Aerospace Links November 2020

 

AE Links November 2020

Radio contact with Voyager 2 reestablished thanks to new hardware in the southern hemisphere

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-contacts-voyager-2-via-deep-space-station-dish-154502422.html

 

New information on fast radio bursts-some occur within our own galaxy. They seem to occur in areas rich with new star formation. Source seems to be a special type of neutron star.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/flash-luck-astronomers-cosmic-radio-160355822.html

 

Dark side of Jupiter’s moon Europa may glow in the dark due to strong magnetosphere from the planet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jupiters-moon-europa-glows-dark-160600061.html

 

Asteroid made close fly-by Earth in early November

https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-setting-asteroid-zoomed-past-222135711.html

 

Russian spacewalk at ISS begins preparations for the swap out of modules expected early next year. The Pirs module will be replaced with a new lab called Nauka that will also serve as a new airlock for spacewalks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacewalking-astronauts-prep-2021-arrival-161423293.html

 

National Science Foundation to close historic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico because damaged support cables suggest collapse may be imminent.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-163540284.html

 

Lasers and adaptive optics are technical marvels used by the Very Large Telescope in Chile to observe the bright Carina Nebula.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/why-scientists-firing-lasers-extremely-152300925.html

 

China launches lunar lander mission designed to bring samples of the volcanic region of the Moon back to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-just-launched-mission-moon-203600592.html

Jupiter and Saturn mark apparent close approach during the next month

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/jupiter-saturn-form-rare-double-233500046.html

 

Sentinel 6 satellite is a combined effort of NASA and the European Space Agency to study sea level change. It was just launched from Vandenberg AFB on Nov. 21.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sentinel-6-reaches-space-track-161500652.html

 

A key to astronaut health on long term missions may be mitochondrial function

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/astronaut-health-issues-in-mitochondria-192126203.html

 

Virgin Orbit to test rocket launched in the air from modified B-747 aircraft early in December.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-orbit-targets-launch-window-181546978.html

 

Incredible images from space

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-space-station-see-vibrant-151500527.html

 

ISS is showing its age.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-station-showing-age-housing-001100586.html

 

New information on habitable exoplanets discovered by the Kepler probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/looking-another-earth-300-million-202919397.html

 

First operational SpaceX crewed Dragon launch to take place soon as crew heads for launch site

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-head-launch-spacexs-2nd-170116380.html

 

NASA funds multiple projects to advance space technology

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-aerojet-nasa-partnerships-213245246.html

 

President-elect Biden names NASA transition team. Possible effect on policies outlined.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-just-announced-nasa-014700605.html

 

Critical tests of Space Launch System due to take place in the next few weeks as key milestones for the program approach.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-megarocket-set-critical-tests-102727141.html

 

Radiotelescope at risk of collapse in Puerto Rico

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cable-failures-endanger-renowned-puerto-155928084.html

 

Reconfiguration of ISS to start with spacewalk today

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-spacewalk-prepare-space-station-114900439.html

 

SpaceX looks toward high altitude (up to 50,000 ft.) test of its new Starship by last week in November

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-targeting-next-week-starships-001353783.html

 

SLS makes progress as assembly of solid rocket booster takes place on mobile launch platform. First launch scheduled in less than a year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-megarocket-assembly-begins-florida-110513458.html

 

Female army astronaut wins rare award.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kiowa-pilot-becomes-first-active-114231380.html

 

Japanese probe approaches Earth to deliver asteroid sample before heading back out to space. Scientists hope capsule will parachute back to Earth in a sparsely populated region of Australia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-spacecraft-carrying-asteroid-soil-094014097.html

 

China lands probe on the moon with goal of retrieving 2 kg. of samples to return to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-successfully-lands-spacecraft-moons-154101997.html

 

 

October 2020 Aerospace Links

AE Links October 2020

 

Experienced astronauts withdraws from first Starliner mission for Boeing

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeing-astronaut-steps-down-starliner-184155786.html

 

James E. Webb space telescope passes environmental tests though launch is scheduled for a year from now.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-environmental-tests-002534901.html

 

Blue Origin tests potential lunar landing system in suborbital flight and 7^th mission for reusable rocket

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-suborbital-spaceship-tests-135519016.html

 

A NASA probe Osiris-Rex lands on asteroid Bennu and tries to collect sample of its surface

https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-touched-asteroid-much-bring-120631494.html

 

Osiris-Rex collected more material than expected and is leaking some into space.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-leaking-asteroid-rubble-035548411.html

 

Asteroid material safely packed for return to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asteroid-samples-tucked-capsule-return-180101316.html

 

Award winners for design of a lunar toilet announced by NASA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-just-picked-winner-space-120800126.html

 

Juno discovers weird electromagnetic emissions that may be associated with lightning on Jupiter

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-circling-jupiter-captured-221400092.html

 

European Space Agency releases up-close images of a comet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-probe-philae-unexpectedly-reveals-151733281.html

 

Engine problems with engines on SpaceX rocket studied and source of problem identified. First operational launch of manned Dragon capsule to ISS still scheduled for Nov. 14

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-engine-swap-clear-way-224511910.html

 

Radiation levels on Moon dangerous to long term human habitation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/measuring-radiation-moon-first-time-203400692.html

 

Capsule for next manned launch on Oct. 31 named Resilience

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-just-named-spacexs-newest-010200190.html

 

Design for new VTOL craft revealed.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/someone-finally-made-vtol-looks-130000589.htmlA

 

Inspection of Crewed Dragon capsule recently returned to Earth showed unexpected damage to the heat shield. Modifications have been made for the upcoming flight at the end of October

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-found-unexpected-erosion-spaceships-010700240.html

 

China is developing new heavy launch vehicle for human lunar exploration

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-building-rocket-fly-astronauts-143140320.html

 

Meteor shower to peak in October

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/orionid-meteor-shower-bring-dozens-163300055.html

 

Astronomers study how black holes formed in early Universe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/giant-black-hole-discovered-centre-161145356.html

 

Watch time lapse video of Hubble Space Telescope images of a supernova event

https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-star-explodes-fades-cosmos-001125487.html

 

 Hydrogen powered aircraft takes flight

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hydrogen-powered-commercial-plane-completes-175009906.html

 

Resupply mission launched to ISS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ss-kalpana-chawla-cygnus-spacecraft-025007317.html

 

Scientists discuss habitable exoplanets

https://www.yahoo.com/news/planet-life-earth-165435666.html

 

Mars and Earth will be as close together as they will be for the next 15 years in early October

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/earthlings-wont-want-miss-weeks-150008675.html

 

Did a supernova affect the climate on Earth 2.5 billion years ago?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/supernova-blasted-earth-164753848.html

 

Refrigerators for perishable food due for delivery to ISS via Cygnus transport vehicle

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/the-iss-gets-its-first-space-refrigerator-201241819.html

 

Next Crewed Dragon launch by SpaceX delayed until mid-November.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/next-crew-dragon-launch-slips-194613831.html

 

Italian dinner for black holes; how stars that wander too close get destroyed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-captured-rare-images-black-181400838.html

 

Artemis Accord hopes to guide lunar exploration, signed by eight countries

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eight-nations-sign-nasa-led-181715921.html

 

Boeing 737 Max approved for return to service by European safety agency

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeing-737-max-cleared-takeoff-152513812.html

 

 Changes have come to how business jets are purchased due to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pandemic-changed-wealthy-buy-planes-122900378.html

 

Likely site in Zvezda service module located and sealed temporarily with tape on ISS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-station-crew-members-just-213100243.html

 

NASA plans touch and go on asteroid Bennu to obtain a small surface sample that will be returned to Earth in 2023.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/nasa-skim-surface-asteroid-bring-080807859.html

 

New maintenance equipment tested for F-35 at MCAS Yuma

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-begins-rolling-replacement-f-185651962.html

 

First mission of SpaceX crewed Dragon capsule and 4 person crew set for November 14^th.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-spacex-set-november-14-130954610.html

 

International Space Station marks 20 year anniversary working on orbit

https://www.yahoo.com/news/international-space-station-housed-people-111200511.html

 

 

 

 

September 2020 AE Links

 September 2020 AE Links 

 Cosmic shock wave from merging black holes shake detectors on Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-holes-cosmic-signal-rattles-124301122.html

 

Commercial flying wing prototype flown in Germany for first time.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/prototype-klm-royal-dutch-airlines-020512854.html

 

Prolonged stays in space seem to risk damage to human eyes.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/space-blindness-away-real-concern-151900685.html

 

New Hubble Space Telescope image of a colorful globular cluster released

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-image-features-thousands-multi-213235798.html

 

Infographic on exoplanets

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exoplanets-152224337.html

 

