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T-4 Minutes and Counting
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/
Lift-off scheduled for 0830hrs tomorrow morning.
Six year mission.
Will this fred still be here then? Will we?
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/
Lift-off scheduled for 0830hrs tomorrow morning.
Six year mission.
Will this fred still be here then? Will we?
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NASA Live: Parker Solar Probe Launch
The Saturday, Aug. 11 launch attempt of Parker Solar Probe has been scrubbed. The next launch attempt will be Sunday, Aug. 12 at 3:31 a.m. The launch window is 60 minutes. NASA TV live coverage on Sunday, Aug. 12 begins at 3 a.m. Eastern time. Parker Solar Probe will launch aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it. Mission updates: Parker Solar Probe blog | Follow: @NASA and @NASASun https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive The rocket standing on the pad at Space Launch Complex 37 is a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy configuration. The 233-foot-tall rocket is the world’s second highest-capacity rocket and most powerful rocket currently used by NASA. The launch vehicle consists of three Common Booster Cores, each with an RS-68A engine. Each engine produces 702,000 pounds of thrust for a combined total liftoff thrust of more than 2.1 million pounds. A cryogenic second stage, powered by an RL10 engine, is on the center core. It is fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The boosters are controlled by the second stage avionics system, which provides guidance, flight control and vehicle sequencing functions during the booster phases of flight. For the first time ever, a solid fuel third stage, provided by Northrup Grumman, is part of the Delta IV Heavy rocket’s configuration. It is attached to the Parker Solar Probe and will help boost the spacecraft into the proper trajectory for its mission. The Parker Solar Probe was moved from nearby Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville to Launch Complex 37 on July 30. The spacecraft was lifted and attached to the top of the Delta IV Heavy rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility. Parker Solar Probe will be the fastest human-made object in the solar system, traveling at speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour (700,000 kilometers per hour). |
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Always said Floyd were years ahead of their time ..........
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It's 50 years' old already and is the only song they recorded to feature all five band members, Rey.
Meanwhile, Q's & A's being taken now with launch coverage commencing @ 0800hrs. https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive |
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Incredible really with Floyd because 50 years before that we were still three months from the end of World War One
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Full screen available on utube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0 8439 viewing ... |
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T-4 Minutes and Counting ...
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The Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft – which launched on August 12, 2018 – passed the current record of 26.55 million miles (43 million km) from the sun’s surface yesterday (October 29, 2018).
https://earthsky.org/space/parker-solar-record-closest-yet-to-sun-oct2018 |
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Countdown to internet quacks saying it's there to spray chemtrails that will cause Solar death rays?
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Think they'll ever land a man on the moon?
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It's got a giant hose and NASA are attempting to put the sun out.
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