From gabe at educatemotivate.com Mon Apr 15 01:59:03 2024 From: gabe at educatemotivate.com (Gabe) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:59:03 -0300 Subject: [Spacetalk] https://www.nasa.gov/index.html; https://www.jpl.nasa.gov; https://spaceflightnow.com Message-ID: <9B29474E-F220-4D08-BCB1-44A0F115965B@educatemotivate.com> Good morning all, Hi from Brazil?I have been here a little over a week, I will be in the country for 3 weeks?.I arrived in Sao Paulo, stayed 4 days, traveled to Joinville and Jaragua do Sul for 4 days and very soon will be leaving for 2 more cities, Criciuma and Orleans until the 25th, return to S?o Paulo, then on the 26th return to the USA?traveling is always awn adventure?the plan was for me to be picked up at 10am, then a 5 hour drive to Criciuma?extensive rain caused massive rockslides so the main roads are closed?my ride arrived at 7pm and we will not get there until about 4:30am?maybe I will get 1 hour sleep?and a full day tomorrow?just part of the adventure to be enjoyed?this is always the challenge?enjoy it all, always be thankful, and keep smiling?I?m behind on the email, been super busy trying to prepare for this trip? We have to stay positive and always be thankful? remembering to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to heart) ?hugs? STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe See the ISS: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ Astronauts 'thrilled' for May Starliner launch (exclusive) ? (United Launch Alliance) "It's a new capability," astronaut and oil rig engineer Deniz Burnham told Space.com , hours after her graduation. "Everyone is just thrilled. We're very excited for Suni and Butch, and it's going to be great." NASA's newest astronaut group graduated from basic training on March 5, just in time for the first Boeing Starliner test launch with astronauts, which is now expected in May. Veteran astronauts Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore will fly Starliner on the roughly week-long International Space Station (ISS) mission, called Crew Flight Test. Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints ? A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed. https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/uranus-and-neptune-arent-made-of-what-we-thought-new-study-hints?utm_term=D8C0DF44-2D04-4156-B977-0BA831938D6A&lrh=c5c2033fddb5f89e2ffdebb5de4f9e121161d9aff4e02b4d11fe2ee47d708417&utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&utm_medium=email&utm_content=C054931C-31B7-4356-8AE8-7DB32F990BC2&utm_source=SmartBrief Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound ? (Alexyz3d/Getty Images) Engineers have successfully flown a drone at near-supersonic speeds thanks to a new type of engine that burns like a rocket and could one day lead to hypersonic Mach 9 commercial flights. https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/superfast-drone-fitted-with-new-rotating-detonation-rocket-engine-approaches-the-speed-of-sound?utm_term=D8C0DF44-2D04-4156-B977-0BA831938D6A&lrh=c5c2033fddb5f89e2ffdebb5de4f9e121161d9aff4e02b4d11fe2ee47d708417&utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&utm_medium=email&utm_content=D1DED211-F535-4B96-8B56-5BE1C340E036&utm_source=SmartBrief ? NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon News?published?April 3, 2024 A concept of a Lunar Outpost moon rover driving on the lunar surface with astronauts aboard.?(Image credit: Lunar Outpost) NASA's next moon car is starting to take shape. Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab, respectively ? to develop their versions of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), the rover that?Artemis?astronauts will drive around the moon's southern polar region beginning in 2030. "We look forward to the development of the Artemis generation lunar exploration vehicle to help us advance what we learn at?the moon," Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston,?said in a statement today. "This vehicle will greatly increase our astronauts' ability to explore and conduct science on the lunar surface while also serving as a science platform between crewed missions."? News published April 3, 2024 A concept of a Lunar Outpost moon rover driving on the lunar surface with astronauts aboard. (Image credit: Lunar Outpost) NASA's next moon car is starting to take shape. Intuitive Machines , Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab, respectively ? to develop their versions of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), the rover that Artemis astronauts will drive around the moon's southern polar region beginning in 2030. "We look forward to the development of the Artemis generation lunar exploration vehicle to help us advance what we learn at the moon ," Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, said in a statement today . "This vehicle will greatly increase our astronauts' ability to explore and conduct science on the lunar surface while also serving as a science platform between crewed missions." Car-size asteroid discovered just days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon ? A newly discovered asteroid got within 12,000 miles of Earth on a harrowing, ultra-close approach. The space rock won't return for 70 years. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/car-size-asteroid-discovered-2-days-ago-flies-30-times-closer-to-earth-than-the-moon?utm_term=D8C0DF44-2D04-4156-B977-0BA831938D6A&lrh=c5c2033fddb5f89e2ffdebb5de4f9e121161d9aff4e02b4d11fe2ee47d708417&utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&utm_medium=email&utm_content=C054931C-31B7-4356-8AE8-7DB32F990BC2&utm_source=SmartBrief. Boeing begins fueling Starliner ahead of astronaut launch ? (Boeing) Boeing has started fueling up its Starliner capsule ahead of the vehicle's first-ever astronaut launch. That mission, called Crew Flight Test (CFT), is currently scheduled to launch in early May atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on Florida's Atlantic coast. It will send NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station (ISS) for a roughly 10-day stay https://www.space.com/boeing-begins-fueling-starliner-first-astronaut-launch?utm_term=D8C0DF44-2D04-4156-B977-0BA831938D6A&lrh=c5c2033fddb5f89e2ffdebb5de4f9e121161d9aff4e02b4d11fe2ee47d708417&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71C49808-3E2C-4CF2-B857-22CDF4E80C03&utm_source=SmartBrief JAXA astronauts will join moon landings in return for rover ? The first non-American to walk on the moon will be a Japanese astronaut, based on a new agreement between the United States and Japan. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the goal during a state visit by Japan's prime minister, Kishida Fumio, on Wednesday. https://www.space.com/japan-astronauts-moon-rover-artemis-agreement?utm_term=D8C0DF44-2D04-4156-B977-0BA831938D6A&lrh=c5c2033fddb5f89e2ffdebb5de4f9e121161d9aff4e02b4d11fe2ee47d708417&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=6EBD5645-E74F-4EC2-8DC2-77D2E81EEFB9&utm_source=SmartBrief We know why NASA's Voyager 1 stopped communicating ? (Caltech/NASA-JPL) NASA engineers have discovered the cause of a communications breakdown between Earth and the interstellar explorer Voyager 1. It would appear that a small portion of corrupted memory exists in one of the spacecraft's computers. The source of the issue began to reveal itself when Voyager 1 operators sent the spacecraft a "poke" on March 3, 2024. 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