August 2018 Aerospace Education Links

August 2018 AE Links

NASA making plans to send lander to Jupiter moon Europa in 2020’s

https://www.space.com/41239-jupiter-moon-europa-biosignatures-survive.html

Tiny satellite, HaloSat, just recently deployed from the International Space Station will search for missing matter from the Milky Way

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/07/23/tiny-satellite-begins-hunt-for-missing-milky-way-matter.html

***Intel pioneers methods to control multiple drones at once using just one pilot

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/intel-breaks-world-record-2018-drones.html

James E. Webb telescope faces another congressional review and the questions are expected to be tough

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NASA-s-next-great-space-telescope-is-stuck-on-13102120.php?ipid=newsrecirc

First astronauts for SpaceX and ULA manned space flights to be named by NASA Administrator on August 4^th

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nasa-to-name-astronauts-assigned-to-first-boeing-spacex-flights-1027400651

Close astronomical observations seem to confirm Einstein’s General Theory of Relatively. Gravitational red shift of star’s light confirms a hypothesis

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-confirm-einsteins-supermassive-black-hole-theory-151924741.html

Virgin Galactic completes another milestone with third flight of new craft

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-galactic-breaks-mach-2-211300869.html

 Opposition means super opportunity for Hubble Space Telescope to capture epic views of prominent planets

https://mashable.com/2018/07/26/mars-jupiter-space-photos-hubble/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29#opuupfZPnaq3

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-near-earth-15-years-154615797.html

NASA faces challenge of balancing priorities in future budget years, struggles with ways to finance completion of the James E. Webb Telescope

https://www.space.com/41292-nasa-weighs-delaying-wfirst-jwst-overrun.html

In case you haven’t noticed a sea change has come to the space launch business. US government has taken steps to address the new reality. United Launch Alliance will be challenged to develop a new business plan to remain competitive with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/congress-requires-military-to-consider-reusable-rockets-for-launch-contracts/

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Kepler space probe nears end of its mission as it runs out of fuel used in its thrusters

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/kepler-telescope-out-of-fuel/

TESS probe to begin scientific mission looking for exoplanets, will take over for Kepler

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nas-tess-satellite-begins-exoplanet-hunt/

NASA appears to be lagging in new space suit designs for future missions to Mars and beyond.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nasas-space-suit-drama-could-delay-our-trip-to-the-moon?via=desktop&source=Reddit

Should lawyers extend their territory to cover space exploration? Here are some thoughts by one legal expert

https://www.space.com/41314-why-private-spaceflight-needs-more-lawyers.html

More information about shifting magnetic polarity of Earth

https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2018/07/29/the-earths-magnetic-field-is-reversing-more-than-ever-heres-why/

Inspector General report on options for the International Space Station operation in the 2020’s

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/a-new-report-questions-viability-of-plan-to-privatize-the-space-station/

Production of new engines for NASAs Space Launch System to begin but is the expense worth it?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/work-begins-on-rocket-engines-for-sls-flights-a-decade-from-now/

How NASA plans to support humans and their craft on longer deep space missions

https://scitechdaily.com/five-technologies-needed-to-survive-deep-space-exploration/

InSight lander reaches half-way point on trip to Mars

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-insight-lander-gets-closer-to-revealing-mars-mysteries/

NASA awards new contracts to help develop technologies for lunar landing and interplanetary space exploration

https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/08/nasa-tipping-point-space-partnerships/?yptr=yahoo

NASA plans to launch new probe to study the Sun on Saturday August 11 aboard a Delta rocket

https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/09/nasa-parker-solar-probe-launch/?yptr=yahoo

Hubble telescope images show distant galactic clusters in amazing detail

https://scitechdaily.com/spectacular-hubble-space-telescope-image-of-galaxy-clusters/

NASA scientists hope that rover Opportunity will wake up and resume talking to them again soon.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/14/nasas-mars-opportunity-rover-400m-spacecraft-missing-in-martian-dust-storm-for-2-months.html

Will space become the next battleground? Russians appear to be on fast track to develop a number of new weapons designed for offensive space warfare.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-warns-russias-space-weapons-085616362.html