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The Landing of The Falcon and the Launching of Humanity

• April 13, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Current Events, General, Human Space Flight, In The News, space, Technology
Tags: Atlas V, Bigelow Aerospace, Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40, Dragon (spacecraft), International Space Station, NASA, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance

The Privatizing of Human Spaceflight

• January 23, 2016 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commercial Space, General, Human Space Flight, In The News
Tags: Astronaut, Atlas V, Barack Obama, Blue Origin, Commercial Crew Development, Delta IV, Dulles, Earth, Elon Musk, Europa Orbiter, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, International Space Station, John McCain, NASA, Obama administration, Orion (spacecraft), RD-180, Richard Shelby, Space Launch System, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, United States, United States Air Force, United States Congress, Virginia

How Worms Turn Part 2: John McCain vs Alabama

• December 20, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Current Events, Economics, General, In The News, Politics, space, Technology
Tags: Barack Obama, Defence policy, John McCain, RD-180, Richard Shelby, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Vladimir Putin

Centaur Cubed

• November 24, 2015 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: Atlas V, CubeSat, List of CubeSats, United Launch Alliance

How Worms Turn

• November 20, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Commercial Space, General, Politics, space
Tags: Atlas V, Boeing, Delta IV, Elon Musk, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, Falcon 9, Global Positioning System, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, United States Air Force

Space.com Top Stories

On This Day in Space! Nov. 16, 1974: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message November 16, 2019
On Nov. 16, 1974, humans sent their first message to the stars in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
NASA's 1st SLS Megarocket Core Stage for the Moon Has Its Engines (Photos) November 16, 2019
NASA's first new megarocket bound for the moon now has all of its engines for the first uncrewed lunar flight of the U.S. space agency's Artemis program.
Vice President Pence Lands on the Moon (Sort Of) November 16, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence came to Silicon Valley, then flew to the moon.
Here's How Much NASA Is Paying Per Seat on SpaceX's Crew Dragon & Boeing's Starliner November 16, 2019
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Space Center Houston Sets Saturn V Rocket Aglow With 'Galaxy Lights' November 16, 2019
Space Center Houston is shining some festive light on NASA's iconography with Galaxy Lights, presented by Reliant, a new nighttime display that answers the question: How many holiday bulbs does it take to illuminate the length of a Saturn V rocket?
McDonald Observatory: Searching for Dark Energy November 15, 2019
McDonald Observatory, in West Texas, represents eight decades of progress in telescope technology and offers an extensive menu of public programs.
Leonid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Soon: Here's What to Expect November 15, 2019
It's going to be a poor year for one of the most famous meteor showers, the Leonids.
Astronauts Begin Complex Spacewalk Marathon to Fix Ailing Cosmic Ray Detector November 15, 2019
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'The Mandalorian' Episode 2 Is Fun, But Falls a Little Short November 15, 2019
One of our suspicions is confirmed concerning an adorable 50-year old baby.
Space Ballet: 2 Neptune Moons Perform an Unusual Pas de Deux November 15, 2019
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Watch China Simulate a Mars Landing for 2020 Mission to Red Planet (Video) November 15, 2019
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NASA Astronauts Recount Epic All-Woman Spacewalk in Washington Post Op-Ed November 15, 2019
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Regular Crew Launches by SpaceX, Boeing Likely Won't Start Until Summer 2020, NASA Inspector General Says November 15, 2019
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Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day November 15, 2019
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Long Space Missions Can Change Astronaut Brain Structure and Function November 15, 2019
Spaceflight causes changes in astronauts' brain structure and function during extended missions, a new study shows.
Astronauts on Space Station Pay Tribute to Apollo 12's 50th Anniversary November 15, 2019
The astronauts on the International Space Station paid tribute to the second mission to land humans on the moon 50 years to the day after the Apollo 12 crew launched.
Before We Find Aliens, Humans Need to Figure Ourselves Out November 15, 2019
Humans have questions about alien life. But those beings, if they exist, likely have some questions of their own about humans, queries we may want to answer before we find any life beyond Earth.
New, 'Hidden' State of Matter Coaxed into Being by Ultrafast Laser Flashes November 15, 2019
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Astronauts Are Taking a Tricky Spacewalk to Fix a Dark Matter Experiment. Here's How to Watch November 15, 2019
Two astronauts are taking one of the most complicated spacewalks in NASA history today (Nov. 15) to revive an ailing $2 billion experiment on the International Space Station and you can watch it live online.

