CubeSats Launched As An Auxiliary Payload Aboard Atlas V Rocket
With help from NASA, four student-built CubeSat research satellites launched into space Friday from the California coast as part of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative. The CubeSats were included as auxiliary payloads aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, CA at 2314 PST Dec. 5 carrying the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-39 satellite.
High Ridge In Antarctica Can Reach -133.6 Degrees Fahrenheit
What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night.
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