SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 1 at 9:41 a.m. ET (13:41 UTC) for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-44 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, November 2 at 9:37 a.m. ET (13:37 UTC).Following booster separation, Falcon [...]
The CAPSTONE spacecraft successfully completed a trajectory correction maneuver on Thursday, Oct. 27, teeing up the spacecraft’s arrival to lunar orbit on Nov. 13. CAPSTONE is no longer in safe mode following an issue in early September that caused the spacecraft to spin. The team identified the most likely cause as a valve-related issue in [...]
Check out episode 199 of the Diverse Podcast! Source
Celeste Irwin is a woman with a plan. Hard at work for nearly a decade, this gem of STEM is on track to graduate from her fourth higher education institution in 2024. Earning two Associate’s degrees and two Bachelor degrees is an amazing accomplishment—however, it is what Irwin has not acquired that has us most [...]
Check out the interview below with Computer Engineering student Angela (Angie) to learn more about her experiences and how you can #BeThatEngineer. Source
This month we’re going create an algorithm for stacking cups in the same way a Computer Engineer might create an algorithm to tell a program what to do! Source
Rebekah is a Technical Account Manager at Tableau, a Salesforce Company. Read on to learn more about her work in Computer Science! Source
Teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39B no earlier than Friday, Nov. 4 with first motion targeted for 12:01 a.m. EDT. Minor repairs identified through detailed inspections are mostly completed. Preparations are underway to ready the mobile [...]
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday, Nov. 3, to discuss the status of its Artemis I flight test that will launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed mission will send the Orion spacecraft beyond the Moon and back to Earth before [...]
NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:50 a.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 6, for launch of the company’s 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station.
