Cosmic Chicago
Chicago's Independent Space News Outlet
Category: Mission Update
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GOES Satellite Shows New Year's Day Snow From Space
The New Year’s Day 2022 snowfall was the first widespread snowfall event for the area this winter season. Snow totals topped out at just over 6 inches in some areas. But snow in January is nothing new to the area. What is interesting about this event, and others over the years is that the snow…
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SpaceX Inspiration4 Mission Completes Successful Trip to Space
After a beautiful launch to orbit and an exciting splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, the crew of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 has successfully completed the first all civilian mission to space. SpaceX sent the crew of Inspiration4 on a three day mission orbiting the Earth, without any professional astronauts to command the mission or pilot the Dragon…
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NASA Astronaut Drew Feustel Photographs Racetracks from International Space Station
NASA Astronaut Drew Feustel has spent his time on the International Space Station connecting with motorsports racing fans by capturing a unique perspective of racetracks. Feustel launched to space for the third time as part of the Expedition 55/56 crew, where he will work and live aboard ISS for a six-month mission. From IndyCar to…
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Photos: OSIRIS-REx Launch to Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to an asteroid launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 8, 2016. As part of the mission, the spacecraft will collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu before sending the capsule of material back to Earth. NASA scientists, launch managers, and spacecraft engineers gathered at Kennedy Space Center to witness the launch…
