SpaceX Starship Second Launch | SpaceX Starbase in Texas

SpaceX Starship Second Launch | SpaceX Starbase in Texas

For the second flight test of a fully integrated Starship, SpaceX used a Super Heavy rocket booster to launch a Starship upper stage, from Starbase in Texas, on November 18, 2023 at 8am EST. According to SpaceX, Starship is a fully reusable transportation system, designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket—collectively referred to as Starship—represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry up to 150 metric tonnes to Earth orbit reusable, and up to 250 metric tonnes expendable.

"Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program."

Key Starship Parameters:

Height: 120m/394ft

Diameter: 9m/29.5ft

Payload to LEO: 100 – 150 t (fully reusable)

Capabilities:

Satellites: "Starship is designed to deliver satellites further and at a lower marginal cost per launch than our current Falcon vehicles. With a payload compartment larger than any fairing currently in operation or development, Starship creates possibilities for new missions, including space telescopes even larger than the James Webb."

Raptor Engine Parameters:

Diameter: 1.3m/4ft

Height: 3.1m/10.2ft

Thrust: 230tf/500 klbf

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF): 

https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf

Video Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 18, 2023

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Science & Supplies Delivered to International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Science & Supplies Delivered to International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Week of November 17, 2023: Science and supplies delivered to the International Space Station, another early discovery by our Lucy mission, and celebrating the one-year anniversary of Artemis I . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer: Andre Valentine

Video Editor: Andre Valentine

Narrator: Emanuel Cooper

Duration: 2 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 18, 2023

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Earthglow | International Space Station

Earthglow | International Space Station

Earth's glow just barely shines above city lights off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, as the International Space Station soared through orbital nighttime 260 miles above. Earth's airglow outlines the planet's horizon in this photograph.

Airglow occurs when atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere, excited by sunlight, emit light to shed their excess energy. Or, it can happen when atoms and molecules that have been ionized by sunlight collide with and capture a free electron. In both cases, they eject a particle of light—called a photon—in order to relax again. The phenomenon is similar to auroras, but where auroras are driven by high-energy particles originating from the solar wind, airglow is energized by ordinary, day-to-day solar radiation.

Unlike auroras, which are episodic and fleeting, airglow constantly shines throughout Earth’s atmosphere, and the result is a tenuous bubble of light that closely encases our entire planet. (Auroras, on the other hand, are usually constrained to Earth’s poles.) Just a tenth as bright as all the stars in the night sky, airglow is far more subdued than auroras, too dim to observe easily except in orbit or on the ground with clear, dark skies and a sensitive camera. However, it is a marker nevertheless of the dynamic region where Earth meets space. 

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Nov. 13, 2023

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Auroral 'Curtains' over Qeqertaq

Auroral 'Curtains' over Qeqertaq

Light pollution is usually not a problem in Qeqertaq. In western Greenland, this remote coastal village boasted a population of 114 in 2020. Lights still shine in its dark skies though. During planet Earth's recent intense geomagnetic storm, on November 6, 2023, these beautiful curtains of aurora borealis fell over the arctic realm. On the eve of the coming weeks of polar night at 70 degrees north latitude, the inspiring display of Northern Lights is reflected in the waters of Disko Bay. In this view from the isolated settlement a lone iceberg is illuminated by shore lights as it drifts across the icy sea.

The Colors of the Aurora (National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-articles-aps-v8-i1-c9.htm

Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis Lehtonen

Dennis' website: https://denniina.com

Release Date: Nov. 17, 2023

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NASA Mission Catching AWEsome Waves in Earth’s Airglow | NASA Goddard

NASA Mission Catching AWEsome Waves in Earth’s Airglow | NASA Goddard

Attached to the International Space Station, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, is studying airglow, an ethereal radiance at the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space, to look for an invisible phenomenon called atmospheric gravity waves.

Learn more: https://www.awemission.org

Caused by winds rushing over mountain ranges or severe weather events such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tornadoes, atmospheric gravity waves can grow and reach all the way to space, where it interacts with space weather. 

Find out more about the AWE mission and how it will help us better understand the connection between weather on Earth and weather in space.

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Producer: Beth Anthony (KBRwyle)

Writer: Vanessa Thomas (KBRwyle)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 17, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX CRS-29 Falcon 9 Launch | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX CRS-29 Falcon 9 Launch | International Space Station

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:28 p.m. EST. Dragon will deliver 6,500 pounds of scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the space station to support its Expedition 70 crew, including NASA’s Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) and Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). 

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported the Crew-7 mission.

The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. 

Image Credits: NASA/Francisco Martin/Kevin O’Connell/Kevin Davis/SpaceX

Image Date: Nov. 9, 2023

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This Chinese Startup Just Landed a Rocket Vertically | Dongfang Hour

This Chinese Startup Just Landed a Rocket Vertically | Dongfang Hour

In this Dongfang Hour episode, we do a deep dive into the recent successful vertical landing of a rocket first stage from iSpace—the first of a kind in China. While this was a low altitude demonstrator (max altitude approx. 180 meters), it highlights the increasing knowledge of Chinese space companies in their quest for rocket reusability.

This episode discusses what this success means for the Chinese space industry, how iSpace compares to domestic competitors, and the challenges they will face moving forward.

If you like what you see and would like to support us, please consider joining our small Patreon community: www.patreon.com/dongfanghour/posts

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00:00 Who is iSpace?

