22 September 2017
OSIRIS-REx makes closest Earth approach today
... and give clues as to how Earth got its oceans. Launched just over a year ago while strapped to an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, OSIRIS-Rex has already unfolded its solar panels in the first...
12 January 2018
Evidence in DES map of small galaxies being eaten by the Milky Way
... there," explained Alex Drlica-Wagner (Fermilab), a member of the DES team. Four of the streams found by DES – ATLAS, Molonglo, Phoenix and Tucana III – were already previously known to researchers. The others were discovered using...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
... hours to the launch of their Solar Orbiter mission. Scheduled for launch Monday 10 February 04:03 GMT (05:03 CET) on top of an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Solar Orbiter will fly...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
... there will encapsulate the rover, already sheltered in its own aeroshell, within the two halves of the Atlas 5 rocket fairing that the rover will launch inside, then lift the fairing assembly by crane to install...
30 September 2020
Another detection of phosphine on Venus possibly found in archival data
... months later in August, the Multiprobe spacecraft took to the skies from the Kennedy Space Center via an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle. As the craft encountered Venus, the 875 kg (1930 lb) Multiprobe separated into 5 separate vehicles...
04 August 2021
Starliner launch delayed indefinitely following "valve" problems
... time is needed to complete the assessment,” NASA said in a statement yesterday. “Mission teams have decided to roll the Atlas V and Starliner back to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) for further inspection and testing where access...
