Catch Northrop Grumman's Minotaur 1 rocket launch into orbit Tuesday morning
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Watch Northrop Grumman's Minotaur 1 rocket launch from Wallops Island, Virginia Tuesday morning.
The rocket will take off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0B at 7 a.m. ET. The National Reconnaissance Office, the US government agency in charge of America's intelligence satellites, will be launching three new satellites into orbit on the Minotaur 1, said US Air Force Colonel Chad Davis, director of NRO's Office of Space Launch.Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.