The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 1:53 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 16, 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 …
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu when it returned to Earth on Sep. 24, 2023; the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space and over twice the mission's requirement. The mission team needed at least 60 grams of material to meet the mission's science goals, an amount that …
Bridget Seegers is an oceanographer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and a team member for NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. What is your favorite atmosphere or ocean related book or movie? "Life Aquatic" definitely comes to mind. It's amazingly accurate in how it depicts certain aspects of life on a …
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 8:14 a.m. EST, on Feb. 9, 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 …
NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft has successfully made contact with ground stations back on Earth providing teams with early readings of its overall status, health, operation, and capabilities postlaunch. A full postlaunch assessment review to determine PACE's readiness to move into the operational phase of its mission will be conducted in the …
NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage, beginning its science mission from sun-synchronous orbit about 420 miles above the Earth's surface.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first stage has successfully landed at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Tonight's mission marks the fourth completed flight for this Falcon 9.
A series of rapid events occurs after launch. After Max Q – the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket – the nine Merlin engines of the Falcon 9's first stage will finish their burn and cut off during a phase called MECO or Main Engine Cutoff. Quickly after MECO, the stage separation sequence …
3, 2, 1 … LIFTOFF! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 8. The next milestone is Max Q or maximum dynamic pressure – the …
NASA's senior launch manager, Tim Dunn, has just given NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission the "go" for launch! In the next few moments, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's nine Merlin engines will roar to life at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40, sending the PACE spacecraft on the start …