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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Test Launch

SpaceX just launched the world's most powerful rocket operating today. Here's why that's important.

Mike AugustyniakFebruary 6, 2018NASA, Space, Falcon9, Falcon Heavy, Elon Musk, SpaceXComment

Final Exams for GOES-R

Here's how NOAA and NASA are testing GOES-R (now known as GOES-16) before being declared "operational" later this year.

Mike AugustyniakMay 4, 2017GOES-R, GOES-16, Satellite, Space, Lightning, NASA, NOAAComment

3rd Rock from the Sun; 1st Rock from the Moon

3rd Rock from the Sun; 1st Rock from the Moon

There's a stunning new high-resolution image of Earth, taken from just above the lunar surface.

Mike AugustyniakDecember 18, 2015NASA, Space, Earthrise, Moon, Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterComment