Space Thread

[elbmek]

I was surprised to see that Blue Origin had a successful NS-21 flight with 6 crew on 4th June. There was nothing about it on tv UK side, are the media becoming blasé??

 

[Senecio]

I was surprised to see that Blue Origin had a successful NS-21 flight with 6 crew on 4th June. There was nothing about it on tv UK side, are the media becoming blasé??

I just took a look at the UK newspaper front pages for 4th June. Wall to wall Royal Family. I guess a small thing like the rest of the universe didn't stand a chance against that!

 

[elbmek]

The first images from the Webb Telescope will appear here very soon:

NASA Invites Media, Public to View Webb Telescope’s First Images

NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...

www.nasa.gov

 

[A Guy]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/5-planets-to-align-with-moon-in-june-night-sky/1201835

A Guy

 

[elbmek]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/5-planets-to-align-with-moon-in-june-night-sky/1201835

A Guy

There is a man talking on a video on that clip, he looks like he is about to shoot himself with a cannon (telescope)

 

[A Guy]

Um...OK

A Guy

 

[The-Hive]

Live feed from the ISS today at 5.07Pm UK time

 

[elbmek]

BBC Two - Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars

Brian Cox follows Nasa’s Perseverance rover mission as it hunts for signs of life on Mars.

www.bbc.co.uk

Prof Brian Cox got exclusive access to JPL mission control to film this programme. I can only say VERY GOOD. We say Optimus operating, Perseverance's twin where software is tested before Deep Space Network transmits data to Mars. And the helo found the remains of the descent vehicle. Well worth watching, with an update after the recording.

 

[elbmek]

Um...OK

A Guy

well, I thought it looked funny

 

[barman58]

Just a quick suggestion of a Youtube channel I have found informative and quite entertaining, given that the content is provided by a real astrophysicist, who is currently working in the field of supermassive Black holes

The videos are split into two sections, what's happening in the current night sky, and also what is currently happening in the field of Astronomy/ space exploration

The basics are fine for most people including me, but She also provides links to any scientific papers that she mentions . Also links to world wide night sky calendars are included ...

https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBecky

 

[z3r010]

After 20 years, the Mars Express spacecraft will get rid of Windows 98 -

After 19 years, the Mars Express spacecraft will get rid of Windows 98

The spacecraft's software was originally designed over 19 years ago.

interestingengineering.com

 

[The-Hive]

Has it got TPM

 

[elbmek]

NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA’s Artemis program, including astronaut missions.

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09:55 UTC) on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand Tuesday.

"CAPSTONE is an example of how working with commercial partners is key for NASA's ambitious plans to explore the Moon and beyond," said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate. "We're thrilled with a successful start to the mission and looking forward to what CAPSTONE will do once it arrives at the Moon."

CAPSTONE is currently in low-Earth orbit, and it will take the spacecraft about four months to reach its targeted lunar orbit.

Section of NASA report on todays successful launch. Says it will take 4 months to arrive in its lunar orbit. Only took Apollo 3 days!!!!

 

[The-Hive]

The ISS now, UK time 19.49

 

[z3r010]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1542511013324460044

 

[A Guy]

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe

Scientists believe we've only discovered about 5% of the universe. Here's a map of what we've found so far, visualized using a log scale.

www.visualcapitalist.com

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

Fastest known star speeds around Milky Way's black hole at 18 million mph

The star S4716 orbits the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, coming as close to it as 92 million miles.

www.space.com

A Guy

 

[A Guy]

James Webb Telescope Test Image Gives A Breathtaking Taste Of What's To Come - SlashGear

The James Webb Space Telescope just delivered a set of images that, when combined, create one of the deepest views of outer space we've ever seen.

www.slashgear.com

A Guy

 

[elbmek]

Tomorrows the big day - NASA is to show the world the first images from the James Webb IR telescope, I expect to see images that no human eye has ever seen before, not even with Hubble.