SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft on its way into deep space this evening from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch appears to have gone flawlessly, with the spacecraft separating as scheduled and heading off to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrangian point located 1.500 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth. The mission has one of the longest gestation periods in history. Back […]

Artist’s rendition of NOAA’s DSCOVR: Deep Space Climate Observatory. (Credit:
NOAA/NASA)

SpaceX is back in action on Sunday evening with a Falcon 9 set to launch the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral at 6:10 p.m. EST.  The launch will mark SpaceX’s second attempt to land a Falcon 9 first stage on an off-shore barge.

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