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Rocket Glitch Spoils Glory Satellite Launch

Mar 4th 2011 – 7:19AM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A rocket that blasted off early Friday carrying an Earth-observation satellite has failed to reach orbit, NASA said. The Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory satellite lifted off about 2:10 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, officials said . Randy Beaudoin, AFP / Getty...

NASA Releases Eye-Opening Satellite View of Hurricane Katrina [VIDEO]

Aug 25th 2010 – 5:21PM

(Aug. 25) -- The approaching fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is bringing with it iconic images and footage of the disaster that are no less stirring for their familiarity. A new video from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center showing the storm from its point of view belongs in an entirely different category -- and...

Background on goddard space flight center

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center.

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