Monthly Archives: May 2014

HELOOOO BEAUTIFUL! ELON MUSK UNVEILS SPACEX’S DRAGON V2.

HELOOOO BEAUTIFUL! ELON MUSK UNVEILS SPACEX’S DRAGON V2. Image Credit & Copyright: SpaceX. CLICK image for larger view and look below for information and related links. SpaceX DragonV2 Unveiling w’ Elon Musk: SpaceX DragonV2 Flight Animation: Thursday night at SpaceX’s … Continue reading

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MORPHEUS LANDER FREEFLIGHT 14 (FF14) & NIGHTFLIGHT 1

MORPHEUS LANDER FREEFLIGHT 14 (FF14) & NIGHTFLIGHT 1 The Morpheus/ALHAT team successfully completed Free Flight 14 (FF14) at the KSC SLF on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, Bravo’s 12th and ALHAT’s 5th free flight — and the first ever night flight. … Continue reading

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VIDEO OF WEDNESDAYS LAUNCH OF SOYUZ TMA13M/EXPEDITION 40 LAUNCH

VIDEO OF WEDNESDAYS LAUNCH OF SOYUZ TMA13M/EXPEDITION 40 LAUNCH Here’s the NASAtv broadcast of Wednesday’s launch of TMA-13M (ISS39S) or Expedition 40 with Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst (Germany) to begin their 6 … Continue reading

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ESO’S LASILLA OBSERVATORY CAPTURES NGC 3572 LIKE NEVER BEFORE

ESO’S LASILLA OBSERVATORY CAPTURES NGC 3572 LIKE NEVER BEFORE Image Credit & Copyright: ESO Photo Ambassador Giacomo Beccari. CLICK image for huge view and look below for information and related links. This is NGC 3572; it was discovered by John … Continue reading

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EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO) NIGHTS

EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO) NIGHTS Image Credit & Copyright: ESO Photo Ambassador, Babak Tafreshi. CLICK image for HUGE view and look below for information and related links. WOW! That’s the initial thought that came to mind the instant I viewed … Continue reading

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CHANDRA & SPITZER TEAM UP TO CAPTURE STAR FORMATION IN CEPHEUS B

CHANDRA & SPITZER TEAM UP TO CAPTURE STAR FORMATION IN CEPHEUS B Image Credit & Copyright: X-ray (NASA/CXC/PSU/K. Getman et al.); IR (NASA/JPL-Caltech/CfA/J. Wang et al.). CLICK image for larger view and look below for great information and all related … Continue reading

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LAUNCH OF JAXA’S H-IIA ROCKET WITH ALOS 2

LAUNCH OF JAXA’S H-IIA ROCKET WITH ALOS 2 Here’s the launch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) H-IIA rocket designated F-24 with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS-2) satellite. Launch took place on May 24, 2014 at 0305 UTC … Continue reading

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LAUNCH OF ULA ATLAS V-401 AND NROL 33

LAUNCH OF ULA ATLAS V-401 AND NROL 33 Here’s the launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V-401 rocket that occurred on May 22, 2014 at 0909 EDT (1309 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41. This mission … Continue reading

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MORPHEUS LANDER COMPLETES FREE FLIGHT 13 (FF13)

The Morpheus/ALHAT team completed Free Flight 13 (FF13) at the KSC SLF on Thursday, May 22, 2014. This was Bravo’s 11th and ALHAT’s 4th free flight; the 1st with ALHAT running in closed-loop mode. For this test initial data indicated … Continue reading

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NASA’S GLOBAL SELFIE MOSAIC

NASA’S GLOBAL SELFIE MOSAIC Image Credit & Copyright: NASA. CLICK image for larger view and look below for information and links. Were you part of the NASA Earth Day outreach program on April 22 called the Global Selfie Day 2014? … Continue reading

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