Launched on Dec. 14, 2009 aboard a
@ULALaunch
Delta II, WISE revealed millions of hidden black holes across the universe! 🌌
In one study, astronomers used WISE to identify about 2.5 million actively feeding supermassive black holes across the full sky, stretching back to…
Science is a process of questions and answers, and astronomers always want to know more about black holes! With our telescopes pointed at them, black holes regularly make headlines. Follow this thread to catch up on some recent black hole news.
#BlackHoleWeek
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This
#BlackHoleWeek
– Let’s talk TESS!
On April 18, 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Less than a year later, the planet-hunting satellite watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon…
It’s
#BlackHoleWeek
and we’re celebrating IXPE! Since launching on Dec. 9, 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, IXPE’s X-ray polarization measurements have been helping us home in on objects like black holes by studying their innermost regions! 🛰️ 🌌
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🚀🛰🛰 One year launchiversary for TROPICS part one!
Two CubeSats of the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellations of Smallsats (TROPICS) launched from Mahia, New Zealand on
@RocketLab
’s Electron dubbed
#RocketLikeAHurricane
.
Steady as you go! Take a trip around a black hole, just skirting the event horizon, in this new visualization. The surroundings appear to twist and contort due to the black hole's strong gravity. Learn more about what you’re seeing:
#BlackHoleWeek
Want to get up to speed on black holes? We’ve got you covered! A black hole is an object so dense that not even light can escape it.
#BlackHoleWeek
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#TeacherAppreciationWeek
with LSP📝🚀
On behalf of NASA's Launch Services Program, thank you to all the teachers across the universe. From past classroom visits to current virtual meet and greets, LSP and our outreach team are happy to support teachers!
🚀 Happy launch anniversary to InSight!
#OTD
in 2018, InSight lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on an
@ulalaunch
Atlas V! InSight may be retired, but researchers will pore over the data from its seismometer for decades to come.
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Obligatory VADR post cause it’s
#StarWarsDay
!
Not in a galaxy far far away, but right here with LSP! Our VADR contract provides low-cost launch services for high-risk tolerant payloads.
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
Want to learn more about VADR?
This is the way:
🚀🛰️Happy launch-iversary to GOES-L!
#OTD
24 years ago, GOES-L lifted off from SLC-36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. GOES-L has the distinction of being LSP’s first GOES launch!
The legacy continues with the upcoming GOES-U launch scheduled for June 25th.
Since 1998, we've managed the launch of over 100 missions, launching spacecraft to various Earth orbits, Mars, and to the outer edges of our solar system. Our team works to ensure safe and successful launches, paving the way for scientific discoveries!
🚀🛰️Happy
#SpaceDay
!🌌✨
With
@EuropaClipper
launching soon to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon, learn how you can join NASA’s search for life with
@NASAAstrobio
’s latest graphic novel “Becoming an Astrobiologist.”
Download your e-reader or PDF copy today:
Earth >> << Psyche
DSOC, a tech demo on
#MissionToPsyche
, works so well that it has graduated from sending pre-loaded test data (remember Taters the laser cat?) to transmitting actual spacecraft telemetry:
🚀The launch date is set for the first of a pair of CubeSats!
"Ready, Aim, PREFIRE" will launch on a
@RocketLab
Electron NET May 22 from Mahia, New Zealand. PREFIRE will improve climate predictions by measuring Earth's energy loss in the Arctic regions.
Ever wondered why we say “satellite images” instead of “photos”? That’s because they’re not photos!
Carina Poulin, an imagery specialist for
@NASA
’s PACE mission, explains how she takes raw satellite data and turns it into beautiful – and scientifically informative – imagery.
🚀🛰️
@NASAKennedy
and LSP are celebrating Take Your Student to Work Day!
LSP is having a blast with all our students attending meetings at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and participating in launch simulations at Hangar AE!