By Jessica Merzdorf Evans //LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA// It's a smoky Saturday evening in the small town of Lompoc, California, and most of the streets are quiet — except for the warmly lit tables and flickering tiki torches in the outdoor dining area at Hangar 7. It's Landsat Trivia Night, and the small restaurant is bustling with …
With two days to go until liftoff of Landsat 9, the NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joint mission to monitor Earth's land and coastal regions, everything is on track for Monday's planned launch, with the 30-minute launch window starting at 11:12 a.m. PDT (2:12 p.m. EDT). The launch team adjusted the launch window …
Two small research satellites that are launching as part of NASA's 34th Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission promise exciting insights for the university researchers that developed them. The CubeSats will launch as secondary payloads when Landsat 9 lifts off at 11:11 a.m. PDT (2:11 p.m. EDT) Monday, Sept. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. …
NASA will hold a prelaunch briefing tomorrow, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT), for Landsat 9, the NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) joint mission to monitor Earth's land and coastal regions. Briefing participants are: Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate Karen St. Germain, Director, NASA Earth Science Division Tanya …
By Jessica Merzdorf Evans // NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MARYLAND // When the Landsat 9 satellite launches to space next week, it won't be going alone. NASA is partnering with the U.S. Space Force to launch four CubeSats — miniature satellites — on the same Atlas V rocket that's taking Landsat 9 to …
Officials from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will discuss the launch of the Landsat 9 satellite during a science briefing at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Friday, Sept. 24. The Landsat 9 launch is targeted to lift off Monday, Sept. 27, from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, …
by Jenny Marder //VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA// It's less than four days before the planned launch of Landsat 9, and the perfect time to learn about this amazing satellite and the nearly 50-year-old Landsat program. Did you know: Landsat gives us the longest continuous space-based record of planet Earth. Since the first satellite launched …
By Emily Fischer, NASA's Earth Science News Team /GREENBELT, MARYLAND/ On July 7, 2021, NASA sent two robotic explorers to the Arctic to collect sea surface temperature data and improve estimates of ocean temperatures in that region. Pairing up with Saildrone, a designer and manufacturer of non-crewed surface vehicles or USVs, researchers hope to use …
Launch preparations for NASA's Lucy spacecraft are well underway at an Astrotech Space Operations processing facility in Titusville, Florida. The spacecraft arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center on July 30, 2021, and shortly after its arrival, was transported to Astrotech's facility nearby to undergo prelaunch processing. The latest milestone occurred on Sept. 9, when …
NASA and United Launch Alliance currently are reviewing the launch date for the Landsat 9 spacecraft scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Attaching the spacecraft to the Atlas V rocket has been delayed due to out-of-tolerance high winds for the operation and conflicts with other customers using the Western Range. The …
