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Here’s a Better Use for Fighter Jets: Launching Satellites
For decades, the human race has been deploying satellites into orbit. And in all that time, the method has remained…
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Space Weather Storm Monitoring Satellite Blasts off for Deep Space on SpaceX Rocket
After a 17 year long wait, a new American mission to monitor intense solar storms and warn of impeding space…
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NOAA/NASA/USAF Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Launching Feb. 8 to Monitor Solar Winds
The long awaited Deep Space Climate Observatory, or DSCOVR science satellite is slated to blast off atop a SpaceX Falcon…
Most Powerful Atlas V Delivers a Most Spectacular Nighttime Sky Show Launch for US Navy
Blastoff of ULA Atlas V rocket lofting MUOS-3 to orbit for the US Navy from Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:04…
Having a Rough Winter? Here it is … From Space
Yes, its been a snowy, icy winter in parts of the US, Canada and Europe and these satellite images look…
New Mission: DSCOVR Satellite will Monitor the Solar Wind
Solar wind - that is, the stream of charged electrons and protons that are released from the upper atmosphere of…
Photo Shoot Captures Classified Spy Satellite Engine Burn
Remember at the end of "Star Trek: First Contact" when Lily looks up to see the Enterprise enter the temporal…
Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft to Make Second Attempt to Enter Orbit of Venus in December 2015
Back in 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the The Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" with the intention of…
Amazing Imagery Captures Plummeting Chinese Rocket Seen by Villagers
Amazing images of falling rocket debris from a spent Chinese booster were captured in the final moments of its plummet…
Holiday Lights So Bright You Can See ’em from Space
Call it holiday light creep. A NASA satellite has been tracking the spread of Christmas lighting from 512 miles up…