Saturday, October 30, 2021

SpaceX is launching over 200 experiments to space with Crew-3 astronauts on Halloween | Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts are headed to the International Space Station (ISS) this Halloween (Oct. 31), where they'll spend six months conducting research for scientists back on Earth.

NASA astronauts Raja Chari, who will command the mission, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer, make up the quartet of astronauts that will join the Expedition 65 crew already on board the space station.

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Date: 2021-10-29T17:06:56Z
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Battleface taking early lead in space insurance race: Travel Weekly

"For example, you may have to travel to Texas just to get to your space launch," said Battleface CEO Sasha Gainullin. "So, standard travel insurance is still an important part of your journey from the time you leave home to the time you come back."

When are astronauts not astronauts? When they pay their own way into space, says NASA. But the growing overlap between exploration and adventure travel is redefining both categories.

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Making Space Travel Inclusive for All

I n a weightless, microgravity environment like space, what do ability and disability look like? How can someone with partial sight or impaired mobility navigate in a confined space like the space station?

The Mission: AstroAccess project aims to answer these questions, starting with a historic parabolic flight that took off from Long Beach on Oct. 17, 2021.

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Science Committee hearing: 'Accelerating Deep Space Travel with Space Nuclear

The co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S.

The advocacy of Representatives Don Beyer and Eddie Bernice Johnson for nukes in space was strongly criticized in a subsequent interview by Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. 

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Date: 2021-10-30T07:50:14-07:00
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Lesson of the Day: 'A Future for People With Disabilities in Outer Space Takes Flight' - The New

Featured Article: " A Future for People With Disabilities in Outer Space Takes Flight " by Amanda Morris

Recently, 12 passengers with disabilities traveled aboard a parabolic flight in an experiment testing how people with disabilities would fare in a zero-gravity environment.

Date: 2021-10-29T08:00:04.574Z
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House Subcommittee Co-Chairs Advocate Nukes in Space | Communities | thesentinel.com

The co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S.

The advocacy of Representatives Don Beyer and Eddie Bernice Johnson for nukes in space was strongly criticized in a subsequent interview by Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

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Author: Written by Karl Grossman
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Many Americans really want to travel into space | | tylerpaper.com

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Global Guardian Named NASA's Medical Evacuation Partner for Johnson Space Center

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has appointed Global Guardian as its chosen International Medical Evacuation Services provider for Johnson Space Center (JSC)—the center of human space exploration—effective October 1, 2021 until September 30, 2023.

The global leader in space exploration, NASA has a diverse workforce of just under 18,000 civil servants and a responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of their employees, many of whom are employed at JSC.

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CEO-Founder of Space Perspective, Jane Poynter on Space Tourism

The CEO and founder of Space Perspective, Jane Poynter, talks to us about launching space travel's very first luxury experience.

The commercial space race has been dominated by headlines from Bezos, Branson and Musk . Their rocket ships herald a new era in space flight and tourism for a select few.

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Date: 2021-10-28T04:00:00 00:00
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Perseverance rover snaps first Mars photos after communications blackout. They're stunning.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has emerged from its first "solar conjunction" blackout and gotten back to work on the Red Planet. It's even phoned home with its first Mars photos since reawakening.

The car-sized Perseverance and other Mars spacecraft had to stand down for about two weeks recently when the Red Planet slipped behind the sun from Earth's perspective.

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Date: 2021-10-27T20:04:56Z
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Microbes could help future Mars explorers make rocket fuel and oxygen on the Red Planet | Space

Future Mars astronauts could make rocket fuel on the Red Planet using air, water and sunlight, a new study finds. The technology could fuel the astronauts' flights back to Earth.

Making rocket fuel on Mars instead of shipping it from Earth could not only save billions of dollars, but it could also generate tons of oxygen to help people exploring Mars breathe, scientists added.

