AE Links November 2020
Radio contact with Voyager 2 reestablished thanks to new
hardware in the southern hemisphere
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
