Category: Space
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After Artemis 1, it will take NASA 2 years to send astronauts to the moon. Why so long?
Artemis 2 is scheduled to launch in 2024, but it may be tough for NASA to hit that target. Orion’s successful splashdown Sunday afternoon (Dec. 11) returned some critical components needed for NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission, which is scheduled to launch 2024 — but it may be tough for the agency to hit that…
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Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission delayed to late September
The launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission, which was set for Aug. 1 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, has been delayed to no earlier than Sept. 20 after ground teams discovered an issue during software testing on the spacecraft, officials said Monday. The robotic asteroid explorer arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
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Scientists Are Close to Finally Solving the Three-Body Problem
No- not the novel by the same name. Picture Earth and the moon careening together around the solar system. It’s clear what will happen as the moon continues to circle our planet, completing its full orbit each month. Now picture—as in the 2011 film Melancholia—a rogue planet barreling toward Earth. More here – https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a36343431/three-body-problem-solved/”
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‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited
‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects she’d found while browsing our new radio astronomical data. She had started noticing very weird shapes she couldn’t fit easily to any known type…
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Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen
Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen Astronomers are worried about the SpaceX satellites ruining astro images but what’s there are the moment is nothing compared to what could happen once crashes between satellites produces a cascading fields of space debris. Crashes in space are not only extremely costly, but…
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Australian Space Agency funds locally-designed space suits
Australian Space Agency funds locally-designed space suits Congratulations to Mars Society Australia member, Dr James Waldie for receiving funding from the Australia Space Agency to help develop the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration involving NASA and the European Space Agency. The $844,000 Australian Space Agency grant will develop three types…
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eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe
eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe | Astronomy | Sci-News.com A new all-sky image from the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) space observatory contains over one million objects, about half of which are new to astronomers. It shows the structure of hot gas in the Milky Way itself, and the…
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Scientists create exotic matter on space station to explore the quantum world
Scientists create exotic matter on space station to explore the quantum world Scientists have generated an exotic form of matter in the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and are using it to explore the quantum world, a new study finds. There are four states of matter common in everyday life —…
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New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax Experiment
New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax Experiment For the first time, a spacecraft has sent back pictures of the sky from so far away that some stars appear to be in different positions than we’d see from Earth. Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-conducts-the-first-interstellar-parallax-experiment
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NASA’s Long-Delayed Return To Human Spaceflight
NASA’s Long-Delayed Return To Human Spaceflight With the launch of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission, the United States has achieved something it hasn’t done in nearly a decade: put a human into low Earth orbit with a domestic booster and vehicle.… Source: hackaday.com/2020/06/01/nasas-long-delayed-return-to-human-spaceflight/
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Likely Breakup of an Indonesian Commsat Over Guam. Chinese Long March-3B/G2 Failed During 3rd Stage
r/space – Likely Breakup of an Indonesian Commsat Over Guam. Chinese Long March-3B/G2 Failed During 3rd Stage Oh dear – another one disintegrates over Guam Source: www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/fxtfx9/likely_breakup_of_an_indonesian_commsat_over_guam/
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NASA Prepares for Moon and Mars With New Addition to Its Deep Space Network – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
NASA Prepares for Moon and Mars With New Addition to Its Deep Space Network – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Robotic spacecraft will be able to communicate with the dish using radio waves and lasers. Source: mars.nasa.gov/news/8606/nasa-prepares-for-moon-and-mars-with-new-addition-to-its-deep-space-network/
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50 Years Ago: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Mission
50 Years Ago: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Mission 50 Years Ago: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Mission Source: www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-nasa-cancels-apollo-20-mission/
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First Glimpses of Interstellar Comet Suggest It’s Not So Different
First Glimpses of Interstellar Comet Suggest It’s Not So Different Early observations of Comet C/2019 Q4, which will likely be declared the first confirmed interstellar comet, suggest that its composition is pretty similar to that of comets found in our own solar system. Source: www.space.com/interstellar-comet-initial-spectrum-looks-normal.html