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Publisher: Space.com
Date: 2021-10-27T11:04:18Z
Author: Charles Q Choi
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Help NASA's Rovers to Explore Mars With the AI4Mars Project | Digital Trends

Artificial intelligence could be a huge help to Mars rovers like NASA’s Curiosity or Perseverance, but first these A.I. systems need to be trained on what to look for.

The AI4Mars project was launched last year , and users have already labeled nearly half a million images to help develop the Soil Property and Object Classification (SPOC) algorithm.

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Date: 2021-10-30T15:00:47 00:00
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ESA's Mars Express Orbiter Will Try to 'Listen' to China's Mars Rover

However, it can not get this data back to Earth on its own. Instead, it requires the help of orbiters such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express. Why?

Rovers use these radios to send their data up to Mars's roaming orbiters, which then forward it back to Earth where scientists eagerly await to receive it and analyze it.

Date: 2021-10-30T14:52:11-05:00
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Europe's Mars orbiter to read the signals in 'blind' dates with China's rover | South China

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Date: 2021-10-29T21:00:56 08:00
Author: Liu Zhen
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Frosted Gullies In Mars' Northern Summer - SpaceRef

Although it was late summer when we acquired this image (2010), you can see frost within the gully alcoves. These alcoves are on the poleward facing crater wall and so spend much of the time in shadow. This allows the frost to survive.

The full-image shows that the opposite (south-facing) wall has similar gullies, but no frost during this season. Scientists are analyzing many images like this in order to try and answer the broader question of whether liquid water is responsible for the these gullies or not.

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From stargazing to managing a NASA Mars mission

Bruce Banerdt has the job he's been dreaming of since he was a child growing up in the California desert, watching Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" on TV. "I always wanted to go to space," he says.

Not that Banerdt is an astronaut. He's principal investigator for a Mars mission. Astronauts, he realised growing up, spend a lot of time running other people's experiments.

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Publisher: Cosmos Magazine
Date: 2021-10-29T08:59:23 10:30
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Blackhole with warped accretion disc discovered

The first findings have now been accepted for publication in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . The lead author is Dr. Jessymol Thomas, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO).

The discovery presented in the paper was made from an extensive and detailed light-curve obtained over almost a year by dedicated amateurs around the globe who are part of the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers).

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Fortnite leak reveals Chapter-ending black hole could return in Season 8 - Charlie INTEL

A black hole swallowed the original Fortnite map and ushered in Chapter 2, and data miners have discovered it could also return to mark the end of Season 8 and introduce Chapter 3.

Back in October 2019, Season 10 concluded with a destructive event that took Fortnite offline and had players staring at a black hole on-screen for almost two days. When the black hole vanished, players dropped into the brand-new Chapter 2, Season 1.

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Date: 2021-10-29T10:31:51 00:00
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The NHS will continue to be a blackhole of cash until we confront its underbelly - CityAM :

Can enough money ever fix the NHS? Rishi Sunak is the latest in a long line of Chancellors to promise increased spending for the health service, after the Government committed a further £5.9bn.

Underlying these acute problems are deeper structural issues. Before the pandemic, the health service was experiencing its worst performance against waiting times since they were set by the last Labour Government in 2007.

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Date: 2021-10-27T05:15:00 00:00
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Heated council meeting reveals Tandridge chiefs failed to spot a £1million blackhole for over a

Councillors have called for a focus on solving problems rather than infighting and making excuses after it emerged there was a £1million blackhole chiefs didn't know about.

Last Thursday's meeting, which included heated debate, saw councillors call for an end to infighting and more respect shown to each other, as the role of officers and councillors was also called into question.

Publisher: SurreyLive
Date: 2021-10-28T11:25:51Z
Author: Emily Coady Stemp
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Top 10: If you could rename Facebook, what would you call it and why?

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Astrophotographer snaps eerie shots of Hunter's Blood Moon for Halloween | WCTI

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Date: 2021-10-27T10:49:18 00:00
Author: ARIAN MOVILEANU Zenger News
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Cowbells, caps and a sustainable sponsorship model: How the Lincoln GP survived and is set to

Even before the world came to an abrupt halt in March 2020, domestic racing in Britain was facing a crisis, with five high-profile races not set to run that year due to monetary concerns. Top of the list was the iconic Lincoln GP.

