Archive for the 'Space' Category
Geomagnetic Storm Takes Out 40 SpaceX Starlink Satellites
February 9th, 2022Via: SpaceX: Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 […]
NASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds
January 9th, 2022Via: NASA: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.
Astronomers Spot Giant Rogue Planets Floating Through Space
December 25th, 2021Via: Study Finds: Nearly 200 giant planets have been spotted moving aimlessly through space, according to a remarkable discovery by astronomers. Researchers from the European Southern Observatory say these “rogue planets” float in space and don’t orbit a star — like the Earth and the rest of the planets in our solar system do. The […]
NASA Hires 24 Theologians to Assess How World Would React to Discovery of Alien Life on Distant Planets
December 25th, 2021In other news… James Webb Space Telescope Launch Via: Daily Mail: NASA is looking to the heavens for help with assessing how humans will react if alien life is found on other planets and how the discovery could impact our ideas of gods and creation. The agency is hiring 24 theologians to take part in […]
James Webb Space Telescope Launch
December 25th, 2021Update: Webb Telescope Away with Two Major Hurdles Cleared After Flawless Launch — Via: NASA:
Mars: Valles Marineris Contains Large Amounts of Water
December 17th, 2021Via: SciTechDaily: The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris. The water, which is hidden beneath Mars’ surface, was found by the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)’s FREND instrument, which is mapping the hydrogen – a measure of water content – in […]
James Webb Space Telescope Set for Launch on December 22
December 13th, 2021Is this finally going to happen? Via: 60 Minutes: This December 22, may become known as the day the universe changed. That Wednesday, NASA expects to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most expensive instrument ever flown. One hundred times more powerful than the 31-year-old Hubble Telescope, Webb can see back in […]
China’s Mysterious Hypersonic Weapon Can Stay In Orbit According To Space Force General
November 30th, 2021In other news: A secret U.S. spaceplane has returned to Earth after two years. But nobody knows what it was doing in space Via: The War Zone: A senior U.S. Space Force officer has stressed that China’s new hypersonic weapon system is indeed orbital in nature and could be able to stay in space for […]
Pentagon Forms a Group to Examine UFO Incursions Into Military Airspace and, “Assess and Mitigate Any Associated Threats”
November 25th, 2021Mmm hmm. Via: U.S. Department of Defense: DoD Announces the Establishment of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) Nov. 23, 2021 Today, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in close collaboration with the Director of National Intelligence, directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security to establish within the Office […]
Russian Anti-Satellite Test Produces Dangerous Debris Cloud In Orbit
November 16th, 2021Via: The War Zone: Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test on Nov. 15, 2021, Moscow Standard Time, that struck a Russian satellite [COSMOS 1408] and created a debris field in low-Earth orbit. The test so far has generated more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris and will likely generate hundreds of thousands […]
