When is the 2020 US election and will it go forward as planned? Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the GPS III SV04 satellite for the U.S. Space Force and Air Force  from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s descent to the asteroid’s surface for its “Touch-And-Go,” or TAG, maneuver, which will be managed by Lockheed Martin Space near Denver, will begin at 5 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. A truly cheap phone with 5G, Nasal spray may one day repair damaged brain cells, study suggests, Volkswagen Type 2 Bus evolution detailed in groovy family tree, "This is going to be the future of many metropole cities around the world" says commenter, You can now take virtual winery tours including wine samples sent to your door. RSVP to the Facebook event for social media updates. NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 p.m. EDT. Rocket Lab will launch an Electron rocket today (Oct. 21) to deliver 10 Earth-observing satellites into orbit for Canon Electronics and Earth imagery company Planet. Editor's Note: This advisory was updated on Monday, Oct. 19, to reflect programming changes for Monday, Nov. 19. When will the 2020 US election results be announced and how do you know who has won? That's what today's update will be about. Last week, the United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced an agreement with SpaceX to launch previously flown boosters on future National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions. Rocket Lab To Launch Commercial Earth-Imaging Rideshare Mission For Planet, Canon Electronics. Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, Tucson, is the principal investigator, and the University of Arizona also leads the science team and the mission’s science observation planning and data processing. Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. In addition to the broadcast Tuesday, Oct. 20, briefings and social media activities will cover the mission and asteroid science on Monday, Oct. 19. Mission Information: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Kevin McCloud reveals Grand Designs has an A-List fan – find out who! NASA also will host a #ToBennuAndBack Virtual NASA Social. Find out what the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are up to by tuning in to the "ISS Live" broadcast. OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. 5 to 6:30 p.m. – Live broadcast from Lockheed Martin of OSIRIS-REx’s descent to the surface of Bennu and attempt at sample collection. The spacecraft arrived at Bennu in 2018 and is expected to return its samples to Earth in 2023. Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO, Peter Beck, says the mission demonstrates the industry-leading flexibility Electron provides to small satellite operators by deploying multiple spacecraft to their various target destinations even when flying as part of a rideshare. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook. NASA Social participants will get a chance to: Connect virtually with like-minded space enthusiasts as we prepare for TAG, Receive a NASA Social badge to share online or print at home, Access the broadcast and other activities around TAG. Commenting is not currently available, but don’t worry! A new launch target has not been announced. OSIRIS-REx "tagged" the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday in an attempt to collect samples from the space rock 207 million miles from Earth. … "Since the station orbits the Earth once every 90 minutes, it experiences a sunrise or a sunset about every 45 minutes. The three crew members had departed to International Space Station (ISS) in early April and had remained there for over 6 months. Long Beach, California. The U.S. Space Force will activate its first field station today, Oct. 21, in a ceremony to redesignate the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado as its first Space Operations Command. 4 days ago 'I was absolutely terrified': Australian witness recounts Qatar strip-search ordeal . The animation commences with the spacecraft’s slew into position for the Orbit Departure Maneuver and runs through the entire sequence of TAG events, concluding after the spacecraft’s back-away burn. While OSIRIS-REx's rendezvous maneuver with Bennu was a success, it will take time to know for sure if asteroid samples were actually collected. This rideshare mission will be Electron’s 15th launch overall and fifth in 2020, making Electron the second most-frequently launched U.S. rocket this year. Planet’s Flock 4e’ of SuperDoves will join the company’s constellation of Earth-observation satellites already on orbit providing medium-resolution global coverage and near-daily revisit. Full mission coverage and participants (all times Eastern): 1 p.m. – Asteroid Science and Planetary Defense media teleconference with the following participants: Lori Glaze, Planetary Science Division director, NASA Headquarters, Washington, Hal Levison, Lucy mission principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Psyche mission principal investigator, Arizona State University, Tempe, Andrea Riley, DART mission program executive, NASA Headquarters, Jamie Elsila, research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. 5 p.m. – Post-sampling news conference – and release of new images – with the following participants: Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson, Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx mission operations manager, Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado. Launch Notes: This will be 141st mission for United Launch Alliance and our 29th for the NRO. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provides overall mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. You can see the Space Force's recruitment ad above until streaming begins. It is the 385th Delta launch since 1960, the 12th Delta IV Heavy and the 8th Heavy for the NRO. OSIRIS-REx is now ready to take a sample of this ancient relic of our solar system and bring its stories and secrets home to Earth. Rocket Lab has multiple missions scheduled for the remainder of 2020, including an upcoming launch in Q4 earmarked for the company’s first Electron first stage recovery attempt. For phone bridge information, media should contact Lonnie Shekhtman at lonnie.shekhtman@nasa.gov no later than 1 p.m. Oct. 21. 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SpaceX is targeting Friday, October 2, for a Falcon 9 launch of the GPS III Space Vehicle 04 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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