Aerospace Links for December 2020

 

 Virgin Galactic prepping for rocket powered flight in early December

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-galactic-plans-first-rocket-235946780.html

 

Iconic radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico after a series of cables fail.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/arecibo-telescopes-900-ton-platform-154919473.html

 

The night skies in December

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/december-largest-meteor-shower-2020-200200259.html

 

Recorded video of Arecibo telescope collapse

https://www.yahoo.com/news/arecibo-radio-telescope-collapse-caught-172402060.html

 

Chinese lander with rock samples lifts off the Moon

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-moon-probe-begins-return-160001447.html

 

Japanese probe returns asteroid samples to Earth in Australia successfully

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asteroid-capsule-landing-point-detected-184358699.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-completed-3-billion-mile-202525197.html

 

SpaceX to launch its Starship for a test flight perhaps tomorrow

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-starship-test-gflight-223911489.html

 

SpaceX wins major grant for satellite broadband internet service to underserved areas from FCC

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-snags-885m-fcc-serve-190723363.html

 

NASA’s plans for Artemis missions to the Moon outlined.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-outlines-science-goals-future-230011758.html

 

Chinese spaceships rendezvous in orbit around the Moon

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-completes-first-ever-docking-043005166.html

 

General Chuck Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier in X-1 space plane dies.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chuck-yeager-1st-break-sound-051713166.html

 

Paris Air Show for 2021 has been cancelled.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/paris-airshow-cancelled-blow-aerospace-150536621.htmla

 

Two Dragon capsules berthed at forward end of International Space Station for first time.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-capsules-parked-side-side-192350395.html

 

Recent solar eruption may have wide-ranging effects on Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-eruption-sun-could-interfere-003400407.html

 

Are Earth’s extinctions actually periodic based on our changing position in the movement around the Milky Way?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asteroids-arent-completely-random-mass-164014065.html

 

Virgin Galactic planning another test

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/the-space-ship-twos-next-milestone-test-flight-could-launch-this-weekend-171526024.html

 

Test fails for Virgin Galactic because rocket engine did not start

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-test-flight-rocket-motor-failure-172406055.html

 

NASA releases 30 reprocessed images from Hubble Space Telescope recognizing 30 years of service.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-commemorates-30th-images-194004720.html

 

Small rocket company Astra launches its rocket into space during a test that nearly reached orbital velocity.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/launch-startup-astras-rocket-reaches-225707345.html

 

Rocket Lab launches Japanese satellite as it continues its launch business. A US satellite is set to be launched next year.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-satellite-135754413.html

 

Blue Origin to supply BE-4 engines for new heavy lift vehicle, Vulcan rocket to be constructed by United Launch Alliance.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/bezos-blue-origin-deliver-first-053409464.html

 

NASA approves contract for Blue Origin heavy lift rocket New Glenn under development.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-approves-blue-origin-for-future-uncrewed-missions-105530293.html

 

Canadian robotic arm to become part of NASA’s new lunar lander

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-lunar-gateway-canada-robotics-182229739.html

 

Lockheed-Martin acquires aeronautics company Aerojet Rocketdyne

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/lockheed-martin-acquires-rocket-engine-130456058.html

 

Unusual radio signal detected emanating from nearby Proxima Centauri star system

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/proxima-centauri-strange-radio-signal-164510331.html

 

NASA and Trump administration considering use of nuclear power for space exploration in the future.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nuclear-energy-send-us-moon-145200846.html

 

NASA checks off another milestone in the development of the Space Launch System.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sls-crucial-test-nasas-mega-204324793.html

 

Private companies rapidly moving forward with space projects.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/dedicated-commercial-human-space-operations-205934641.html

 

Fragments from asteroid analyzed by Japanese scientists.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/japanese-spacecrafts-gifts-asteroid-chips-114900069.html

 

Jellyfish supernova remnant modeled by astronomers

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/mapping-the-jellyfish-nebula-supernova-remnant-133619763.html

 

3-D manufacturing high tech space equipment

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/brad-keselowski-says-manufacturing-startup-120021271.html

 

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