Blue Origin launch to test sensors for lunar lander in upcoming launch

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-targets-thursday-shepard-141938167.html

 

Ceramic printer to be sent to ISS

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/made-space-sending-first-ceramic-130125361.html

 

Lunar capsule toilet design a challenge

https://www.yahoo.com/news/toilet-nasa-spaceship-slated-fly-190600292.html

 

Astronomers report probable subsurface briny lakes at Mars’ south pole

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-detected-set-salty-lakes-153000880.html

 

Awesome time-lapse video of sky over Australia shows Milky Way at its best

https://www.yahoo.com/news/timelapse-captures-milky-way-swirling-180751328.html

 

Solid rocket booster component of Space Launch System to be tested on September 2.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/booster-rocket-nasa-moon-missions-102201060.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-artemis-booster-test-lights-120430118.html

 

Interactive map shows has land masses on Earth have changed over time

https://www.yahoo.com/news/interactive-map-lets-track-where-130600024.html

 

Surface of Sun studied in detail by newly modified European telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/high-res-images-sun-reveal-182100639.html

 

New theories are being developed after observation of apparent collision of two black holes billions of light years from Earth.

https://news.yahoo.com/black-holes-shouldnt-exist-121158808.html

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/astronomers-finally-witness-monumental-event-183408634.html

 

 Astronomers study the double layered halo that surrounds the Andromeda galaxy using Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/halo-andromeda-galaxy-164202511.html

 

Search for radio signatures of remote intelligent life have not succeed to date.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scan-10-3-million-stars-213147128.html

 

Exploring Venus: the possibility of future planetary probes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-back-venus-145717886.html

 

Continuing mystery of dark matter in the Universe

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scientists-confounded-findings-universes-mysterious-043139777.html

 

NASA moves ahead with lunar lander planning

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origins-human-lunar-lander-154625080.html

 

Scientists discover molecule that may be formed by living organisms on Venus

https://www.yahoo.com/news/potential-sign-alien-life-detected-162041814.html

 

New galactic images from Hubble Space Telescope impress

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-telescope-captured-stunning-photo-162100169.html

 

New automated landing system to be tested on Blue Origin flight. System may be used for Moon and Mars landings.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-test-precision-automated-landing-142524293.html

 

New studies of aurorae phenomena on Earth and other planets show there is much to be discovered by scientists

https://www.yahoo.com/news/types-polar-lights-upending-know-120900372.html

 

Hubble Space Telescope provides stunning image of supernova remnant

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-hubble-space-telescope-captured-123500206.html

 

NASA needs commitment of funding to achieve lunar landing goal by 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-chief-calls-full-funding-005547960.html

 

Cirrus offers new concierge program for Vision Jet owners in Texas

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cirrus-just-launched-concierge-program-130000393.html

 

Space tourism gets another participant; to use giant balloon

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/spaceship-neptune-stadium-sized-stratospheric-130011646.html

 

Lunar surface has radiation levels dangerous to humans according to data collected by Chinese probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/measurements-show-moon-hazardous-radiation-180248388.html

 

NASA is testing new space suits for Artemis program on the Moon in Neutral Buoyancy pool in Houston

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-testing-nasas-spacesuits-underwater-131400686.html

 

NASA delays planned launch to Saturn’s moon Titan by a year

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-delays-dragonfly-titan-drone-mission-200143369.html

 

SpaceX awarded NASA contract to launch solar probe to help better understand extent of solar wind and its outermost limits

https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/09/25/nasa-awards-spacex-a-1094-million-interstellar-map/

 

SpaceX new Raptor engine test fire.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/15-seconds-witness-sheer-power-154200697.html

 

Next SpaceX crewed Dragon launch now set for Oct. 31.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-targeting-halloween-next-spacex-011507150.html

 

Leak on ISS localized to the Zvezda module. Exact site of hole still to be determined.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/engineers-found-location-elusive-leak-182400648.html

August 2020 AE Links

 

AE Links for August 2020

 

Bad news for Spirit AeroSystems employees

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spirit-aerosystems-cuts-1-100-001359345.html

 

Dragon prepares to return to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-crew-prepares-splashdown-225802290.html

 

SpaceX and ULA win military contracts for heavy lift rockets

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-outmaneuvered-blue-origin-other-194059781.html

 

Dimming of Betelgeuse explained with assistance of Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mystery-dimming-massive-star-betelgeuse-195903359.html

 

