Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts

Monday, October 27, 2014

[Updated] Things that you might be able to briefly see streak across the sky this evening



And despite the rumors, it is NOT a promo for "Interstellar."

Updated
Ah, NASA aborted the launch... "due to a boat downrange in the hazard area."



Previously on EV Grieve:
A look at NASA's Minotaur Rocket streaking across the East Village sky

H/T EVG reader Steven

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

A look at NASA's Minotaur Rocket streaking across the East Village sky

Last evening, the U.S. Air Force launched an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket into orbit from a (really?) Spaceport on Wallops Island, Va. Per HuffPo:

The nighttime launch could light up the sky for millions of observers along a wide swath of the Eastern Seaboard, and could be visible from just northeastern Canada and Maine to Florida, and from as far inland as Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky, depending on local weather conditions, according to NASA and Orbital Sciences visibility maps.

The rocket launched into space at 8:15 p.m. And acclaimed photographers James and Karla Murray got this shot ... as the thing traveled some 11,700 mph (per those nerds at space.com)... over our airspace...




Space, the final frontier for more luxury housing...