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. The Cygnus spacecraft is carrying 7,400 pounds of crew supplies, hardware and science to the International Space Station. Included in the 2300 pounds of science and research – a test of the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Delayed Again – ISS Resupply Launch from Wallops Postponed to Saturday AM
UPDATED 11-15-18 – Delayed again. The launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft is now targeted for 4:01am Saturday, NovEMBER 17, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. NASA TV will provide launch coverage with commentary online beginning at 3:30 a.m. ================================================= Thursday morning’s launch of the Antares rocket from the…
Read MoreHeaded to the International Space Station – from Virginia
ASPIRE Launch from Wallops Successful
NASA had a successful launch Saturday morning. 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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