Archive for the 'Space' Category
Among the Stars
July 14th, 2023Just as Chucky Schumer signs on the get us the government’s secret UFO information (eye roll)… Via: U.S. Army 4th PSYOP Group:
NASA UFO Hearing Circle Jerk
June 3rd, 2023Via: The War Zone: Only between 2% and 5% of the 800 cases currently being investigated by the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) “display signatures that could reasonably be described as anomalous,” the head of that office testified during a NASA hearing Wednesday. But while the majority of those cases “demonstrate mundane characteristics of […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Wins Pentagon Contract for Satellite Services to Ukraine
June 1st, 2023$20 million per month… Via: Reuters: SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Department of Defense contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “We continue to work with a range of global partners to ensure Ukraine has the resilient satellite and communication […]
Japan’s ispace Seeks to Land First Private Spacecraft on the Moon
April 25th, 2023Update: Lost Communications, Landing Probably Failed — Live: Via: EL PAÍS: The Japanese probe Hakuto-R — which is about the size of a large refrigerator — will try to land in Atlas, an impact crater in the far north of the Moon, within the unexplored Mare Frigoris, or Sea of Cold. If it succeeds, it […]
SpaceX Starship Launch Heavily Damaged Launch Platform and Surrounding Facilities
April 24th, 2023Update: FAA Has Grounded SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Launch Program Via: CNBC: As a result of the explosion, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the company’s Starship Super Heavy launch program pending results of a “mishap investigation,” part of standard practice, according to an email from the agency sent to CNBC after the launch. No […]
Starship Flight Test
April 20th, 2023Wow. It launched. 2X the thrust of Saturn 5. It cleared the tower, made it through max Q, but the first stage didn’t separate. “This does not appear to be a nominal situation.” And then, “Rapid unscheduled disassembly.” Via: SpaceX:
Live Feed: Starship Flight Test [Scrubbed]
April 17th, 2023Update: Scrubbed — Via: SpaceX:
SpaceX Receives a Launch License from the FAA for Starship
April 14th, 2023Via: Ars Technica: On Friday afternoon—after much angst and anxious waiting by the spaceflight community—the Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license to SpaceX for the launch of its Starship rocket from South Texas. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, payload, airspace integration and financial responsibility […]
“A 200,000-Light-Year-Long Chain of Young Blue Stars Located Over Halfway Across the Universe”
April 6th, 2023Via: Hubble Site: The universe is so capricious that even the slightest things that might go unnoticed could have profound implications. That’s what happened to Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum when he was looking through Hubble Space Telescope images and noticed a suspected blemish that looked like a scratch on photographic film. For Hubble’s electronic […]
China Planning for War, Needs Capability to Take Out Starlink and Defenses Against Javelin Anti-Tank Systems
March 8th, 2023Via: Reuters: China needs the capability to shoot down low-earth-orbit Starlink satellites and defend tanks and helicopters against shoulder-fired Javelin missiles, according to Chinese military researchers who are studying Russia’s struggles in Ukraine in planning for possible conflict with U.S.-led forces in Asia.
