Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Why can't active NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates?

Can NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates? | Parker Solar Probe to glimpse Venus' surface today | Satellites can now spot plastic trash from space (photo)
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Can NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates?
(NASA)
Yes, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) or on other spaceflight missions have voted in U.S. elections throughout the agency's history, and this year is no exception. The four NASA astronauts currently on the ISS have either voted early or are able to vote through casting special absentee ballots using NASA's Near Space Network network of satellites and ground stations. And because most NASA astronauts live in Texas near the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas passed a law in 1997 officially allowing astronauts to vote from space, according to NASA.
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Parker Solar Probe to glimpse Venus' surface today
(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
On Wednesday (Nov. 6), NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus - the spacecraft's final maneuver around the amber planet that will nudge it onto a trajectory that will take it within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface. That will be the closest that any human-built object has come to our star.
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Satellites can now spot plastic trash from space (photo)
(RMIT University/Maxar Technologies)
Plastic littered across the world's beaches can now be detected from space. Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia developed a new satellite imaging technique that can spot plastics on beaches by measuring differences in reflected light from the debris compared to the surrounding sand, water or vegetation, according to a statement from the university.
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Science & Astronomy
Astronomers spot unusually synchronized star formation'
(ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/A. Prieto et al./Fornax Deep Survey)
Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time such synchronized star formation has been spotted in an old galaxy, and challenges the idea that star formation declines as galaxies age.
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SpaceX
Dragon capsule arrives at ISS on 31st resupply mission
(NASA)
The space station received a new shipment of supplies this morning (Nov. 5). A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft laden with 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of food, equipment and experiments completed docking with the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:04 a.m. EST (1404 GMT), about 11 minutes ahead of schedule.
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Technology
1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for orbital test
(STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)
This new spaceflight tech has a very retro feel. The world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 5) aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. LignoSat measures just 4 inches (10 centimeters) on each side, but it could end up having a big impact on spaceflight and exploration down the road.
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Entertainment
'The Man Who Loved UFOs' explores how hoaxes go viral
(Netflix)
"The Man Who Loved UFOs" is a satirical foreign film that just landed on Netflix and hailing from Argentina that takes a nostalgic approach to the subject of flying saucers and the hysteria, fear, and misinformation these sightings spawn. It might not be on your immediate radar, but it demands a viewing for its semi-comedic examination of the nature of hype, media fabrications, and the need to believe.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Rocket Lab launches mystery mission on company's 12th launch of 2024

How to vote from space: ISS astronauts cast 2024 ballots | Space Quiz! What's one possible source keeping Jupiter's moon Europa warm enough to support an underground liquid ocean? | Rocket Lab launches mystery mission on 12th launch of 2024
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How to vote from space: ISS astronauts cast 2024 ballots
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Despite their extra-long stay on orbit and all the maintenance and research responsibilities that come with living aboard the ISS, Starliner astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are still managing to vote in the 2024 election. (So, you really have no excuse not to cast a ballot of your own.)
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Rocket Lab launches mystery mission on 12th launch of 2024
(Rocket Lab)
Rocket Lab launched a hush-hush mission early Tuesday morning (Nov. 5). The mission, for a "confidential commercial customer," lifted off atop an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Tuesday at 5:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT).
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Mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit
(Boeing Space)
In a rare show of openness about the space plane's operations, Boeing and the U.S. Space Force released a statement last month explaining that the X-37B would soon begin a series of "aerobraking" maneuvers to begin lowering its orbit and safely disposing of unnecessary hardware before it comes down for a landing on Earth.
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Science & Astronomy
Hubble watches neutron stars collide to create black hole
(O.S. SALAFIA, G. GHIRLANDA, CXC/NASA, GSFC, B. WILLIAMS ET AL)
Astronomers have witnessed the titanic collision between two neutron stars that resulted in the birth of the smallest black hole ever seen and forged precious metals like gold, silver, and uranium.
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SpaceX
SpaceX launches 3 tons of cargo on 31st ISS resupply flight
(NASA)
SpaceX launched nearly 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) tonight (Nov. 4). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today at 9:29 p.m. EST (0129 GMT on Tuesday, Nov. 5), kicking off SpaceX's 31st robotic resupply mission to the ISS for NASA.
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Technology
AstroForge gets FCC license for commercial asteroid mining
(AstroForge)
Asteroid prospecting company AstroForge has been awarded the first-ever commercial license for operating and communicating with a spacecraft in deep space, ahead of its Odin mission that's set to launch and rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid in early 2025.
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Jupiter's moons hide giant subsurface oceans, maybe life
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute)
There are many reasons my colleagues and I are looking forward to getting the data that Europa Clipper and JUICE will hopefully be sending back to Earth in the 2030s. But perhaps the most exciting information will have to do with water. Three of Jupiter's moons - Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are home to large, underground oceans of liquid water that could support life.
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