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2010 California Contrail Incident
On the evening of Monday, November 8, 2010, an unusually conspicuous contrail appeared about 35miles west of Los Angeles, California in the vicinity of Catalina Island (California), Catalina Island. News footage of the event from a KCBS-TV, KCBS helicopter led to intense media coverage and speculation about a potential military missile launch, with many reporters and experts discussing the contrail and theorizing about its source. Coverage continued for several days. The Pentagon released a statement on November 9 that it could not identify the source of the vapor trail, but both the NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command, U.S. Northern Command stated it was not a foreign military launch. On November 9, the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA also issued a statement that it had not approved any Commercial use of space, commercial space launches in the area for the prior day. On November 10, some 30 hours after the "mystery miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), to give the U.S. space development effort a distinctly civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. NASA has since led most American space exploration, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968-1972 Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. NASA supports the International Space Station and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the crewed lunar Artemis program, Commercial Crew spacecraft, and the planned Lunar Gateway space station. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
