NASA Remembers Retired Astronaut, US...

2024-07-13, 00:54 NASA Newsy

Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and ...

NASA, Boeing Conduct Ground Tests...

2024-07-11, 03:43 NASA Newsy

NASA and Boeing continue working to increase their understanding of the Starliner spacecraft's propulsion system before the return of agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth from ...

Engine Chill Complete, Countdown to...

2024-07-10, 05:06 NASA Newsy

Behind the iconic countdown clock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Press Site, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary ...

Liftoff! NASA, NOAA Launch GOES-U...

2024-07-10, 04:52 NASA Newsy

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission launched at 5:26 p.m. EDT, June ...

Falcon Heavy Main Engine Cutoff

2024-07-10, 04:21 NASA Newsy

The Falcon Heavy center core's nine Merlin engines have reached cutoff, and the booster has separated from the second stage.Coming up next, the Falcon Heavy's second stage engine starts up. Following ...

Signal Acquired! NOAA GOES-U Weather...

2024-07-10, 04:07 NASA Newsy

The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) team received telemetry from GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), indicating the spacecraft is functioning ...

NASAs Artemis II Orion Spacecraft...

2024-07-10, 03:51 NASA Newsy

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission was lifted out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28 inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA's ...

Falcon Heavy Side Boosters Stick the...

2024-07-10, 03:06 NASA Newsy

The SpaceX Falcon Heavy's dual first-stage side boosters have completed near-simultaneous touchdowns at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.Meanwhile, the rocket ...

GOES-U Satellite Now in Coast Phase

2024-07-10, 02:51 NASA Newsy

The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy fired its engines for more than a minute, before experiencing the second stage engine cut off of this mission.The GOES-U satellite now will coast for just ...

NOAAs Weather Satellite Mission...

2024-07-10, 02:36 NASA Newsy

The rocket's second stage completed its final burn before it separates from the satellite. The satellite will separate from the rocket in about eight minutes. Then, about 15 minutes later, the ...