First run in 1956, the fabled race that finishes atop the cobbled Michaelgate climb had lost its title sponsorship Chestnut Homes and faced a funding blackhole of £20,000 to run both the male and female races.

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Date: 2021-10-30T08:30:51Z
Author: Chris Marshall Bell
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We Explained Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' For You

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is considered a cinematic marvel and is often regarded as one of the finer films from the last decade.

However, this 2014 sci-fi drama, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, and Anne Hathaway, also happens to be one of the most confusing films ever made and we aren't the only ones who think so.

Date: 2021-10-29T20:23:50 05:30
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Friday, October 29, 2021

This is what Earth looks like from the moon's south pole (video) | Space

The weird motions of planet Earth and its sun will be a fun sight for future NASA astronauts standing on the south pole of the moon , if a new agency animation is any indication.

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland released the  short video compressing a simulated viewpoint over three months (or a little over three lunar days) into two minutes.

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Date: 2021-10-29T10:34:59Z
Author: Elizabeth Howell
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November New Moon In Scorpio: What to Expect Based On Your Zodiac Sign | InStyle

Scorpio season is in full swing, and the veil — a shield that separates the physical from the spiritual — is at its thinnest. As we step into the penultimate month of the year, the ethereal, magical energy of the fixed water sign will reach a fever pitch.

New moons — which happen when the confident sun pairs up with the security-seeking moon — generally offer the chance to gain clarity around a new chapter you want to write over the course of the next two weeks (up until the next full moon) and next six months (when the corresponding

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Wax on, wane off: Knowing the moon phases

Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered why the moon always looks different? Learn the science behind the moon phases and how to identify them.

I know we're focusing on the moon in this blog, but the sun plays a role. Get this. The sun always illuminates half of the moon. So if this is the case, why doesn't the moon always appear full?

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Moon tells pope a visit to North would help peace in Koreas - ABC News

Ahead of the visit, South Korean presidential officials said they expected Moon and Francis would discuss a possible papal visit to the officially atheist North, since Francis had previously expressed a desire to visit if it becomes possible.

Moon first floated the idea of a papal visit to the North in 2018 when he revealed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had said during a summit between the Korean leaders that the pope would be "enthusiastically" welcomed.

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Date: 2021-10-29T12:08:57Z
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NASA, National Geographic Partner to Show Inside Artemis Moon Mission | NASA

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Date: 2021-10-29T13:13-04:00
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What are the different phases of the moon and when is the next full moon?

EACH night there is a slightly different view of the moon, each is the result of the moon going through a different phase.

The moon has eight different phases that are detectable from earth and no matter where you are in the world, each night the view of the moon will appear slightly different from the view from the night before.

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Date: 2021-10-30T01:39:14 00:00
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Astrophotographer snaps eerie shots of Hunter's Blood Moon for Halloween | WNWO

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Date: 2021-10-27T10:49:18 00:00
Author: ARIAN MOVILEANU Zenger News
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Fact check: No blue moon for Halloween this year

A social media post claims spookiness will reach its peak this Halloween with the special occurrence of a rare moon sighting.

These posts have amassed hundreds of likes, comments and interactions since being shared on Facebook. USA TODAY has reached out to the users who posted the claim for comment.

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Why Does the Moon Sometimes Look Bigger?

First, we want to reassure you that the moon isn’t actually getting any larger than it has always been — at least not yet, anyway.

Throughout the course of its 29.5-day orbit around the planet, the moon does get slightly closer to Earth. If you happen to be looking at the moon during one of these times, you might notice the lunar body looming large along the horizon line.

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Date: 2021-10-28T18:17:09.553Z
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What would happen if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? A NASA scientist explains. | Space

With NASA's DART asteroid deflection mission about to launch and a new movie asteroid disaster movie coming to Netflix, this question is hot on many people's minds. Now, a NASA scientist has weighed in on what the agency would do if there really was an asteroid about to collide with Earth.

