Aerospace Links for May 2021

 Aerospace Links May 2021

 Unusual supernova discovered by Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/super-weird-star-exploded-hubble-035510173.html

 

Chinese lander sends first pictures from Mars back to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-mars-rover-returns-first-111251359.html

 

Hubble Space Telescope helps NASA track fast radio bursts in the universe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-traces-source-fast-radio-162642380.html

 

Rover Curiosity spotted and photographed by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-captured-aerial-shot-curiosity-110220445.html

 

NASA has more complex activities planned for Ingenuity drone on Mars

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-mars-helicopter-attempt-perilous-221912925.html

 

Hubble Space Telescope image shows cluster of galaxies

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hubble-photo-feel-insignificant-030616000.html

 

Click here to see spectacular images that capture the essence of the Milky Way

https://www.yahoo.com/news/10-winners-milky-way-photo-124300959.html

 

Are autonomous aircraft going to rule the future of aviation?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/flew-self-flying-plane-where-122300782.html

 

Ingenuity helicopter making more daring flights and lands at new airfield.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-just-flew-010720549.html

 

The long development path of the James E. Webb Space Telescope and longer to go before launch and deployment.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomys-future-waits-nasas-next-090055992.html

 

Chinese lander sends back first images and video clips.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/china-just-published-mars-photos-221851426.html

 

Star that formed shortly after the Big Bang located in remote portion of the Milky Way

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ancient-star-casts-light-birth-135703439.html

 

New image of the center of the Milky Way released by NASA.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-releases-stunning-pic-milky-184620010.html

 

NASA budget aims to keep moon landing on track for 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-chief-latest-budget-keeps-235005783.html

 

eVtol for 40 passengers that looks like a blimp is proposed

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/blimp-electric-vtol-carry-whopping-150000852.html

 

Curiosity rover spots cloudy days on Mars, sends pictures home.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-curiosity-rover-cloud-photos-202447024.html

 

Launch of James E. Webb telescope delayed yet again from late October to a date that has not been determined due to multiple factors.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-delay-181128125.html

 

Space debris punctures robotic arm of International Space Station.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/international-space-station-punctured-orbiting-151426605.html

 

NASA plans two new probes that will travel to Venus late in this decade.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-going-back-venus-200822224.html

 

Space Station is readied for new Russian module.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russians-prepare-arrival-space-station-080559654.html

Aerospace Links April

 

AE Links for April 2021

 

Adverse effect of prolonged microgravity exposure of space travel on the heart revealed in scientific publication.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-nasty-toll-astronauts-heart-174319889.html

 

Dragon capsule repositioned from forward end of docking module to space-facing docking port in advance of additional missions over the next few months.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-crew-dragon-makes-way-131720185.html

 

Helicopter Ingenuity is now standing alone on the Martian surface awaiting its first flight possibly as early as April 8^th.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ingenuity-helicopter-touches-down-surface-121623937.html

 

Rainbows on Mars? Image suggests they can occur in Martian atmosphere.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nasa-perseverance-rover-sends-back-194310318.html

 

VTOLs may have a future with cargo carriers and airlines.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ups-reveals-plan-buy-hundreds-133138396.html

 

Space debris and satellite networks cause light pollution that threatens land-based astronomy.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/were-entombing-the-earth-in-an-impenetrable-shell-of-dead-satellites-163002560.html

 

New images show comparative sizes of Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity helicopter.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/photo-shows-scale-massive-perseverance-011720159.html

 

Commercial space flight for paying passengers may commence in the near future.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/april/08/virgin-galactic-unveils-new-spacecraft?utm_source=epilot&utm_medium=email

 

Mosaic image of Martian northern polar ice cap and wind sculpted dunes taken by Odyssey orbiter is released by NASA on 20^th anniversary of the satellite.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-shares-breathtaking-image-wind-120333907.html

 

Predicted end of existence for a galaxy out in the cosmos.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dying-galaxy-strangely-beautiful-032850273.html

