The Space Thread!

[GRtak]

Show this to the flat Earther in your life.

 

[Cowboy]

You allow flat earthers in your life?

 

[GRtak]

You allow flat earthers in your life?

I try to avoid them, but there are unsavory elements that are out there.

 

[GRtak]

Mystery issue experienced on NASA's Voyager 1 probe from 1977 | CNN

After launching 45 years ago, Voyager 1 probe is still exploring interstellar space -- but it's encountered an issue that's confused the spacecraft's team on Earth. While the spacecraft is operating normally, it has presented an anomaly NASA is trying to solve.

www.cnn.com

 

[GRtak]

Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down

The pioneering probes are still running after nearly 45 years in space, but they will soon lose some of their instruments

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[Eye-Q]

Look at it at twitter, there are more pictures and a video of the ISS transiting the moon.

 

[NecroJoe]

 

[GRtak]

 

[leviathan]

I don't usually post memes, but this is too fitting

 

[NecroJoe]

Pfsh, if aliens ain't real, then who built the moon? Checkmate, science nerds!

 

[GRtak]

This is what NASA's spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.

www.npr.org

 

[GRtak]

 

[GRtak]

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

www.npr.org

 

[NecroJoe]

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

www.npr.org

 

[leviathan]

Something something The Expanse.

 

[GRtak]

Hubble's 1995 image of a star nursery was amazing. Take a look at NASA's new version

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured NASA's most detailed image of the Pillars of Creation that is helping scientists better understand how stars form.

www.npr.org

 

[calvinhobbes]

The Chinese lucked out again with their chabuduo rocket:

China Lucks Out Again as Out-of-Control Rocket Booster Falls in the Pacific

For the fourth time, the country’s space program used a 23-ton launcher that made an uncontrolled re-entry back to Earth, prompting nervous sky-watching and airspace closures in Europe.

www.nytimes.com

Early on Friday morning, pieces of a 23-ton Chinese rocket stage tumbled back to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, the United States Space Command reported in a pair of tweets.

It was China’s latest round of celestial roulette involving a deliberate uncontrolled atmospheric re-entry. The rocket stage, by design, did not include a system to guide it into a specific spot on Earth, far away from people.

 

[GRtak]

And a piece of the Challenger was found on the ocean floor.

A piece of the wrecked 1986 Challenger space shuttle was found off Florida's coast

A documentary crew with the History Channel initially made the discovery during a dive looking for World War II-era wreckage.

www.npr.org

 

[GRtak]

A secretive Space Force plane completed its longest mission yet

Details about the X-37B's 908 days spent orbiting Earth are scant. But with each new mission, we learn a little bit more about it.

www.npr.org

 

[NecroJoe]

A secretive Space Force plane completed its longest mission yet

Details about the X-37B's 908 days spent orbiting Earth are scant. But with each new mission, we learn a little bit more about it.

www.npr.org

That means it left around May 2020. Boy, its homecoming briefing is going to be dense.