Space Discussion Thread

[skijohn]

 

[skijohn]

Astronauts welcome new crew aboard the ISS​

SpaceX does it again!​

 

[skijohn]

The Event Horizon Telescope: Taking a Picture of a Black Hole​

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Yikes, lucky there wasn't more serious damage:

Space junk damages International Space Station's robotic arm

The wayward object punctured a hole in Canadarm2's protective thermal covering, but the robotic arm remains functional.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[RedCowboy]

We need to clean up the orbital debris, good excuse for a really big laser....or cube sat's with nets ?

 

[skijohn]

One Hour That Changed the World!​

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Apparently the Juno spacecraft that has been exploring Jupiter for the past few years did a close pass of Ganymede the other day

Jupiter's Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, looks amazing in these 1st photos from NASA's epic Juno flyby

It was the closest spacecraft encounter with Ganymede since May 2000.

www.space.com

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Unfortunately it wasn't a fleet of giant warships the size of mountains massing as they prepare to invade Earth.

'Great Dimming' of Betelgeuse star is solved

Astronomers say a cold spot and dust formation explain last year's unusual drop in brightness.

www.bbc.com

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Man, hopefully no damage was done.

 

[WizardG]

Man, hopefully no damage was done.

The report was of a potential 'vibration' issue. I think the word they should have used was shock. The rocket vibrates quite a bit on the way up. This sounds like they smacked the payload carrier against something while they were mating it to the booster potentially knocking something out of alignment.

 

[RedCowboy]

 

[bostjan]

China is investigating a 'mysterious hut' on the far side of the moon

The rover has been on the moon since January 2019

www.livescience.com

China's Yutu II rover team reports that they've found a "mystery hut" on the far side of the moon.

It's probably rocks or space debris, but I'm kind of surprised no one posted it here.

 

[RedCowboy]

Supernova 2022

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[Ears and Eggs]

After many delays and mishaps, the James Webb Space Telescope finally launched this morning! Hopefully the next few weeks go smoothly!

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on epic mission to study early universe

Today's liftoff was a long time coming. And on Christmas, too

www.space.com

 

[CurtisOliver]

After many delays and mishaps, the James Webb Space Telescope finally launched this morning! Hopefully the next few weeks go smoothly!

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on epic mission to study early universe

Today's liftoff was a long time coming. And on Christmas, too

www.space.com

Yes, this is exciting stuff. I hope everything goes smoothly. But we have to remember it didn’t for Hubble and that served us very well.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Some great news! Looks like the James Webb telescope is now fully deployed!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1479880178021060609