US Mars lander launched successfully. Landing expected Feb. 18^th, 2021

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-launches-mars-rover-look-115206041.html

 

Japan is developing lunar lander for first mission in 2022

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ispace-reveals-final-design-lunar-121919998.html

 

SpaceX moving forward with Starship development

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/starship-sn5-completes-engine-test-203146457.html

 

Dragon capsule and crew prepare for return to Florida from ISS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-crew-prepares-splashdown-225802290.html

 

Perseid shower to peak in mid August during early morning hours

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/perseid-meteor-shower-happening-month-130000997.html

 

Theories about Martian ice sheets and life on Mars

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-mars-covered-ice-sheets-163602886.html

 

Strange star forming galaxy found billions of light years away with unusual supermassive black hole

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-hole-silence-stars-183640986.html

 

Briny seas discovered on dwarf planet Ceres

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dwarf-planet-ceres-ocean-world-150218644.html

 

Martian helicopter gets a battery charge on its trip through space.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-helicopter-reaches-big-milestone-112200157.html

 

Variations in shape of Earth’s magnetic field pose problems for satellites and the ISS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/growing-dent-earths-magnetic-field-220300964.html

 

New space-based telescope to look for planets drifting in the Milky Way unattached to Stars

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-100-billion-rogue-planets-152919476.html

 

National Science Foundation starts outreach designed to support construction of new telescope on Hawaii’s big island.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science-foundation-discusses-funding-hawaii-141434781.html

 

Periodic fast radio bursts arrive on time as predicted by astronomers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-repeating-radio-burst-153921629.html

 

New drones being tested by the Army at Yuma Proving Grounds

https://www.yahoo.com/news/drone-could-replace-armys-rq-164354222.html

 

SpaceX to launch lander to Moon in 2022.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-launch-mastens-first-lander-185422787.html

 

Value of space-based weather observations.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronaut-space-station-captured-dramatic-233100691.html

 

Next unmanned Boeing Starliner test will be no sooner than December.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/boeing-nasa-target-december-second-183843770.html

 

New hints to source of water on Earth. Necessary elements may have been here from the start.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/whered-earths-water-come-ancient-180522852.html

 

 

 

July 2020 Aerospace Links

Aerospace Links July 2020

 Things to see in the July sky.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lunar-eclipse-double-meteor-shower-110600103.html

 

NASA signals intent to purchase more SLS booster rockets for Artemis lunar program.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/nasa-sets-path-six-more-181312308.html

 

Boeing completes certification test flights

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeing-completes-737-max-certification-041507635.html

 

Disappearance of massive star poses a celestial enigma.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/star-vanishes-black-hole-174730590.html

 

US Navy announces graduation of first female fighter pilot.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aviator-just-became-us-navys-155401041.html

 

South Pole wall discovered by astronomers using an unusual technique reveal a zone of galaxies a billion light years across hidden behind the barrier of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-pole-wall-newly-discovered-193237713.html

 

Hubble Space Telescope shows new form of star-forming nursery

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-hubble-just-captured-183345523.html

 

Images from New Horizon space craft’

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ll-able-see-five-planets-205800567.html

 

Insight into how our moon formed and when.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/moon-seems-pretty-old-actually-183000058.html

August 2^nd is date set to return Crew Dragon capsule to Earth. The story of the planned return.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-plans-bring-astronauts-back-232500864.html

 

Theories about the characteristics of Betelgeuse

https://www.yahoo.com/news/betelgeuse-mightve-dabbled-casual-celestial-210800285.html

 

China successfully launches dual probes to Mars

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-launches-bold-attempt-land-044726360.html

 

Autonomous passenger jets on the horizon as Airbus tests automation to the extreme.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/airbus-self-flying-plane-just-120900008.html

 

SpaceX Dragon crew test scheduled for splashdown Sun. August 2

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/space-launch-live-splashdown-discovery-171800958.html

 

Delay in launch of new Martian rover Perseverance extended to July 30^th.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-rover-launch-delayed-july-235116238.html

 

Boeing Starliner passes key parachute deployment test ahead of test flight.

https://www.engadget.com/boeing-starliner-parachute-test-110159702.html

 

Unusual planet spotted by TESS space telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/core-gas-planet-seen-first-154511858.html

 

Spotlight on lack of diversity in aerospace field

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/the-surprising-reasons-there-are-so-few-black-scientists-in-the-space-industry-191326471.html

 

