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August 16, 2018

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[ August 15, 2018 ] Hayabusa 2 probe gets a closer look at asteroid amid landing preps News
[ August 15, 2018 ] Spacewalkers toss nanosatellites into orbit, hook up bird migration monitor Mission Reports
[ August 15, 2018 ] Video replay: Parker Solar Probe launches atop Delta 4-Heavy Delta 4
[ August 13, 2018 ] Photos: Delta 4-Heavy takes off from Cape Canaveral Delta 4
[ August 12, 2018 ] NASA launches Parker Solar Probe on historic mission Delta 4

Spacewalkers toss nanosatellites into orbit, hook up bird migration monitor

August 15, 2018

Clad in pressurized spacesuits, two Russian cosmonauts headed outside the International Space Station on Wednesday and hand-released four tiny CubeSats and installed hardware for a German experiment to track animal migration.

Photos: Delta 4-Heavy takes off from Cape Canaveral

August 13, 2018

Driven by three RS-68A main engines, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off early Sunday from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on a historic mission to study the sun.

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe on historic mission

August 12, 2018

Running a day late, a United Launch Alliance heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral early Sunday, boosting NASA’s $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe into space on a daring seven-year mission to “touch the sun” with repeated trips through the star’s blazing outer atmosphere.

Launch of solar probe scrubbed by technical issue in terminal countdown

August 11, 2018

An automatic alarm in the final two minutes of the Delta 4-Heavy rocket’s countdown early Saturday forced officials to delay blastoff with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe by 24 hours.

Photos: Delta 4-Heavy revealed for solar probe launch

August 11, 2018

These photos taken Friday evening show the mobile gantry being wheeled away from a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral, hours before its scheduled blastoff with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe.

Delta 4-Heavy launch timeline with Parker Solar Probe

August 11, 2018

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, crowned by a solid-fueled upper stage kick motor, will send NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on a speedy voyage through the inner solar system following liftoff from Cape Canaveral.

Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy launches with NASA solar probe

August 10, 2018

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket climbed into space Sunday with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe on a daring mission to explore the atmosphere of the sun. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral occurred at 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT).

Parker Solar Probe cleared for launch to ‘touch the sun’

August 9, 2018

NASA managers Thursday cleared the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe for launch early Saturday on a daring mission to “touch the sun,” repeatedly flying through its outer atmosphere to find out why the blazing corona is millions of degrees hotter than our star’s visible surface.

NASA signs off on SpaceX’s “load-and-go” procedure for crew launches

August 9, 2018

The NASA manager overseeing development of Boeing and SpaceX’s commercial crew ferry ships says the space agency has approved SpaceX’s proposal to strap in astronauts atop Falcon 9 rockets, then fuel the launchers in the final hour of the countdown as the company does for its uncrewed missions.

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

August 9, 2018

A Falcon 9 rocket booster which first flew in May took off for the second time Tuesday from Cape Canaveral carrying the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.

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