From gabe at educatemotivate.com Mon Jul 1 07:50:18 2024 From: gabe at educatemotivate.com (Gabe) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 09:50:18 -0300 Subject: [Spacetalk] https://www.nasa.gov/index.html; jpl.nasa.gov; https://spaceflightnow.com Message-ID: Hi all, Good morning from the sky?I?m on a plane going from New York City to Atlanta?then driving from Atlanta to Florida, 3 days later I leave for three weeks in Brazil so it will be a very hectic time getting ready?it is always an adventure?one day at a time and enjoy each day as we pass through it?it is now the 30th, 2:30am?I?m in the airport on my way to the next city, Imperatriz?.I have a stop and should arrive around 11am?I hope I can get this sent sometime today... Life is amazing :-) the time goes by so quickly, I simply can not comprehend the adventures each day brings?I blink a day goes bye, I blink twice, a week goes bye?I am always thankful, I feel so fortunate?it is a week since I started this?I am in Brazil, arrived yesterday at 7 in the morning in Rio de Janeiro?spent a day with friends, including a lunch today?now on a flight to Macapa where I will spend a week?the week has passed, I have had no time to get the letter finished... I think most schools are off for the summer, in Florida schools finished about 2 weeks ago?.I?ve been back from Brazil about 6 weeks, hard to believe how fast that time has gone and I am getting ready to go again..time goes so fast?so important to live in the present and enjoy each day as we pass through it.. I know it has been a while since the last letter?been super busy and with schools finishing for the summer?. not sure how many of you will stay active but want to pass on the latest?the Space Program continues to have many successes and challenges? The Boeing Starliner, after many delays, successfully launched astronauts aboard an Atlas V rocket to the ISS. The Starliner is an important step in options taking astronauts to space from the USA. Everything did not go smoothly and there are still issues for the return?this is a test flight to learn about the capabilities of the ship for future long term missions. The Starliner remains at the ISS as engineers continue to trouble shoot leaks that NASA says are not critical for return but is being thorough in determining the causes and impact on a safe return?26 June is the scheduled date for return... The next day Space X?s mega Starship, designed take astronauts to the Moon and Mars successfully launched with both the first stage booster and starship successfully returning to a water landing demonstrating the ability to land safely. 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 and smiles? STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe CHECK OUT THESE LNKS... https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/boeing-starliner-successfully-launches-into-space-212324933581 https://spotthestation.nasa.gov When I do presentations I talk about night launches turning night to day, this gives an idea, reality is much better? https://www.facebook.com/tiagolimasr/videos/2870665459916660? https://www.facebook.com/tiagolimasr/videos/2870665459916660 Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ?stranded? in space ? June 29, 2024 The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner?s service module, which houses the helium lines, thrusters and other critical systems, is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere. Engineers will not be able to study the hardware after the fact and as a result, they want to collect as much data as possible before NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams head home. Hubble Telescope spies baby stars in their glowing stellar cocoon (photo) The new image features the nebula RCW 7, which lies about 5,300 light-years from Earth. ? This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nebula RCW 7, which lies just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Tan (Chalmers University & University of Virginia), R. Fedriani) The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning new photo of infant stars nestled in a glowing cocoon of gas and dust. The bright clouds of dust and gas captured in the new Hubble photo represent a nebula , which is a dense interstellar region where new stars form. This particular nebula, known as RCW 7, is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. High-energy ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the young, massive stars ionizes hydrogen in the nebula, creating the soft pinkish glow among the curling clouds. This region of activity is known as a H II region, according to a statement from NASA. ISS astronauts take shelter in Boeing Starliner and other return spacecraft after June 26 satellite breakup Normal station operations resumed after 1 hour. ? Boeing's Starliner space capsule docked at the International Space Station. (Image credit: ESA) Nine astronauts on the space station briefly moved to their docked return spacecraft late Wednesday (June 26) as a satellite broke up in low Earth orbit. The Expedition 71 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) went to their three spacecraft, including Boeing Starliner , shortly after 9 