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The Space Weather Prediction Center is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics (i.e. heliophysics), and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to operate and manage the United States environmental satellite programs, and manage the data gathered by the National Weather Service and other government agencies and departments.
The United States has developed many space programs since the beginning of the spaceflight era in the mid-20th century. The government runs space programs by three primary agencies: NASA for civil space; the United States Space Force for military space; and the National Reconnaissance Office for intelligence space.
Nasa has “inadvertently” lost contact with Voyager 2, its pioneering spacecraft. The space agency said that it had sent a series of planned commands to the probe on 21 July.
NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space billions of ...
Emblem of the Western Test Range. The Western Range (WR) [1] is the space launch range that supports the major launch head at Vandenberg Space Force Base. [2]: pg 15 Managed by the Space Launch Delta 30, [3]: pg 25 the WR extends from the West Coast of the United States to 90° East longitude in the Indian Ocean [3]: pg 27 where it meets the Eastern Range [4]: pg 10 Operations involve military ...
Voyager 2 trails its twin in interstellar space at more than 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from Earth. At that distance, it takes more than 18 hours for a signal to travel one way.
Vanguard 1A: Vanguard TV-3: Failure: The first stage engine was improperly started, causing the vehicle to fall back to the launch pad immediately after launch and explode. [1] 1.36 kg (2.99 lb) 1958 February 1 US: Explorer 1: Juno I: Success: The first American satellite in space. [1] 13.91 kg (30.66 lb) February 5 US: Vanguard 1B: Vanguard TV ...