00:40 Hyperbola-2Y Vertical Take-off Vertical Landing 

01:15 Comparison with other Chinese recovery developments

01:34 The Hyperbola-2 rocket in detail

02:53 Challenges of the Hyperbola-2

03:35 The role played by the Chinese Starlink (Guowang)

5:14 Challenges iSpace is facing

Video Credit: Dongfang Hour

Duration: 7 minutes, 24 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Direct Delivery | Week of Nov. 17, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Direct Delivery | Week of Nov. 17, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. 

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (USA)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 13 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023

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NASA Artemis I Moon Mission Lifts Off: First Anniversary

NASA Artemis I Moon Mission Lifts Off: First Anniversary

NASA's Space Launch System lifts off from the launch pad, illuminating the ground with a bright white light that bounces off of clouds of smoke. Pictured on the left side of this image is the liquid hydrogen "flare stack" where vented liquid hydrogen is burned off safely.

In this photo, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a path to the Moon, this officially began the Artemis I mission.

Over the course of 25.5 days, Orion performed two lunar flybys, coming within 80 miles (129 kilometers) of the lunar surface. At its farthest distance during the mission, Orion traveled nearly 270,000 miles (435,000 kilometers) from our home planet. On Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 p.m. EST as the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission.

Artemis I was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration at the Moon and future missions to Mars. Following the success of Artemis I, humans will fly around the Moon on Artemis II.

Image Credit: NASA/Kevin Davis and Chris Coleman

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023

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2024 Moon Phases - Earth's Southern Hemisphere View | NASA Goddard

2024 Moon Phases - Earth's Southern Hemisphere View | NASA Goddard

This visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2024, as viewed from the Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight. 

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 

Data Visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA) 

Producer & Editor: David Ladd (AIMM) 

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023

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2024 Moon Phases - Earth's Northern Hemisphere View | NASA Goddard

2024 Moon Phases - Earth's Northern Hemisphere View | NASA Goddard

This visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2024, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight. 

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 

Data Visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA) 

Producer & Editor: David Ladd (AIMM) 

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023

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NASA's "Espacio a Tierra": Lanzamiento nocturno: 10 de noviembre 2023

NASA's "Espacio a Tierra": Lanzamiento nocturno: 10 de noviembre 2023

Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional. 

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023

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Farther & Faster: NASA's Journey to The Moon with Artemis I

Farther & Faster: NASA's Journey to The Moon with Artemis I

At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a path to the Moon, officially beginning the Artemis I mission.

Over the course of 25.5 days, Orion performed two lunar flybys, coming within 80 miles (129 kilometers) of the lunar surface. At its farthest distance during the mission, Orion traveled nearly 270,000 miles (435,000 kilometers) from our home planet. On Dec. 11, 2023, NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 9:40 a.m. PST (12:40 p.m. EST) as the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission.

Artemis I set new performance records, exceeded efficiency expectations, and established new safety baselines for humans in deep space. This is a prelude to what comes next—following the success of Artemis I, human beings will fly around the Moon on Artemis II.

We have demonstrated our ability to go farther and faster than ever before, opening the door to explore Mars and other destinations throughout the solar system. This is the story of Artemis I.

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Writer and Director: Paul Wizikowski

Director of Photography and Editor: Phil Sexton

Producers: Barbara Zelon and Lisa Allen

Duration: 13 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2023

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New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions

New NASA Artemis V Moon Rocket Engine Test: Preparing for Crewed Missions

NASA has conducted the second hot fire in a final 12-test certification series paving the way for production of new RS-25 engines to help power NASA's Space Launch System rocket for future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. An Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 rocket engine (RS-25 developmental engine E0525) was tested on the Fred Haise Test Stand (formerly A-1 Test Stand) at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, on November 15, 2023, at 15:45 EST. This was the second hot fire test out of the 12 planned in the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of engines for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) that will be used beginning with Artemis V. The test had a planned duration of 500 seconds with the RS-25 engine running up to 113% power level—more than the level needed to power SLS.

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 9 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023

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Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: "Otis Peak" | NASA/JPL

Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: "Otis Peak" | NASA/JPL

Meet the 20th Martian sample collected by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover—“Otis Peak,” the first rock core sample taken from a conglomerate rock, that consists of pebbles cemented together.

This sample is referred to as a “treasure box” because the pebbles are believed to have been carried by a fast-moving river from places the rover may never explore. Scientists believe studying this sample may yield information about the formation and environmental evolution of Jezero Crater.

As of early November 2023, the Perseverance rover has collected and sealed 23 scientifically selected samples inside pristine tubes as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign. The next stage is to get them to Earth for study.

Considered one of the highest priorities by the scientists in the Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, Mars Sample Return would be the first mission to return samples from another planet and provides the best opportunity to reveal the early evolution of Mars, including the potential for ancient life. NASA is teaming with the European Space Agency (ESA) on this important endeavor.

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, as well as be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

Read about all the carefully selected samples: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples

Learn more about the Mars Sample Return campaign: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Duration: 1 minute, 21 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023

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Recientemente: Celebrando el logotipo del gusano | NASA

Recientemente: Celebrando el logotipo del gusano | NASA

Recientemente en la NASA, la versión en español de las cápsulas This Week at NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la NASA. 

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 41 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 15, 2023 

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