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT), according to a brief NASA update on X, formerly known as Twitter. As the ISS follows a time zone identical to GMT , according to the European Space Agency , the astronauts were likely in their sleep period when the incident occurred. The procedure was a "precautionary measure", NASA officials added, stating that the crew only stayed in their spacecraft for about an hour before they were "cleared to exit their spacecraft, and the station resumed normal operations.? What happened to China's Chang'e 6 lander on the moon's far side? The Chang'e 6 lander wasn't equipped with heaters to help it survive the long, cold lunar night. ? An image of China's Chang'e 6 lander on the moon's far side, snapped by the mission's minirover. (Image credit: CNSA) China's Chang'e 6 mission has successfully delivered to Earth the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. But what became of the lander that collected the lunar material? Chang'e 6 launched on May 3. The mission consisted of four spacecraft ? an orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle and reentry capsule. The lander touched down in Apollo crater on June 1, with the main task of scooping and drilling for unique samples from the lunar far side and loading them into the ascender to be blasted into lunar orbit. The samples eventually reached Earth on June 25, touching down as planned in grasslands in Inner Mongolia. '1st of its kind': NASA spots unusually light-colored boulder on Mars that may reveal clues of the planet's past NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a bizarrely light-toned boulder on Mars, the likes of which have never been seen before. ? An image taken by NASA's Perseverance on May 27 while surveying Mount Washburn caught sight of the pale boulder "Atoko Point". (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an unusually light-colored rock in Mars' Jezero Crater ? the likes of which has never been seen on the Red Planet before. According to project researchers, the strange boulder may hint at new details about Mars' ancient past. The rock, dubbed "Atoko Point" after a similarly light-colored feature of the Grand Canyon, is "in a league of its own," clearly standing out amidst all the darker boulders dotting the search area near the crater's Mount Washburn, the team wrote in a NASA statement . Scientists caught their first glimpse of the rock as part of an 18-image mosaic taken on May 27. Atoko Point is estimated to measure 18 inches (45 centimeters) wide and 14 inches (35 centimeters) tall. Using the rover's camera instruments, SuperCam and Mastcam-Z, the scientists confirmed that the rock was made of pyroxene and feldspar. The team speculated that the pale rock may have been transported from a different part of the planet via an ancient river, or formed underground by a body of magma before ultimately being revealed through erosion. Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments The spacecraft has resumed full science operations after a technical issue began creating complications in November 2023. ? (Image credit: NASA) All right, everyone ? we can all breathe a sigh of relief. NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth. The problems began in November 2023, when Voyager 1 lost its ability to "speak" with us. More specifically, it started sending to Earth unintelligible data instead of its normal 0s and 1s of binary code. Of course, Voyager 1 is 46 years old ? ancient for a spacecraft ? so it wasn't entirely a surprise that its health might be waning. And that's not to mention that it's in entirely uncharted interstellar territory, some 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth. Voyager 1's dogged team was determined to not only figure out what went wrong, but also to fix the problem. And they've succeeded! Controllers identified where the issue was located: the flight data subsystem (FDS), used to "package" data to be sent to Earth. Further sleuthing revealed the exact chip causing the problem, which allowed them to find a workaround. After the team relocated the code to a new location in the FDS, Voyager 1 finally sent back intelligible data on April 20, 2024 ? but only from two of its four science instruments. Now, just two months later, Voyager 1's remaining two science instruments are back up and running, communicating effectively with mission control on Earth. NASA?s Artemis II Mission MISSION ? Artemis II The Artemis II flight test will be NASA?s first mission with crew under Artemis and will pave the way to land the first woman and next man on the Moon on Artemis III. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASA?s Orion spacecraft will confirm all of the spacecraft?s systems operate as designed with crew aboard in the actual environment of deep space. 