20 August 2021
"Weird" comet ATLAS may be a remnant of an ancient visitor
...as fragile agglomerations of dust and ice, but one fragment of ATLAS disintegrated in a matter of days, while another piece lasted for...the piece apart like an exploding aerial firework. "Comet ATLAS's behavior is interesting but hard to explain." Ye ...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
...it its name; the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) - a robotic astronomical survey stationed atop Mauna Loa in ...for the detection of cometary material,” say the trio. Comet ATLAS will reach its nearest point to Earth on 23 May and ...
09 September 2016
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its way to study Bennu after successful launch Thursday
..., Florida. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer) separated from Atlas 5 about an hour after launch. “This was an excellent launch,” said Tim Dunn, NASA launch manager, after...
24 March 2016
Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Successfully Launched
... gripping device that can stick on command in space); and a number of others. This is Cygnus' second time flying on an Atlas 5, its previous mission having been in December. But this trip will differ significantly from the December...
30 July 2021
Starliner OFT-2 launch delayed following problems with Nauka module at ISS
...nautical miles) sub-orbital trajectory using the Atlas V rocket. Following separation from the Atlas V, the Starliner engines will propel the spacecraft...final orbit and on to the ISS. The Atlas V configuration has been modified specifically for the...
11 January 2019
Birth of a black hole possibly captured for first time
... such an event has been seen. The supernova at the centre of the phenomena was first spotted by the ATLAS telescope in Hawaii, but it was soon apparent that this was no ordinary death throe of an ageing massive star...
