ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Department of Commerce has signed a new memorandum of understanding with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to bolster the state’s aerospace industry. The three-year agreement will support growth in Maryland’s aerospace economy in the area surrounding Goddard, located in Greenbelt, and on the Lower Eastern Shore near the rocket launch site Wallops Flight Facility. Under the three-year […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Marylanders are gearing up for Monday’s solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. In the path of totality, the sky will darken as […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attention, night owls and early risers! A rocket launch should be visible in Maryland during the overnight hours. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will support Rocket Lab‘s Electron launch for the National Reconnaissance Office no earlier than March 21 at 2:15 a.m. ET. The launch window is 2:15 – 6:30 a.m. ET. Currently, weather is 80% favorable for launch. A […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Next month’s solar eclipse will be accompanied by three separate rocket launches by NASA. On April 8, during the total solar eclipse, three sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility as a part of the Apophis mission. The three sounding rockets will launch for the Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path (APEP) mission, which will study how […]
HEREFORD, MD—A team of five budding scientists and engineers from Hereford High School has been named one of 60 teams nationwide to win the third annual NASA TechRise Student Challenge. The honor means that the team’s winning entry – called “Ferrofluid Fiesta – Investigating the Issue of Atmospheric Microplastic (MP) Pollution” – will fly on one of two NASA-sponsored suborbital […]
BALTIMORE, MD—What’s that, up in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Actually, it was a meteor. A bright fireball that streaked across East Coast skies on Thursday, November 2, was, in fact, a meteor, NASA has confirmed. Numerous eyewitnesses in the states of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have filed reports […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Many mid-Atlantic residents were startled by a large meteor that created a fireball in the sky on Sunday night. Hundreds of eyewitnesses have filed reports of a bright meteor observed at 9:23 p.m. on September 3, according to NASA Meteor Watch. The event was also captured by several publicly accessible cameras in the region and at extreme range by […]
BALTIMORE, MD—NASA says a Tuesday night rocket launch may be visible in Maryland, weather-permitting. The next cargo resupply mission from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled for Tuesday, August 1, at 8:31 p.m. EDT. The Northrop Grumman Corporation Antares vehicle will deliver science and supplies to the International Space Station aboard the Cygnus spacecraft. The Cygnus spacecraft for this launch […]