Trouble with one of the Hubble telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, critical for aiming and locking onto targets, has prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations but keep the iconic observatory running until the 2030s, officials said. Tuesday. “We still believe there is a very high probability and … Read more
The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been seen in the skies over Texas SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Monday night. The launch was intended to send 23 Starlink satellites into orbit. Fox – 4 News Anyone up for dinner and a rocket launch? A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket … Read more
The brilliant green, purple and red colors of the aurora borealis may be visible from northern parts of the upper Midwest tonight thanks to a solar flare crashing into Earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SPWC) has issued a G1 geomagnetic storm watch for June 4 in anticipation of … Read more