Inside KSC! for Sept. 1, 2017
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Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center · 2017 · Science & Technology
Employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and residents along Florida's Space Coast are hearing a familiar sound -- sonic booms -- the results of a program called Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or SonicBAT II, employing F-18 jets. Back on center, a major milestone for NASA's Orion Program was achieved when the spacecraft destined for Exploration Mission-1 was successfully powered up for the first time.