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What are sounding rockets? NASA launch from New Mexico studies sun's mysterious chromosphere
A smaller 60-foot-tall NASA spacecraft known as a sounding rocket launched from New Mexico to study the sun's mysterious chromosphere and its corona.
SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch on NASA satellite mission: Will it be visible in Arizona sky?
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from California on a TRACERS satellite mission for NASA. What time is liftoff, and will ...
Is there a rocket launch today? SpaceX Falcon 9 to carry NASA twin satellites to orbit
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Vandenberg in California on a NASA mission. Where are some spots to watch liftoff? Will there be a sonic boom?
California rocket launch schedule: Here's what's due to launch in July from Vandenberg
Three more rocket launches could be commencing in the week ahead from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California.
NASA’s TRACERS set to chase solar storms from space – Launch scheduled for July 22
The TRACERS mission will study how the solar wind, the continuous stream of ionized particles escaping the Sun and pouring ...
On Apollo 11 lunar landing anniversary, we look at future missions to the moon
July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo ...
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2 new NASA satellites will track space weather to help keep us safe from solar storms
A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they ...
Children at Sylmar Library don’t just read books, they ‘adventure’ to planet Mars
Children at the Sylmar Branch Library were captivated by David Lehman, a volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System ambassador who knows ...
U of I professor leads NASA mission sending satellites to space
NASA is getting ready to launch twin satellites for a study on the sun's energy, and a University of Iowa professor is ...
NASA is launching a rocket from New Mexico: Here’s the mission
NASA will launch a sounding rocket Friday, July 18 from New Mexico near the Texas border. Here's what to know about the ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, the Johns Hopkins APL-built Parker Solar Probe captured stunning ...
Blue Origin lines up NASA's Mars-bound mission for next New Glenn launch
Blue Origin's first launch of its New Glenn rocket was supposed to send up a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA, but ...