What was launched in 2010 by NASA?

STS-131 Launches – April 5, 2010 | NASA.

What did NASA do in the 2010s?

On Earth and in space, NASA had a busy decade in the 2010s. In its human spaceflight program, the agency retired the space shuttle and is now close to launching humans to space again, this time on commercial crew vehicles.

What was launched in Feb 2010 by NASA?

This Week in NASA History: STS-130 Launches to Deliver Tranquility to Space Station — Feb. 8, 2010. This week in 2010, space shuttle Endeavour and STS-130 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to deliver Tranquility, also known as Node 3, to the International Space Station.

Why did NASA end in 2011?

More than 30 years later, when Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop on the runway July 21, 2011, the shuttle program officially came to a close. After the end of shuttle era, American astronauts were forced to pay for rides aboard Russian rockets — a situation many found galling.

What was launched in 2010?

2010 in spaceflight

The Dragon capsule’s maiden launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 8 December 2010.
Orbital launches
First 16 January
Last 29 December
Total 74

What did NASA saw on April 5 2010?

Tropical Cyclone Robyn spanned hundreds of kilometers over the southern Indian Ocean in early April 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on April 5, 2010. Although the storm lacks a distinct eye, it has a discernible center.

How hot is the sun’s corona?

The material in the corona is an extremely hot but very tenuous plasma. The temperature in the corona is more than a million degrees, surprisingly much hotter than the temperature at the Sun’s surface which is around 5,500° C (9,940° F or 5,780 kelvins).

What happened in the 2010s space?

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon Heavy also traveled into orbit for the first time in the 2010s. Dragon went on to conduct 19 missions transporting cargo to and from the International Space Station. Falcon Heavy, the most powerful U.S. launch vehicle since the Saturn 5, flew three times.

What picture did NASA take on May 5th 2010?

APOD: 2010 May 5 – The Faces of Mars.