NASAWatch

Mike Gold Joins NASA As Special Advisor November 16, 2019
Keith's note: Mike Gold from Maxar has been tapped be become a special advisory to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Gold will be providing advice to Bridenstine on a range of topics with a special focus on expanding commercialization in low Earth orbit, cis-lunar space and beyond. In addition of working for Maxar he also served on the NASA Adviosry C […]
Meanwhile At A NASA Center Far, Far Away ... (Update) November 15, 2019
Keith's note: @VP Pence retweeted this tweet and it has gone viral. Oops. Yesterday's speech by @VP Pence was delayed while @JimBridenstine taught Pence how to fly the new Millennium Falcon simulator at @NASAAmes #StarWars pic.twitter.com/u3fQ8eIb8S— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 15, 2019
VP Pence Visited Ames Today November 14, 2019
Remarks by Vice President Pence to NASA's Ames Research Center Employees and Guests "And unlike in years past, under this President's leadership, I'm proud to report we not only have the will, we not only have the support of the American people, we not only have the greatest innovators and inventors, but we also have the budgets to match. […]
OIG Predicts Commercial Crew Delay To Mid-2020 November 14, 2019
NASA OIG: NASA's Management of Crew Transportation to the International Space Station "Boeing and SpaceX each face significant safety and technical challenges with parachutes, propulsion, and launch abort systems that need to be resolved prior to receiving NASA authorization to transport crew to the ISS. The complexity of these issues has already c […]
Thursday's Stealth Astrobiology Event At Ames November 14, 2019
Keith's 13 Nov note: Last month the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) tweeted about their mailing list telling people to join. I tried to join only to find out that I was already a member. This list doesn't seem to mail anything. I just stumbled across this Astrobiology event which is happening tomorrow at Ames: "Celebrating the NAI at 20 […]
What The SLS Budget Could Have Bought November 13, 2019
Quick math. Assume $100 million for a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The $34 billion cost thus far of developing @NASA_SLS (which has not even flown) could have bought 340 Falcon Heavy rockets. The final $50 billion cost of SLS could have bought 500 of them. Just sayin' https://t.co/LlYVnzL7rh— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 13, 2019
Hearing: Structuring a Moon-Mars Program for Success November 13, 2019
Keeping Our Sights on Mars Part 2: Structuring a Moon-Mars Program for Success Rep. Johnson "Proponents of the Administration's crash program may argue that such a deadline will instill a sense of urgency and motivation into our space program. However, an arbitrary deadline that is uninformed by technical and programmatic realities, that is unaccom […]
OIG Report On NASA Challenges November 13, 2019
NASA OIG: 2019 Report on NASA's Top Management and Performance Challenges Excerpts "Achieving the ambitious goals of landing humans on the Moon by 2024 and Mars in the 2030s will require strong, consistent, and sustained leadership by the President, Congress, and NASA. For its part, NASA must determine the long-term costs, set realistic schedules, […]
Living Next Door To SETI November 13, 2019
NO SIGNAL: Growing Up in Green Bank, West Virginia, Observer (scroll down to page 36) "I grew up in Green Bank, West Virginia, at the center of the federally mandated National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), where interference like cell phones, wireless internet, and other devices are legally regulated. My hometown feels like another planet, full of opposites […]
Ultima Thule Is Now "Arrokoth" November 12, 2019
Keith's note: The new name is "Arrokoth" which means 'sky' in Powhatan. It is cool that the IAU named 2014 MU69 this way. Oddly the formal announcement was done in a windowless NASA room with no public visibility. They should have done it outdoors under the 'sky' at the National Museum of the American Indian 2 blocks away. […]

LiveScience.com – Top Stories

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Ancient 70-Mile-Long Wall Found in Western Iran. But Who Built It? November 5, 2019
Archaeologists have identified the remains of a stone wall in Iran about the length of the famous Hadrian's Wall that was built across England by the Romans.
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Maryam Mirzakhani Won Math's Most Prestigious Medal Before She Died. Now There's a Prize in Her Honor. November 4, 2019
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Voyager 2 Reaches Interstellar Space. Here's What the Spacecraft Finds. November 4, 2019
Humanity's second taste of interstellar space may have raised more questions than it answered.
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The Universe Might Be a Giant Loop November 4, 2019
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Unified Laws of Explosion Link Your Car's Engine to the Big Bang November 4, 2019
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Centuries-Old 'Witch Marks' in Hidden Cave Can Finally Be Seen ... in 3D November 4, 2019
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Does Catnip Really Make Cats 'High'? November 3, 2019
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Daylight Saving Time Ends Sunday (So You Get 1 More Hour of Sleep) November 2, 2019
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Discovery Space News

