Aerospace Education Links July 2018
SpaceX moves ahead with Dragon manned capsule testing with
first launch pegged for late summer 2018
New delays for James E. Webb telescope. Launch now delayed
until 2021. NASA and Northrop Grumman shoulder the blame for construction
errors.
New spacesuits being developed by United Launch Alliance and
by SpaceX are tested by commercial astronaut cadre
Up close and personal images obtained by NASA space craft of
dwarf planet located between Mars and Jupiter
Future uncertainties for Russian human launch program as US
firms ULA and SpaceX speed toward astronaut carrying capability within the next
18 months
Saturn 1B rocket to begin a one and a half year restoration
process in the rocket garden at KSC\
NASA prepares new solar probe designed to get within 4
million miles of the sun without burning to a crisp
****Dramatic video of failed
launch of Japanese rocket
NASA again considers reusable, rapid turn-around launch
vehicle for unmanned missions to space with lifting capacity of 3,000 pounds
***Humorous look at the
awesome size of SpaceX launch vehicles-video
Source for neutrino billions of light years away discovered
thanks to information provided by a detector located in ice at the south pole
How fast is Earth moving through space?
Experts discuss the financial and political hurdles that are
forestalling US return to and exploration of the moon and future manned
missions to Mars
***Emmy award nomination for
Cassini final video
Satellite gathers images of massive iceberg from space. The
massive block of ice could threaten local communities on Greenland
Flying a drone on Mars? It may happen by 2022 with next
unmanned NASA mission to launch in 2020.
NASA braces for further delays in crew capsule development
and certification for both Boeing and SpaceX designs. Earliest launch for
either program pushed into 2019 at the earliest.
Multiple views of Pillars of Creation help clarify cosmic
changes in the region
***Blue Origin New Shepard
launch video
Adaptive optics yield unprecedented images of Neptune from Earth’s
surface using Very Large Telescope
Extraordinary infrared images of Saturn’s moon Titan
***LM-100J model flies demo
including inverted flight at Farnborough Airshow
Looking back to Apollo 11 on anniversary of first moon
landing
A planetary nebula observed from its birth with the death of
a red supergiant
SpaceX to launch second Block 5 booster and land on barge in
Atlantic Ocean. Company has yet to reuse this version of its rocket
Multiple previously unseen moons observed circling Jupiter
Leaky escape rocket poses further delays for development of
Boeing Crewed Capsule
***Videos of Hubble history
and the new James E Webb telescope
Amazing photographs of the second launch of a Block 5
version of the Falcon rocket by SpaceX
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