Aerospace Education Agenda for Wednesday February 27, 2019

AE Agenda for February 27, 2019

Goals/Want list

            2 cadets complete CyberPatriot Badge requirements this year

            Next year 508 CyberPatriot team advances to (Gold?) semi-final round

                        1 or 2 cadets to become Cisco/PacketTracer specialists

            10 cadets complete STEM Badge award requirements in 2019

                        (Who is working on their STEM Badge?)

1845  Announcements

            CP results

            Model Rocketry Launch Contreras Air Field Saturday April 6th

  Field Trip for Saturday April 13th- Palm Springs Air Museum

1900  Cadet Presentation-C/MSgt E. Curtis-Brief History of US Manned Space Program from Mercury to ISS

1920  Astronomy for February 2019

1930  Break

1940  PBS NOVA-Decoding the Weather Machine

2020  Adjourn

Aerospace Education Links for February

Aerospace Educations Links February 2019

Massive storms on Jupiter captured by space probe Juno

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-juno-just-snapped-incredible-030557393.html

Bright impact of a meteorite on the moon during lunar eclipse observed by a number of astronomers around the world. It turns out that observation of new impact craters on the moon is common

https://www.yahoo.com/news/moon-hit-meteorite-while-were-180156360.html

New image of Ultima Thule sent back to Earth from New horizons space craft

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/24/ultima-thule-shows-its-lumps-in-latest-images-from-new-horizons-flyby/?yptr=yahoo

Effect of global warming on world polar bear population, a critically endangered large land mammal

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/many-polar-bears-left-world-200553658.html

***Melting glaciers, more evidence for global warming-significance of warming ocean temperatures in sea level rise

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apos-dangerous-apos-antarctic-glacier-123809538.html

*****Multispectral composite images of the Spiral Galaxy yield new knowledge about the structure of a classic spiral galaxy

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dizzying-hubble-video-zooms-detailed-162350831.html

Boeing becomes investor in new supersonic business jet development program as principal developer Aerion shuffles finances

https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2019/02/05/boeing-buys-into-aerion-s-supersonic-business-jet.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

US manned space program dealt another series of delays. Both SpaceX and Boeing are subjecting their hardware and software to further testing leading up to unmanned test launches

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/spacex-and-boeing-commercial-crew-capsule-test-dates-slip-yet-again/?yptr=yahoo

Hubble Space Telescope spots what astronomers think is a huge storm around the north pole of Uranus-check out this impressive image.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/look-colossal-storm-uranus-145602623.html

Andromeda collision with Milky Way to occur later than originally predicted

https://www.yahoo.com/news/andromeda-galaxy-deliver-glancing-blow-155128821.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Mars rover Opportunity has not been heard from since last June. Final commands have been sent to awaken the space craft that lasted longer and traveled farther than anyone ever imagined.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-announcement-reveal-latest-probably-082000228.html

NASA presents roadmap for manned lunar missions in the next decade. The plan appears to be unreasonably optimistic considering the past performance of commercial ventures for manned space travel.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-lays-commercial-roadmap-putting-233352611.html

Hubble Space Telescope images show of high energy, rapidly moving plasma and an area rich in new star formation

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-posts-image-ghostly-blue-161953074.html

 Neptune is swimming in moons as another’s presence is teased out of Hubble images

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/neptune-moon-hippocamp/583147/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo

SpaceX and ULA continue to win government contracts to launch satellites into space

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2019/02/20/spacex-and-ula-win-738-7m-in-launch-contracts-for.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

NASA probably expects further delays in manned space program due to ongoing issues with both the SpaceX and Boeing hardware development programs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-confidence-spacex-boeing-may-214301634.html

Israeli lunar lander hitches ride on a SpaceX launch vehicle

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-aiming-land-moon-spacex-launch-174127671.html

NASA clears SpaceX Dragon capsule, designed to carry astronauts into space, for launch to International Space Station as early as March 2. The first mission will be an unmanned cargo delivery and test flight.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nasa-spacex-test-dummy-ready-020801545.html

*** Virgin Galactic carries first passenger into space as commercial space travel nears

https://www.yahoo.com/news/virgin-galactic-ferries-first-passenger-180705815.html

New Horizons’ image shows unprecedented details of object at distant edge of our solar system

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/23/new-horizons-sharpest-ever-kuiper-belt-object-images/?yptr=yahoo

 *** = Video link

Aerospace Education Links January 2019 CAP Squadron 508

Aerospace Educations Links January 2019

Mars InSight lander making progress in mission, sets first instrument, a quake sensor, on the surface of the red planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-insight-robot-just-placed-020304403.html

NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft to fly-by and take pictures of distant solar system object beyond the orbit of Neptune and send images back to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-hurtles-toward-historic-years-flyby-012449319.html

Out of this world astronomy events to look forward to in 2019

https://www.yahoo.com/news/super-blood-moon-eclipse-mercury-130319097.html

Space Highlights 2018

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/space-falcon-heavy-first-flight-222106673.html

OSIRIS-REx goes into orbit around an asteroid after perfect rocket burn to establish correct flight path.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/osiris-rex-probe-goes-close-000155671.html

NASA probe returns high resolution images of Ultima Thule, the most distant body ever visited up close by a man-made probe in the solar system. It has been a long journey.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-hi-res-images-distant-world-ever-explored-finds-21-mile-high-snowman-092058506.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-space-probe-phones-home-landmark-mission-solar-193913101.html

Jupiter space probe Juno spots volcanic eruption on Jovian moon Io.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/volcanic-plume-rising-jupiter-moon-171000208.html

Whimsical predictions for intergalactic collisions that would catastrophically affect our Solar System

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearby-galaxy-hurtling-towards-milky-000100084.html

Chinese rover begins exploration of the “dark” side of the lunar surface

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-rover-beings-exploring-dark-side-moon-044404859.html

Complicated relationships between the companies contracted to design and build transportation to the International Space Station suggests linked fates for several of the companies

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/sierra-nevada-apos-dream-chaser-140700864.html

Meet Michele Evans, the woman who leads the Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Division in Dallas-Fort Worth

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/01/09/michele-evans-lockheed-martin-aeronautics.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

Citizens go forth and discover your own exoplanet-how amateur astronomers are contributing new discoveries to our knowledge of space

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/09/citizens-discover-new-planet-nasa-algorithms-missed/?yptr=yahoo

SpaceX still trying to find a solution to catching nose cone fairings as they return to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-spacex-ship-narrowly-miss-220652059.html

New tools are being used to study the characteristics of Black Holes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-hole-shreds-star-then-222028622.html

New technology being tested to convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to a type of carbon- based fuel

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chevron-occidental-invest-co2-removal-135000623.html

An unusual look back at Earth from asteroid probe Osiris-REx

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-asteroid-probe-snaps-incredible-030541095.html

Osiris-REx sends back images of the asteroid Bennu that it now orbits as part of its complicated mission to bring back a sample of the asteroid to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-osiris-rex-spacecraft-sees-030443262.html

China shares images sent back from robotic probe based on the dark side of the moon

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-shares-pictures-taken-rover-103425976.html

SpaceX successfully completes launch of ten Iridium satellites that now complete a launch program designed to provide a network of 75 on orbit devices.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-launches-final-batch-iridium-160102599.html

Data review from Cassini probe shows summertime showers on Jovian moon Titan

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-cassini-spacecraft-spotted-fresh-163941208.html

Aerospace Education Agenda-January 23, 2019

Aerospace Education Agenda Jan. 23, 2019 CAP Squadron 508

1840  Announcements

            CyberPatriot team

            Model Rocketry educational materials and testing review

1850  Cadet AE Presentation: C/TSgt E. Paz: Topics are the Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases

1910  Hands on model rocketry activity. Stage 1 and Stage 2 model rocket construction

2010  Chuck Yeager video

2025  Adjourn

CyberPatriot XI State Round

Team 508 Participates in CyberPatriot XI State Round

Last Saturday the Team 508 CyberPatriot group competed in the state round of this year’s competition. Images included Windows 10, Windows Server 16, and Ubuntu 16. The Cisco portion of the round included a quiz and Packet Tracer. Our cadets did much better on the forensic questions than in the last round, finding correct answers to all. 

Cadets worked their way through the current Windows checklist but came up short on points for both images. CyberPatriot does not provide answers to images during the competition round and it seems that many issues are not addressed in the training modules so we think we found ourselves not knowing what we did not know. I find this to be frustrating as a coach.

Unfortunately we ran into hardware problems that prevented us from starting on the Ubuntu image until there was very little time left in our 6 hour window. We did fairly well with the Cisco quiz but did not participate in the Packet Tracer challenge.