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When Mars was a wet world, did its oceans experience powerful tsunamis spawned by meteorite impacts?
Collapsing Cosmic Clouds Birth Black Hole Monsters May 24, 2016
Supermassive black holes occupy all known galaxies, but astronomers have little idea how they formed. Now space telescopes have found a clue.
Mystery Plumes: Did the Sun Bruise Mars? May 24, 2016
Strange plumes have been spotted high in the Martian atmosphere that have, so far, defied explanation. Now scientists think space weather is to blame.
NASA Probe Tracks Object in Solar System's Badlands May 23, 2016
While coasting through the outer solar system, NASA's New Horizons is busying itself with astronomical observations of a distant Kuiper Belt Object.
Solar Superflares Set Stage for Life on Earth May 23, 2016
Earth could have grown warm enough for liquid water as far back as 4 billion years ago thanks to massive and frequent solar flares.
See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend May 21, 2016
Mars reaches opposition this weekend, making Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22) an opportune time to see the Red Planet with your own eyes.
Extreme Exoplanets Reveal Migration Mystery May 20, 2016
A star hosting 4 massive gas giant exoplanets has been spotted -- is this how our solar system looked in its ancient past?
How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze! May 20, 2016
On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains -- how did they form?
DNews: Meet a Black Hole 17 Billion Times the Sun's Mass May 20, 2016
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LHC Opens the Quantum Physics Floodgates May 20, 2016
As it restarts its mission to discover weird and exotic things about our universe, the Large Hadron Collider is about to become a firehose of quantum data.

SpaceRef

Earth from Space: Lake Tai, China November 16, 2019
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NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for November 15, 2019 November 15, 2019
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.
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Two Of Neptune Moons Are Locked In A Dance of Avoidance November 15, 2019
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Novel Solar Power Generator To Be Sent To the International Space Station November 15, 2019
A new solar power generator prototype developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and research teams in the United States, will be deployed on the first 2020 NASA flight launch to the International Space Station.
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Space-based Radar Suggests North Korean Nuke Equivalent To '17 Hiroshimas' November 15, 2019
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Keith Cowing
The Violent History Of The Magellanic Clouds November 15, 2019
Two peacock-shaped gaseous clouds were revealed in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Keith Cowing
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 13 November 2019 - Space Gardening November 14, 2019
The Expedition 61 crewmembers started taking turns "weighing in" Wednesday before a slew of space gardening and life science activities.
Marc Boucher
Distant Worlds Under Many Suns November 14, 2019
Is Earth the only habitable planet in the universe or are there more worlds somewhere out there that are capable of supporting life?
Keith Cowing
Terra Sees Fire And Smoke From Bushfires In Australia November 14, 2019
The state of New South Wales (NSW) in south eastern Australia is continuing to experience devastating bushfires due to the dry tinder-like atmosphere in the territory: high winds, dry lightning and continuing heat.
Keith Cowing

Space Flight Now

Astronauts complete bonus objectives in first in series of AMS repair spacewalks November 15, 2019
Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector, breezing through work to prep the device for invasive surgery to splice in new coolant pumps and extend the instrument's life probing the composition of the universe.
William Harwood
Broadband satellite to serve Pacific islands delivered to Florida launch base November 15, 2019
A powerful commercial communications satellite to broadcast Internet signals over the Asia-Pacific region has arrived at Cape Canaveral for final launch preparations ahead of a planned Dec. 15 liftoff on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Stephen Clark
Starlink ‘train’ traces path across twilight skies November 14, 2019
The 60 Starlink satellites deployed Monday by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket have traced paths across twilight skies around the world this week, but their brightness is expected to dim as the spacecraft -- designed to beam broadband signals down to Earth -- spread out and climb to higher altitudes.
Stephen Clark
Complex spacewalk repair work begins Friday November 14, 2019
After four years of brainstorming, custom tool development and training, two astronauts plan to venture outside the International Space Station Friday for the first of four spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector. The excursions are considered the most challenging since work to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
William Harwood
SpaceX fires up Crew Dragon thrusters in key test after April explosion November 13, 2019
SpaceX test-fired the Crew Dragon spacecraft's eight SuperDraco abort engines Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, paving the way for a high-altitude rocket escape test and demonstrating engineers have apparently fixed the problem that triggered an explosion during a similar ground firing in April.
Stephen Clark
Video: Crew Dragon tests abort thrusters at Cape Canaveral November 13, 2019
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of the SuperDraco abort thrusters on the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft Wednesday afternoon at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Stephen Clark
Japanese sample return craft departs asteroid, heads for Earth November 13, 2019
Closing out a year-and-a-half of exploration, surveys and sampling operations at asteroid Ryugu, Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft fired thrusters in a departure maneuver Wednesday and headed for Earth with specimens snatched from the asteroid's dark and rocky surface.
Stephen Clark
Photos: Falcon 9 launches with 60 Starlink satellites November 13, 2019
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the heaviest payload ever launched by SpaceX took off Monday morning from Cape Canaveral with 60 satellites for then company's Starlink broadband network.
Stephen Clark
Two Chinese satellite launchers lift off three hours apart November 13, 2019
Chinese rockets performed two satellite delivery missions in a three-hour span Wednesday, carrying a commercial Earth-imaging satellite and five mysterious surveillance payloads into orbit.
Stephen Clark
OneWeb’s first full-up launch delayed to January November 12, 2019
The first Soyuz launch from Kazakhstan carrying a full load of more than 30 Florida-built satellites for OneWeb's broadband Internet network has slipped from December to mid-to-late January, OneWeb officials said.
Stephen Clark

