Aerospace Educations Links November
2018
The next
great discovery? Is there a form of life currently on Mars? New scientific
discoveries suggest that it is possible
Skywest
Airlines staff fail to notice aircraft/destination airport limitations when it
dispatched a flight on a larger aircraft than that originally scheduled.
Attempt to keep passengers happy backfires.
NASA seems
to have found a fix for malfunctioning gyroscope so that the observatory once
again has 3 functioning gyroscopes. The instrument may be able to resume its
scientific mission soon if engineering tests substantiate the fix.
Russia said
to have found problem with launch vehicle and will be ready to resume manned
space flights very soon
Hubble back
on the job doing its science mission. Guidance system appears to be fixed.
Parker Solar
Probe sets record for close encounter with the Sun. New records to follow soon.
Kepler
planet hunting telescope runs out of fuel. Last observational data downloaded
successfully. Probe completes milestone mission.
SpaceX plans
a number of Falcon Heavy launches in early 2019
Cause of
Russian launch vehicle failure reportedly a sensor damaged during the rocket
assembly process. Inspections ordered.
Unmanned
aerial systems have a changing role in search and rescue operations of the
future. Automation and advances in sensor technology will lead to expanded use
by emergency services.
New design
methods using artificial intelligence and unconventional materials along with
computer assisted design lead to NASA collaboration with Autodesk for
development of future interplanetary landers
Google
Assistant improvements announced that will take interaction with smart home
devices to a new level.
NASA sends
final closeout commands to Kepler space probe
NASA chooses
landing site for 2020 Mars mission designed to search for biosignatures of life
on the red planet
NASA
considers privatizing space travel by selling seats to ISS, naming ships, etc.
For me this is a terrible idea.
Mars Insight
lander scheduled to touch down in just less than a week.
Air Force
said to be making progress in addressing pilot and maintenance personnel shortages
Space probe
OSIRIS REx nears targeted asteroid. Prepares robotic arm to gather samples for
return to Earth
Peggy Whitson-American with longest time spent in space
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