Asteroids discovered in Hubble Space Telescope image of a dwarf galaxy by community viewers. How community viewers enhance the Hubble team effort.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-captures-sneaky-asteroids-galaxy-153916670.html

 

A brief history of the fastest X-15 flight ever.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mach-6-7-monster-americas-170000206.html

 

Time lapse video of the Sun released by NASA

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nasa-releases-spectacular-1-timelapse-163539565.html

 

Bombardier adds the new Global 5500 to its stable of executive jets

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bombardier-just-delivered-first-global-124900258.html

 

Astronomers discover a gas giant exoplanet without its gaseous atmosphere

https://www.engadget.com/astronomiers-find-exposed-gas-giant-core-042946108.htmlsc

 

Hubble Space Telescope image shows aging galaxy with little new star formation and a spherical center. Looking forward to two new telescopes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-powerful-hubble-space-telescope-213300261.html

 

A novel space business uses existing satellites to evaluate health of other satellites.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/high-earth-orbit-robotics-uses-131549234.html

 

Boeing software issues must be resolved before next Starliner flight test says NASA

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-adds-more-safety-fixes-212047654.html

 

Curiosity rover heading for its next destination. It will use an autonomous driving mode to avoid a hazard.

https://www.engadget.com/curiosity-rover-next-martian-destination-033231854.html

 

Multiple Mars exploration missions set to launch within the next month. Two are landers and one is an orbiter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-mars-missions-poised-launch-152320774.html

 

Differences in the approach to development and engineering characterizes SpaceX vs Boeing human spacecraft development. https://qz.com/1878725/boeings-software-troubles-show-an-engineering-culture-clash/?utm_source=YPL

 

Good time for comet spotting in July

https://www.yahoo.com/news/naked-eye-comet-soaring-sky-183700645.html

Mars Perseverance Rover mated to its Atlas launch vehicle as prep continues for launch at the end of July

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-mars-rover-perseverance-attached-104125869.html

 

US and Japan sign agreement to work together on lunar programs.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/nasa-signs-agreement-japan-cooperate-120933232.html

 

NASA upgrades antenna in Australia to improve communications with interplanetary remote vehicles.

https://www.engadget.com/nasa-australia-deep-space-station-upgrade-133000935.htmlhttps://www.engadget.com/nasa-australia-deep-space-station-upgrade-133000935.html

 

NASA looks for ways to mitigate the biological impact of manned and unmanned missions to the Moon and Mars.

https://www.engadget.com/nasa-protect-moon-mars-human-contamination-093050521.html

Three nations set to launch Martian missions within the next month.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/look-mars-come-fleet-spacecraft-050910431.html

 

Unusual star discovered by Hubble Space Telescope suggests a new type of supernova

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-blast-sends-star-hurtling-083058016.html

 

The debate about the age of the universe rages.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cosmic-expansion-tribes-entrench-positions-140116073.html

 

Planets putting on a show in space during pre-dawn hours.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/see-5-planets-sky-month-nasa-reveals-233500045--abc-news-topstories.html

 

First images of close approach to sun released by ESA and NASA.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/nasa-esa-release-closest-images-ever-taken-sun-144300317--abc-news-tech.html

 

James E. Webb Telescope launch delayed an additional 7 months until October 2021. https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-delays-launch-8-8-225943424.html

 

Latest 3-D map of universe released by astrophysicists

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astrophysicists-unveil-biggest-ever-3d-map-universe-004852227.html

 

UAE successfully launches Martian probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-arab-emirates-launches-mission-010736979.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-arab-emirates-spacecraft-blasts-221252980.html

 

Boeing faces hurdles with its attempt to send manned Starliner capsules to International Space Station

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/4f7c0e38-6535-3868-8390-bf8067b43cc8/what-went-wrong-with-boeing-s.html

 

Star with two gas giant planets photographed by Very Large Telescope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-reveal-first-ever-photo-130000808.html

 

Mars 2020 mission launch window opens next week and has only 2 weeks for launch this year or mission will have to be delayed for 2 years.

https://www.engadget.com/nas-as-mars-2020-rover-and-helicopter-are-nearly-ready-to-launch-162518162.html

 

SpaceX may launch first crewed Dragon mission (not part of a test program) in late September.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-nasa-target-september-first-144500033.html

 

Stunning image of Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-picture-saturn-195200707.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June Aerospace Links

Aerospace Links June 2020

 

