Tag Archives: SDO

Watching The Sun: SDO Launches For Solar Science

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Brian-McLaughlin

Today marks the start of a new era in solar observations with the launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO for short. As mentioned in this week’s GeekDad Space Report, SDO launched today aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral. SDO is the first observatory in NASA’s Living With a Star program. The […] Continue reading →

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The GeekDad Space Report for February 8, 2010

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Brian-McLaughlin

Hello all from the Hoth-like D.C. Metro area! We are all digging out here but space exploration marches on!
The launch of a Progress supply ship went off on time this past week and rendezvoused with the ISS on Thursday. Meanwhile, at the Kennedy Space Center, the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour was delayed from Sunday […] Continue reading →

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