Wed, Dec 11, 2013
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.
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Wed, Dec 11, 2013
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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Tue, Dec 10, 2013
Also: Bell 47 Update, USSC Aero-Legal Decision Coming, Evergreen Kaput, Blue Angels Full Sked
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team is on the airshow circuit again. Even better, it looks like they may show up at EAA AirVenture 2014. Russian authorities say the pilot of a Russian airliner that went down near Kazan on November 17th may have held an invalid pilot certificate. The accident resulted in the fatal injury of all 44 passengers and six crew members onboard the airplane. Hollywood heartthrob, Brad Pitt, has reportedly dropped $3.3 million on an original Spitfire after landing his role in the World War II movie 'Fury' which is currently being filmed. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
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Tue, Dec 10, 2013
Designed To Pull Spacecraft Away From A Failing Booster In Launch Emergency Scenario
NASA engineers and contractors have successfully completed the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) tower, marking a milestone that puts NASA one step closer to sending Orion 3,600 miles into space on the uncrewed Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission, scheduled to launch in September 2014.
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Tue, Dec 10, 2013
STAR 48GXV Will Give Boost Needed To Send Solar Probe Plus Mission Spacecraft On Path To The Sun
NASA and ATK successfully tested a proof-of-concept STARTM 48GXV motor for the Solar Probe Plus mission, which will enter the sun's atmosphere to study the streams of charged particles the sun hurls into space. The STAR 48GXV solid-fuel third stage will provide the boost needed to assist the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft in escaping Earth's orbit to begin its approach of the sun.
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Tue, Dec 10, 2013
First Global XpressA Satellite Launch; 7th ILS Proton Launch Of 2013
An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M successfully placed the Inmarsat-5 F1 (I-5 F1) satellite into a super-synchronous (geo-stationary) transfer orbit (SSTO) Sunday. The spacecraft was launched for Inmarsat. I-5 F1 is the first of three Inmarsat next-generation Global Xpress satellites scheduled to launch before the end of 2014.
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Tue, Dec 10, 2013
Launch Window Pushed Back To December 18
Orbital's Antares and Cygnus teams are in the advanced stages of preparation for the company's first operational resupply mission to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. The launch to the Station will originate from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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