A different astronomy and space science-related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Source: APOD: 2022 July 9 – Saturn and ISS Opinion: Reality is far more captivating than fantasy. This is a real shot of the ISS and Saturn, taken from a school parking lot! Follow the link for more info… Read More APOD: 2022 July 9 – Saturn and ISS | Opinion – Reality Trumps Fantasy
The pioneering probes are still running after nearly 45 years in space, but they will soon lose some of their instruments Source: Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down – Scientific American Opinion: The twin spacecraft Voyager mission was launched in 1977, the year I began dating my first steady girlfriend. I was 15 and… Read More Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down – Scientific American | Opinion
Did you happen to see the amazing ISS spacewalk yesterday? I found it pretty exciting. Kayla Barron, a submarine warfare officer and Cambridge-educated nuclear engineer simply aced her very first spacewalk along with the seasoned physician-spacewalker, Thomas Marshburn. At one point, I was trying to get good screen captures with my awkward and slow Windows… Read More Ground Control to…
DART probe, the size of a car, will slam into the Dimorphos ‘moonlet’ at more than 24,000kph in 2022. Source: NASA launches ‘suicide’ spacecraft to kick asteroid off course | Space News | Al Jazeera Opinion: If you have cable you’ve probably seen this. I post it more as a social commentary and also because,… Read More NASA launches ‘suicide’ spacecraft to kick asteroid off course | Space News | Al Jazeera | Opinion
SpaceX is gearing up to launch its 22nd cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) this week, and tucked inside the Dragon cargo capsule will be some interesting organisms. Source: SpaceX will launch baby squid and tardigrades to the space station this week | Space
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced on Friday that they found a 0.2-inch (5-millimeter) puncture during a routine inspection of Canadarm2, Canada’s autonomous arm, on May 12. A piece of space debris punched a tiny hole in the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm
The Ingenuity helicopter recently completed its sixth flight; however it faced an in-flight anomaly resulted due to an unexpected motion from an image processing issue. Source: NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter survives an anomaly during its sixth flight on Mars – Inceptive Mind
According to a new detailed map of dark matter, the Universe may be smoother and more spread out than current theories have predicted so far. Source: New Evidence About the Universe Suggests Einstein Was Wrong
As meteorite dealers, my wife Linda and I have continued supplying meteorites and importing new stock throughout lockdown. On Friday, April 17th 2020, I received a parcel of meteorites I had ordered Source: Anomalous Metallic Object Discovered Inside a 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite | Ancient Origins
Problem with camera-based navigation system saw helicopter wobble through the air in biggest tech issue Ingenuity has faced Source: Nasa’s Mars helicopter goes on ‘stressful’ wild flight after malfunction | Mars | The Guardian
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