Members phkrause Posted August 16 Author Members Share Posted August 16 No decision yet if Boeing Starliner astronauts will fly home with SpaceX NASA officials said Wednesday they are holding off the decision of whether to send two astronauts who flew up to the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner home with the spacecraft or to wait for a ride home with SpaceX next year. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/14/no-decision-yet-if-boeing-starliner-astronauts-will-fly-home-with-spacex/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 16 Author Members Share Posted August 16 SpaceX launches Earth-observation satellites from Cape; landing brings sonic boom SpaceX launched a set of commercial Earth-observation satellites from Cape Canaveral this morning with the booster making a land recovery that brought a sonic boom to some across Central Florida. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/15/spacex-launch-from-space-coast-this-morning-could-bring-sonic-boom/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 18 Author Members Share Posted August 18 Mars-bound payload on way to Florida for 1st launch of Blue Origin New Glenn The Mars-bound twin spacecraft for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission were packed up in California to be shipped out to Florida this week ahead of what would be the first ever launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/16/mars-bound-payload-on-way-to-florida-for-1st-launch-of-blue-origin-new-glenn/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 19 Author Members Share Posted August 19 Partnered with SpaceX, billionaire set for return spaceflight and historic spacewalk KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Billionaire Jared Isaacman hasn’t been to space in 1,066 days. He has to wait at least seven more for his return, but this time he hopes to perform the first commercial spacewalk in history. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/19/partnered-with-spacex-billionaire-set-for-return-spaceflight-and-historic-spacewalk/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 20 Author Members Share Posted August 20 SpaceX rolls out new booster for Cape Canaveral launch SpaceX launches lately have been pushing the record envelope for booster reflight, but a Starlink launch Tuesday morning rolled out a brand new first stage. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/20/spacex-set-for-starlink-launch-with-new-booster-this-morning/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 23 Author Members Share Posted August 23 Hyperactive star An object spotted with the help of citizen scientists is moving so fast through the Milky Way that it could escape the gravity of the galaxy and reach intergalactic space. Experts think it’s probably a very low-mass star zooming along at a speed of about 1.3 million mph. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 23 Author Members Share Posted August 23 NASA says Boeing Starliner decision may come Saturday NASA said a decision could come as early as Saturday on when Boeing’s Starliner will come home from the International Space Station and whether its two astronauts will be on board. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/22/nasa-says-boeing-starliner-decision-may-come-saturday/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 25 Author Members Share Posted August 25 NASA to send Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Crew Dragon NASA is keeping its two astronauts who flew in Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station safe on board until next year to fly home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/24/nasa-to-send-boeing-starliner-astronauts-home-on-spacex-crew-dragon/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 26 Author Members Share Posted August 26 How dangerous is Polaris Dawn spacewalk from SpaceX Crew Dragon? KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Billionaire Jared Isaacman could make history for all the right reasons during his Polaris Dawn mission when the hatch opens on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and he ventures out into the vacuum of space. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/26/how-dangerous-is-polaris-dawn-spacewalk-from-spacex-crew-dragon/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 27 Author Members Share Posted August 27 SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn launch to early Wednesday A helium leak on the launch pad Monday night forced SpaceX to hold off an overnight launch attempt of the Polaris Dawn mission with billionaire Jared Isaacman and three crewmates for at least one day. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/26/spacex-delays-polaris-dawn-launch-at-least-1-day/? SpaceX launch SpaceX will soon attempt a nail-biting, five-day trek into orbit with a crew of private astronauts traveling into Earth's radiation belts. No human has traveled so far into space or passed through the radiation environment since NASA's Apollo program. The four-person crew on the Polaris Dawn mission is also preparing for a high-risk spacewalk, making use of Extravehicular Activity, or EVA, suits that SpaceX developed in just 2 ½ years. If successful, the spacewalk, which could take place Friday, would mark the first time that civilians (or nongovernment astronauts) have carried out such an endeavor. The daring excursion is slated to take off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida between 3:38 a.m. and 7:09 a.m. ET on Wednesday — a 24-hour delay from the company's previous launch target due to a helium leak. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 28 Author Members Share Posted August 28 Rogue worlds Astronomers have spotted six celestial bodies within a cosmic cloud using the James Webb Space Telescope. The objects are slightly bigger than Jupiter, and the observations are shedding light on how stars and planets form across the universe. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 28 Author Members Share Posted August 28 Fiery end to SpaceX booster on Canaveral launch as Polaris Dawn delayed from KSC KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Billionaire Jared Isaacman watched the demise of a SpaceX booster that once took him to space on the same night his planned return trip on the Polaris Dawn mission faced more delays. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/28/spacex-delays-polaris-dawn-launch-at-least-1-day/ SpaceX launch delay SpaceX has once again delayed the launch of its daring excursion into Earth's radiation belts. The mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, was set to take off as soon as 3:38 a.m. ET today — but the company opted to delay takeoff because of unfavorable weather conditions for the crew's return to Earth. The mission aims to carry a four-person crew of civilians to record-setting heights for a regular orbit around Earth — and to conduct the first commercial spacewalk. This latest delay comes after a planned Tuesday morning launch attempt from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was scrubbed because of issues with ground equipment at the launchpad. The crew of civilians has been in quarantine awaiting their launch. A new date has not yet been set. FAA grounds Falcon 9 after fiery end to SpaceX booster; Polaris Dawn could face further delays KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday after an early morning launch ended with the fiery demise of its first-stage booster. