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Sep 30, 2022
Behold! NASA spacecraft takes a stunning closeup of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in category: space travel
Voila! Europa’s topography reveals itself to NASA’s Juno mission. The moon will be visited by the Europa Clipper in the 2020s.
Sep 30, 2022
NASA and SpaceX explore using Dragon to send Hubble back to its initial position
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: space travel
NASA and SpaceX are undertaking a feasibility study.
The Hubble Space Telescope could one day be serviced by a private SpaceX spacecraft called Dragon, according to an article published by Space.com
Jensen further added that a Dragon Hubble mission wouldn’t necessarily need to be crewed. The study might point the way to an uncrewed mission with Dragon or even a different aircraft.
Sep 29, 2022
NASA is working with SpaceX to explore a private mission to extend the life of the Hubble telescope
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
SpaceX and billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman are teaming up with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study whether a private mission could extend the life of the famed Hubble telescope.
NASA signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s company and the Polaris Program, which Isaacman leads, to study the possibility of using a SpaceX spacecraft to dock with the telescope and change its orbit in an effort to further its lifetime, the parties announced Thursday.
NASA’s science chief Thomas Zurbuchen said during a press call that SpaceX approached NASA with the idea “a few months ago.”
Sep 29, 2022
Space telescopes capture asteroid slam with striking clarity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world now has stunning new photos of this week’s asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind.
NASA on Thursday released pictures of the dramatic event taken by the Hubble and Webb space telescopes.
A few hours later, SpaceX joined NASA in announcing that they’re studying the feasibility of sending a private mission to Hubble, potentially led by a billionaire, to raise the aging telescope’s orbit and extend its life.
Sep 29, 2022
NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility
Posted by Ken Otwell in categories: government, space travel
NASA and SpaceX signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement Thursday, Sept. 22, to study the feasibility of a SpaceX and Polaris Program idea to boost the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with the Dragon spacecraft, at no cost to the government.
Sep 27, 2022
Physicists Just Manipulated & Broke The Speed Of Light For The First Time In History
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: education, physics, space travel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsWOZ4IAHNU
If there is one thing science fiction movies and comics have taught us, it’s that humans have no.
limitations, and we will one day be able to open a portal that transverses into another dimension. What if I tell you that day is closer to us than ever? This is the latest discovery made.
by scientists and is by far the biggest of the century.
Will we finally get to find out if we are the only beings in the cosmos? What technology have.
scientists designed capable of making interstellar teleportation possible? How and where will.
the portals take us?
Join us as we explore how scientists have finally found a way to open a portal to another.
dimension.
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Sep 25, 2022
Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
The gas giant Jupiter is coming the closest it has come to Earth in 59 years this Monday and will be particularly visible because it coincides with another event called opposition.
When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, so you could draw a straight line from the sun to Earth to Jupiter, all in alignment. Jupiter’s opposition happens every 13 months. Looking from the Earth, when the sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east, directly opposite. During opposition, planets appear at their biggest and brightest.
Separately, Jupiter is coming closer to Earth than it has since 1963. Because of Earth’s and Jupiter’s differing orbits around the sun, they don’t pass each other at the same distance each time. When it’s closest on Monday, Jupiter will be about 367 million miles from Earth, according to NASA. At its farthest, it’s 600 million miles away.
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SFIA looks at uses for black holes ranging from spaceships to artificial worlds to escaping the Heat Death of the Universe.
Sep 24, 2022
Multi-Stage Ion Thruster Holds Exciting Promise
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: space travel
Anyone who’s looked into high-voltage experiments is likely familiar with ion lifters — spindly contraptions made of wire and aluminum foil that are able to float above the workbench on a column of ionized air. It’s an impressive trick that’s been around since the 1950s, but the concept has yet to show any practical application as the thrust generated isn’t nearly enough to lift a more substantial vehicle.
It’s a bit early to suggest that [Jay Bowles] of Plasma Channel has finally found the solution to this fundamental shortcoming of electrostatic propulsion, but his recently completed multi-stage ion thruster certainly represents something of a generational leap for the technology. By combining multiple pairs of electrodes and experimentally determining the optimal values for their spacing and operational voltage, he’s been able to achieve a sustained exhaust velocity of 2.3 meters per second.
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