so if you live on the east coast and you were looking up at the sky perhaps last night, you may have seen a nasa rocket on its way to the moon. the unmanned rocket was launched from virginia at 11:27 p.m. eastern time. it s expected to reach the moon on october 6th to study the lunar atmosphere and environment. so launching a spacecraft relies a lot on weather. alexandra steele is live for us in the weather center. what s ground breaking about this is that in the past the way we ve gotten images from space is through radio waves. but when you send radio waves, they could be sent through rain or shine. there s a limited amount of info kind of you can send at a time. but what s groundbreaking about now and what the nasa space is doing is now the communications will be sent through laser. so think of like a laser beam when you point it. it s so small and narrow, right? so that s what s happening. but the problem is that narrow
and this picture from a balcony in bloomingdale. nasa saying ladee is on perfect track and will reach the moon on october 6th. and that gives you, brian, plenty of time to make me an 11 x 14 of that shot for my office. i loved it. it was great. thank you so much. kelly? a royal security breach going on. details on a break-in at buckingham palace. who may have been behind it. also, the president s strategy for u.s. intervention in syria amid new violence. the plan is coming under fire. why some say a limited military strike could do more harm than good. syria s escalating use of chemical weapons threatens its neighbors, turkey, jordan, lebanon, iraq, israel. it threatens to further destabilize the middle east. it increases the risk that these weapons will fall into the hands
in fact, we believe now that the dust undergoes a certain set of processes that levitate it, shoot it up into the air, perhaps as high as 50 kilometers. all but one of nasa s previous moon missions since 1959 have been launched from cape canaveral florida. the rare virginia launch givings millions beth taking images on the east coast. take a look at this shot from the top of the rockefeller center in new york city. as the ladee heads to the moon. amading. this picture, from a balcony in bloomi bloomingda bloomingdale, the image shows the different burn stages of ladee. nasa s ladee spacecraft did run into equipment trouble after launch when it began spinning too fast. but no worries. the lunar probe is on a perfect track and they have plenty of time to fix any issues. laddie s expected to reach the moon on october 6th. how cool, uma. cool indeed.