Final scores will probably not be available until early next week. Given some of the issues we faced, I am not optimistic that we will qualify for the semi-final round scheduled for next month. As they say, there is always next year…

Cybersecurity Links October 2018 to January 2019

Cybersecurity Links

End October 9, 2018 to January 6 2019

Officials investigate breach of travel records at the Pentagon

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-reveals-cyber-breach-travel-records-205202287--politics.html

Justice department charges Russian nationals of participation in cyberwarfare against US

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-accountant-conspired-interfere-u-elections-justice-department-183233843--finance.html

What is the extent of foreign activities to influence US midterm elections?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/look-interference-2018-us-midterm-elections-055018312--election.html

Russian agency involved in multiple tweets supporting President Trump’s position on player protests during national anthem alleges Wall Street Journal article

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-russian-trolls-stoked-nfl-anthem-controversy-12k-mostly-pro-trump-tweets-015055728.html

Data breach proves costly for Yahoo as settlement sets compensation for victims

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/yahoo-must-pay-50-million-to-data-breach-victims/?yptr=yahoo

Government employee uses unauthorized web browsing which results in malware infection of the US Geological Survey network. Open USB ports reflected poorly on network management.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/29/porn-sites-blamed-after-government-network-infected-malware/?yptr=yahoo

Chinese hackers accused of stealing intellectual property concerning the development of new aircraft engines from US and French aerospace companies

https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/31/chinese-turbofan-hack-extradition/?yptr=yahoo

China and Iran allegedly breakup CIA spy rings after they discovered a communications network that used a Google tool on the Internet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozens-us-spies-killed-iran-021003000.html

Rerouted IP addresses to Russia, China, and Nigeria cause a denial of service outage for Google. Was this a coordinated state sponsored cyberattack or simple human error?

https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/13/google-outage-rerouted-china-russia/?yptr=yahoo

Even drone owner’s cloud accounts can be compromised by security flaws. DJI uses rewards program to help find and correct vulnerabilities

https://www.wired.com/story/dji-drones-bugs-exposed-users-data/

Microsoft working towards computing without passwords used for security through the use of USB keys

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/microsoft-announced-support-usb-keys-190200686.html

US Postal Service exposes personal data of 60 million users

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/29fd642b-a4b8-375a-8dbe-37b6b555cd0c/us-postal-service-exposed.html

Software flaw leaves users of Sennheiser headsets vulnerable to cyberattack

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/29/sennheiser-headphone-software-broke-https-pc-mac/?yptr=yahoo

Iranian Hackers attempt to obtain US nuclear secrets using phishing attacks via email messages

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ap-exclusive-iran-hackers-hunt-nuclear-workers-us-110435733.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Vietnam to implement draconian cybersecurity law

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vietnams-draconian-cybersecurity-bill-comes-effect-070028409.html

iPhone phishing scan uncovered that accurately mimics Apple customer service source

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/apple-phishing-scam-reportedly-looks-181000036.html

Aerospace Education Links for December 2018

Aerospace Educations Links December 2018

SpaceX to use Falcon 9 rocket to launch first test of its crew capsule. The launch is scheduled for January 7, 2019.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/spacexs-crew-rocket-set-january-test-flight-193634467.html

First images from Mars lander transmitted back to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/nasas-insight-sends-back-stunning-images-settles-life-191203372--abc-news-topstories.html

Mars Insight lander touches down safely on Martian surface. Scientific work to begin soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anxiety-abounds-nasa-mars-landing-day-arrives-102649985.html

Two aerospace firms commit to investments in the Florida space coast

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2018/11/29/rocket-engine-maker-mystery-firm-to-invest-60m.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

New rocket developer Stratolaunch Systems tests preburner for its engine for first time

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/fast-track-stratolaunch-says-rocket-024809832.html

SpaceX launches block 5 Falcon rocket for third time and puts multiple satellites into orbit

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-launches-thrice-flown-falcon-184413880.html

Twenty-five year anniversary of first Hubble Telescope servicing mission is chance to review how much images were improved after the first mirror was replaced

https://www.yahoo.com/news/just-look-much-better-hubble-photos-look-serviced-040759768.html

Global warming effect on climate not just a future concern, changes are already affecting human populations around the globe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-already-scientists-say-killing-us-110035317.html

Mars InSight lander sends back first sound recording on Mars and images of robotic arm

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-insight-mars-lander-records-215700526.html

F-35 Program faces full simulated combat testing. Success will mean that production of the fighter at Fort Worth factory will advance to full speed.

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/12/07/lockheed-martins-f-35-program-combat-testing.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

*** Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space and continues to send data back to Earth. All on-board instruments are still functional after launch on Titan-Centaur rocket back in 1977.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/10/nasa-voyager-2-entered-interstellar-space/?yptr=yahoo

Asteroid probe finds evidence that water was present previously by finding hydroxyl groups in spectroscopy of clay

https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/10/osiris-rex-found-water-on-asteroid/?yptr=yahoo

Picture from Mars show a crater filled with ice. Significance of the finding needs further study

Moody photo from Mars shows a giant crater loaded with ice