The crew and the station 'are not in danger' as astronauts assess the leak, Roscosmo. RUSSIAN MODULE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUFFERS COOLANT LEAK - Russia's space agency said on Monday that its multipurpose Nauka module attached to the International Space Station suffered a leak of a backup cooling system used to regulate onboard temperatures for astronauts. WATCH CHINA LAUNCH MORE CLASSIFIED YAOGAN SPY SATELLITES - China added a trio of new satellites to its clusters of Yaogan orbital reconnaissance spacecraft last week.Ī Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 8:24 p.m. IRAN IS SEEKING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE FOR A NEW SPY SATELLITE - Iran plans to hold talks with Russia over assistance to build a new Khayyam remote-sensing satellite.ĭiscussions will cover developing technical specifications for new Khayyam satellites, along with plans for a small geostationary satellite and a telecommunications satellite, Russia's TASS news. 11), as a precautionary measure after a leak of ammonia coolant was spotted. NASA officials called off the planned International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk on Wednesday (Oct. 12) following a space station leak detected earlier this week. NASA CALLS OFF SPACEWALK DUE TO LEAK ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - NASA has canceled a spacewalk planned for Thursday (Oct. on a seven-year mission to an asteroid of the same name.Īrlena Moses, the launch weather offi. WEATHER DELAYS LAUNCH OF NASA’S BILLION-DOLLAR PSYCHE MISSION TO FRIDAY - With the exception of the weather, NASA and SpaceX said at a prelaunch news conference Wednesday everything was ready for the launch the Psyche mission at 10:16 a.m. The British subsidiary of Japan’s Astroscale announced Oct. chooses them to de-orbit a pair of derelict satellites in 2026 with a single robotic spacecraft have finished the system requirements review for their mission.

MoreĭEBRIS-REMOVAL CONTENDERS HIT DESIGN MILESTONE FOR DOUBLE-SATELLITE MISSION - The two contenders hoping the U.K. GuardianSat, based in Delaware, won a Small Business Technolo. 12 it won a grant from the National Science Foundation’s America’s Seed Fund to advance the company’s technology designed to protect satellites from collisions with debris objects in space. STARTUP GUARDIANSAT GETS RESEARCH GRANT FOR SATELLITE SELF-DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY - The startup GuardianSat announced Oct. SPACEX LAUNCHES FALCON 9 ROCKET CARRYING 22 STARLINK SATELLITES ON ITS SECOND FRIDAY LAUNCH - A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites, delayed by upper level winds and held up for the Falcon Heavy launch of NASA’s Psyche, launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:01 p.m. The Psyche spacecraft is now headed toward the asteroid of the same name, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But, as the video below tells you, Google Maps is for finding your way Google Earth is for getting lost.SPACEX LAUNCHES NASA’S PSYCHE SPACECRAFT IN FALCON HEAVY MISSION - SpaceX launched NASA’s Psyche mission on a Falcon Heavy mission on Friday morning, launching the spacecraft to an interplanetary transfer orbit. Thanks to the Voyager feature inside Google Earth, you can explore interesting cultures and our planet's nature in all its glory. But it offers an important distinction: a better set of Layers. This is because both have the satellite layer. Google Earth and its satellite imagery may look the same compared to Google Maps.It also keeps this information synced across all your devices. Google Maps allows you to find and share directions and explore your locality with a fine-toothed comb.

Google Maps is a more robust local tool.

Google Earth is a 3D virtual globe, while Google Maps is used more like a 2D map, even though it has 3D features.

A few things like searching and directions are also similar in both.īut there are significant differences between Google Earth and Google Maps too. Google Earth and Google Maps use the same satellite/aerial and street view imagery to give you some amazing data on our planet. Comparing Google Earth Satellite View vs. Google Earth also runs on Firefox, Edge, and Opera. Note: Google Earth Pro is entirely free to download on desktops, and you can even use the web version in Chrome and the mobile apps on Android or iOS.

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