 

There may be a scientific explanation for the maximum rotation speed of brown dwarf stars. Data from decommissioned telescope used during study.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/discoveries-point-speed-limit-fast-172242388.html

 

SpaceX tabbed to launch Astrobotic lunar lander in 2022 using its Falcon heavy launch vehicle.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacexs-falcon-heavy-rocket-deliver-154346674.html

 

New servicing satellite demonstrates new business model for prolonging useful life of satellites on orbit around Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/another-milestone-space-servicing-northrop-212100770.html

 

The search for extraterrestrial life may turn up some false positives according to recent publication.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/study-warns-might-mess-searching-005545210.html

 

Mars InSight lander facing energy crisis during long Martian winter with solar panels covered with dust.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-insight-mars-lander-emergency-123100384.html

 

Blue Origin stages a successful test flight as it prepares for commercial manned space flight.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-launches-lands-shepard-170241344.html

 

Update on Boeing’s Starliner capsule is not promising for the program that is years behind schedule with costs rising.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/might-another-full-see-boeing-201412789.html

 

SpaceX gets the ok for third human crewed launch in 12 months.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-nasa-astronaut-launch-3rd-224111998.html

 

Perseverance rover produces oxygen from carbon dioxide during an experiment on Mars.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-perseverance-moxie-experiment-210143050.html

 

NASA releases images of lunar gateway planned to assist lunar visits by astronauts from a number of countries.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nasa-just-shared-images-gateway-043019951.html

 

Is the planned US return to the moon too optimistic?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacex-still-pushing-moon-164956738.html

 

Michael Collins, one of the three Apollo 11 astronauts dies age 90.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apollo-11-astronaut-michael-collins-164414209.html

 

Stellar burst of ultraviolet energy investigated at our nearest neighbor with a potentially habitable planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-flare-seen-closest-star-120331909.html

 

Astronomer describes relationship between Earth’s and the Moon’s orbits with an animation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-animation-shows-earth-moon-142100308.html

 

Several new quakes recorded by Mars InSight Lander last month.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-insight-lander-mars-felt-170650236.html

 

New Horizons space craft will soon pass the 50 AU distance from Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/visiting-pluto-nasas-horizons-spacecraft-180832691.html

 

SpaceX to be awarded NASA contract for manned lunar lander.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/16/nasa-chooses-spacex-to-send-astronauts-to-moon/?source=eptyholnk0000202&utm_source=yahoo-host&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article

 

Ingenuity helicopter snaps photo of its rover base station.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-helicopter-photographs-mars-rover-093504094.html

 

 

 

Aerospace Links March 2021

 Aerospace Links March 2021

Plans emerge for a space hotel to be constructed later this decade.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/construction-first-ever-space-hotel-154624230.html

 

Rocket Lab is designing a new medium lift rocket with a reusable first stage.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rocket-lab-debuts-plans-larger-122322061.html

 

Perseverance rover takes its first drive.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-mars-rover-hits-dusty-220201789.html

 

Rare carbonaceous chondrite meteorite found in UK

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-meteorite-found-uk-30-161246863.html

 

Meteor explodes over Vermont

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meteor-over-vermont-exploded-violently-150632492.html

 

Expansion plans for the International Space Station over the next 2 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INiagI9MjvU

 

Updated J58 engine in development. The original powered the SR-71

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pentagon-using-sr-71s-legendary-193900059.html

 

Mars lander begins scientific work by bouncing laser light off nearby rock and listens with microphone.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-zaps-204303464.html

 

Giant star extruding dust clouds as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/giant-star-deep-space-obscured-172351560.html

 

Theories explain how much water was once present on Mars and where it all is now.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-long-ago-wet-may-162803605.html

Space Launch System first stage core section to undergo second attempted test firing.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/test-firing-nasa-moon-rocket-133735951.html

 

How the use of a sailing simulator and an Artificial Intelligence Bot helped teach New Zealand’s sailors how to win the America’s Cup races.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/virtual-sailor-assisted-team-nz-013239655.html

