Daily Archives: February 11, 2015

Success!! Launch of DSCOVR satellite atop Falcon 9

“The Falcon takes flight! Propelling the Deep Space Climate Observatory on a million-mile journey to protect our planet Earth” proclaimed the NASA TV announcer. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the DSCOVR launched successfully from Cape Canaveral at 6:04 ET on … Continue reading

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Successful launch and splashdown! ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane launch-reentry mission was a big success! At approximately 6 am PT (2 pm GMT) on February 11, IXV launched atop a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center (Kourou, French … Continue reading

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