TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The launch of a new satellite that will orbit Earth and monitor the atmosphere and changes in sea level was a complete success today.
NASA launched satellite Sentinel-6 on Saturday, Nov. 21 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The satellite was onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The satellite will be used to monitor atmosphere data and to help create climate models, according to NASA.
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Hawaiian name given to dwarf planet orbiting Sun | University of Hawaiʻi System News
A dwarf planet of high interest has a new Hawaiian name, thanks to the work of 30 Hawaiian immersion school kumu (teachers). ʻImiloa Astronomy Center announced the name for Leleakūhonua (previously cataloged as 2015 TG387 ), which was discovered by the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea and has the largest orbit of any dwarf planet or trans-neptunian object in our solar system.
“It is so important that we continue on this path of refocusing science and discovery within our Hawaiian culture,” said ʻImiloa Executive Director Kaʻiu Kimura . “The worldview and linguistic competence of these Hawaiian immersion school teachers came to the fore with the creation of these names that are critical for our understanding of these types of cosmic discoveries.
Here's why SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts chose Baby Yoda as their zero-g indicator | Space
A few minutes after SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" launched on Sunday (Nov. 15), the four astronauts on board liberated a passenger that had been riding in secret — a small plush version of Baby Yoda , or "The Child," from the Disney+ Star Wars series "The Mandalorian."
Baby Yoda emerged to mark a milestone, showing the world that the astronauts of the Crew-1 mission — SpaceX's first operational flight to the International Space Station for NASA — had begun experiencing microgravity on their 27-hour trip to the orbiting lab.
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks at space station with its 1st crew of 4 | Space
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has successfully delivered a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time.
After a 27-hour orbital chase, the Crew-1 mission arrived at the space station Monday night (Nov. 16) with four Expedition 64 crewmembers — NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Also on board was a small "Baby Yoda" plush, which serves as a " zero-g indicator " during the ride.
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What's that thing orbiting the Earth in 90 minutes?
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This year, the International Space Station celebrated 20 years of having a continuous human presence on it.
There have been 242 individuals from 19 countries who have made trips to the station, including the latest four who launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday: Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi.
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Created in 1998 when government officials from 15 nations signed an agreement for its design, development and utilization, the main purpose of the ISS is to serve as a research laboratory for microgravity and space environment.
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Blue Ring Nebula, See the Fate of Binary Stars
A team of scientists including Princeton’s Guðmundur Stefánsson investigated the mysterious Blue Ring Nebula, composed of expanding hydrogen gas (blue) expanding from a central star, which is the remnant core of a stellar merger. Red filaments are shockwave filaments from the merging event. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Seibert (Carnegie Institution for Science)/K. Hoadley (Caltech)/GALEX Team
Scientists have discovered a rare object called the Blue Ring Nebula, a ring of hydrogen gas with a star at its center. The properties of this system suggest it is the remnant of two stars meeting their ultimate demise: an inward orbital dance that resulted in the two stars merging. The result offers a new window into the fate of many tightly orbiting binary star systems.
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'The Claw' is the first satellite to clean up space junk around Earth | Metro News
Planned for 2025, Clearspace-1 – known as The Claw – is the first space mission dedicated to removing an existing object in orbit. It's a significant first step towards a cleaner space environment.
Aerospace and defence company Elecnor Deimos in the UK will design Clearspace-1's Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) which will orientate and position the satellite to help grab the space junk, using power generators, thrusters and antennas.
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But since that autumn humans have placed almost 10,000 satellites into the sky, the vast majority of which are now defunct or destroyed.
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