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Space shuttle Atlantis will undergo a tanking test on Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center. The test is set to begin at about 11 a.m. EDT. Atlantis' external fuel tank will be filled with more than 500,000 gallons of super cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. Atlantis is set to liftoff on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for 8 July. Atlantis will carry a crew of four: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. (Image Credit: NASA)
NASA launched an international satellite Friday carrying the agency-built Aquarius instrument designed to measure the saltiness of Earth’s oceans. The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in CA atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 7:20 a.m. PDT. Approximately 57 minutes later, the observatory separated from the rocket's second stage before establishing communications with ground controllers, and unfurling its solar arrays. Aquarius will make NASA's first space observations of the salinity at the ocean surface, a key missing variable in satellite studies of Earth. (Image Credit: NASA)
NASA has launched a rocket from Virginia's Eastern Shore to test new technologies. After being delayed Thursday, a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket launched Friday at 7:16 a.m. from the Wallops Island Flight Facility in order to test systems like the Small Rocket/Spacecraft Technology platform, known as SMART, and the Autonomous Flight Safety System. NASA plans to launch the same type of rocket later this month to conduct educational experiments. That launch window is 23–29 June between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. (Image Credit: NASA)
Maj Gen John R. Alison, USAF (retired), passed away at his home in Washington, DC, on 6 June, at the age of 98. Alison was a World War II “flying ace” with 7 confirmed, and several more probable, kills while commanding and flying with the 75th Fighter Squadron “Flying Tigers.” He served as the commander of the very first Air Commando Force, a position which earned Alison the moniker “Father of Air Force Special Operations.” After the war, Alison served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. He returned to flying service in the Korean War, and later served as the president of the Air Force Association. (Image Credit: USAF)
