#Starliner is “go” for launch!
The launch of The Boeing Company’s Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station, as part of our NASA Commercial Crew Program, is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 20.
Tune in starting at 5:30 a.m. EST to see the uncrewed flight test launch at 6:36 a.m. EST for the spacecraft’s maiden mission to our orbiting laboratory.
United Launch Alliance s countdown is underway in preparation for liftoff of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday at 6:36 a.m. EST (1136 GMT) with Boeing s Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station.
LIVE COVERAGE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/18/atlas-5-av-080-starlin…us-center/
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As the star rotates, these invisible lines snap apart and join together again, bursting into flares, storms and eruptions of plasma.
This phenomenon, known as magnetic reconnection, has been seen many times before on the Sun and even around our own planet, but we’ve only captured spontaneous reconnections in the past.
The debut test flight of a Boeing Starliner astronaut taxi for NASA is ready to fly, with great weather expected for its launch to the International Space Station Friday (Dec. 20).
National Geographic has announced that the much eagerly awaited science and space series ‘Cosmos’ will premiere in its network March 9th, 2020 with Neil DeGrasse Tyson reprising the role of the presenter, a series which has already seen huge success with its earlier versions.
NASA s Curiosity Mars Rover is getting a friend!
Next summer, #Mars2020 will be headed for the Red Planet. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity’s design, they aren’t twins. Curiosity was designed to learn more about past water on Mars, and Mars 2020 will look for signs of past life.
