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DSCOVR

  • Image of Earth captured by DSCOVR's EPIC camera on Sept. 17
    Space
    NASA launches website hosting stunning, regularly updated Earth imagery
    NASA has launched a new website allowing the public to view images snapped by its Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. The service will provide multiple shots of stunning Earth imagery seven days a week, mere hours after capture.
  • An animation still image, created from images snapped by DSCOVR during lunar transit
    Space
    NASA's DSCOVR satellite shows far side of the moon in different light
    NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft has snapped rare views of the Moon transiting across Earth's disk. The images grant us a seldom-seen look at the far side of our planet's nearest celestial companion.
  • DSCOVR lifting off from Cape Canaveral (Photo: SpaceX)
    Space
    DSCOVR launch successful, but Falcon 9 landing scrubbed
    It was fourth time's the charm today as NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 6:05 pm EST. However, the planned power landing attempt of the Falcon 9 booster had to be abandoned.
  • DSCOVR, the NOAA's Earth observation and space weather satellite, being readied for launch (Photo: NASA/Ben Smegelsky)
    Space
    DSCOVR satellite to keep a weather eye on solar storms
    Sunday's delayed launch means that NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) will wait at least a day before it can take up its job of helping protect Earth against solar flares.
  • The latest Falcon 9 launch has been delayed 24 hours (Photo: NASA/Kim Shiflett)
    Space
    DSCOVR launch delayed
    Today's launch of NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) has been delayed 24 hours. With less than two and a half minutes on the clock, mission control placed the launch on hold due to problems in the first stage avionics and with one of the range safety radars.