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SpaceX Crew Dragon Crew-1 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2020-11-16T01:01:02-05:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

SpaceX will launch the the first operational mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Program (CCtCap), carrying three NASA astronauts and one JAXA astronaut to the International Space Station. This mission will be the first operational crewed flight to launch from the United States since the end of [...]

7 Differences Between SpaceX Crew-1 and DM-2

By |2020-11-10T08:58:17-05:00November 10th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

SpaceX and NASA will be launching astronauts to the International Space Station again in just a few days aboard their Crew-1 mission, but what's different? I'm here to outline 7 differences that SpaceX incorporated into this NASA mission that were not previously a part of the DM-2 (Demo-2) demonstration mission back in May.The Crew-1 Launch [...]

SpaceX GPS III SV04 🔴 Live

By |2020-11-05T20:33:37-05:00November 5th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

GPS III are the third generation of the U.S. Space Force's NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellites, developed by Lockheed Martin. The GPS III constellation will feature a cross-linked command and control architecture, allowing the entire GPS constellation to be updated simultaneously from a single ground station. A new spot beam capability for enhanced military coverage [...]

How do NASA Astronauts Vote in Outer Space?

By |2020-11-03T10:53:40-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

NASA Astronauts that are on a long duration spaceflight during early voting and on election day will still need to vote. So how can a NASA astronaut floating 254 miles above the surface of the Earth vote from the International Space Station? Find out how in this bonus episode of Two Minute Tuesday!#NASA #Election2020 #olhzn2MTConnect [...]

Did an astronaut almost float away from the Space Shuttle?!

By |2020-11-03T08:04:09-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On NASA Space Shuttle flight STS-41C, NASA astronaut George Nelson, had a close call while wearing NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) which was a self contained rocket pack that astronauts could wear on their EVA suit backpacks to perform untethered EVA spacewalks. While trying to retrieve a broken satellite, the astronaut and Mission Control struggled [...]

SpaceX Starlink 14 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2020-10-24T13:09:17-04:00October 24th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The 14th operational batch of Starlink satellites (15th overall) will lift off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment the Starlink satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. This is the fifth batch of Starlink [...]

SpaceX Starlink 14 Launch 🔴 Live [OCT 22 SCRUB]

By |2020-10-22T12:44:06-04:00October 22nd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The 14th operational batch of Starlink satellites (15th overall) will lift off from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment the Starlink satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. This is the fifth batch of Starlink [...]

SpaceX Starlink 13 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2020-10-18T10:05:04-04:00October 18th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The 13th operational batch of Starlink satellites (14th overall) will lift off from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment the Starlink satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. This is the fourth batch of Starlink satellites which all [...]

SpaceX Starlink 12 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2020-10-06T09:19:43-04:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The 12th operational batch of Starlink satellites (13th overall) will lift off from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket. In the weeks following deployment the Starlink satellites will use onboard ion thrusters to reach their operational altitude of 550 km. This is the fourth batch of Starlink satellites which all [...]

SpaceX GPS III SV04 & Antares Cygnus CRS-2 Launch 🔴 Live

By |2020-10-02T22:43:17-04:00October 2nd, 2020|Categories: Space Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

GPS III are the third generation of the U.S. Space Force's NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellites, developed by Lockheed Martin. The GPS III constellation will feature a cross-linked command and control architecture, allowing the entire GPS constellation to be updated simultaneously from a single ground station. A new spot beam capability for enhanced military coverage [...]

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