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February 13, 2013

NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite

Landsat Launch Continues 40-Year Legacy

NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1302 EST Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The LDCM spacecraft separated from the rocket 79 minutes after launch and the first signal was received 3 minutes later at a ground station in Svalbard, Norway.

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NASA'S Orion Lands Safely On Two Of Three Parachutes In Test

Test Article Dropped From FL250 Rigged So One 'Chute Would Fail

NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment.

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