 

Mars helicopter Ingenuity expected to fly for first time on April 8.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-plans-first-flight-mars-184520014.html

 

Amateur photographer publishes a mosaic image of the Milky Way that took 12 years to create.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-image-milky-way-took-183100143.html

 

Pending article establishes new method for mapping the cosmic web.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-way-map-darker-parts-172327760.html

 

New high resolution image of a black hole has been published.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cant-miss-brand-high-def-180935421.html

 

Final seats filled on private space flight on SpaceX.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-space-fans-seats-billionaires-115224593.html

 

Scientists spot an ionic hurricane over the north pole from 2014

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-hurricane-hovered-above-north-205542209.html

 

Origins of high energy solar storms discovered and may help future predictions.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/origin-suns-solar-storms-discovered-182737834.html

 

Analysis of material from asteroid reveals organic materials and water.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asteroid-holds-water-organic-matter-121017788.html

 

Volocopter, a German start-up company gains funds to further develop helicopter-like taxi service.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/flying-taxi-startup-volocopter-picks-072010340.html

 

Third mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope to be cast in Arizona this month.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-casting-one-largest-telescope-212400213.html

 

Unusual atmospheric condition causes a ship to appear to be hovering above the horizon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos-appear-show-ship-hovering-160151415.html

 

NASA awards a contract to Northrup-Grumman for vehicle to transport Mars soil from Perseverance rover on surface to orbit and rendezvous with ship to return rocks to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-awards-contract-to-bring-samples-back-from-mars-094858919.html

 

Weather pattern leads to forecast of persistent or increasing drought.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-bone-dry-march-bring-002412223.html

 

NASA set to start tests soon on all electric airplane.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nasa-first-electric-airplane-almost-211815754.html

 

Next crewed Dragon launch to the International Space Station delayed for orbital mechanics and human factors

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-spacex-launch-next-international-233119248.html

 

Russia and China to team up to develop a lunar research station indicating a change in geopolitical alignment in space.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-china-want-build-moon-152537303.html

 

Solid rocket boosters fully stacked for first flight of SLS. Static fire test of core is scheduled for mid-March.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sls-nasa-assembles-twin-boosters-192225672.html

 

Relativity Space wins Department of Defense launch contract

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/relativity-space-lands-first-department-160059101.html

 

Changing alignments between nations exploring space signal new challenges.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/end-u-russia-collaboration-space-090036925.html

 

NASA technology may be used for new bicycle tire designs.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/startup-founded-survivor-champ-debuts-144649911.html

 

China releases high resolution images from its Mars orbiter

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/china-tianwen-orbiter-releases-stunning-175232568.html

 

SLS costs under review as a consequence of delays and cost over runs.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/amid-cost-concerns-nasa-launches-143034918.html

 

Dangerous lines of thunderstorms known as Derechos explained.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/derecho-atmospheric-scientist-explains-rare-121955706.html

 

Theoretical scientist proposes new explanation of black holes and the origin of dark matter.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/black-holes-may-not-black-155600623.html

 

New documentary released about the James E. Webb Space Telescope

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/documentary-shows-james-webb-telescope-003019716.html

 

SpaceX moves ahead with super heavy rocket development.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-nears-final-assembly-first-141645911.html

 

Questions about how space will be governed.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/new-laws-needed-for-space-mining-exploration-sxsw-2021-194711581.html

 

Experiment to study feasibility of retrieving space junk using two satellites to launch soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mission-clean-space-debris-around-203216405.html

 

Respected NASA flight director Glynn Lunney dies after long illness at age 84.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/glynn-lunney-nasas-4th-flight-025140699.html

 

An all-electric twin commercial aircraft is on the horizon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/electric-passenger-aircraft-could-flying-124200040.html

 

NASA and SpaceX agree to work together to avoid space craft collisions in low earth orbit.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-spacex-avoid-starlink-collisions-091502340.html

