Archive for the 'Space' Category
Quantum ‘Fifth State of Matter’ Observed in Space for First Time
June 11th, 2020Via: AFP: Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe’s most intractable conundrums, research showed Thursday. Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) — the existence of which was predicted by Albert Einstein and Indian mathematician Satyendra Nath Bose almost a […]
Starlink Releases Small Amount of Technical Information During Reddit Ask Me Anything
June 8th, 2020Via: GeekWire: SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation is still deep into testing mode, but it’s already generating 5 trillion bytes of data on a daily basis and getting software updates on a weekly basis. Those are a couple of the nuggets coming from a weekend Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session featuring SpaceX’s software team. The main […]
Mysterious Pattern Of ‘Cosmic Radio Bursts’ From A Distant Galaxy Repeats Every 157 Days, Say Scientists
June 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Although several thousand FRBs are thought to be coming in from deep space every day, and from every direction, there are two that are particularly interesting—FRB 121102 and FRB 180916.J10158+56. These two keep repeating. … The astronomers think that the pattern they observed suggests that these powerful bursts are linked to: * the […]
President Donald Trump Makes Reference to “… Greatest Weapons Ever Imagined” in SpaceX Speech
June 1st, 2020Via: Black Vault:
NASA Resumes Human Spaceflight from U.S. Soil with Historic SpaceX Launch
May 30th, 2020Via: Reuters: SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years.
SpaceX Crew Demo-2: First Astronaut Launch from U.S. Since 2011
May 27th, 2020Live updates, NASA Commercial Crew. SpaceX livefeed:
X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment
May 10th, 2020Via: The Drive: The X-37B’s upcoming mission is known as both Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) and U.S. Space Force-7 (USSF-7). It will carry out missions that will assess the effects of cosmic radiation and other “space effects” on plant seeds and various material samples. According to a Space Force press release, which went out on […]
Trump Administration Drafting ‘Artemis Accords’ Pact for Moon Mining
May 7th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new U.S.-sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords, people familiar with the proposed pact told Reuters. … The Trump administration and other spacefaring countries see the moon as a key strategic asset in outer space. The moon also […]
NASA Awards Nearly $1 Billion to SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics for Moon Missions
May 2nd, 2020Via: CBS: SpaceX and teams led by Dynetics and Blue Origin won NASA contracts Thursday totaling nearly $1 billion to develop lunar landers that could carry astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024 and support sustained, long-term operations by 2028 under the space agency’s Artemis program. “With these contract awards, America is moving […]
Starlink 6, Two Days After Launch
April 30th, 2020Via: Sebastian Voltmer: Shooting the satellite batches: Starlink 6 two days after launch! from Sebastian Voltmer on Vimeo.
