Glory Mission Updates http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html en-us <![CDATA[Press Briefing Coming Up, Blog Concludes]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:33:18 GMT <![CDATA[No Indication of Payload Fairing Separation]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:21:37 GMT <![CDATA[Contingency Declared]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:17:19 GMT <![CDATA[Third Stage Ignites]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:13:48 GMT <![CDATA[First Stage Burnout]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:12:24 GMT <![CDATA[LIFTOFF!]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:10:59 GMT <![CDATA[Auto-sequence Start]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:09:28 GMT <![CDATA[Final "Go" Given for Launch]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:06:42 GMT <![CDATA[Five Minutes to Launch]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:05:15 GMT <![CDATA[Glory Configured for Launch]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:03:56 GMT <![CDATA[A-Train of Observatories]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:02:33 GMT <![CDATA[P-PODs Hitch a Ride on Taurus XL]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:00:18 GMT <![CDATA[Countdown Resumes as Scheduled]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:59:27 GMT <![CDATA[The Payload Fairing and What It Means for Glory]]>
The 63-inch-diameter fairing that is secured around the Glory spacecraft this morning has received a lot of attention so far and will get careful looks as the rocket heads into orbit today.]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:52:42 GMT <![CDATA[20 Minutes to Launch]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:49:54 GMT <![CDATA[Upper Level Winds are "Go"]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:38:26 GMT <![CDATA[Aerosol Instrument Crucial for Researchers]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:31:03 GMT <![CDATA[T-45 Minutes and Counting]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:21:29 GMT <![CDATA[Launch Team Gives "Go" to Resume Count]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:20:21 GMT <![CDATA[Readiness Polls Coming Up]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:13:54 GMT <![CDATA[Countdown Enters Planned Hold]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:06:39 GMT <![CDATA[Taurus XL in Spotlight This Morning]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:04:22 GMT <![CDATA[Launch Services Program Managing Liftoff]]>
The launch team's work begins years before a launch when managers choose which rocket to use to lift a given spacecraft. Sometimes, like today, the spacecraft is destined for a short ride to Earth orbit, so a small launcher is in order. Other missions are meant for deep space, such as the New Horizons mission now heading toward Pluto. Those missions require much more power for launch, so bigger rockets are employed. An Atlas V was used to launch the New Horizons mission, for example.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is managing the Glory mission itself.]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:50:56 GMT <![CDATA[Weather is Perfect]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:40:56 GMT <![CDATA[West Coast Launch for Glory]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:37:45 GMT <![CDATA[Launch Day for Glory!]]>
This is the second launch attempt for the Earth-observation mission, following a scrub last week because of a technical issue with the ground support equipment for the rocket. On Feb. 23, a false indication was received about the rocket's status after commands were sent about 15 minutes before launch to activate the Taurus.

The launch team has remedied the issue though, and they are ready to go ahead with this morning's liftoff. As for us, we will bring details of the countdown as it progresses and provide some background about this fascinating mission and what scientists hope to learn from it.]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:31:18 GMT <![CDATA[Glory on Schedule to Launch Friday Morning]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:18:27 GMT