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Illustration of the Landsat 9 spacecraft in orbit around Earth, passing over the US from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The satellite will travel at 7.5 km/second, circling the globe every 99 minutes at an altitude of 705 km (438 miles). Landsat 9 will image a swath 185 km (115 miles) in width and complete about 14 orbits each day, thereby imaging every part of Earth every 16 days. Credits: NASA. EROS getting a new ‘eye in the sky’–Landsat 9 By Todd Epp Jul 19, 20...

Earth-observing satellites launch is planned for Sept. 16 on the South Base The Landsat 9 arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning. The spacecraft will be further prepped for placement atop the Atlas V rocket ahead of the planned Sept. 16 launch. (Vandenberg Space Force Base/NASA photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully July 9, 2021 | 9:06 p.m. A summer road trip brought the Landsat 9 spacecraft to Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation...

Virgin Orbit has kicked off commercial service with a successful LauncherOne mission on Wednesday, June 30.  As part of Virgin Orbit’s air-launch system, carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl took off from a flight runway at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 6:50 a.m. PDT. Cosmic Girl, a modified Boeing 747, dropped the rocket at 7:47 a.m. PDT, when it had reached about 45,000 feet in altitude.  LauncherOne separated cleanly and ignited its first stage engine, then completed stage sepa...

Boeing and NASA recently announced a date for the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

Virgin Orbit is getting ready to launch its next mission by the end of June. This is the first time that Virgin Orbit is flying after its first orbital launch in January.

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Effective June 1, all five Senior and Community Centers in Carroll County will resume operations five days per week, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

lgriffo@tahoedailytribune.com Cal Fire With fire seasons lasting longer and wildland firefighters working more hours, agencies around the basin are working to address mental health concerns among their crews. Even during a mild fire season, firefighting is a physically and mentally taxing job. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Crews work 16-hour days on 14-day assignments and typically have two days off between each assignment. “So, in a month, you see basically two days off, which is ju...

In a year wrought with heartache and loss, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 stands out, as it marks one year since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. With just weeks until Chauvin faces sentencing, it is important to remember that this time last year, while America was grappling with the early stages of the Coronavirus, our Black community was facing two pandemics - COVID-19 and anti-Black racism.