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Rocket and Missile Launches Are Often Dubbed "UFOs" But they're actually a lot of fun to photograph if you can plan ahead to set up for them.  Here are photos and video from a NASA rocket launch I caught along the California Coast:  http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2014/07/04/nasas-oco-2-satellite-launch-yesterday/ If you heard about the "UFO" over California last night, Philip Plait explains that it was just a Navy Trident missile test: Naval Missile Test Freaks Out LA http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/11/07/california_mystery_light_trident_missile_test_seen_by_thousands.html #rocket   #launch   #nightphotography   #california   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan NASA's OCO-2 Satellite Launch Yesterday The original July 1 launch was delayed 24 hours due to a technical glitch in the water lines for an acoustic suppression system in the launch pad.  The delay to yesterday morning, July 2, enabled Lori Hibbett and I to pick a new...

Story from NASA Orion EFT-1 Launch The G+ Story created from my trip with Lori Hibbett to see the NASA Orion EFT-1 launch last month.  If you'd like to see a launch tomorrow, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, is scheduled for 6:20 a.m. PST (9:20 a.m. EST) Friday, Jan. 30, with a three-minute launch window. The launch of the United Launch Alliance/Delta II rocket was scrubbed Thursday due to a violation of upper-level wind constraints. Launch managers have initiated a 24-hour recycle. The weather forecast for this launch window shows a 90 percent chance of favorable conditions.  NASATV coverage will be available at this link:   http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-043&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=smap20150129 #orionspacecraft   #NASA   #nasasocial   #OrionEFT1   https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/stories/380f967e-bb02-3672-9dfe-3d...

Behind-the-Scenes at NASA's Kennedy Space Center NASA's new Orion spacecraft represents a major step towards manned missions to Mars.  For the EFT-1 Exploration Flight Test of NASA's Orion spacecraft last week, 150 people were selected to tour NASA Kennedy Space Center and see the various stages it went through in fabrication, testing, and assembly on its way to launch.  We were also treated to press conference style presentations with Q&A afterwards.   To see the photos, blog posts and articles coming out of NASA's event, search for the hashtags #orion  and #nasasocial  on G+, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.  To the extent that participants post on G+, I just posted a circle of them so you can see their posts. For more of my space photos, you can see my Space album here: https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/6080853958539592337 I've also uploaded a sequence of photos from the launch itself: https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albu...

Orion Launch NASAsocial Participants at Kennedy Space Center This is an expended G+ circle of NASAsocial Orion participants I distilled from the broader circle I posted publicly previously. If you add this circle then to to "Home" towards the upper left corner of your G+ screen, you can then select only this circle to see Orion-related posts.   #orion   #nasasocial   #boeing   #lockheedmartin   #ULAlaunch   #ATK   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Space Shuttle Atlantis On Display The space shuttle Atlantis hangs in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.  The presentation is stunning, enabling visitors to walk around the shuttle and see it from a variety of angles as it appears suspended in space. #spaceexploration   #kennedyspacecenter   #NASAsocial   #NASA   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

NASAsocial Participants at NASA Orion Launch NASA invited 150 people to their #NASAsocial event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the Orion  Exploration Flight Test 1 launch.   NASA centers across the country held simultaneous events as well, making this the first NASA-wide social media event.  Here are some of the Orion EFT-1 NASAsocial participants and NASA centers on G+. #orion   #nasasocial   #EFT1   #NASA   #orionlaunch   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

NASA Orion EFT-1 Launch The NASA Orion EFT-1 launch as seen from the press/social media viewing area, December 5. On YouTube: http://youtu.be/sfTMGv7vo3Y?list=PLlLN6Bdq3jrnO9lgcOF8Jvcdy6anx3GDO #Orion #NASAsocial   #spaceexploration   #science   #news   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com   #YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfTMGv7vo3Y&feature=autoshare

Orion Before Launch Friday Morning NASA's Orion sits on the launch pad illuminated by spotlights at 6:30 am on its launch day, December 5, 2014. #orion   #nasasocial   #nasa   #orionfirstflight   #HDR www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Liftoff! NASA'a Orion rocket launches December 5, 2014. #Orion #NASA #science #news #NASASocial www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

SUCCESS! Orion launches December 5, 2014. #NASA #Orion #science #news #NASASocial

NASA's Orion on the Launch Pad Orion got within 3 minutes of launch in the countdown yesterday before a variety of factors delayed it until today. Today's launch window starts at 7:05 am and runs for 2 hours, 39 minutes. You can stream NASA TV throughout the countdown and flight of Orion at www.nasa.gov/nasatv . #Orion #NASAsocial #science #NASA #news

NASA's Orion Launch Today NASA's Orion is scheduled to launch in 1.5 hours, making the farthest flight from earth of any human flight craft in 52 years. Continuous countdown and mission coverage is available now on NASA TV at http://flic.kr/p/q1kMeh #Orion #NASA #NASAsocial

NASA's Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) Launches December 4! Early next month Lori Hibbett and I will be covering NASA's Orion launch from Cape Canaveral.  Orion will launch on NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). More powerful than any rocket ever built, SLS will be capable of sending humans to deep space destinations such as an asteroid and eventually Mars. EFT-1 will be the first mission to integrate Orion and the Space Launch System. Orion will launch atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex Flight Test on the Orion Flight Test: a two-orbit, four-hour flight that will test many of the systems most critical to safety. NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep...

NASA Delta II Rocket Stage One to Stage Two Transition I uploaded a sequence of photos to an album on G+ and This animation was automatically created, showing the following phase in the launch: - T+plus 4 minutes, 39 seconds. MECO. The first stage main engine cutoff is confirmed and the spent stage has been jettisoned. - T+plus 4 minutes, 44 seconds. The Delta's second stage has ignited! The engine is up and running. - T+plus 4 minutes, 51 seconds. The rocket's nose cone enclosing the satellite payload has been jettisoned. The full album of photos of the launch from two cameras is on G+ here:  https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/6034450980809636577 I've also associated the photos with the launch sequence in a blog post here: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/07/NASA-oco2-launch-sequence-NASASocial.html #NASA   #space   #science   #news   #NASASocial   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan T+plus 3 minutes, 34 seconds. The Delta 2 is now passing a...

NASA'a OCO-2 Launch in 1080p HD My "short" version, dropping all but a second or two of NASA's footage. NASA OCO-2 Satellite Launch - July 2, 2014 1080p HD #NASA   #science   #news   #space   #NASASocial   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXnYnzasfxU&feature=share&list=PL6012D9822C1BA1E7

NASA's Launch: Best Fireworks This Week! Footage of NASA's launch early Wednesday morning. Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch This Week What happens when a time-lapse astrophotographer goes to a NASA launch?  Enjoy my more concise edit of this footage, just uploaded to Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/99906771 .   NASA's OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory will take 1 million measurements daily at a resolution of one square mile, enabling the analysis of local, regional, national and global CO2 emissions and trends. Blog: www.MyPhotoGuides.com #NASA #space #climatescience #NASAJPL #NASASocial #OCO2 https://vimeo.com/99906771

NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory Launch This Week What happens when a time-lapse astrophotographer goes to a NASA launch?  Enjoy my new edit of this footage, just uploaded to Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/99906771 .   NASA's OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory will take 1 million measurements daily at a resolution of one square mile, enabling the analysis of local, regional, national and global CO2 emissions and trends. Production credit: Jeff Sullivan  https://plus.google.com/+JeffreySullivan/posts #NASA #space #climatescience #NASAJPL #NASASocial #OCO2  https://vimeo.com/99906771