 

Astrobotics ships prototype lunar lander to Houston for testing in advance of 2023 flight.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-testing-prototype-lunar-lander-000600567.html

 

Mars rover Curiosity still hard at work taking amazing selfies.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-rover-beams-back-dramatic-113436503.html

 

 

 

Aerospace Links for February 2021

 

Astronomers find early evidence of galactic cannibalism and suggest that dark matter holds galaxies together in the universe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-origins-galactic-cannibalism-dark-214555787.html

 

Space junk poses a challenge for NASA and the nation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-may-step-protect-satellites-193334994.html

 

Ingenuity helicopter faces first flight on Mars.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-stowed-first-interplanetary-helicopter-214700884.html

 

Political support of Artemis program by Biden administration questioned.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-supports-nasas-artemis-program-173612382.html

 

What’s happening in space in 2021?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2021-space-bring-mars-landings-125100176.html

 

Firefly becomes a commercial contractor in NASA new commercial space program

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/firefly-light-moon-93m-lunar-235621033.html

 

Second test of SpaceX Starship fails at landing

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-starship-prototype-flies-again-212957082.html

 

Next 2 weeks loom large as 3 probes arrive from Earth in mid-February to continue their missions of exploration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/next-stop-mars-3-spacecraft-150616341.html

 

Jeff Bezos to spend more of his effort to develop Blue Origin’s space offerings.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/unleashed-jeff-bezos-seek-shift-120913252.html

 

NASA chooses SpaceX to launch the 2 modules for its planned lunar gateway space station as part of the Artemis program scheduled to proceed in 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-lunar-gateway-launch-contract-231142514.html

 

Chinese probe enters orbit around Mars with lander planned deployment in May.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-mars-probe-enters-orbit-143025721.html

 

What is the future for fleets of low Earth orbit satellites?

https://qz.com/1971751/a-flood-of-spacex-satellites-started-a-fight-over-space-pollution/?utm_source=YPL

 

Astronomers discover an object belonging to our solar system that is farthest from the Sun.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/newly-discovered-space-object-called-000158818.html

 

TESS discovers a very young solar system with 3 planets orbiting a star just 400 light years from our planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-discover-trio-young-planets-190221233.html

 

UAE probe enters orbit around Mars and sends back first image. This is a first for an Arab country.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-arab-emirates-released-first-153251960.html

 

NASA names a Cygnus spacecraft after Katherine Johnson

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nasa-naming-spacecraft-katherine-johnson-142335218.html

 

Prebiotic molecules found in far reaches of space in area of new star formation by group using Chilean telescope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-just-found-building-blocks-095952681.html

 

European Space Agency’s CaSSIS studying surface of Mars, assists planning for other missions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cassis-mission-camera-capturing-mars-014621560.html

 

European Space Agency to recruit a new class of astronauts for the first time in a decade.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/esa-recruiting-worlds-next-astronauts-173317591.html

 

Getting Closer

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-perseverance-rover-prepares-seven-024005376.html

 

US lunar landing by 2024 falls behind schedule and is now being reviewed by NASA.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-2024-moon-goal-jeopardy-171330794.html

 

More on Perseverance lander.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pandemic-changing-protocol-nasa-mars-160035227.html

 

US Mars Perseverance lander makes safe touchdown and sends back incredible images.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-landing-nasas-perseverance-rover-202211026.html

 

New data sheds light on well-known black hole Cygnus X-1

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/cygnus-x-1-black-hole-more-massive-than-thought-224954350.html

 

Stunning blue and red lightning often seen from space.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-photo-shows-both-red-220307900.html

 

Ocean currents apparently upset by human caused climate change.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/atlantic-ocean-circulation-weakens-sparking-012148067.html

 

 Air Force discusses its proposal to re-engine B-52 bombers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/too-early-b-52-engine-200925473.html

 

Highlight on reusable rocket engines.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stoke-space-raises-9-1-160024331.html