Hear astronauts describe what it will be like to fly SpaceX Crewed Dragon Capsule

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-astronauts-flying-spacexs-crew-145247348.html

 

All electric modified Cessna Caravan gets a test flight

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/magnix-aerotec-put-electric-cessna-173421571.html

 

Missing matter mystery solved

https://www.engadget.com/scientists-find-the-universes-missing-matter-using-cosmic-bursts-094512061.html

 

Mars 2020 rover mission reviewed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020

https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance/overview

 

The story of the X-1, the first of the X-planes and the first aircraft to break the sound barrier with Chuck Yeager at the controls.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-changed-world-meet-bell-130000001.html

 

Saturn’s moon Titan moving away from the planet much faster than previously believed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/saturn-moon-titan-drifts-space-170839382.html

 

Star similar to Sun with planet comparable to Earth discovered by review of Kepler data.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-discovered-star-potentially-habitable-175600655.html

 

Mysterious periodic fast energy burst from galaxy far far away stumps scientists

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-fast-radio-bursts-detected-165850623.html

 

Studies of quasars help confirm one of Einstein's theories.

https://www.engadget.com/equivalence-principle-confirmation-174018796.html

 

Review of single engine Cirrus Vision Jet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/flew-2-million-personal-private-183409970.html

 

Honda industrial manufacturing computers are victimized by ransomware attack.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/honda-shuts-down-factories-cyberattack-124500852.html

 

Stellar Parallax studies from longest base ever, unleashed from diameter of Earth’s orbit

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/five-years-pluto-encounter-horizons-023000268.html

 

Launch of WST delayed to unspecified date after March 2021

https://www.engadget.com/coronavirus-delays-launch-nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-161528305.html

 

Take a tour of the International Space Station with views from a 360 degree camera

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/international-space-station/WgFE9b04h8A0ww?sv_lng=-95.08533878466375&sv_lat=29.56040149436038&sv_h=66.24&sv_p=-13.299999999999997&sv_pid=2Lx7fxjE5hcAAAQvxgbyLQ&sv_z=1.0000000000000002

 

NASA competition award winning images

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-competition-gallery-pictures-122526726.html

 

New Airplane certification regulations likely in wake of Boeing 737 Max crashes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-key-u-senators-draft-164342398.html

 

Contract awarded to Astrobotics for delivery of lunar lander VIPER to lunar surface in 2023. https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-griffin-lander-ferrying-nasas-180400985.html

 

NASA names new head of human space flight.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-names-head-human-spaceflight-171818607.html

 

Information about fast radio bursts in the universe; one found in our own Milky Way.

https://www.engadget.com/first-fast-radio-burst-in-milky-way-002145743.html

 

Virtual Reality (VR) headsets used for Starliner astronaut training.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-starliner-space-theyre-training-150900337.html

 

Space craft makes close approach to study the Sun.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/closest-image-sun-184936131.html

 

A different view of space has been obtained by the New Horizons space craft as it speeds through the outer reaches of our solar system

https://www.yahoo.com/news/horizons-gets-glimpse-alien-sky-060000364.html

 

Estimating the number of planets with intelligent life in our galaxy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/looks-could-35-other-alien-202400730.html

 

Musk and SpaceX Starship development on fast track.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spacex-building-floating-222130113.html

 

New NASA leader faces challenges getting humans on the Moon again by 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-most-difficult-jobs-america-021705176.html

 

Major management changes are taking place at Boeing’s space programs.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/boeing-shifts-team-leaders-space-010125728.html

 

New X-ray view of the Universe revealed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/breathtaking-map-x-ray-universe-080510577.html

 

High end business jet sales hold strong.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-jet-industry-seen-wave-121400303.html

 

New methods to search for extraterrestrial life to be supported by a grant.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-searching-universe-signs-alien-130325690.html

 

Hubble Space Telescope provides stunning images of two planetary nebulae

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-star-death-173845601.html

 

Astronomers predict existence of intermediate sized black holes. Search for examples underway.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-hole-galaxy-speed-175643759.html

 

Strange collision involving a low mass black hole and a relatively small neutron star reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-neutron-star-discovery-baffles-143620760.html

 

Dragon return to Earth for ISS now scheduled for early August. Depends on success of spacewalks to replace older style space station batteries.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-aims-early-august-splashdown-010309613.html

 

Dimming of Betelgeuse is explained.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/betelgeuse-nearby-supergiant-stars-dimming-141102941.html