Showing posts with label Space shuttle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space shuttle. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Marking 35 Years Since the First 'Great Observatory' Launched into Space...

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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Reaches Orbit (News Release) On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard space shu...
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Remembering Jimmy Carter's Contribution to Space Exploration...

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NASA NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to President Carter (Press Release) The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nel...
Friday, October 11, 2024

The Latest Update on the Orbital Test Vehicle...

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Boeing Boeing-built X-37B Begins Advanced Space Maneuvering (News Release - October 10) - 10 months into its 7th mission, the Orbital...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

On This Day in 1989: Voyager 2 Visits the Blue Giant in Our Outer Solar System...

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NASA / JPL - Caltech It was 35 years ago today that NASA's Voyager 2 robotic probe—sailing through space since its launch from Cape ...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Webb's Predecessor Is Really Starting to Show Its Age...

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NASA NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space Telescope (News Release) After completing a series of tests and carefully considering th...
Saturday, December 02, 2023

On This Day in 1993: Endeavour Launches on a Mission to Save Hubble...

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NASA It was 30 years ago today that space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B in Florida to ...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

On This Day in 2013: Atlantis Is Opened to the Public...

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It was 10 years ago today that the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit was opened to the general public at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

On This Day in 2012: Endeavour Begins Her 3-Day Parade Through the Streets of Los Angeles...

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Just thought I'd share these photos I took 10 years ago when Endeavour —NASA's youngest retired space shuttle orbiter—began her 3...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

On This Day in 2012: Endeavour Arrives Home in the City of Angels...

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It was 10 years ago today that a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ( SCA ) —known as NASA 905 —with the retired orbiter Endeavour sitting atop ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Photos of the Day: My Latest Snapshots at the California Science Center Near DTLA...

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Almost two weeks ago, on August 9, I drove to the California Science Center near downtown Los Angeles to pay this great museum another vi...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Photos of the Day: A Filipina Makes History in the 2020 Olympics!

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REUTERS / Edgard Garrido I'm two days late, but congratulations to Hidilyn Diaz for winning the Women's 55 kg competition at the ...
Monday, July 19, 2021

NASA's Most Famous Space Telescope Is Back in Action...

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NASA, ESA, STScI, Julianne Dalcanton (UW) Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Release...
Monday, May 24, 2021

If the INTERSTELLAR PROBE Launched on a 'Big Orange Rocket' for Its Journey to the Edge of Our Solar System, and Beyond...

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Today, I read a great article on NASASpaceflight.com about how NASA and Boeing are trying to optimize the space at the Michoud Assembly...
Monday, April 19, 2021

INGENUITY HAS MADE AVIATION AND INTERPLANETARY HISTORY!

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NASA / JPL - Caltech NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight (Press Release) Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

VIPER Update: NASA's Lunar Rover and Its Astrobotic Lander Have Just Been Given a Launch Vehicle...

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SpaceX Astrobotic Selects SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket for Griffin-VIPER Moon Mission (Press Release) Astrobotic announced today its se...
Sunday, April 04, 2021

Perseverance Update: Ingenuity Is on the Ground!

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NASA / JPL - Caltech Yesterday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) tweeted this cool photo of the Ingenuity helicopter finally...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Photo of the Day: The Delta 2 Is Now Immortalized at the Rocket Garden in Florida...

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United Launch Alliance Just thought I'd share this image of the Delta 2 rocket that is now on display in the 'Rocket Garden'...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

Welcome Home, OTV-4!

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U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-4 Lands at Kennedy Space Center (Press Release) WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The X-37B Orbital Te...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Photos of the Day: Visiting Griffith Observatory...

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So yesterday, I visited Griffith Observatory for the first time in almost 23 years! This historic Los Angeles landmark still looks as el...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Hubble Is Set to Make More Awesome Cosmic Discoveries thru 2021...

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NASA NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract (Press Release - June 23) NASA is contractually extending scienc...