 

Missing matter may exist as clouds of frozen hydrogen.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/missing-matter-found-own-galaxy-201104032.html

Aerospace Links for January 2021

 

Aerospace links Jan 2021

 

Chinese radio telescope, now the largest of its type in the world, is set to open April 1

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-will-open-its-500-meter-satellite-to-astronomers-across-the-world-105359520.html

 

Biden’s priorities for NASA not yet known. New administrator still must be chosen.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-pump-brakes-trump-moon-100233781.html

 

2021 Outlook for Space Exploration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/missions-mars-moon-beyond-await-130656380.html

 

Virgin Orbit to make another attempt launch to orbit in early January

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-orbit-targets-launch-window-220000932.html

 

Newer theories try to explain forces of the universe without resorting to black matter as an explanation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maybe-dark-matter-doesnt-exist-152400150.html

 

What to look forward to in space 2021.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2021-space-bring-mars-landings-125100176.html

 

Design of SPHEREx space telescope advances with proposed launch in 2024-2025 time frame

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-shows-how-the-sphere-x-space-telescope-will-study-the-big-bang-093814974.html

 

Launch of the James E. Web Space Telescope will be the prime space event of 2021.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-webb-launch-watch-2021-180913383.html

 

 Private space flight operations on the horizon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/private-astronaut-explains-why-next-165859530.html

 

NASA has new small satellite plans.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-smallsat-missions-galaxy-evolution-exoplanets-214351265.html

 

Most distant black hole announced to media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-astronomers-discover-oldest-most-212329615.html

 

A galaxy collision captured from 9 billion years ago by radio telescope.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronomers-alma-telescope-galaxy-die-170708002.html

 

Blue Origin moving toward human launches for suborbital space flights.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-set-launch-shepard-155208561.html

 

Intuitive Machines signs up SpaceX launcher for trips of its Nova-C lander to lunar surface; two missions already tentatively scheduled starting later this year.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/intuitive-machines-taps-spacex-second-153128364.html

 

Curiosity rover celebrates 3,000 days on Mars with panoramic mosaic image

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-rover-celebrates-3-000-173628085.html

 

Preparation of Orion capsule ahead of Artemis 1 unmanned launch around the moon progressing well as capsule is turned over to NASA for next steps amid budgetary uncertainties.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/lockeed-martin-completes-orion-moon-spacecraft-160638296.html

 

Full power test of SLS stage one scheduled for Saturday January 16.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/critical-test-tap-nasa-moon-235912473.html

Reason for premature shutdown of SLS engines determined to be a software problem related to the test setup. Booster itself is apparently in good condition.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/software-blamed-moon-rocket-engine-161600126.html

 

A second static fire test is to be run on SLS first stage four engines, perhaps in February or March.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-sls-rocket-second-hot-fire-test-045719776.html

 

NASA considering options after truncated test fire of SLS booster.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-trying-figure-comes-next-231116159.html

 

Mars InSight lander runs low on electrical energy as temperature probe proves a failure

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-attempt-burrow-mars-met-004652319.html

 

SpaceX purchases two oil rigs to serve as launch platforms and possible landing sites for its Starship program.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-bought-two-oil-rigs-194936772.html

 

New acting NASA administrator named by president Biden. Shift

from manned space exploration to study of our planetary environment projected.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/biden-appoints-acting-nasa-administrator-115619647.html

 

New helicopter models competing for US military contract

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lockheed-boeing-team-pitch-defiant-113000809.html

 

Blue Origin runs a successful test of BE-4 rocket engine due to power rockets later this year.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/jeff-bezos-kicks-back-full-215309062.html

 

Mars Perseverance lander is scheduled to arrive and land on Mars on Feb. 18^th.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-bearing-down-155053895.html

 

Landing challenges face Perseverance

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-most-183848519.html

 

NASA delays decision on contract for lunar lander. May be a setback for moon landing plans by 2024.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-delays-artemis-moon-lander-contract-awards-221522659.html

