Firefly Aerospace launching 4th-ever mission today: Watch live

Firefly Aerospace launching 4th mission today: Watch live | Space Quiz! What is the name of the period about 100 million years after the Big Bang? | Watch Blue Origin launch 1st mission in 15 months today Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version December 20, 2023 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Firefly Aerospace launching 4th mission today: Watch live (Firefly Aerospace) The company's Alpha rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a 20-minute window that opens at 12:18 p.m. EST (1718 GMT; 9:18 a.m. local California time), kicking off a mission that Firefly calls "Fly the Lightning." You can watch the launch live via Firefly and its streaming partner, NASASpaceflight.com. Coverage will begin an hour before the window opens. Full Story: Space (12/20)  Space Quiz! What is the name of the period about 100 million years after the Big Bang? Learn the answer here! Cosmic dawn Planck time Univolution age Protozoa era Watch Blue Origin launch 1st mission in 15 months today (Blue Origin) Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle lifted off from the company's West Texas site on Tuesday around 11:44 a.m. EST (1644 GMT) after brief holds on launch day. (Blue Origin also tried to launch the mission on Monday (Dec. 18), but scrubbed the attempt due to a "ground system issue" at its Launch Site One pad.) Full Story: Space (12/18)  Spaceflight Watch SpaceX Dragon ISS undocking Dec. 15 after delay (NASA) The Dragon undocking was originally scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 14), but it has been delayed repeatedly due to "unfavorable weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida," agency officials stated in the Thursday post. Undocking coverage will start at 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Thursday); you can watch here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA Television. Full Story: Space (12/20)  Science & Astronomy JWST may have found the oldest black hole in the universe (Getty Images/Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the oldest black hole ever seen, an ancient monster with the mass of 1.6 million suns lurking 13 billion years in the universe's past. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Technology NASA's laser experiment is leap for moon and Mars comms (NASA/Dave Ryan) The experiment has taken years to set up. The Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) payload was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 9, flying aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASA's 29th commercial resupply services mission. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Search for Life Strange 'slide whistle' fast radio burst defies explanation (Jingchuan Yu, Beijing Planetarium) The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Entertainment Everything we know about 'Alien: Romulus' (20th Century Studios) Word on the street is that the movie was originally set to be released on Hulu, but studio executives were so impressed by the production - as well as the stellar reception and performance of "Prey" - that the seventh non-crossover "Alien" installment was granted a theatrical release. Full Story: Space (12/19)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036