SpaceRef — Mars News

InSight's Arm Camera Stares Into the Pit November 11, 2019
The shadow of NASA InSight's robotic arm moves over its heat probe, or "mole," on Nov. 3, 2019, the 333rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Mars 2020 Heads Into the Test Chamber November 8, 2019
In this time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 9, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, bunny-suited engineers move the Mars 2020 rover from a high bay in the Spacecraft Simulator Building into the facility's large vacuum chamber for testing in Mars-like environmental conditions.
An Astronaut Smart Glove to Explore The Moon, Mars and Beyond November 1, 2019
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and collaborating organizations SETI Institute, Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Collins Aerospace, and Ntention are announcing the successful field test of an "astronaut smart glove" for future human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Mars InSight's Mole Has Partially Backed Out of Its Hole October 28, 2019
After making progress over the past several weeks digging into the surface of Mars, InSight's mole has backed about halfway out of its hole this past weekend.
New Selfie From Mars Curiosity October 25, 2019
A new selfie taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is breathtaking, but it's especially meaningful for the mission's team: stitched together from 57 individual images taken by a camera on the end of Curiosity's robotic arm, the panorama also commemorates only the second time the rover has performed a special chemistry experiment. […]
Mars 2020 Stands on Its Own Six Wheels October 25, 2019
This time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 8, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, captures the first time NASA's Mars 2020 rover has carried its full weight on its legs and wheels.
HiRISE Views InSight and Curiosity on Mars October 17, 2019
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently sent home eye-catching views of the agency's InSight lander and its Curiosity rover.
River Relic Spied By Mars Express October 11, 2019
Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar - such as this ancient, dried-up river system that stretches out for nearly 700 kilometres across the surface, making it one of the longest valley networks on the planet.
Global Analysis Of Submarine Canyons On Earth May Shed Light On Martian Landscapes October 10, 2019
Submarine canyons are a final frontier on planet Earth.
Mars 2020 Rover Tests Descent-Stage Separation October 6, 2019
In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover.

NASA Image of the Day

Hubble Spots a Curious Spiral November 15, 2019
Many galaxies we see through telescopes such as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the source of this beautiful image, look relatively similar: spiraling arms, a glowing center, and a mixture of bright specks of star formation and dark ripples of cosmic dust weaving throughout. This galaxy, a spiral galaxy named NGC 772, is no exception.
Apollo 12 Sees a Solar Eclipse November 14, 2019
Fifty years ago, on Nov. 14, 1969, Apollo 12 launched at 11:22 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Powtawche Valerino: Supporting NASA’s Space Launch System Program November 13, 2019
Powtawche Valerino is a guidance engineer who works for Aerodyne Industries at the NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the agency’s Space Launch System program.
Mercury's Solar Transit November 12, 2019
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, low center, as it transits across the face of the Sun, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.
Building the Rover of the Future November 8, 2019
A student from Sinte Gleska University works to build a model rover for a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars.
This Week in NASA History: First Launch of Saturn V – Nov. 9, 1967 November 7, 2019
This week in 1967, the Apollo 4 mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The Cygnus space freighter is attached to the Unity module November 6, 2019
The U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it was installed to the Unity module for 70 days of cargo transfers.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

The Star Streams of NGC 5907
Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by
Mercury and the Quiet Sun
Mercury and the Quiet Sun
Mercury in Silhouette
Mercury in Silhouette
NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy
Some spiral galaxies are seen nearly sideways.
Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius
The history of the Moon is partly written in its craters.
A Mercury Transit Sequence
Tomorrow -- Monday --