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... in the desired direction and then increasing the spacecraft’s rotation rate from 2 to 5 revolutions per minute (RPM) to help stabilize it.. The burn of Juno’s 645-Newton ... understanding the planetary systems being discovered around other stars. The Juno spacecraft launched on Aug. 5, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. JPL manages the Juno mission for ...

... the agency’s website. The ISS Progress 70 spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 5:51 p.m. EDT July 9 (3:51 a.m. July 10, local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch coverage will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Progress 70 cargo vehicle, planned for a fast-track to the ...

A liquid-fueled, 11-foot rocket, fired by Robert H. Goddard at Auburn, carried a small camera, thermometer, and a barometer which were recovered intact after the flight. Much "moon rocket" publicity was made of this flight. The rocket was reported to be nine feet long and 28 inches in diameter and exploded about 300 feet off the ground.

First turbojet engine completed for the Navy, the Westinghouse 19A, completed its 100-hour endurance test.

The MX-324, first U.S. military rocket-powered plane built by Northrop, was flown by test pilot Harry Crosby, at Harper Dry Lake, Calif.

James H. Doolittle named "aviator of the decade" (1940-49) by the Harmon International Aviation Awards Committee, while Jacqueline Cochran was named "aviatrix of the decade."

The REP-Hirsch Prize is awarded to Alfred Africano of the American Rocket Society . ''New York Times''

''RELEASE: 11-217 NASA'S HUBBLE MAKES ONE MILLIONTH SCIENCE OBSERVATION'' WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanet's atmosphere 1,000 light-years away. "For 21 years Hubble has ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-124 EXPEDITION 30 AND 31 ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS'' HOUSTON -- Just back from his mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 12. Pettit and his crew mates, Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M17-082'' '''NASA Provides Coverage of Vice President Pence’s Visit to Kennedy Space Center''' NASA will provide television, still image and social media coverage of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 6. NASA TV and the agency’s website will air live coverage for parts of the visit starting at noon EDT with Air ...

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