NASA BurstCube: Tiny satellite en route to International Space Station to probe cosmic mysteries
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NASA's diminutive BurstCube satellite is now making its way to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Dragon resupply spacecraft. It lifted off at 4:55 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, BurstCube is poised to embark on a significant mission.BurstCube Satellite Mission ObjectiveUpon arrival at the ISS, BurstCube will be unpacked and subsequently released into orbit. Its primary objective? To detect, locate, and analyze short gamma-ray bursts- transient bursts of high-energy light that hold crucial insights into cosmic phenomena. Also read: Gigantic 420-foot asteroid to pass Earth soon, reveals NASA; Know how close it will come Jeremy Perkins, BurstCube's principal investigator at NASA's Goddard S...