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Falcon 9 Rocket Roars to Life
Falcon 9 Rocket Roars to Life

Sept. 21, 2014 — At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, the nine rocket engines roar to…

SpaceX Dragon Rockets to the Space Station
SpaceX Dragon Rockets to the Space Station

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off on the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1:52…

Celebration: MAVEN Arrives at Mars
Celebration: MAVEN Arrives at Mars

Members of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) team celebrate at the Lockheed Martin operations center in Littleton, Colorado,…

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 14 (GOES-14)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 14 (GOES-14)

The GOES program is a key element of National Weather Service (NWS) operations providing continuous satellite monitoring of the Earth’s…

Falcon 9 Launch Postponed for Weather
Falcon 9 Launch Postponed for Weather

Because of weather conditions at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stationthat violated the rules for launching,mission managerspostponed its planned SpaceXliftoff ofthe…

Propellant Loaded for Falcon 9
Propellant Loaded for Falcon 9

Sept. 20, 2014 — At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, RP-1, rocket grade kerosene, and liquid…

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15 (GOES-15)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15 (GOES-15)

The GOES program is a key element of National Weather Service (NWS) operations providing continuous satellite monitoring of the Earth’s…

F-89
F-89

As early as 1950, the NACA High-Speed Flight Station (HSFS, now Armstrong Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base,…

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16)

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The advanced spacecraft and instrument…

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17)

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The advanced spacecraft and instrument…