NASA Sets Media Events for OCO-2 Launch from California

NASA Sets Media Events for OCO-2 Launch from California

06/16/2014 12:00 PM EDT

The launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission (OCO-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Tuesday, July 1. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is targeted for 5:56 a.m. EDT (2:56 a.m. PDT) at the opening of a 30-second launch window.

College Students Study Earth From NASA’s DC-8 Flying Lab

06/19/2014 12:00 PM EDT

Thirty-two undergraduate college students are immersed in NASA’s Earth Science research during the 2014 Student Airborne Research Program.