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February has so far been packed with rocket launch activity in California, and the next week is no exception. Here's the schedule.
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NMSU, Albuquerque Civil Air Patrol Group students launch rockets at Spaceport America
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Students from New Mexico State University and the Albuquerque Civil Air Patrol Group NM-079 completed a series of rocket launches at Spaceport America and earned their level one certifications.
When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere. Now scientists are directly linking the uncontrolled rocket re-entry to a plume of lithium measured less than 100km above Earth.
NASA is providing a commentary-free, 24-hour livestream of SLS during the WDR, which can be viewed here on Space.com as well as on YouTube. The agency said that it will also air a separate stream featuring important WDR activities; Space.com will simulcast that feed, if it's made available.
A launch pad that once sent the first American into orbit is being revived for a new era of commercial spaceflight.