A power outage and high winds had delayed two previous launch attempts, but New Horizons made it safely into space on the third try. New Horizons Jupiter flyby This is a montage of New Horizons images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, taken during the spacecraft’s Jupiter flyby . ...
The stronger the flare, the more intense and long-lasting the outage. The timing of these events can be quite disruptive. When a series of solar flares went off in September 2017, the lengthy radio blackouts disrupted relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane...
was hit by a power outage at the very same time that the cloud appeared in the sky. This resulted in a panic among the local residents who believed that the cloud had something to do with the loss of their power. According to accounts, one man called the local police station and ...
"We've been friends for 20 years," said McArthur. "We started together, we're still friends together, we have kids now who are playing well together. And so sometimes when Bob and Doug are out in California, and we know they're working hard, we'll go out to dinner together, we'l...
The SDO is a space-based observatory that studies the Sun, focusing on its magnetic field, activity cycles, and impacts on the solar system. It is particularly focused on understanding the connection between the Sun and Earth. IRIS launched in 2013, and studies the flow of plasma into the ...
Artemis 1 is a planned uncrewed test flight of a spacecraft that will go to the Moon and back, sometime after August 2022. Two years after Artemis 1, Artemis 2 is planned to take a crew of astronauts to the Moon and back. Any outage in communications with astronauts is simply ...
Opportunity should be able to handle even an extended outage. “As long as the rover stays warm enough, and our predictions are that it will, then it can go any number of days,” Callas said. Because Mars’ atmosphere is so thin, there’s no danger that the rover will get blown over...
X-rays from solar flares cause radio blackouts on the daylight side of the planet. The stronger the flare, the more intense and long-lasting the outage. The timing of these events can be quite disruptive. When a series of solar flares went off in...
As luck would have it, the town of Riverhead, N.Y., was hit by a power outage at the very same moment that the cloud appeared in the sky. This resulted in a panic among the local residents who believed that the cloud had something to do with the loss of their power. One man ...
NASA reports that the test team is in a hold currently as they work to resolve an outage with a vendor that provides gaseous nitrogen that is needed for the tanking process. "Nitrogen is used to prepare for, and during tanking operations, to provide a non-flammable environment inside of the...