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Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
More than 120 students and educators will delve into the world of rocket science June 15-21 during Rocket Week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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SUNRISE Launched from Sweden
A NASA scientific balloon carrying the SUNRISE solar telescope was successfully launched at 1:37 a.m. EDT June 12 from the Esrange Space Center in Northern Sweden.
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Black Brant XII Sounding Rocket Launched From Wallops
A Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket carrying the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) was successfully launched at 11:05 p.m., June 5 from Wallops.
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Rocket Launch Postponed from Wallops
The launch tonight of a Black Brant XII suborbital rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, has been postponed.
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LADEE Arrives at Wallops for Moon Mission
The NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) arrived today at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the moon later this year.
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SUNRISE set for launch over Northern Sweden
The NASA Scientific Balloon Program managed at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will take to the skies over Northern Sweden in launching the largest solar telescope ever to leave the ground.
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Rocket Launch Scheduled June 4 From Wallops
A Black Brant XII suborbital rocket carrying the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER)is scheduled for launch between 11 and 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 4, from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility
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NASA’s HS3 Mission Aircraft to Double Team 2013 Hurricane Season
NASA's HS3 airborne mission will revisit the Atlantic Ocean to investigate storms using additional instruments and for the first time two Global Hawks.
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NASA's HS3 Mission May Target Cape Verde Island Hurricanes in 2013
NASA's multi-year Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel mission may explore tropical cyclones of Cape Verde origins when it takes to the skies again this August.
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NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
In Antarctica in January, 2013 scientists released 20 balloons, to study the giant radiation belts surrounding Earth and how they lose particles, causing electrons from the belts to stream down toward the poles.
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NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe
Scientists seek to gain answers to questions about the formation of stars and galaxies with the launch of the CIBER sounding rocket on June 4 from Wallops.
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Successful Launch of FORTIS on May 11
NASA successfully launched the Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-Circle for Imaging and Spectroscopy (FORTIS) experiment at 1 a.m. EDT, May 11, from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Marshall Islands Sounding Rocket Campaign Completed
The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket at 3:23 a.m. EDT, May 9, from Roi Namur, Republic of the Marshall Island, brought to an end a very successful campaign studying ionospheric activity and its impact on radio, communication and navigation signals.
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Second and Third Sounding Rockets Launched from the Marshall Islands
The Equatorial Vortex Experiment was successfully conducted on May 7 from the Marshall Islands when a NASA Terrier-Oriole sounding rocket was launched followed by the launch of a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket 90 seconds later.
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Ground Measurement Campaign to Help Predict Floods
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission begins collecting ground data in northeastern Iowa that will evaluate how well satellite rainfall data can be used for flood forecasting.
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NASA and Navy Sign Agreement for Field Carrier Landing Practice Operations at Wallops
NASA and the U.S. Navy have signed an agreement to conduct Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) operations at the Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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First of Four Sounding Rockets Launched from the Marshall Islands
A NASA sounding rocket supporting a study of ionosphere and its impact on radio transmissions was launched at 3:38 a.m. EDT, May 1 from Roi-Namur, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Experiment Examining a SLICE of the Interstellar Medium
SLICE will study the space between the stars known as interstellar space.
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NASA Partner Orbital Sciences Test Launches Antares Rocket
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation Sunday launched its Antares rocket at 5:00 p.m. EDT from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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Antares Test Flight Scheduled for April 17
Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the Antares rocket test flight, with a planned liftoff of 5 p.m. EDT.