Tag: observatory

SOFIA Observatory Conducts Night Checkout Flight

This spectacular video captures NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy as it flew a nighttime checkout flight over northern and central California the first week of March 2013. The flight …

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SOFIA Observatory Finishes Open-Door Flight Tests

NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory recently completed the second series of envelope-expansion flight tests with its telescope door open. The SOFIA is now fully cleared for astronomy missions at altitudes up …

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New NASA Observatory Set to Take On Carbon Conundrums

NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is in final preparations for a July launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Carbon dioxide is a critical …

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MYSTERY UFO Caught On Observatory Telescope! 4/16/17

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Gingin Observatory Spots Near-Earth Asteroid

This movie shows the asteroid 2012 DA14 flying safely by Earth, as seen by the Gingin Observatory in Australia at 9:50 a.m. PST (12:50 p.m. EST/17:50 UTC), Feb. 15, 2013. …

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Gingin Observatory Spots Near-Earth Asteroid at Closest Approach

Observatory in Australia around the time of its closest approach, 11:24:42 a.m. PST (2:24:42 p.m. EST, or 19:24:24 UTC), Feb. 15, 2013. At that time, the asteroid was about 17,150 …

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Space Shuttle STS-93 Columbia Chandra X-Ray Observatory 1999 NASA

more at ‘STS-93 POST FLIGHT PRESENTATION JSC1794 – (1998) 15 1/2 Minutes – Commander: Eileen M. Collins Pilot: Jeffrey S. Ashby Mission Specialists: Steven A. Hawley, Michael Tognini, Catherine G. …

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Airborne Snow Observatory: Measuring Snowpack from the Sky

Maps from NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory recently gave water resource managers in California precise information about snowpack and water availability that they have always wanted but never had before. The …

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Birth of a Great Observatory

For many centuries, maps of the southern sky showed extensive blank areas — the Terra Incognita of the heavens. The year 1595: For the first time, Dutch traders set sail …

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Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2: NASA’s New Carbon Sleuth

NASA’s OCO-2 mission, scheduled to launch July 1 from Vandenberg AFB, California, will make precise measurements of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. The orbiting observatory is NASA’s first satellite mission …

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