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Lucy Spacecraft picks up new target!

Last post by messier 111 « Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:44 pm
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by Unitron48 » Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:33 pm

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- The Lucy mission was planning to visit nine asteroids during its 12-year tour of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which orbit the Sun at the same...

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thx .

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Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:44 pm
Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 40th Red Planet flight

Last post by Unitron48 « Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:27 pm
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by smp » Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:13 pm

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From Space.com:
NASA's tiny Ingenuity helicopter now has 40 off-Earth flights under its belt.

The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity lifted off yet...

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Ingenuity is quite the success story!

Dave

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Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:27 pm
SpaceX may perform a wet dress rehearsal of its Starship launch system today

Last post by helicon « Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:32 pm
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by smp » Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:51 pm

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From Ars Technica:
After months of preparation, SpaceX is now approaching the critical test phase of its launch campaign for the massive Starship...

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Thanks for the updates Stephen.

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Last post by helicon
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:32 pm
Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful than previously believed

Last post by GCoyote « Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:03 am

by GCoyote » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:03 am

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Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:03 am
Billions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way

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by chris_g » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:13 pm

Viewer link

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Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:13 pm
China’s Space Station V The ISS

Last post by Unitron48 « Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:27 pm
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by Frankskywatcher » Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:38 am

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Found this to be informative in comparing the two space stations .

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Very interesting and informative. Don't believe we should let politics get in the way of science. The USA should not lose sight of the importance of...

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Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:27 pm
South Korean Moon Mission Delivers Devastatingly Gorgeous Earth Views

Last post by Juno16 « Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:27 pm
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by smp » Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:52 pm

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From CNET:
Hello, Earth, you're looking beautiful. South Korea's Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter spacecraft, known as Danuri, has sent humanity some...

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Wow!
That is really nice!

Thanks Stephen!

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Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:27 pm
Cubesat launched on Artemis 1 trying to fix propulsion system

Last post by helicon « Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:03 pm
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by smp » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:49 pm

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From SpaceNews.com
WASHINGTON — A cubesat launched on Artemis 1 missed its original chance to go into orbit around the moon but could still carry...

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Iodine? That's pretty cool. I'd give the engineers better than a 50% chance of fixing the orbit. Thanks for sharing the article Stephen.

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Last post by helicon
Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:03 pm
Juno spacecraft recovering its memory after mind-blowing Jupiter flyby, NASA says

Last post by Ylem « Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:14 pm
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by smp » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:43 pm

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From Space.com:
NASA's Juno probe is continuing to recover its memory at Jupiter after a data disruption interrupted communications between the...

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Certainly an amazing mission, can't believe it's been going on for 11 years, I remember it being launched.

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Last post by Ylem
Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:14 pm
NASA requests information on Hubble reboost options

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:36 pm
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by smp » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:52 pm

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From SpaceNews.com:
WASHINGTON — NASA is seeking concepts from industry on how they would reboost the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope, a sign...

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It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few months.

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Last post by Lady Fraktor
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:36 pm
Earth looks stunning in this 1st full view from the NOAA-21 satellite

Last post by Ylem « Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:25 pm
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by smp » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:46 pm

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From Space.com:
What can you spot in this latest global picture of Earth? There are crisp turquoise seas around Cuba, an agricultural fire in...

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I also see clouds, lots of clouds lol

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Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:25 pm
The most distant spacecraft in the solar system — Where are they now?

Last post by smp « Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:45 pm

by smp » Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:45 pm

From Space.com:
Humans have been flinging things into deep space for 50 years now, since the 1972 launch of Pioneer 10. We now have five spacecraft...

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Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:45 pm
Watch a Satellite unfold in space

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:58 pm

by Frankskywatcher » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:58 pm

The SWOT satellite unfolding in space.

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Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:58 pm
After a long struggle with Martian dust, NASA’s InSight probe has gone quiet

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:22 am
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by smp » Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:41 pm

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From Ars Technica:
NASA's InSight lander has probably phoned home for the last time from the planet Mars.

It certainly was fun while it...

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Maybe in the future they can design some kind of motorized wipers for the panels.

Yes maybe some sort of blower like a leaf blower to remove it...

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Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:22 am
Satellite captures another satellite

Last post by Unitron48 « Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:06 am
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by Frankskywatcher » Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:37 pm

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Satellite captures another satellite I didn’t know this was about three years ago ( it stays in a certain orbit for the next five years )but still...

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Now that is very interesting. Was new to me. Thanks for sharing.

Dave

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Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:06 am
Webb Reveals Protostars and Energetic Jets in ‘Cosmic Cliffs’

Last post by chris_g « Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:32 pm

by chris_g » Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:32 pm

Simply stunning image...

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Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:32 pm
Two Earth-mass exoplanets orbiting nearby star discovered

Last post by chris_g « Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:24 pm

by chris_g » Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:24 pm

Cool, literally. One planet's estimated average temp is -44 F Brrrrr!

I don't care if there is water on the surface, I said it's too darn cold!

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Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:24 pm
Prospects for Growing Crops in Asteroid Soils

Last post by chris_g « Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:04 pm

by chris_g » Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:04 pm

The takeaway from this, yes it works, however, you need to use fertilizer and loosen the soil! :doh:

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Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:04 pm
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom around an aging star

Last post by chris_g « Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:07 pm

by chris_g » Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:07 pm

Interesting read. Next time out, I'll point the C8 at it and see if I get to see anything, that is if it's in my sky! :observer:

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Last post by chris_g
Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:07 pm
Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the damaged Soyuz spacecraft

Last post by smp « Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:24 pm

by smp » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:24 pm

From Ars Technica:
Since a Soyuz spacecraft began to leak coolant uncontrollably on Wednesday night, flight controllers at Roscosmos, NASA, and...

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Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:24 pm
Team of physicists suggests LIGO could be used to detect giant alien spacecraft

Last post by AntennaGuy « Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:56 pm
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by chris_g » Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:11 pm

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Giant alien spacecraft and warp drive! The Vulcans are coming! Seriously though, new use for existing tech...

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Heh. Why not?
:popcorn:
p.s. One of my professors, long ago, explained to me that the test for good science is: Can you get it funded?

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Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:56 pm
Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost—and people will die—later this decade

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:12 pm
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by smp » Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:06 pm

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From Ars Technica:
Up until about a decade ago, an average of 80 to 100 satellites per year were launched into varying orbits. Some reentered...

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Thank you for posting this article it was a very interesting read !
I had posted a link in the section astronomy website about this very subject and...

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Last post by Frankskywatcher
Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:12 pm
Artemis launch with Free Bird

Last post by Butterfly Maiden « Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:09 am
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by Chich » Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:52 am

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Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in Off topic , Anyway, the part starting around 4:30 and especially the launch is something everyone should...

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Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in Off topic , Anyway, the part starting around 4:30 and especially the launch is something everyone should...

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Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:09 am
After Russia’s exit from the Lunar Gateway, NASA has found a new partner in UAE

Last post by smp « Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:54 pm

by smp » Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:54 pm

From Ars Technica:
... While Russia was drifting away from NASA, nearly two dozen countries have signed multilateral agreements to join NASA's...

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Last post by smp
Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:54 pm
China’s Space Station/Lab

Last post by Frankskywatcher « Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:20 pm

by Frankskywatcher » Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:20 pm

I was pretty much ignorant of what the Chinese have been up to in space but after reading about everything they’ve landed on the Darkside of the moon...

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Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:20 pm

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