Friday, March 31, 2023

SpaceX aborts 1st launch of Space Force Tranche 0 satellites

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The Launchpad
NASA establishes 'Moon to Mars' office to get to Red Planet
(NASA)
The agency is using the moon as a training ground for a crewed leap to Mars.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
SpaceX aborts launch of Space Force Tranche 0 satellites
(SpaceX)
"SpaceX will not make an attempt for SDA's Tranche 0 launch today (3/31), as previously scheduled," SDA officials wrote in a Twitter update(opens in new tab).
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Space quiz! OSIRIS-REx, NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, is on course to return that sample to Earth this year. What is the name of the asteroid this mission took a sample from?
Learn the answer here!
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Space Deal of the Day
We've discovered the Celestron Nexstar 4SE is $180 off
(Jonathan Lansley-Gordon)
This sophisticated computerized telescope is now $180 off and Amazon's lowest ever price, but this deal won't be around forever.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Skywatching
See Venus meet up with Uranus in the sky tonight
(Starry Night Software)
The encounter involves the solar system's hottest planet and its coldest one.
Full Story: Space (3/31) 
Spaceflight
Artificial shooting star project gets 2nd life
(4khz via Getty Images)
There's no firm release date for when ALE plans to generate its first artificial meteor shower, which it previously pledged to begin in 2023.
Full Story: Space (3/31) 
Israel launches radar spy satellite
(Israel Ministry of Defense)
'The Ofek 13 is the most advanced of its kind, with unique radar observation capabilities.'
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Science & Astronomy
Ant-Man star Paul Rudd quizzes NASA on quantum science
(Marvel Studios)
In a new YouTube video, Marvel alumni Paul Rudd has some big questions about quantum physics.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
NASA prepping for arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
(NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)
Practice makes perfect, and there are no do-overs once teams recover the sample from an asteroid.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Technology
Mars cave robots take inspiration from Hansel and Gretel
(John Fowler/Wikimedia Commons, Mark Tarbell and Wolfgang Fink/University of Arizona)
The flock of robots will follow "breadcrumbs" to find their way out of caves just as the eponymous siblings attempted to escape the forest in which they were abandoned by their parents in the famous fairytale.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Amazon constellation will use these sleek antennas
(Amazon)
Project Kuiper will eventually provide internet access to remote areas.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
 
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Hubble telescope spies object that defies classification

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March 30, 2023
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The Launchpad
Largest black hole ever discovered can fit 30 billion suns
(ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey, Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org), N. Bartmann)
The ultramassive black hole in the galaxy cluster Abell 1201 packs a mass of 30 billion suns.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
Hubble telescope spies object that defies classification
(ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Barth, R. Mushotzky)
Classifying Z-229-15 is complicated.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
Space quiz! Astronomers have just discovered what may be the largest black hole known to date using a technique involving gravity bending the light around extremely massive objects. What is this technique called?
Learn the answer here!
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Space Deal of the Day
Best beginner cameras 2023: Canon, Sony, Nikon and more
(Getty Images)
Our picks of the best beginner cameras in 2023 to help get you started with any style of photography.
Full Story: Space (11/9) 
Spaceflight
Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut mission to July 21
(Boeing/John Grant)
Starliner's Crew Flight Test to the space station had been targeted for May.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
Space Force seeks funds for 'tactically responsive space'
(U.S. Space Force/Airman 1st Class Samuel Becker)
The funds will continue the Pentagon's efforts to explore short-notice small satellite launch capabilities through 2024 and 2025.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
Science & Astronomy
'Hole' in the sun unleashes powerful X1.2 solar flare
(NASA)
The seventh powerful X-flare of this year emerged from the sun last night.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
Tiny cubesat measured gamma-ray burst better than NASA
(Francis Reddy/NASA Goddard, University of Maryland)
The brightest ever gamma-ray burst dazzled detectors on flagship satellites. This tiny cubesat rose to the occasion.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
SpaceX
Watch SpaceX launch 10 satellites for Space Force today
(SpaceX)
Launch of the Tranche 0 mission is scheduled for 10:29 a.m. ET today (March 30).
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
(SpaceX)
It was SpaceX's 21st launch of 2023 already.
Full Story: Space (3/29) 
Search for Life
Deadly Venus could help us find habitable worlds
(Mark Garlick/Getty Images)
Scientists still aren't sure how Venus' environment become so out-of-control and inhospitable.
Full Story: Space (3/30) 
 
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