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Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch
A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity and speed to observe the weather, improve forecasting and enhance tracking of severe storms across the United States begins with the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on Saturday.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for crucial GOES-R satellite launch
In the span of two weeks, United Launch Alliance technicians performed the basic buildup of the Atlas 5 rocket and then mated the advanced GOES-R weather satellite that will be hauled into space on Saturday.
Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5
Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket into space is expected at Cape Canaveral on Saturday when an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to fly.
Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation's meteorology capability.
Juno recovers from reboot, but propulsion problem lingers
NASA's Juno spacecraft will stay in its current long-period orbit around Jupiter until at least February, and perhaps longer, as engineers study balky valves inside the science probe's propulsion system and an unexpected computer reboot that interrupted key functions of the orbiter earlier this month.
Photos: New U.S. weather observatory buttoned up for launch
United Launch Alliance encapsulated the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R, GOES-R, on Oct. 21 at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida.
Final Pluto data transmission received from flyby probe
The last bits of data collected during NASA's New Horizons spacecraft's speedy flyby of Pluto last year are back on Earth, scientists said Thursday, marking the official end of the probe's prime mission.
New images resolve finer details of Mars lander’s crash site
Imagery captured by a sharp-eyed camera aboard a NASA orbiter shows where Europe's Schiaparelli lander cratered on Mars last week, exploding into fine bits of shrapnel and debris after after an apparent software problem doomed the mission, officials said Thursday.
GOES-R weather satellite’s ride to space being stacked at Cape Canaveral
Technicians began the painstaking work of assembling a powerful Atlas 5 rocket today, a launcher that will deploy an advanced satellite to substantially improve U.S. weather forecasting.
Mars orbiter locates Schiaparelli lander’s crash site
Views from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released Friday show the crash site where Europe's Schiaparelli lander fell to the red planet's surface from a height of several miles, leaving a distinct dark patch on the Martian landscape.