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URL: From gabe at educatemotivate.com Mon Jul 1 08:41:43 2024 From: gabe at educatemotivate.com (Gabe) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:41:43 -0300 Subject: [Spacetalk] https://www.nasa.gov/index.html; jpl.nasa.gov; https://spaceflightnow.com Message-ID: Hi all, Good morning from the sky?I?m on a plane going from New York City to Atlanta?then driving from Atlanta to Florida, 3 days later I leave for three weeks in Brazil so it will be a very hectic time getting ready?it is always an adventure?one day at a time and enjoy each day as we pass through it?it is now the 30th, 2:30am?I?m in the airport on my way to the next city, Imperatriz?.I have a stop and should arrive around 11am?I hope I can get this sent sometime today... Life is amazing :-) the time goes by so quickly, I simply can not comprehend the adventures each day brings?I blink a day goes bye, I blink twice, a week goes bye?I am always thankful, I feel so fortunate?it is a week since I started this?I am in Brazil, arrived yesterday at 7 in the morning in Rio de Janeiro?spent a day with friends, including a lunch today?now on a flight to Macapa where I will spend a week?the week has passed, I have had no time to get the letter finished... I think most schools are off for the summer, in Florida schools finished about 2 weeks ago?.I?ve been back from Brazil about 6 weeks, hard to believe how fast that time has gone and I am getting ready to go again..time goes so fast?so important to live in the present and enjoy each day as we pass through it.. I know it has been a while since the last letter?been super busy and with schools finishing for the summer?. not sure how many of you will stay active but want to pass on the latest?the Space Program continues to have many successes and challenges? The Boeing Starliner, after many delays, successfully launched astronauts aboard an Atlas V rocket to the ISS. The Starliner is an important step in options taking astronauts to space from the USA. Everything did not go smoothly and there are still issues for the return?this is a test flight to learn about the capabilities of the ship for future long term missions. The Starliner remains at the ISS as engineers continue to trouble shoot leaks that NASA says are not critical for return but is being thorough in determining the causes and impact on a safe return?26 June is the scheduled date for return... The next day Space X?s mega Starship, designed take astronauts to the Moon and Mars successfully launched with both the first stage booster and starship successfully returning to a water landing demonstrating the ability to land safely. 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 and smiles? STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe CHECK OUT THESE LNKS... https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/boeing-starliner-successfully-launches-into-space-212324933581 https://spotthestation.nasa.gov When I do presentations I talk about night launches turning night to day, this gives an idea, reality is much better? https://www.facebook.com/tiagolimasr/videos/2870665459916660? https://www.facebook.com/tiagolimasr/videos/2870665459916660 Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ?stranded? in space ? June 29, 2024 The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner?s service module, which houses the helium lines, thrusters and other critical systems, is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere. Engineers will not be able to study the hardware after the fact and as a result, they want to collect as much data as possible before NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams head home. Hubble Telescope spies baby stars in their glowing stellar cocoon (photo) The new image features the nebula RCW 7, which lies about 5,300 light-years from Earth. ? This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nebula RCW 7, which lies just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Tan (Chalmers University & University of Virginia), R. Fedriani) The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning new photo of infant stars nestled in a glowing cocoon of gas and dust. The bright clouds of dust and gas captured in the new Hubble photo represent a nebula , which is a dense interstellar region where new stars form. This particular nebula, known as RCW 7, is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. High-energy ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the young, massive stars ionizes hydrogen in the nebula, creating the soft pinkish glow among the curling clouds. This region of activity is known as a H II region, according to a statement from NASA. ISS astronauts take shelter in Boeing Starliner and other return spacecraft after June 26 satellite breakup Normal station operations resumed after 1 hour. ? Boeing's Starliner space capsule docked at the International Space Station. (Image credit: ESA) Nine astronauts on the space station briefly moved to their docked return spacecraft late Wednesday (June 26) as a satellite broke up in low Earth orbit. The Expedition 71 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) went to their three spacecraft, including Boeing Starliner , shortly after 9 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT), according to a brief NASA update on X, formerly known as Twitter. As the ISS follows a time zone identical to GMT , according to the European Space Agency , the astronauts were likely in their sleep period when the incident occurred. The procedure was a "precautionary measure", NASA officials added, stating that the crew only stayed in