Space Thread

[Anak]

India's Chandrayaan-3 rocket blasts into space for Moon mission

 

[elbmek]

SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, August 26 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s seventh operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-7) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 3:27 a.m. ET (07:27 UTC), with a backup opportunity available on Sunday, August 27 at 3:04 a.m. ET (07:04 UTC).
The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew NASA’s Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions to and from the space station. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct science and technology demonstrations to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit humanity on Earth.
The SpaceX webcast for the Crew-7 mission will go live about one hour before liftoff.

 

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Mercury



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Solar Eruption September 16th

https://imgur.com/GKOFdrL

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[elbmek]

I would never claim to be universally popular, but I get more calls on my mobile from Nasa (ISS) than any other numbers put together

 

[elbmek]

Happy landing tomorrow Osiris Rex bringing back sample of asteroid Bennu I got Brian Mays book today complete with £D specs, amazing images by Brian May and stunning information from Dante Lauretta

 

[elbmek]

Live Coverage of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Sample Return

NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

www.nasa.gov

Streaming has just begun

 

[A Guy]

This fast radio burst took 8 billion years to reach Earth

The bright flash has cosmologists adjusting their models on how such intergalactic energy behaves.

www.nature.com

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[z3r010]

Europa Clipper Message in a Bottle

More than 2.6 million people around the world joined NASA’s Message in a Bottle campaign to place their names aboard Europa Clipper.

europa.nasa.gov

 

[A Guy]

Europa Clipper Message in a Bottle

More than 2.6 million people around the world joined NASA’s Message in a Bottle campaign to place their names aboard Europa Clipper.

europa.nasa.gov

We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty...

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https://imgur.com/JCIKSQt

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Japan's iSpace HAKUTO-R lander captured an image of Earth during a recent solar eclipse from the lunar surface



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[Anak]

December Meteor Shower
The Geminids are considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year, with the possibility of sighting around 120 meteors per hour at its peak, which is on December 13 or 14, depending on your time zone.
The shower owes its name to the constellation Gemini because the meteors seem to emerge from this constellation in the sky.

The link opens my location so the map at the top is my time; -5 UTC

 

[A Guy]

Hold Onto Your Hats: JWST Unveils Unprecedentedly Crisp View of Uranus And Its Rings

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again.

www.sciencealert.com

NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

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[Anak]

Winter starts today Dec. 21st 10:27pm est

 

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Man captures moment he speaks to astronaut after making contact with space station using homemade device

The ham radio enthusiast managed to speak to an astronaut on the International Space Station as it passed overhead.

www.unilad.com

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[cereberus]

OK - we had 5 successful manned moon landings in late 60's / 70's (only one unsuccessful was abandoned Apollo 13).

Now in 2020's we have had a series of embarrasing unmanned failures either on take off or on landing.

My take is we have automated to the extent that once things go wrong, there is no creative brain input to sort problems.
Does not bode well for Artificial Inanity!

 

[Anak]

Now in 2020's we have had a series of embarrasing unmanned failures either on take off or on landing.

You might get to see another one, the Intuitive Machines-1 Lunar Landing is due to land at 6:24pm EST.

Go to: NASA+ the show started at 5pm EST, the forum won't allow me to embed the media or this

There's also a sub-orbital test flight of Elon's Spaceship in about 10minutes:

EDIT: This is at least the 3rd launch reset, the flight director stops the countdown and then tacks on another 10minutes or so and it starts over again.
Now it sounds like they're going with 40seconds.
They did, the rocket rose to 36Km did a few loops and had a 'rapid disassembly' in other words, "it blew up".