SpaceX Falcon Rocket vs. Robot Boat: Round Two!
• Wired.comThree months ago, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded spectacularly as it attempted to land on a robot boat.
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SpaceX To Attempt Revolutionary Falcon 9 Rocket Landing Today
• http://www.popsci.comThe Falcon 9 rocket is at its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida. Its companion, the autonomous floating barge ship "Just Read The Instructions," is in its more or less stable catching position in the Atlantic Ocean.
First Click: all hail the new rocket scientist
• http://www.theverge.comCalling someone a "rocket scientist" used to be the highest form of technical flattery. It was reserved for that rare person capable of harnessing lightning bolts to launch humanity into the future.
How Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to drastically reduce the cost of space flight
• Business InsiderRight now commercial spaceflight is a dream, but SpaceX is close to making it reality. In the not-too-distant-future we could see multiple rocket launches a day instead of once or twice a month.
How to land on a comet
• http://www.ted.com,As manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
How to land on a comet
• http://www.ted.com, Fred JensenAs manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
NASA adding to list of CubeSats flying on first SLS mission
• http://spaceflightnow.comWith room for 11 small shoebox-sized CubeSats on the first test flight of NASA's behemoth Space Launch System, agency officials have turned to scientists, industry and students to fill the slots in time for launch in 2018.
Incredible Images of Algal Blooms Taken From Space
• WiredUp close, algae looks like a scummy version of grass--slippery, mucky, and just downright disgusting. From far away, though, it creates an impressive cloud of living soft color, gently drifting underwater.
A Gizmo That Shows You What the Moon Will Look Like in 3015
• WiredOn a good night--when the phase is just right and the shadowing just so--the moon transforms from a two-dimensional orb in the sky into something almost graspable, like a marble
The Building Blocks of Life Aren't Unique to Our Corner of the Galaxy
• MotherboardFor the first time ever, astronomers have discovered complex organic molecules in an infant solar system, providing yet more proof that the ingredients for life are sprinkled liberally across the universe.
Jeff Bezos' rocket company to begin suborbital test flights this year
• http://www.reuters.com(Reuters) - A space company owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has finished work on a rocket engine for a suborbital spaceship and expects to begin flight tests this year, Blue Origin officials said on Tuesday.
Blue Origin to Launch Private Spaceship Test Flights This Year
• http://www.space.comBlue Origin, the secretive private spaceflight company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, will begin suborbital flight tests this year of an innovative new spaceship -- a milestone made possible by the firm's rocket engine success.
Incredible Technology: Spiderlike Robots Could Build Giant Space Structures
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallHumanity could soon be building huge structures in space one piece at a time, the way spiders spin their webs here on Earth.
Incredible Technology: Spiderlike Robots Could Build Giant Space Structures
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallHumanity could soon be building huge structures in space one piece at a time, the way spiders spin their webs here on Earth.
Blood Moon With Total Lunar Eclipse & Eerie Biblical Message Rising Over U.S. Easter Weekend
• sanfrancisco.cbslocal.comGet ready to feast your eyes on an extra special and rare total lunar eclipse Saturday morning that has some Christians worried this Easter weekend.
Why I'm So Optimistic - Ernest Hancock - Anarchapulco 2015
• AnarchapulcoErnest Hancock, Founder of Freedoms Phoenix, shares why he is certain that government is done.
Let's Talk About Sex in Space
• http://motherboard.vice.comNow that Earth has had a co-ed space station in orbit for over three decades, the obvious question must be raised once again: What goes on behind closed hatches?
NASA outlines Asteroid Redirect Mission
• GizmagNASA has released new details on how it plans to boldly go to an asteroid and come back with a bit of it. The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) is part of the space agency's Asteroid Initiative announced in 2013, which envisions the capture and return
U.S. Air Force overstepped bounds in SpaceX certification
• ReutersThe report dictates over 400 changes in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and even the company's organizational structure. Welch faulted SpaceX for assuming its experience launching other Falcon 9 rockets would suffice to be certified
Nasa plans mission to land on asteroid and explore deep space
• The GuardianThe mission in 2020 would cost more than $1.25bn and involve grabbing a boulder from an asteroid and having humans inspect it in space
Long-Distance Eye in the Sky
• Daily ReckoningIn February, NASA announced that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had circled the red planet more than 40,000 times.
[NOVA SpaceNow] Destination Future Space Exploration Extraordinary Documentary HD
• https://www.youtube.com, Shadow inthe WallSpace exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology.
Search for Potentially Habitable Worlds Targets Red Dwarf Stars
• http://www.space.com, Jesse EmspakPlanets orbiting small, dim red-dwarf stars might be good places for alien life to spring up after all.
Search for Potentially Habitable Worlds Targets Red Dwarf Stars
• http://www.space.com, Jesse EmspakPlanets orbiting small, dim red-dwarf stars might be good places for alien life to spring up after all.
What are the Lagrange points?
• https://www.youtube.com, TheBadAstronomerFrom my weekly live video chat, I answered a question about the points of gravitational balance called the Lagrange Points.
lagrange points animation
• https://www.youtube.com, 3D4UAnimation showing the Earth/Moon system and it's Lagrange points.
Lagrange Points - Sixty Symbols
• https://www.youtube.com,Discussing Lagrangian (Lagrange) points, orbits and gravity. Speaking is Professor Mike Merrifield. Animations by Pete McPartlan.
SpaceX: All our photos are belong to you
• MarketWatchChief Executive Elon Musk, who is also chief executive of Tesla Motors Inc. TSLA, +0.08% first tweeted over the weekend that the images would be available under a Creative Commons License, which can be restrictive.
Precision planetary lander technology tested by NASA
• http://www.gizmag.comAimed at developing new systems for landing on Mars and other planets with much greater precision, a new imaging landing system and algorithm were tested using the demonstration vehicle on two successful flights.
Russia to resume space tourism in 2018
• BreitbartRussia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts.
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