On Oct. 8, 2015, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket soared into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:49 a.m. PDT (8:49 a.m. EDT)…Read More » to deliver the classified NROL-55 satellite into orbit. The mission, ULA’s 101st rocket launch, also delivered 13 tiny cubesats into orbit for the NRO and NASA. […]
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US Spy Satellite Launches Into Space Along with 13 Tiny Cubesats
An American spy satellite and 13 tiny “cubesats” shared a rocket ride to orbit this morning, lighting up the predawn sky over their California launchpad. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off today (Oct. 8) from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:49 a.m. EDT (0949 GMT; 8:49 a.m. local California time), lofting […]
Blast-Off! US Spysat and Cubesats Launch Aboard Atlas V Rocket | Video
The United Launch Alliance rocket launched the NROL-55 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Oct. 8th, 2015 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 13 NRO’s GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesats also flew to orbit on the rocket. Credit: NASA To source
Astronaut brains as beacons for researchers
How astronauts adapt to the stresses of living in space is helping researchers to pinpoint the causes of common disorders on Earth. From the brain’s point of view, living in space is very stressful. The signals from an astronaut’s body in space go haywire as they float in weightlessness. The inner ear reports that it […]
Earth from Space
Join us Friday, 9 October, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-1A image of the Azore Islands in Portugal To source
How did you do that?
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: NASA astronaut Terry Virst demonstrates how he took ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s picture in space To source
Astronauts Are Stars in New Art Posters Launched on Kickstarter
Eighteen astronauts star in the first of new limited edition poster series from uniphi space agency and Chop Shop.Credit: uniphi space agency A talent agency that represents former NASA astronauts is launching a unique take on its clients’ spacesuited portraits, collaborating with a popular artist to produce a new illustrated poster series featuring the space […]
Supercharged Auroras May Be Visible Across Northern US Tonight
This aurora forecast by the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center shows the expected northern lights activity for Oct. 7, 2015 during a geomagnetic storm. The storm could make auroras visible as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon, according to an SWPC alert.Credit: Space Weather Prediction Center/NOAA Editor’s update for 6:20 pm ET: The Space […]
US Spysat Launch Early Thursday to Carry Fleet of Tiny Cubesats: Watch Live
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-55 payload heads toward the launch pad at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of a planned Oct. 8, 2015 launch.Credit: ULA An American spy satellite will blast off early Thursday morning (Oct. 8), taking 13 tiny “cubesats” along for the ride, and you can watch all the action live. […]
For Stargazers' Delight, Uranus and Neptune: The Most Distant Planets
The planet Uranus will be at opposition on Oct. 11, 2015. This Starry Night Software sky map shows the location of Uranus, as well as Neptune, at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 as seen in the southern sky from mid-northern latitudes.Credit: Starry Night Software It’s officially autumn, and time once again to seek out […]
The Moon Goes Visiting: Bright Views in This Week's Early Morning Sky
If you’re delighted by the ever-changing sky, here are some of its brightest inhabitants to watch for this week just before dawn. Just before dawn, you’ll be able to view four bright planets. And now that October is here, and the days are getting shorter for those of us in the northern hemisphere, the sun […]
These Mysterious Blazing-Fast Ripples Racing Around a Star Defy Explanation
Scientists were looking for planets forming in the large disk of dust surrounding a young star when they encountered a surprise: fast-moving, wavelike arches racing across the disk like ripples in water. The team first spotted the five structures in data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile while searching for lumps […]
Surprising Ripples Blast Through Star's Dust Disk | Video
Just 32 light-years from us, a star called AU Microscopii violently flares much more strongly than our Sun. The Hubble Space Telescope and Very Large Telescope have now picked up 5 distinct “fast-moving wave-like” arches in the flattened cloud of gas surrounding the star. (Full Story) Credit: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Christoph Malin (christophmalin.com) and […]