Aerospace Links June 2018
Testing new space craft hardware: Boeing and SpaceX
NASA probe Dawn to
photograph the dwarf planet Ceres between Mars and Jupiter from 22 miles
away-hopefully
Vivid images of Jovian storms captured by Juno space probe
Cubesats make course correction maneuvers on way to Mars
Congress questions ballooning budgets for NASA space
telescopes
Work around developed by mission scientists for stalled
drill on Mars rover Curiosity
New technology claims to remove carbon dioxide from
atmosphere and convert it to useful hydrocarbons
External view from Soyuz capsule during ride into space
Large merger shows further consolidation of US aerospace
industry as Northrop Grumman acquires Orbital ATK
Exploring the remote edge of the solar system. Probe
prepares for New Year’s encounter
****Video of thunderstorm in
Austria
****Neutral buoyancy pool
used by ESA to test techniques and tools for lunar base of the future and
simulate Moon’s gravity at 1/6 of that on earth.
Asteroid to be visible to naked eye for the next few weeks
***More drone video north of
the arctic circle
Japanese space craft arrives at asteroid and prepares to
make touch and go landings over the next year to return samples to earth
*****Using UAS to help large
marine mammals off Hawaii
