Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket will fly for the fifth time ever early Tuesday morning , and you can watch the action live.with NASASpaceflight.com, beginning 30 minutes before liftoff. If Firefly and NASASpaceflight make the feed available online, Space.com will also carry it.. The little spacecraft were selected via NASA's Cubesat Launch Initiative, which aims to help pave a path to space for satellites developed at U.S. colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations.
"Noise of Summer" is also designed to demonstrate Firefly's ability to respond quickly to a launch directive.
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