Donald F Robertson

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The #Italian 🇮🇹 #SpaceAgency, ASI, has signed an agreement with #SpaceX for an uncrewed mission to #Mars 🔴 aboard one of the company’s #Starship rockets https://europeanspaceflight.com/italy-signs-agreement-with-spacex-for-starship-mars-mission
Italy Signs Agreement with SpaceX for Starship Mars Mission - European Spaceflight

In a “first-of-its-kind” deal, ASI has signed an agreement with SpaceX to carry Italian payloads to the surface of Mars aboard a Starship rocket.

European Spaceflight
Mit meinem Teleskop habe ich abgebildet, wie Saturn und Titan hinter dem Mond vorbeiziehen

Mir wurde klar, dass ich diese Aufnahme nie auf diesem Sub gepostet hatte, und da es eine meiner besten ist, dachte ich, warum nicht. Es wurden einige neue Verarbeitungstechniken für die Saturnbedeckung im September 2024 (17.09.2024) eingeführt und einige Schärfungs- und Leuchteffekte hinzugefügt. Ausrüstung: Celestron 5SE, ASI294MC, 2x Barlow. Aufnahme: 1 Minute gestapelte Monddaten, 7 Minuten gestapelte Saturndaten, sogar live in einem Video aufgezeichnet, das ich ebenfalls eingefügt und gestapelt habe, um mehr Details hervorzuheben. Die Wolken zogen sooo bald nach der Bedeckung auf, dass ich begeistert war, es mir schon vorher vorstellen zu können! Wirklich zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis.

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20 Days In Mariupol (2023). Shows a first-persons view of Mariupol on the early days of the Russian invasion. It was named one of the top five documentary films of 2023. #Ukraine #Russia
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2024 YA5, 7m-16m in diameter, just passed the Earth at 16km/s, missing by 351,000km. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2024%20YA5
Small-Body Database Lookup

SpaceX | Company Overview & News

SpaceX designs manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures,

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"If all goes to plan, we’ll have our first commercial product by 📆 2029. Offering 30 MW of power ☀️🔋, it could be launched by a single #Starship rocket, and scale to gigawatt systems from there" https://physicsworld.com/a/space-based-solar-power-we-have-nothing-to-lose-and-everything-to-gain

56 #space-based #SolarPower companies : https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-solar-power

#SBSP

Space-based solar power: 'We have nothing to lose and everything to gain' – Physics World

Martin Soltau explains why beaming sunlight to Earth as microwaves could help solve our energy needs

Physics World
Blue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Test

Blue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Testhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/science/new-glenn-blue-origin.html

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Alas, No Artemis II launch in 2025... but NASA is still busy putting the SLS rocket together for a 2026 launch: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/afs-8-101-959/
Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 - NASA

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport lower the agency’s 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The one-of-a kind lifting beam is designed to lift the core stage from the transfer aisle to High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters on top of mobile launcher 1 for the SLS core stage.

NASA

a 25-images mosaic captured two days ago by Perseverance's Mastcam Zoom camera, on the west side of the rim of Jezero Crater

#Mars Dec. 24, 2024 (Sol 1367)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1367 #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #space #astrodon #science #STEM #JezeroCrater #geology #WitchHazelHill #NorthernRimCampaign

More and more astronomers are eager to use the James Webb Space Telescope
Demand for observing time on Webb outpaces supply by a factor of nine.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/more-and-more-astronomers-are-eager-to-use-the-james-webb-space-telescope/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers

Demand for observing time on Webb outpaces supply by a factor of nine.

Ars Technica