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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Aerospace Links November 2020

 

AE Links November 2020

Radio contact with Voyager 2 reestablished thanks to new hardware in the southern hemisphere

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nasa-contacts-voyager-2-via-deep-space-station-dish-154502422.html

 

New information on fast radio bursts-some occur within our own galaxy. They seem to occur in areas rich with new star formation. Source seems to be a special type of neutron star.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/flash-luck-astronomers-cosmic-radio-160355822.html

 

Dark side of Jupiter’s moon Europa may glow in the dark due to strong magnetosphere from the planet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jupiters-moon-europa-glows-dark-160600061.html

 

Asteroid made close fly-by Earth in early November

https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-setting-asteroid-zoomed-past-222135711.html

 

Russian spacewalk at ISS begins preparations for the swap out of modules expected early next year. The Pirs module will be replaced with a new lab called Nauka that will also serve as a new airlock for spacewalks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacewalking-astronauts-prep-2021-arrival-161423293.html

 

National Science Foundation to close historic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico because damaged support cables suggest collapse may be imminent.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-163540284.html

 

Lasers and adaptive optics are technical marvels used by the Very Large Telescope in Chile to observe the bright Carina Nebula.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/why-scientists-firing-lasers-extremely-152300925.html

 

China launches lunar lander mission designed to bring samples of the volcanic region of the Moon back to Earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-just-launched-mission-moon-203600592.html

Jupiter and Saturn mark apparent close approach during the next month

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/jupiter-saturn-form-rare-double-233500046.html

 

Sentinel 6 satellite is a combined effort of NASA and the European Space Agency to study sea level change. It was just launched from Vandenberg AFB on Nov. 21.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sentinel-6-reaches-space-track-161500652.html

 

A key to astronaut health on long term missions may be mitochondrial function

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/astronaut-health-issues-in-mitochondria-192126203.html

 

Virgin Orbit to test rocket launched in the air from modified B-747 aircraft early in December.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/virgin-orbit-targets-launch-window-181546978.html

 

Incredible images from space

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-space-station-see-vibrant-151500527.html

 

ISS is showing its age.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/space-station-showing-age-housing-001100586.html

 

New information on habitable exoplanets discovered by the Kepler probe

https://www.yahoo.com/news/looking-another-earth-300-million-202919397.html

 

First operational SpaceX crewed Dragon launch to take place soon as crew heads for launch site

https://www.yahoo.com/news/astronauts-head-launch-spacexs-2nd-170116380.html

 

NASA funds multiple projects to advance space technology

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/blue-origin-aerojet-nasa-partnerships-213245246.html

 

President-elect Biden names NASA transition team. Possible effect on policies outlined.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-just-announced-nasa-014700605.html

 

Critical tests of Space Launch System due to take place in the next few weeks as key milestones for the program approach.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasas-megarocket-set-critical-tests-102727141.html

 

Radiotelescope at risk of collapse in Puerto Rico

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cable-failures-endanger-renowned-puerto-155928084.html

 

Reconfiguration of ISS to start with spacewalk today

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-spacewalk-prepare-space-station-114900439.html

 

SpaceX looks toward high altitude (up to 50,000 ft.) test of its new Starship by last week in November

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/spacex-targeting-next-week-starships-001353783.html

 

SLS makes progress as assembly of solid rocket booster takes place on mobile launch platform. First launch scheduled in less than a year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-megarocket-assembly-begins-florida-110513458.html

 

Female army astronaut wins rare award.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kiowa-pilot-becomes-first-active-114231380.html

 

Japanese probe approaches Earth to deliver asteroid sample before heading back out to space. Scientists hope capsule will parachute back to Earth in a sparsely populated region of Australia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-spacecraft-carrying-asteroid-soil-094014097.html

 

China lands probe on the moon with goal of retrieving 2 kg. of samples to return to Earth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-successfully-lands-spacecraft-moons-154101997.html