http://video.foxnews.com/v/1155606214001/

6/27/2013 10:26:06 PM

not clicking that

6/27/2013 10:26:37 PM

it's a rocket launch... 40 seconds-ish

6/27/2013 10:27:15 PM

Launch of NASA's sun-watching satellite IRIS

6/27/2013 10:27:40 PM

launch! (well, dropped from carrier vehicle)

6/27/2013 10:28:57 PM

Now we're launching satellites off airliners.

Thanks Obama!

6/27/2013 10:29:38 PM

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=21920.225

6/27/2013 10:29:59 PM

So is this motherfucker a SCRAMjet?

6/27/2013 10:31:40 PM

^^^haha

6/27/2013 10:32:40 PM

no although it was launched in a similar manner to the x-51 (scramjet testbed)

this guy was an air-dropped rocket... these are going to become more common in the years to come... (search stratolaunch)

6/27/2013 10:34:19 PM

Now we will better understand why the sun is hot.

6/27/2013 10:34:27 PM

well, more specifically we will have more information to help us understand why the sun's atmosphere (corona) is MUCH hotter than it's surface (photosphere)

6/27/2013 10:38:49 PM

first ground station pass for this satellite: McMurdo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station

6/27/2013 10:47:21 PM

Is anything still happening?

6/27/2013 10:57:09 PM

the drop plane ("mothership") just landed.

6/27/2013 10:58:17 PM

the drop plane ("mothership") just landed.

(and apparently took off again... doing some touch and goes.)

[Edited on June 27, 2013 at 10:59 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2013 10:58:17 PM