NASA Awarded Atlas V Rocket To Launch The Next Weather Satellite: NOAA Budget Reportedly Under Threat

Medicine & Technology Mar 10, 2017

NASA has awarded the second flight series of the next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite to Atlas V.

India vs China: Which Country Has Better Space Advancements

Mar 01, 2017

India and China are now in a race to be the third most powerful country in space explorations.

Another Falcon 9 Launch—Will This One Be Different?

Apr 29, 2015

For the second time this month, the Elon Musk led SpaceX launched cargo into space. This time the privately owned company delivered its first satellite into orbit owned and operated by the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan.

VIDEO—NASA’s Satellite Space Fleet Path Patterns Revealed

Mar 09, 2015

While it may be a groggy Monday morning, after most of the world lost an hour this weekend in the readjustment of our clocks, a new animation from NASA reveals that you may be luckier than their satellites who are on the clock 24 hours a day. While you may know that many of the satellites like Aqua, Aura and CloudSat pass overhead everyday at 1:30pm, no matter where you are, you may not have given their movements much thought or ever fully realized exactly how many satellites are working for the space agency. But in celebration of NASA’s newest achievement in having their Dawn satellite reach the dwarf planet Ceres, their giving us a new view of what orbiters do here at home.

Military Satellite Explodes in Space

Mar 04, 2015

An aging United States military weather satellite dubbed Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 13 (DMSP-F13) exploded in orbit on February 3. The explosion occurred after the 20-year-old satellite experienced a sudden spike in temperature, producing at least 43 pieces of debris.

SpaceX Launches Two New Electric Satellites

Mar 02, 2015

Sunday evening at 10:50 p.m., a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying satellites for two different customers, Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite.

Navy Launches New Communications Satellite

Jan 22, 2015

A powerful Atlas 5 rocket blasted its way into space Tuesday carrying a 15,000 pound Navy communications satellite. This satellite is the third of five relay stations planned for a new $5 billion global network designed to handle high-speed mobile phone traffic as well as voice and data from other, older systems.

Elon Musk Continues to Dream Big with Idea for Space Internet

Jan 19, 2015

Elon Musk continues to dream big with his latest idea of bringing satellite Internet to every corner of the Earth, and then extending that net out into space to encompass Mars as well.

NASA and NOAA Support the Development of Two New Climate Tracking Apps

Jan 08, 2015

With development support from national organizations, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA, researchers at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed two new mobile apps that will bring the power of satellite data right to your fingertips.

NASA To Launch Satellite to Analyze Moisture Content of Earth

Jan 05, 2015

Farmers and scientists will soon be able to analyze the moisture content of the entire Earth thanks to the SMAP, a new satellite set to blast into orbit at the end of this month.