Yuma CAP Squadron 508 Aerospace Education Blog: August 2020

AE Links for August 2020

Bad news for Spirit AeroSystems employees

Dragon prepares to return to Earth

SpaceX and ULA win military contracts for heavy lift rockets

Dimming of Betelgeuse explained with assistance of Hubble Space Telescope

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

Japan is developing lunar lander for first mission in 2022

SpaceX moving forward with Starship development

Dragon capsule and crew prepare for return to Florida from ISS

Perseid shower to peak in mid August during early morning hours

Theories about Martian ice sheets and life on Mars

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

Briny seas discovered on dwarf planet Ceres

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

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

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

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

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

New drones being tested by the Army at Yuma Proving Grounds

SpaceX to launch lander to Moon in 2022.

Value of space-based weather observations.

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

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

Yuma CAP Squadron 508 Aerospace Education Blog