Monster Booster Raised From Deep Sea By SpaceX - Deep Space Updates September 25th
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YouTube ^
| September 25, 2024 | Scott Manley
Sorry for the delay, I've been on vacation, which means we have a lot to catch up with for this episode of deep space updates. We
had a record number of humans in orbit, a new record for toMonster Booster Raised From Deep Sea By SpaceX - Deep Space Updates | 23:04Scott Manley | 1.72M subscribers | 219,460 views | September 25, 2024
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Groups ask for community help to provide space for migrants
(Colorado from August 13)
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KDVR ^
| 8-13-24 | Gabrielle Franklin
Many residents of the shuttered Aurora apartments at 1568 Nome St. are looking for a new place to stay after the building was declared uninhabitable. The
city says more than 80 families are looking for a place to stay. Community groups are stepping up to help people find more stable shelter. “I think the heart of our communities is a big one,” said Andrea Ryall, executive director of the group Hope Has No Borders. 17-year-old girl arrested in connection to July homicide The group formed after moms in Denver’s Highland neighborhood came together to help migrants find a place to...
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Boeing ousts head of troubled space unit after astronauts left stranded, billions in losses
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Reuters via NY Post ^
| Sep. 20, 2024, | Reuters staff writers
Boeing said Friday the head of the company’s troubled defense, space and security unit is leaving the planemaker effective immediately. New
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg in his first significant move since taking over in August, said Ted Colbert would be leaving and Steve Parker, the unit’s chief operating officer, would assume Colbert’s responsibilities until a replacement is named at a later date. Boeing’s space business has suffered setbacks, notably NASA’s recent decision to send Boeing’s Starliner capsule home without astronauts that followed years of missteps. ...
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‘Calling Occupants’: How The Carpenters Met Klaatu, The Beatles That Weren’t, In Outer Space
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Udiscovermusic ^
| September 20, 2024 | Paul Sexton
The story of how Richard and Karen covered Klaatu, the group rumored to the secret reunion of the Fab Four. Have you heard the one about the futuristic track by a group that were rumored to be The Beatles in disguise, and which was turned into a hit by America’s favorite musical
brother and sister? This is the story of how the Carpenters get involved with an organization called the International Flying Saucer Bureau, and turned the affair into a hit record. Devotees of quality pop of the 1970s will, by now, know that we’re talking about “Calling Occupants Of...
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Webb Space Telescope Reveals a “Galaxy Killer” Black Hole
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Scitech Daily ^
| September 16, 2024 | University of Cambridge
Webb Telescope observations reveal that supermassive black holes starve galaxies of star-forming gas, as seen in ‘Pablo’s Galaxy’, where high-speed gas expulsion by the black hole has ceased new star formation. (Artist’s
concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com ======================================== Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered that supermassive black holes can exhaust the resources necessary for star formation in their host galaxies, effectively starving them. This was observed in a galaxy similar in size to the Milky Way, located in the early universe. The discovery reveals that the black hole is actively preventing star formation by expelling essential star-forming gas at...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
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NASA ^
| 13 Sep, 2024 | Image Credit: NASA, ISS Expedition 71
Explanation: This snapshot from the International Space Station was taken on August 11 while orbiting about 430 kilometers above the Indian Ocean, Southern Hemisphere, planet Earth. The spectacular view looks south and east, down toward the planet's horizon and through red and green curtains of aurora australis. The
auroral glow is caused by emission from excited oxygen atoms in the extremely rarefied upper atmosphere still present at the level of the orbiting outpost. Green emission from atomic oxygen dominates this scene at altitudes of 100 to 250 kilometers, while red emission from atomic oxygen can extend as high as 500...
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UPDATE! Polaris Dawn Crew Calls Military Families From Space
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YouTube ^
| September 11, 2024 | The Launch Pad
Orbiting Earth on board Dragon, the Polaris Dawn crew talked with families of Folds of Honor, an organization providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America's fallen and disabled military service-members and first responders.UPDATE! Polaris Dawn Crew Calls Military Families From Space | 9:45The Launch Pad | 419K subscribers | 128
views | September 11, 2024
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China’s Classified Space Plane, Shenlong, Returns from Secretive 267-Day Mission in Space
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The Debrief ^
| September 06, 2024 | Micah Hanks
China’s mysterious experimental space plane, Shenlong, has returned from space after completing its third orbital test, where it spent 268 days gauging the spacecraft’s reusable technologies. The
experimental spacecraft, launched on December 14 on board a Long March-2F rocket, made its successful landing at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre site in the Gobi Desert on Friday, according to the South China Morning Post. Much about the spacecraft’s highly classified mission remain unknown, although state media reports currently point to tests designed to gauge reusable technologies and to conduct scientific experiments in orbit. The recent test marks notable progress for China...
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A space oddity—small exoplanet challenges existing theories on planet formation
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Phys dot org ^
| September 5, 2024 | Lund University
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has discovered a small planet that displays peculiar orbital motion. The
shimmying planet, located 455 light-years from Earth, shows that planetary systems can be considerably more complex than researchers have previously thought.The newly discovered planet TOI-1408c has a mass equivalent to eight Earths and circles very close to a larger planet, the hot gas giant TOI-1408b. After starting to study both planets and their star, TOI-1408, in detail, the researchers felt puzzled. The small planet has a very peculiar orbital motion. The interactions between the two planets and their star can...
