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Tag: ULA
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How to Watch Boeing’s Crew Flight Test of Starliner
6/3/24 Update: Teams have announced a new launch time for Boeing’s Starliner Crew Flight Test of 9:52 am CDT on June 5th, 2024. New dates and times are reflected below. 5/31/24 Update: The launch of Boeing’s Starliner CFT is now scheduled for NET Saturday, June 1st at 11:25 am CDT. New dates and times are…
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Photos: Boeing Starliner Successfully Launches to the International Space Station
After a stuck thruster valve delayed the launch of the Boeing Starliner capsule in August 2021, the spacecraft successfully lifted off this past Thursday to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the OFT-2 mission. Following the successful launch Starliner then autonomously docked to the ISS Friday afternoon. Starliner is carrying about 500 pounds…
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Boeing's Starliner is Ready for Launch: How to Watch OFT-2
Boeing and NASA are ready to launch the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station for Orbital Flight Test-2. The OFT-2 mission is meant to demonstrate the spacecraft’s ability to support crewed missions to the Space Station as part of NASA’s commercial crew program. Launch is scheduled for liftoff at 5:54pm CT on Thursday, May…
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Photos: GOES-T Launches from Cape Canaveral
A ULA Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-T weather satellite to orbit for NOAA and NASA from Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 1, 2022. These photos capture the launch and pre-launch activities. A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T weather satellite for NASA and NOAA launches to orbit from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, March…
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GOES-T Launches to Orbit for NOAA and NASA
An Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-T weather satellite to space from Cape Canaveral at 3:38 pm CST today March 1st, 2022. The satellite is currently traveling through space on its way to orbit, which is about a three and a half hour mission after launch. Following the successful launch by ULA and NASA’s Launch…
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NOAA’s Next Weather Satellite is Ready for Liftoff: How to Watch the GOES-T Launch
NOAA is ready to launch the next weather satellite in its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites- R Series, called GOES-T to orbit. The GOES-T satellite is launching on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 1st, 2022 at 3:38 p.m. CST. NASA will provide live launch coverage beginning…
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NASA Ready to Explore the Trojan Asteroids: How to Watch the NASA Lucy Mission
NASA is ready to launch a 12 year mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids in order to learn more about the formation of our Solar System. The Lucy spacecraft is set to launch on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 16th, 2021 at 4:34 a.m. CDT.…
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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…
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OSIRIS-REx Explained: NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA is launching the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to the asteroid Bennu in order to analyze Bennu’s surface before returning to Earth with asteroid regolith. The seven-year mission will be the most significant space sample return since the Apollo missions returned with lunar samples. OSIRIS-REx is integral to learning more about the origins of our solar system,…
