Science: Space - the final frontier (Misc.)

[Bazza]

A significant launch in the early morning hours today........here we go.........

 

[crimsonaudio]

This breathtaking video shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch viewed from airplane cockpit at flight level

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1745833157939560684

 

[Tidewater]

Mars helicopter is down. Permanently.
NASA's historic Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for good after 72 flights
Part of one of the rotors broke off. It has a good run. Now it is going to be a museum piece one day.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Mars helicopter is down. Permanently.
NASA's historic Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for good after 72 flights
Part of one of the rotors broke off. It has a good run. Now it is going to be a museum piece one day.

Amazing piece of engineering. Far exceeded expectations. I know the team must be proud but sad.

 

[crimsonaudio]

An impossibly huge ring of galaxies might lead us to new physics. Here's how

The ring of galaxies, appropriately called the "Big Ring," has a circumference of nearly 4 billion light-years.

www.space.com

 

[crimsonaudio]

37 years ago today we lost Challenger and the seven brave astronauts aboard.

The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."

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38 years agio today. RIP

 

[DzynKingRTR]

38 years agio today. RIP

still burned into my memory.

 

[Bazza]

I've been enjoying the recent clear evening skies.....

Just a reminder to keep looking up!

 

[crimsonaudio]

NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander - NASA

On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface.

www.nasa.gov

 

[Bamaro]

I've been enjoying the recent clear evening skies.....

Just a reminder to keep looking up!

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I've never seen Orion displayed without a line drawn between Betelgeuse and Bellatrix. (Meissa confused)

 

[Bazza]

Coming up.....lunchtime launch........

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship on a mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 12:07 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 30 (1707 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 10th flight, will land back at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1.

 

[Bazza]

Beautiful day for a launch!



Wonder if Coach Saban watched from his place further south..,......

 

[crimsonaudio]

21 years ago today we lost Columbia. Rest In Peace, brave pioneers.

Crew of STS-107 for the Space Shuttle Columbia, lost on February 1, 2003.
- Commander: Rick D. Husband, a U.S. Air Force colonel and mechanical engineer, who piloted a previous shuttle during the first docking with the International Space Station (STS-96).
- Pilot: William C. McCool, a U.S. Navy commander.
- Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson, a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, physicist, and mission specialist who was in charge of the science mission.
- Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force and the first Israeli astronaut.
- Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-born aerospace engineer who was on her second space mission.
- Mission Specialist: David M. Brown, a U.S. Navy captain trained as an aviator and flight surgeon. Brown worked on scientific experiments.
- Mission Specialist: Laurel Blair Salton Clark, a U.S. Navy captain and flight surgeon. Clark worked on biological experiments.

 

[NationalTitles18]

 

[crimsonaudio]

The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn

 

[DzynKingRTR]

The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn
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so cool

 

[Bamaro]

The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn
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I wonder if that is an actual 'picture' or an enhancement like is done with the deep space ones.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I wonder if that is an actual 'picture' or an enhancement like is done with the deep space ones.

See the James Webb Telescope's First Image of Saturn and Its Rings

The new shot also features three of the planet's many moons, including Enceladus, a strong candidate for hosting life

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[day-day]

NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune (photo, video) | Space

 

[crimsonaudio]

NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune (photo, video) | Space

Here's the photo: