NASA will make a second attempt to fuel its big rocket Monday [Updated]
• https://arstechnica.com, ERIC BERGER"I would be really surprised, in a pleasant way, if the test went off without a hitch."
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Space Travel and Exploration
A solar power station in space? Here's how it would work -- and the benefits it could bring
• https://www.space.com, By Jovana RadulovicThe UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space.
Russia will END cooperation on the International space station -
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By LAURENCE DOLLIMORE--and will NOT work with Nasa or European Space Agency
Russia will END cooperation on the International space station --
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By LAURENCE DOLLIMORE--and will NOT work with Nasa or European Space Agency
This Israeli startup's sci-fi 'headset' will map brain changes in space on private Ax-1
• Elizabeth Howell-Space.comA brain 'headset' aims to provide a high-resolution view of neural changes that happen in the brain while space, and it will fly aboard Axiom Space's first crewed launch, Ax-1.
Red giant star is blowing strange smoke rings as it is about to die
• Elizabeth Howell-Space.comA red giant star in the final stages of its existence has been caught emitting strange smoke-like rings for the first time.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away: NASA's Hubble telescope spots oldest star...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By RYAN MORRISONA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away: NASA's Hubble telescope spots oldest star ever detected - shining 12.9 BILLION years ago
World's first space hotel to open in 2027 with 'activities you can't do on Earth'
• Daily StarThe world's first space hotel is set to open its doors in 2027 after the Gateway Foundation released plans for the out of the world accommodation around three years ago
A NASA astronaut just landed in a Russian spacecraft, and all is well
• ARS TechnicaWhat happens next will probably depend on the war in Ukraine.
Starlink Publishes Availability Map for Ordering
• Mobile Internet Resource CenterStarlink at last published an availability map on its website today, taking all the guesswork out of where you can order Starlink immediately and where you'll be waiting.
SpaceX Orbital Starship Will Launch With New Raptor 2 Engines
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangThe delays in the FCC approval for the first SpaceX Super Heavy Starship orbital flight will give SpaceX the time to replace all of the old Raptor rocket engines with new 15% more powerful Raptor 2 engines.
Elon Says FSD, Fully Reusable SpaceX Starship this Year and Teslabot Next Year
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangElon expects a pretty good prototype Teslabot this year and a low volume production for Teslabot will start next year.
Elon Musk on Getting the Impossible Done
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangLex Friedman asked Elon Musk:
We can see things moving faster than light
• https://www.youtube.com, Physics GirlHow is it possible for galaxies and objects in space to move away from us faster than the speed of light? Will we ever see those objects?
How the Edge of Our Galaxy Defies Known Physics
• https://www.youtube.com, Physics GirlHow the Edge of Our Galaxy Defies Known Physics
Russia's Top Space Official Says No More Launching European Satellites
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenA month into the invasion of Ukraine, the fracturing of space relations between Russia and Western countries continues.
Combining Heat Shield and Propulsion for a Fast Solar Slingshot
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangNASA Advanced Innovations Concepts has funded research to combine a heat shield and solar thermal propulsion system to perform a solar Oberth maneuver in order to achieve the highest possible escape velocity from the solar system.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches record 12th mission, lands on ship at sea
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallSpaceX has set a new standard for rocket reusability.
Startup Aquarian Space aims to deliver high-speed internet at the moon (and maybe Mars)
• https://www.space.com, By Elizabeth HowellThe startup has raised $650,000 in seed money and aims to launch a lunar satellite by 2024.
Mars Spacesuits 3D Printed from Digital Body Scans
• Next Big Future - Brian WangThe vision is a "digital human scan to digital design/analyses to robotic manufacture".
PI Planetary Asteroid Defense
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangPhilip Lubin has been funded by NASA NIAC to study a practical and effective method of planetary asteroid defense that allows for extremely short mitigation time scales if required.
Space Based Starshades Will Make Large Ground Telescopes the Most Powerful Exoplanet Finders
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangHybrid observatories will combine a 100 meter diameter starshade in space with a telescope on the ground.
Integrating Quantum Dot Instruments on Solar Sails For Breakthrough Distant Exploration
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangMissions to the outer planets are an important and exciting part of NASA's goals because these scarcely visited worlds, particularly the ice giants Neptune and Uranus, undoubtedly hold secrets about our solar system.
American astronaut will return to Earth on Russian spacecraft despite Ukraine invasion, NASA says
• https://www.space.com By Mike WallMark Vande Hei and two cosmonauts will still travel home together on March 30.
NASA Technical Progress to Giant Structures in Space
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangNASA has funded the NIAC phase 2 study for Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch.
Asteroid impacts Earth just two hours after it was discovered
• https://www.jpost.com, By AARON REICHThe asteroid, 2022 EB5, was small and burnt up in the atmosphere. However, more asteroids are coming, one flying by closer to the Earth than the Moon.
Garage inventors wanted: NASA will pay you to help transmit power on the moon
• ZD NetNASA needs help creating novel power transmission and storage solutions for lunar exploration, so they're hosting a competition.
A tiny Raspberry Pi Zero is powering this mini satellite mission
• ZD NetAnd the satellite's flight software is written almost entirely in Python.
Space shotgun could destroy dangerous asteroids just hours before impact
• https://newatlas.com, By Michael IrvingWayward asteroids pose a serious threat to life on Earth, and we may not have long to react should we discover one on a collision course. NASA is now investigating a proposal for a defense system that could break apart a hazardous space rock just day
SpaceX shifts resources to cybersecurity to address Starlink jamming
• Space NewsCiting Starlink jamming "near conflict areas," Elon Musk said March 5 that SpaceX will be "reprioritzed to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming" at the expense of "slight delays" in Starship and Starlink V2.
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