their spacecraft for about an hour before they were "cleared to exit their spacecraft, and the station resumed normal operations.? What happened to China's Chang'e 6 lander on the moon's far side? The Chang'e 6 lander wasn't equipped with heaters to help it survive the long, cold lunar night. ? An image of China's Chang'e 6 lander on the moon's far side, snapped by the mission's minirover. (Image credit: CNSA) China's Chang'e 6 mission has successfully delivered to Earth the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. But what became of the lander that collected the lunar material? Chang'e 6 launched on May 3. The mission consisted of four spacecraft ? an orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle and reentry capsule. The lander touched down in Apollo crater on June 1, with the main task of scooping and drilling for unique samples from the lunar far side and loading them into the ascender to be blasted into lunar orbit. The samples eventually reached Earth on June 25, touching down as planned in grasslands in Inner Mongolia. '1st of its kind': NASA spots unusually light-colored boulder on Mars that may reveal clues of the planet's past NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a bizarrely light-toned boulder on Mars, the likes of which have never been seen before. ? An image taken by NASA's Perseverance on May 27 while surveying Mount Washburn caught sight of the pale boulder "Atoko Point". (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) NASA's Perseverance rover has spotted an unusually light-colored rock in Mars' Jezero Crater ? the likes of which has never been seen on the Red Planet before. According to project researchers, the strange boulder may hint at new details about Mars' ancient past. The rock, dubbed "Atoko Point" after a similarly light-colored feature of the Grand Canyon, is "in a league of its own," clearly standing out amidst all the darker boulders dotting the search area near the crater's Mount Washburn, the team wrote in a NASA statement . Scientists caught their first glimpse of the rock as part of an 18-image mosaic taken on May 27. Atoko Point is estimated to measure 18 inches (45 centimeters) wide and 14 inches (35 centimeters) tall. Using the rover's camera instruments, SuperCam and Mastcam-Z, the scientists confirmed that the rock was made of pyroxene and feldspar. The team speculated that the pale rock may have been transported from a different part of the planet via an ancient river, or formed underground by a body of magma before ultimately being revealed through erosion. Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments The spacecraft has resumed full science operations after a technical issue began creating complications in November 2023. ? (Image credit: NASA) All right, everyone ? we can all breathe a sigh of relief. NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth. The problems began in November 2023, when Voyager 1 lost its ability to "speak" with us. More specifically, it started sending to Earth unintelligible data instead of its normal 0s and 1s of binary code. Of course, Voyager 1 is 46 years old ? ancient for a spacecraft ? so it wasn't entirely a surprise that its health might be waning. And that's not to mention that it's in entirely uncharted interstellar territory, some 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth. Voyager 1's dogged team was determined to not only figure out what went wrong, but also to fix the problem. And they've succeeded! Controllers identified where the issue was located: the flight data subsystem (FDS), used to "package" data to be sent to Earth. Further sleuthing revealed the exact chip causing the problem, which allowed them to find a workaround. After the team relocated the code to a new location in the FDS, Voyager 1 finally sent back intelligible data on April 20, 2024 ? but only from two of its four science instruments. Now, just two months later, Voyager 1's remaining two science instruments are back up and running, communicating effectively with mission control on Earth. NASA?s Artemis II Mission MISSION ? Artemis II The Artemis II flight test will be NASA?s first mission with crew under Artemis and will pave the way to land the first woman and next man on the Moon on Artemis III. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASA?s Orion spacecraft will confirm all of the spacecraft?s systems operate as designed with crew aboard in the actual environment of deep space. Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over? ? (Nicholas Forder for Live Science) Deep in the outer reaches of the solar system ? so far away from the known planets that the sun would barely be distinguishable from a nearby star ? a massive, icy world may be lurking in the shadows, waiting to be discovered by humanity. And the day that we finally find this elusive planet may be coming soon, thanks to a state-of-the-art telescope that will begin scanning the sky next year. With the opening of the groundbreaking Vera C. Rubin Observatory in 2025, we may either finally find Planet Nine within the next few years ? or rule out the idea for good. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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