Aerospace Links for September 2021

 

September Aerospace Links

 

Surprising example of gravitational lensing revealed by Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-captures-einstein-ring-135111620.html

 

Image from Martian rover Curiosity

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nasa-jpl-curiosity-rover-gale-crater-panorama-085647064.html

 

Firefly rocket carrying several payloads explodes during maiden flight.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/firefly-launches-first-rocket-loses-021105553.html

 

Martian rock sample collected successfully by Perseverance rover during second attempt to collect a drilled core specimen.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-nasas-perseverance-rover-drilled-121227790.html

 

Spacewalk on Russian side of space station achieves power cable connections. Many more steps need to be completed before the new module becomes operational.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacewalkers-hook-russian-lab-module-232758022.html

 

Astronomers may have discovered a new type of supernova.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-may-discovered-type-supernova-173746725.html

 

NASA astronaut captures images of blue tinged Aurora Australis.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/astronaut-captures-stunning-images-rare-153104252.html

 

James E. Webb Space Telescope launch has been set for December 18, 2021.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-date-145148575.html

 

Developments in laser technology may lead the way to energy production by fusion.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/laser-initiated-fusion-leads-way-171048887.html

 

All civilian crew to challenge the rigors of space during a planned 3 day trip to space on a SpaceX rocket planned for launch on Sept. 15^th.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-civilian-spacex-flight-set-175446241.html

 

Four person civilian crew launches successfully in a SpaceX Crewed Dragon Capsule for a 3 day trip to low Earth orbit.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-launches-first-civilian-inspiration4-001622789.html

 

Abundance of precursor organic molecules found in the discs surrounding nascent solar systems in the Milky Way.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chances-alien-life-galaxy-far-180850087.html

 

NASA is accepting proposals and offering support for commercial space station development plans.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-plans-spend-400-million-214450874.html

 

Amazing fungi that can survive the rigors of space outside of shelter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stowaways-made-first-space-station-090843080.html

 

NASA plans to send a rover named VIPER to the southern hemisphere of the moon in 2023

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-sending-water-hunting-lunar-195044661.html

 

Outer winds in Jupiter’s famous red spot appear to be accelerating for reasons unexplained according to data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/winds-150-storm-jupiter-accelerate-181640526.html

 

BepiColombo probe sends back first images of Mercury as part of a multi-year mission to study the planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/europes-bepicolombo-mission-bears-down-002424937.html