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Publisher: Space.com
Date: 2021-10-29T10:45:47Z
Author: Elizabeth Howell
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Fridge-size asteroid snuck up on Earth by hiding behind the sun - CNET

The inner solar system is filled with space boulders that probably broke off of bigger bodies at some point.

A sneaky space rock sped by Antarctica on Sunday without any advance warning and narrowly avoided being fully incinerated by Earth's atmosphere.

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Humanity's first asteroid defense mission launches in less than1 month | Space

NASA is less than one month away from launching humanity's first-ever asteroid-deflecting mission, known as DART, short for "Double Asteroid Redirection Test."

DART is a spacecraft that will launch in late November with the purpose of deflecting an asteroid. The craft will hit an asteroid head-on in an attempt to move it onto a slightly different path.

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Date: 2021-10-27T18:43:26Z
Author: Chelsea Gohd
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EarthSky | Asteroid Bennu's boulder mystery solved

Why does near-Earth asteroid Bennu have so many boulders on its surface? Prior to late 2018, when NASA’s visiting spacecraft OSIRIS-REx visited Bennu, scientists expected the asteroid to have a surface entirely or partly coated in a fine regolith of sand and pebbles.

The new study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on October 6, 2021, comes from the University of Arizona. The study suggests that porous rocks are responsible for the lack of fine regolith on Bunnu’s surface.

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Date: 2021-10-27T12:00:55 00:00
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Astro Bob: Biggest asteroid Ceres buzzes the Hyades | Duluth News Tribune

Giuseppe Piazzi at the Palermo (Italy) Observatory discovered Ceres on Jan. 1, 1801. At the time, it was dubbed a new planet. But when dozens more of these tiny bodies turned up over the coming years astronomers faced a dilemma.

William Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, suggested calling them "asteroids," a word that means "star-like," after aster , the Latin word for star. Through telescopes of the era, Ceres and its ilk showed no discernable disks but instead looked exactly like the pinpoint stars.

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Balky solar array still troubling NASA's Lucy asteroid probe | Space

Shortly after Lucy's Oct. 16 liftoff, mission team members determined that one of the spacecraft's two huge solar arrays had not fully deployed . Lucy's handlers have been working hard on the problem, but it remains unsolved at present.

"Analysis indicates that the array is between 75% and 95% deployed. It is currently being held in place by a lanyard, specifically designed to help unfurl the arrays during deployment," NASA officials wrote in an update on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 27).

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Date: 2021-10-28T11:07:25Z
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COVID reinfections, asteroid mission and tuskless elephants

The Lucy spacecraft, shown here in an artist's rendering, will fly by six Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Credit: NASA

The US$981-million Lucy mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 16 October, will spend the next 12 years performing gravitational gymnastics to swoop past six of the asteroids, known as Trojans, to snap photos and determine their compositions.

Date: 2021-10-27
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Rocks Ejected From Asteroid Bennu Can Reach Earth | Planetary News

NASA's Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft spent more than two years orbiting asteroid (101955) Bennu.

Robert Melikyan of the University of Arizona and colleagues simulated the paths traveled by particles ejected from Bennu to determine how many ejected particles would reach Earth and when.

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The Week Unwrapped: martial lawlessness, asteroid action and statue sparring | The Week UK

A landmark study has found that London has more public sculptures of animals than it does of women or people of colour. The research, which is funded in part by City Hall, is part of a major project launched in the light of the global protests against racism and inequality last year.

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Speculation, a new short story by Madeline Ashby about asteroid mining.

How can portraying the future help us prepare for it?

Join Future Tense, AIB, and the Center for Science and the Imagination on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at noon Eastern to discuss the exhibit, the pieces, and the roles museums play in depicting future narratives. RSVP here .

Publisher: Slate Magazine
Date: 2021-10-28T13:00:00.000Z
Author: Madeline Ashby
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