local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Īt the time of launch, the International Space Station was flying over the south Atlantic north of the Falkland Islands at an altitude of 252 miles. (Credit: Roscosmos)īAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan (NASA PR) - Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station Expedition 54 crew, the Progress 69 cargo spacecraft launched at 3:13 a.m. Watch SpaceX Webcast Hosts Get Tongue Tied After Losing Falcon Heavy Central CoreĪ Soyuz rocket with Progress 69P lifts off. The four O3b Networks will provide broadband services to developing countries. The United Launch Alliance rocket will launch the second next-generation geostationary weather satellite for NASA and NOAA. Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
The Japanese government’s Information Gathering Satellite carries an optical reconnaissance payload. Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, will provide communications services over Europe, North Africa and the Americas. The flight will use a previously-flown first stage. Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Californiaīuilt by Airbus Defense and Space, Hisdesat’s Paz satellite will provide radar imaging as well as ship tracking and weather data. Here is the launch schedule for the weeks ahead. The launch will be followed by another flight five days later from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rocket is set to launch Hisdesat’s Paz satellite on Saturday using a previously-flown first stage. SpaceX also conducted a static fire of a Falcon 9 booster on Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The flight, which took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, was the seventh orbital launch by China in 2018, leading all nations thus far. The Foundation, through the presence of its exhibitions, merchandise and licensing sales supports a variety of not-for-profit organizations projects in the visual arts and education that assist multi-cultural youth development, including emerging artists, as well as organizations involved in education and research in social movements.A Chinese Long March 3B booster successfully orbited two Beidou navigational satellites on Monday. Mancilla (201 Squadron: The Forgotten Eagles, awarded 2009 Smithsonian Institution Best Historical Documentary), ART and Revolutions winner of Best Short Documentary Film at the Jerome Indy 89A Film and Music Festival in September, 2015.Ībout The Posada Art Foundation ( The Posada Art Foundation mission is to educate, inspire and sustain the legacy of Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). Shot on location in Mexico from director Victor H. The 40-minute documentary explores the untold story, attempting to discover the truth about Jose Guadalupe Posada's life. His name little known, yet his art has shaped and influenced the work of a nearly endless list of artists including: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jose Clemente Orozco, Leopoldo Mendez, Enrique Chagoya, Francisco Toledo and Ester Hernandez. But from his work over 100 years ago springs an unbelievable sphere of influence and inspiration touching and connecting events like the Mexican Revolution, artists fighting Nazis and Fascism, Lucha Libre, the Cuban Revolution, the Grateful Dead, Day of the Dead and the art of social movements like Occupy, Chicano(a) imagery, United Farm Workers, Black Lives Matter and immigration reform.Ĭonsidered the father of Mexican printmaking, Posada's story is shrouded in myth. Searching for Posada: ART and Revolutions reveals the amazing story of Mexico's famed artist-printer Jose Guadalupe Posada whose skeleton images leap to life each year during observance on the Day of the Dead. The screening represents the premiere of the documentary in the State of New Mexico. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Ma/24-7PressRelease/ - Searching for Posada: ART and Revolutions, a documentary produced by the Posada Art Foundation and EraVision Films, is scheduled to screen Maat 3:30 pm at Allen Theaters Cineport 10. His masterpiece, the iconic calavera called la catrina by Diego Rivera was created just three months before his death. Posada's images are everywhere and his influence worldwide.