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Wallops rocket launch shifted to Sunday, or later
The five-rocket launch scheduled for Wednesday night at NASA'sWallops Flight Facility is now slated for Sunday night -- but keep your eye on that launch schedule.
The launch date has changed three times now: first to Friday night, then to Saturday... -
Sky-watching opportunity: Five rockets in five minutes at Wallops Island
Eastern Shore readers -- and anyone with a computer -- can watch five rockets being launched 65 miles into the atmosphere Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
NASA is planning to hold a launch between midnight and 1:30 a.m. at the Wallops Island...Tags: Facebook
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Irene's rain finally reaches downtown B'more
Maryland WeatherThe rain has finally started in downtown Baltimore. There is a whopping 0.01 inch in the bucket at The Sun's weather station at Calvert and Centre streets at 12:40 p.m. Winds are averaging 7 mph, but our anemometer is pretty...... -
Rocket launch set for Tuesday at Wallops will be visible for most of Mid-Atlantic
If skies are clear and all goes well Tuesday evening, observers throughout Maryland and much of the Mid-Atlantic region should be able to watch a big rocket launch from Virginia's Wallops Island. The Air Force will attempt to launch a battlefield imaging...Tags: Facebook, Employees, Satellite Technology, Fells Point, Johns Hopkins University
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Successful rocket launch at Wallops after delay
After a one day delay due to the weather, and another brief delay Wednesday night, the ORS-1 satellite was launched into orbit from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Virginia's Wallops Island. The Air Force launched the battlefield imaging satellite...Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology
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Did you see last night's rocket launch?
Maryland WeatherThe Sun's Jessica Anderson reported that the satellite launch went off Wednesday night just after 11 p.m. from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia. A couple of people commented on the article as well as on this blog,...... -
Satellite launch from Wallops this summer
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is preparing for another Minotaur rocket launch down on Wallops Island, Va., the fourth since 2006. The 70-foot rocket will carry an ORS-1 satellite for the Pentagon. It’s designed to...Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology
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More rain ... again
Maryland WeatherIf it seems like it's been raining all month, that's because it has. BWI has clocked more than two inches already since the first of the month. And there's more to come as winds across the continent remain largely west-to-east.......Tags: Calendars, Days, and Months, Satellite Technology, United States, Armed Forces, Space Programs
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Minotaur launch scrubbed again
Maryland WeatherLaunch team at Wallops Island launch site was waiting for thunderstorm cells to clear the area, and with an hour left in the countdown, time ran out on their three-hour launch window. No word yet on when they will try......Tags: NASA, Space Programs
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Workers celebrate 'return to flight'
Sun StaffGREENBELT -- It happened again. A NASA space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday morning, and tears pooled in Bruce Schneck's eyes. "Every time we fly, I well up," confessed Schneck, 52, a Baltimore native and Honeywell Technology...Tags: Honeywell International Incorporated, Employees, Television, Space Programs, Health and Safety at Work
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth, ends historic trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon supply ship returned to Earth on Thursday, ending its revolutionary nine-day voyage to the International Space Station with an old-fashioned splashdown in the Pacific. The unmanned capsule parachuted...
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It only happens once in a century
If you've never seen Venus, don't make any plans for the night of June 5. That's when the planet Venus will be visible, and it will be the last time this century (which pretty much means the last opportunity in your lifetime). The NASA facility at...
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