May Aerospace Education Links for Yuma CAP Squadron 508

AE Links May 2018

Blue Origin marks successful test of its space tourism capsule New Shepard

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-apos-shepard-skims-223554939.html

Images now available from new Mars Orbiter- looking for evidence of microbial life

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-orbiter-sends-breathtaking-first-124700893.html

Blue Origin develops launch pad 36 at Cape Canaveral to build and manage New Glenn orbital rocket

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-blue-origin-canaveral-new-glenn-20180430-story.html

Boeing launches a website trumpeting the superiority of the SLS system

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/boeing-slams-the-falcon-heavy-rocket-as-too-small/

Arizona Department of Transportation to purchase and use drones to survey highways

https://apachejunctionindependent.com/news/federal-grant-fuels-anticipated-adot-drone-usage/

***Drone video of Iceland terrain

https://vimeo.com/266649318

NASA planning future space telescopes targeting exoplanet exploration

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/04/nasa-plans-for-next-generation-space-telescopes.html

Criminals using drones too

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/criminals-used-drone-swarm-disrupt-112600956.html

Loose screws and washers discovered under James E. Webb space telescope while it is being prepared for more tests-further launch delays to be determined.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/telescopes/a20139743/screws-and-washers-james-webb-telescope/

Video about Mars satellite Insight

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mars-insight-launch-20180504-story.html

United Launch Alliance chooses Aerojet engine for Centaur upper stage of Atlas-Centaur over Blue Origin alternative

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/go-for-launch/os-united-launch-alliance-rocket-aerodyne-vulcan-20180511-story.html

Space telescope sends back spectacular image of galaxy on edge

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/f96049c0-52f0-3968-8401-b0e201749ec6/ss_hubble-telescope-image-of-the.html

Kilauea volcano ash cloud seen from space

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronaut-saw-hawaii-apos-kilauea-165940559.html

NASA planning to include drone operations on Mars 2020 lander mission

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/12/us/mars-helicopter/index.html

***Life as a mother and aerial photographer

https://www.flyingmag.com/video-moms-blend-aviation-career-and-life?enews051718

New helicopter for the Marine Corps will probably be seen in Yuma next year

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/video/u-marines-just-got-powerful-165200124.html

***How the GMT mirrors are being made-video

https://mashable.com/2018/04/27/giant-magellan-telescope-construction-mirrors/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Yahoo-Science-Full&utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Yahoo-Science-Full#sNaaakDrYiqQ

***TESS satellite sends first images back to earth before it goes to work on its real task of locating new exoplanets

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-photo-nasa-apos-planet-180107328.html

***Folding wingtips for Boeing 777X. Don’t look for aircraft carrier landings though

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/boeing-apos-folding-wingtips-faa-002300155.html

Using the bathroom on the ISS-It is not 5 star hotel worthy.

http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/how-you-go-to-bathroom-space-nasa-astronaut-2018-5-1025399736

***Challenger disaster reconstruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y37aRSn7Uw

Reenactment of the Challenger investigation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9LSerNokJk

Commercial passenger to edge of space is near

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/watch-virgin-galactic-second-powered-070036736.html

Colorful remnants of neutron star seen in different wavelengths

https://scitechdaily.com/chandra-reveals-a-special-kind-of-neutron-star-for-the-first-time/