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    Cargo Craft Docks to Station, Completes Space Delivery

    The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft arrived at the space-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Poisk module at 7:43 a.m. EDT on June 1. The spacecraft launched at 5:43 a.m. EDT (2:43 p.m. Baikonur time) May 30, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft delivers about three tons of food, fuel, …

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    Cargo Craft Docking Soon to Station Live on NASA TV

    NASA is now providing coverage of rendezvous and docking on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft launched at 5:43 a.m. EDT (2:43 p.m. Baikonur time) May 30, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, …

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    Second PREFIRE Launch is Delayed

    After two holds in the countdown to the launch attempt, Rocket Lab has waived off the second launch for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. Rocket Lab will assess the situation and provide more information and a new launch date when it is available. Continue checking NASA’s small satellite missions blog …

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    Countdown Resumes For PREFIRE Launch

    After a 20 minute hold, the countdown has resumed for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. This second satellite about the size of a shoebox waits on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket for liftoff on the mission’s second and final launch. The launch, named “PREFIRE and Ice” by Rocket Lab, is …

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    Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket Go for Launch!

    The second of two launches of NASA’s PREFIRE mission is just minutes away! The mission team has called out “go for launch” for Rocket Lab’s PREFIRE and Ice launch and should lift off in about five minutes. The CubeSat – about the size of a bread loaf – is set to launch aboard an Electron …

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    NASA’s PREFIRE Mission: Small Satellites, Big Science

    NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission will fly a pair of CubeSat satellites to probe a little-studied portion of the radiant energy emitted by Earth’s polar regions for clues about Arctic warming, sea ice loss, and ice sheet melting. The Arctic and Antarctica help regulate Earth’s overall temperature by radiating back …

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    Live Coverage of NASA’s PREFIRE Launch Now Underway

    Live coverage is underway for the second and final launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. Rocket Lab is targeting Saturday, June 1, 3:13 p.m. NZST (11:13 p.m. EDT Friday, May 31). for the launch of “PREFIRE and Ice,” which will send the agency’s CubeSat to low Earth orbit. Watch …

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    NASA’s Second PREFIRE Mission: Weather 70% Favorable for Launch

    Weather officials with Rocket Lab predict a 70% chance of favorable weather for launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. The launch team is monitoring the space weather as there has been a coronal mass ejection partially directed toward Earth that may induce a geomagnetic storm, though predictions are that …

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    NASA’s New Climate Mission to Launch Second Satellite

    Launch day is here for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. After the first PREFIRE CubeSat launched from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand on May 25, a second satellite about the size of a shoebox waits on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket for liftoff on the mission’s second and …

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    Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun

    The Sun, shown in red, appears against a black background. Several bright yellow active regions appear across the Sun. A bright flash of yellow and white light can be seen in the lower left part of the Sun.

    The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 6:03 p.m. ET on May 31, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to …

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