TESS To Begin Search for Habitable Planets After SpaceX Launch on April 16 2018

Bill Jelen

February 21, 2018

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Dr. George Ricker from Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a media day today for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The principal investigator explained TESS's role between the Kepler Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.

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OCISLY Returns to Port After Near-Miss of Falcon Heavy Center Core

Just 47 hours after nearly being struck by a speeding Falcon Heavy center core traveling at 300 MPH, the OCISLY returned to Port Canaveral around 2PM on February 8, 2018. The Autonomous Drone Ship appears to be intact. There is no visible damage to the four thrusters.

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Falcon Heavy: Starman Successfully Heads Beyond Mars in Tesla Roadster

Wearing an authentic SpaceX space suit, strapped in to a midnight cherry red Tesla roadster, Star Man is on his way to the asteroid belt beyond Mars. Glued to his dashboard is a tiny replica of himself - a Hot Wheels roadster, with another tiny astronaut figure inside the car. The car's battery would last for twelve hours after launch and beamed back images of Star Man and the car with the blue marble of Earth floating in the background. It was all part of the marketing genius of Elon Musk.

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View of a rocket from Jetty Park. Photo: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

Space Coast Welcomes Falcon Heavy Watchers

Throngs of crowds have begun arriving on the Space Coast in anticipation of the demonstration launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. This demonstration mission will be the first time this rocket, with 27 Merlin engines flies. Tourists from around the world are planning a trip to witness the first launch as Elon Musk attempts to put his Cherry Red Tesla Roadster into a heliocentric orbit near Mars. Here's what you need to know if you are coming for the launch and landing.

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Royal Family On Hand for GOVSat-1 Launch

On January 31, 2018, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40 carrying GovSat-1. The satellite, built by Orbital-ATK, is the first satellite of GovSat, a public private partnership between the Government of Luxembourg and the world-leading satellite operator SES.

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