August 16, 2022 Quick space links
Some quickie stories worth noting, most provided by stringer Jay:
- Michael Tzukran, astrophotographer from the University of Tel Aviv, takes great ground-based picture of Tiangong-3 in orbit
That picture, cropped to post here, is to the right.
- Assembly begins on Europa Clipper
Launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy is scheduled for 2024.
- Air Force awards SpaceX $1.9 million contract for Starlink services in Europe and Africa
- Electron’s next launch in September will be its 30th overall
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Some quickie stories worth noting, most provided by stringer Jay:
- Michael Tzukran, astrophotographer from the University of Tel Aviv, takes great ground-based picture of Tiangong-3 in orbit
- Assembly begins on Europa Clipper
- Air Force awards SpaceX $1.9 million contract for Starlink services in Europe and Africa
- Electron’s next launch in September will be its 30th overall
That picture, cropped to post here, is to the right.
Launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy is scheduled for 2024.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Back when, we’d point a Polaroid Land Camera to the sky and hoped for a streak.
You’re stuff is insane.
(Psst: I have to oversell your stuff to make up for my own prior decade’s inadequacies, as if I was owning “it” at the time, too..)
Blowing smoke, it’s all I have.
Great photo!
Don’t get cocky.
That is an excellent image from a ground-based station. Assume professional equipment, but would like to know. The Twitter feed doesn’t give equipment info.
Hi Blair,
Here is some information in English about his setup here. Cool picture of the ISS.
This is his website, but most of the site is in Hebrew.