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Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planet [20th anniversary]
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Live Science ^
| September 8, 2024 | Jamie Carter
The image is a composite. 2M1207b
orbits the brown dwarf from almost twice as far as Neptune does from the sun, but in the image, the planet appears positioned close to its star. The data used to capture it comes from three near-infrared exposures in different wavebands. It's a technique used to produce images for public consumption, but more importantly, to locate exoplanets around stars. That's because infrared data lessens the huge brightness difference between a star and a planet, making the latter easier to find.It was produced using the 27-foot (8.2 meters) Yepun telescope — part of the Very...
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The stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts planned to hitch a ride home with SpaceX, but their space suits aren’t compatible with Elon Musk’s spacecraft
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Fortune ^
| August 22, 2024 | Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
After being stranded on the International Space Station since June, two astronaut castaways may still be months away from returning to Earth—in part because of incompatible space suits. The
two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, have had to extend what was supposed to be an eight-day trip on the ISS, because of a helium leak and thruster malfunctions on their Boeing-made Starliner spacecraft. NASA and Boeing are testing to see if it’s safe for the astronauts to return on the Boeing Starliner, but are also considering alternatives given the possible risks. NASA has yet to make a decision, but...
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NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station
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Washington Times ^
| August 30, 2024
NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station. NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory. The
duo will return with Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore in February. NASA decided it’s too risky for Williams and Wilmore to fly home in their Boeing Starliner capsule, marred by thruster troubles and helium leaks. Bumped from the SpaceX flight: NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson. NASA said they could fly on future...
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The CEO of Boeing’s satellite maker, Millennium Space, has quietly left the company
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Tech Crunch ^
| August 28, 2024 | Aria Alamalhodaei
Boeing’s satellite maker Millennium Space Systems will soon have a new CEO. Jason Kim, the executive who held the position for nearly four years, has departed the company, TechCrunch has learned. Boeing
acquired Millennium Space Systems in 2018. Since that point, the company has scored mega-deals with the U.S. Department of Defense to build satellites to help warfighters track missiles and other threats. Millennium also successfully executed a “responsive space” mission for the U.S. Space Force; that mission, called Victus Nox, sought to establish a new record for the time it takes to put a defense payload into orbit. Millennium...
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Boeing employees ‘humiliated’ that upstart rival SpaceX will rescue astronauts stuck in space: ‘It’s shameful’
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NY Post ^
| 8/25/24 | Steve Helling, Ronny Reyes
Boeing employees are “humiliated” after NASA announced that two astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station by the company’s troubled Starliner space capsule will have to be rescued by Elon Musk’s upstart rival SpaceX, one worker told The Post. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who went up the
ISS in June for what was supposed to be an 8-day mission — will have to wait another six months until a SpaceX Crew Dragon space craft can carry them safely home because their original ride is leaking helium and has problems with its thrusters. The Florida-based staffer...
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NASA astronauts at the Space Station who crewed Boeing Starliner are to return home on a SpaceX ship
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Houston Chronicle ^
| 8-24-24 | Peter Warren
The Boeing Starliner crew, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are to return to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle in February, NASA officials announced Saturday. The Starliner spacecraft itself will be unmanned when it returns in early September. NASA announced the decision at Johnson Space Center following a test flight readiness
review meeting. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the decision was due to a "commitment to safety."
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Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space for 80 days will not return home until 2025: NASA
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New York Post ^
| Aug. 24, 2024 | Olivia Land
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been stranded in space for 80 days will stay in space for another six months, NASA officials announced Saturday. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are now expected to return to Earth in February, while the Starliner will be brought back unmanned. Veteran
astronauts Wilmore and Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner back on June 5 — the maiden crewed voyage for the spacecraft — for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission docked to the International Space Station. The test flight, however, encountered thruster failures and helium leaks so serious that NASA...
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India delays planned space station and moon base by five years
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The Register (UK) ^
| Fri 23 Aug 2024 | Laura Dobberstein
India's Department of Space has outlined plans to send its first astronaut to space next year, establish a space station by 2035, and land an Indian on the Moon by 2045. Minister
of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh called establishing the Bhartiya Antariksh Station – which was first publicly announced in 2019 – and the placing of India’s first man on the Moon as "cornerstone projects" of the nation's space program. The Bharatiya Antariksha Station is intended to house astronauts for 15 to 20 days at an orbit of around 400km above the Earth and was initially planned to...
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Massive iceberg stuck spinning in ocean vortex off Antarctica ["It broke off Antarctica 40 years ago, so large, it's visible from space..."]
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YouTube ^
| August 15, 2024 | NEWS CENTER Maine
The images are ones you have to see to believe. One
of the world's biggest icebergs is stuck spinning in an ocean vortex off the coast of Antarctica.Massive iceberg stuck spinning in ocean vortex off Antarctica | 1:57NEWS CENTER Maine | 104K subscribers | 897,238 views | August 15, 2024
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Giant Jet from the International Space Station
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NASA ^
| 13 Aug, 2024 | Image Credit: NASA, Expedition 71 Crew, JSC, ESRS, Matthew Dominick; Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Explanation: What's that on the horizon? When
circling the Earth on the International Space Station early last month, astronaut Matthew Dominick saw an unusual type of lightning just beyond the Earth's edge: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet appears on the left of the featured image in red and blue. Giant jet lightning has only been known about for the past 23 years. The atmospheric jets are associated with thunderstorms and extend upwards towards Earth's ionosphere. The lower part of the frame shows the Earth at night, with Earth's thin atmosphere tinted green from airglow. City lights are visible, sometimes...
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Walz supported the lie that waste-of-space George Floyd was killed. He was part of the machine that hid this video from the American people, that this lifelong criminal died all on his own. [video]
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Twitter ^
| August 12, 2024
Walz supported the lie that waste-of-space George Floyd was killed. He
was part of the machine that hid this video from the American people, that this lifelong criminal died all on his own.
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