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NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NJ
A NASA rocket set to launch early Monday, Nov. 7 will be visible along the East Coast. The Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft had initially been set to launch Sunday, Nov. 6, but were postponed due to a fire alarm at Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft control center in Dulles, VA. Monday's launch is set for 5:27 a.m., EST. A color-coded map from NASA shows where the rocket will be most visible (see above). It will be visible from anywhere between 30 seconds to nearly two minutes. According to the NASA website, the Cygnus is loaded with more than…
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5 Surprising Facts About Rutgers Grad Sebastian Stan Starring In 'Pam & Tommy'
Tattoos, a black wig, and a prosthetic penis. Sebastian Stan is nearly unrecognizable in his role as Tommy Lee in Hulu's new hit mini-series "Pam & Tommy," streaming now. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebastian Stan (@imsebastianstan) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sebastian Stan (@imsebastianstan) Whether you know him from the Marvel movies or Gossip Girl, what you might not have known about 39-year-old Stan is that he has New Jersey ties. Here are five more f…
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NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Could Be Visible From PA, NJ
An upcoming rocket launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility may be visible across the region. The launch is scheduled for 5:56 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Weather-permitting, the launch may be visible across much of Greater Philly and North and Central Jersey 90-120 seconds after launch. Residents in South Jersey and the southeastern most part of Pennsylvania could see the rocket between 60 and 90 seconds after launch. This will be Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Spac…
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Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend?
Countdown, engines on. NASA is hopeful that it's seventh scheduled rocket launch in eight days will be its luckiest lift-off. Look to the Southeast for a swiftly-moving object with a green-violet vapor trail starting at 8:10 p.m. on Saturday. NASA announces its latest rocket launch planned for Saturday, May 15 at 8:10 p.m.Twitter @NASA Wallops After cancelling six liftoffs, NASA’s rocket launch has been rescheduled at Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia and should be visible in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York weather-permitting. Strong winds and a mechanical launcher i…
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NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: Due to a mechanical concern during flight preparations, NASA's East Coast rocket launch has been postponed, for a fifth time, until Saturday, May 15. Need something uplifting to do on Saturday? Look to the Southeast for a swiftly-moving object with a green-violet vapor trail starting at 8:10 p.m. LAUNCH SCRUBBED ❗ Tonight's launch of the KiNET-X sounding rocket has been scrubbed due to cloudy skies in Bermuda and Wallops. The next launch opportunity will be no earlier than May 12, at 8:06 p.m. EDT. Backup days run through May 16. — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) May 12, 2021 A…
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SpaceX Rocket's Historic Launch Engineered By Bergen County Native
A New Jersey native played an integral role in the recent launch of the NASA/SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Sam DiMaggio, a 1985 graduate of Leonia High School, is principal dynamics engineer on the SpaceX project. The sophisticated rocket's May 30 flight from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., carried its first-ever crew to the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. DiMaggio joined SpaceX in 2000 and was a designer on the initial Falcon 1 launch vehicle, the world's first privately-developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit in 2008. He received his bachelor…
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After Year In Space, West Orange Twin Astronauts Now A Little Less Alike: Study
A year in earth orbit may have subtle but marked effects on the human body, according to the results of a unique experiment involving two West Orange natives. Twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly both served in NASA's astronaut corps. As twins, the Kelly brothers were ideal for a study on the effects of space travel. Beginning in 2015, Scott Kelly spent a year aboard the International Space Station while Mark stayed on terra firma. Whatever changes Scott Kelly's physiology underwent in space would be readily apparent by comparing him to his earthbound twin. The results of that stu…