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GK Launch Services commercial rideshare mission. August (TBD) [9] Atlas V N22 Cape Canaveral SLC-41: ULA: Boeing Starliner-1 (PCM-1) Boeing / NASA: Low Earth Expedition 73 / 74 First operational Starliner mission, as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Double-booked with Crew-11; only one of these missions will fly in this timeslot. [9] August ...
Although it is some 130 times the size of the Solar System, the Stingray Nebula is only about one tenth the size of most other known planetary nebulae. The central star of the nebula is the fast-evolving star SAO 244567. Until the early 1970s, it was observed on Earth as a preplanetary nebula in which the gas had not yet become hot and ionized.
The first successful launch of an Athena II carried NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft on a mission to search for traces of water or ice on the moon. Terra (Atlas IIAS) NASA launched the Earth Observing System's flagship satellite "Terra," named for Earth, in 1999. Terra has been collecting data about the changes in Earth's climate brought on ...
The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions occurred from a number of launch sites on a variety of rockets. After the list of launches are descriptions of select historic LSP missions.
NASA delivers the most visible elements of the U.S. space program. From crewed space exploration and the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Voyager, the Mars rovers, numerous space telescopes, and the Artemis program, NASA delivers on the civil space exploration mandate.
The joint NASA-ESA Titan Saturn System Mission proposal envisioned the SLS as an option for launch. [26] On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Europa Clipper would not launch aboard an SLS. [27] In July 2021, NASA booked a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for Europa Clipper at a price of $178 million. [28]
NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program is one of three programs based at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. EGS was established to develop and operate the systems and facilities necessary to process and launch rockets and spacecraft during assembly, transport and launch. [1]
The Ring Nebula is located in the lower right of the image Gum Nebula: 809–950 ly (248–291 pc) [16] [17] Emission nebula: Extends about 36° of the sky Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) 758 ly (232 pc) [18] [19] [20] H II region: The Bubble Nebula is located in the upper left of the image NGC 6188: 600 ly (180 pc) [21] Emission nebula: NGC 592