Aerospace Links March 2020
Astronomer discovers nearby galaxy
with a double center
SpaceX Starship prototype fails
pressure test when fuel tank was loaded with liquid nitrogen. Test apparatus
was destroyed. This is one of several failures during development of the new
rocket.
New evidence of why the Milky Way
galaxy is warped.
First SpaceX launch of crewed capsule
set for sometime in May 2020.
Space Launch System development fraught
with cost overruns and delays.
A quick look at new mission control
room at Blue Origin in Florida
ExoMars2020 mission to Mars, a joint
project of the European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos Space Agency,
postponed until 2022 due to a number of pending technical issues that are yet
to be resolved and tested.
Rocket Lab receives category 1
approval, needed for important missions, from NASA for its Electron launch
vehicle.
Cluster of Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and
Saturn to be seen early Wednesday morning of March 17th.
Mixed NASA project management
response to Covid-19 crisis. James E. Webb Telescope integration paused.
UK astronomers report diameter of
Milky Way galaxy is an awesome 1.9 million light years
Bigelow Aerospace, builder of first
inflatable module for space station, lays off all of its employees.
Hubble studies massive energy outputs
of quasars caused by supermassive black holes across the universe.
