were captivated by a glow in the sky Wednesday evening. As it turns out, it was the result of a launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia Eastern Shore. A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket was launched for the Department of Defense. The mission is to “study ionization in space just…
Read MoreWallops Launched Spacecraft Now Headed to the ISS
After 2 days of weather delays, the resupply mission to the International Space Station left the Wallops Flight Facility just after 4 this morning.聽 The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and science to the International Space Station.聽 Included in the 2300 pounds of 聽science and research – a聽test of the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Delayed Again – ISS Resupply Launch from Wallops Postponed to Saturday AM
UPDATED 11-15-18 – Delayed again.聽 The launch of Northrop Grumman鈥檚 Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft is now targeted for 4:01am Saturday, NovEMBER 17, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA鈥檚 Wallops Flight Facility. NASA TV will provide launch聽 coverage with commentary聽online聽beginning at 3:30 a.m. ================================================= Thursday morning鈥檚 launch of the Antares rocket from the…
Read MoreHeaded to the International Space Station – from Virginia
7400 pounds of science, supplies and hardware is on its way to the International Space Station.聽 An Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies lifted off from the Wallops Flight Facility at 4:44 this morning.聽 Cygnus will dock with the ISS Thursday morning and remain there until July 15.
Read MoreASPIRE Launch from Wallops Successful
NASA had a successful launch Saturday morning.聽 ASPIRE is the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment and NASA was testing a parachute for possible future missions to Mars. The parachute payload was deployed by a suborbital sounding rocket to an altitude of about 32 miles, then splashed-down in the Atlantic off Wallops Island where data…
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