Tag: triana

“EPIC” Images Now Streaming Via DSCOVR Spacecraft

“EPIC” Images Now Streaming Via DSCOVR Spacecraft

On February 11, 2015, SpaceX conducted is first (and so far only) launch to deep space. The payload, officially designated as the Deep Space Climate Observatory, has a long and strange history dating back to the Clinton Administration and Vice President Al Gore’s proposal to launch a satellite which would show the entire Earth as […]

Posted in: Uncategorized
DSCOVR Launch Presents SpaceX With New Landing Challenge

DSCOVR Launch Presents SpaceX With New Landing Challenge

A Saturday pre-launch press conference for Sunday’s liftoff of the Deep Space Climate Observatory or DSCOVR spacecraft, revealed new details regarding SpaceX’s second attempt to land a Falcon 9 first stage on its seagoing platform.  One fact seems clear, this attempt will be more difficult than the last.  It may be also be a harbinger […]

Posted in: SpaceX
π