~orbitalindex | Issue No. 293 (39)
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China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft
cargo spacecraft will shuttle up to 1,800 kg of cargo to the CSS
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Cost for Space Launch to Low Earth Orbit- Aerospace Security Project
as low as $1,500/kg to LEO
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Does NASA get its money's worth for Antares-Cygnus flights?
NASA pays ~$90,000/kg for Dragon and ~$130,000/kg for Cygnus for actual cargo delivery to the ISS
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China selects 2 proposals for crewed moon rover
CMSEO also selected two rover designs for continued funding and development
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Hubble finds evidence for rare black hole in Omega Centauri
one has likely been found via the motion of fast-moving stars in the Omega Centauri globular...
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https://phys.org/news/2024-09-hidden-craters-reveal-earth-saturn.html
Earth might have had a planetary ring
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https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2024/20240905-subaru.html
observations of the outer solar system with the Subaru telescope found 11 objects beyond the established...
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https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2023/20230628-alma.html
other planetary systems during formation
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Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our Sun
A small, rocky exoplanet was found orbiting close to Barnard's Star
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The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under martian atmospheric pressure - Scientific Reports
created by cracks from carbon dioxide sublimation
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NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time - NASA
Experiments at JPL at Mars temperatures and pressures successfully recreated the phenomenon
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https://scitechdaily.com/15-billion-miles-away-nasas-voyager-1-breaks-its-silence/
communicating again via its backup transmitter
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Update on NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – Small Satellite Missions
still in a slow tumble
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Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital
completed their $450M acquisition
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Shenzhou-19 spacecraft arrives at Tiangong for crew rotation
launched the Shenzhou-19 crew
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Chinese crew returns to Earth after over 6-month mission aboard Tiangong space station
successfully returned to Earth
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The New Glenn rocket’s first stage is real, and it’s spectacular
rolled the first stage
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SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?
SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?
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China’s long-term lunar plans now depend on developing its own Starship
China’s updated plans for the Long March 9 looks a whole lot like Starship
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https://astrobites.org/2024/04/19/how-ancient-chinese-solar-eclipse-records-helped-to-determine-the-earths-rotation-rate/
figure out the timing of eclipses over 4,000 years to calculate how the Earth’s rate of...
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What's Up: November 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Science
NASA’s skywatching tips
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Why I Lugged My 27-Pound Toddler to a Rocket Launch — Wait But Why
taking his 19-month-old toddler to see the Starship Flight 5 catch
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NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper - Overlook Horizon
pdated its graphic novel about astrobiology to include Europa Clipper
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The future of the Orion constellation
Watch the Orion constellation evolve over the next 450,000 years
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Space is closer than you think: apply now to the ESA Student Internship Programme
accepting applications
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Halloween on the International Space Station - NASA
Astronauts celebrating Halloween on the ISS