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/28/spacex-delays-polaris-dawn-launch-at-least-1-day/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 29 Author Members Share Posted August 29 UF professor launches to space aboard Blue Origin New Shepard on mission for NASA University of Florida horticulture science professor Rob Ferl on Thursday became the first NASA-sponsored customer to fly to space on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, bringing along a plantlife experiment to study the effects of spaceflight on genes. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/29/uf-professor-to-fly-on-blue-origin-new-shepard-with-nasa-experiment/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 30 Author Members Share Posted August 30 Boeing Starliner After spending 12 weeks docked to the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home — empty. The troubled spacecraft will undock from the space station on September 6 at around 6 p.m. ET, and will spend about six hours maneuvering closer to home before landing near midnight in New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who rode the Starliner to the ISS on June 5, will fly home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule no earlier than February. NASA lines up return date for Boeing Starliner minus humans A Butch- and Suni-less Boeing Starliner has been given a date to return to Earth by NASA. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/30/nasa-lines-up-return-date-for-boeing-starliner-minus-humans/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 31 Author Members Share Posted August 31 FAA lets SpaceX get back to launches, but Polaris Dawn awaits good weather SpaceX got the OK to fly again from the Federal Aviation Administration and didn’t waste any time knocking out launches from both Florida and California early Saturday, but the crewed Polaris Dawn launch remains on hold because of weather. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/31/faa-lets-spacex-get-back-to-launches-but-polaris-dawn-awaits-good-weather/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Monday at 05:29 PM Author Members Share Posted Monday at 05:29 PM Skywatch: Summer stars hanging in there with Saturn on the rise This month, summer officially ends, but plenty of summer constellations are still playing on stage in our nightly celestial theater. As a bonus, sunsets are earlier, so your stargazing time is expanding! The autumnal equinox this year is on Sept. 22 at 12:44 Universal time. That’s when the sun shines directly over the Earth’s equator. Days and nights are nearly equal in length. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/01/skywatch-summer-stars-hanging-in-there-with-saturn-on-the-rise/? NASA explains strange noise heard by astronaut in Boeing’s Starliner There’s nothing to see here, or hear here, actually. That’s the message NASA gave after reports of a strange noise heard by astronaut Butch Wilmore emanating from Boeing’s Starliner docked to the International Space Station this weekend. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/02/nasa-explains-strange-noise-heard-by-astronaut-in-boeings-starliner/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Monday at 09:32 PM Author Members Share Posted Monday at 09:32 PM Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Decades after she was picked to be America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer — this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New Hampshire’s Statehouse, in the city where she taught high school. https://apnews.com/article/christa-mcauliffe-statue-new-hampshire-challenger-5487cf9130e726ae7f01f55d9c1861ec? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Author Members Share Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Audit warns costs for NASA’s new Artemis launcher could balloon to $2.7 billion NASA’s second mobile launcher needed for future missions in the Artemis program is already years late and millions over budget, and NASA’s Office of the Inspector General warns it could get even worse. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/03/audit-warns-costs-for-nasas-artemis-launcher-could-balloon-to-2-7-billion/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Wednesday at 11:42 PM Author Members Share Posted Wednesday at 11:42 PM Deep dive Rocket scientists at NASA are developing underwater robots that will be able to go where humans can’t. They will venture beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves to help experts understand rising sea levels that pose a threat to coastal cities. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Thursday at 05:30 PM Author Members Share Posted Thursday at 05:30 PM Asteroid will strike Earth later today, astronomers say – but it should be fine The Earth will be hit by a tiny asteroid today, astronomers have said. https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3584046195487-asteroid-will-strike-earth-later-today-astronomers-say-but-it-should-be-fine? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Friday at 02:52 PM Author Members Share Posted Friday at 02:52 PM Weather clears for Starlink launch while Polaris Dawn remains in waiting pattern The weather finally cleared for SpaceX to knock out a Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral on Thursday while the crew of Polaris Dawn still awaited the long-range forecast to be safe enough for their mission to fly. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/04/spacex-lines-up-starlink-launch-today-as-polaris-dawn-still-in-waiting-pattern/? Starliner After 12 weeks in space, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is finally set to return home from the International Space Station today — without its two-person crew. The troubled spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory around 6 p.m. ET, and it will spend about six hours maneuvering closer to home before landing around midnight in New Mexico. The astronauts who rode aboard Starliner to the space station on June 5, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain on board the orbiting laboratory. NASA announced last month that experts were wary of gas leaks and issues with the Starliner capsule's propulsion system, leading the agency to determine the spacecraft is not safe enough to finish its mission with crew on board. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted 3 hours ago Author Members Share Posted 3 hours ago Asteroid slams into Earth triggering stunning green 'fireball' above the Philippines — 8 hours after it was 1st spotted A newly discovered asteroid has met a colorful and spectacular end above the Philippines, exploding in a bright green fireball that was visible for hundreds of miles. The space rock was only discovered earlier the same day, earning it a spot in an extremely exclusive club. https://www.newsbreak.com/livescience-525075/3585358690372-asteroid-slams-into-earth-triggering-stunning-green-fireball-above-the-philippines-8-hours-after-it-was-1st-spotted? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted 2 hours ago Author Members Share Posted 2 hours ago NASA delays Mars mission forcing Blue Origin to pivot plans for 1st New Glenn launch NASA announced Friday it was forgoing the planned October launch of a pair of Mars-bound satellites on what was supposed to be the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/06/nasa-delays-mars-mission-forcing-blue-origin-to-pivot-plans-for-1st-new-glenn-launch/? Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner makes crewless return to Earth Boeing’s Starliner completed its Crew Flight Test without its crew undocking Friday evening from the International Space Station and making the trip back to Earth. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/06/boeings-beleaguered-starliner-set-for-crewless-trip-home-tonight/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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