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