March 7, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Rocket engine builder Ursa Major to provide engines to Vector Launch
It is unclear if this Vector is the same Vector rocket startup that failed the first time because its own engines were underpowered. If so, the new management has changed course, since previously it has said it would still build its own engines, but of a different design.
- Dream Chaser is no longer scheduled to fly on Vulcan flight #2
Rumors suggest the removal is due to delays at Sierra Space getting Dream Chaser ready for flight. Sadly this is becoming a pattern, as the mini-shuttle is well behind schedule.
- New Glenn’s first launch likely delayed until 2025
No surprise, as Blue Origin more and more seems to be an unserious company that cannot get anything done fast or on schedule.
- A new trailer for Russian movie that had scenes shot on ISS
All in Russian unfortunately. The release date is now April 20th.
- ESA’s chief reaffirms its support of the Ukraine, despite blaming its Vega-C rocket failure on Ukrainian nozzles
Josef Aschbacher essentially grovels in response to the Ukrainian government’s objection to that investigation’s conclusions.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Rocket engine builder Ursa Major to provide engines to Vector Launch
It is unclear if this Vector is the same Vector rocket startup that failed the first time because its own engines were underpowered. If so, the new management has changed course, since previously it has said it would still build its own engines, but of a different design.
- Dream Chaser is no longer scheduled to fly on Vulcan flight #2
Rumors suggest the removal is due to delays at Sierra Space getting Dream Chaser ready for flight. Sadly this is becoming a pattern, as the mini-shuttle is well behind schedule.
- New Glenn’s first launch likely delayed until 2025
No surprise, as Blue Origin more and more seems to be an unserious company that cannot get anything done fast or on schedule.
- A new trailer for Russian movie that had scenes shot on ISS
All in Russian unfortunately. The release date is now April 20th.
- ESA’s chief reaffirms its support of the Ukraine, despite blaming its Vega-C rocket failure on Ukrainian nozzles
Josef Aschbacher essentially grovels in response to the Ukrainian government’s objection to that investigation’s conclusions.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
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First launch today. Live straam link on home page https://www.relativityspace.com/
Might this be the first methane lox rocket to orbit?
It may be that everyone tried hard, and things didn’t work out, as sometimes happens, but I would have thought the production company would have released on 12 April.
Blair,
They originally planned for that date, but it got pushed out with no explanation. Who knows about that business? Editing, or censor approval, or distribution, or their war could have been the reasons.
Exo-worlds
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-exoplanets-orbiting-sun-like-star.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-distant-star-toi-potentially-habitable.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-stars-planets.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-baby-planet-home.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-venus-oceans-life-earth.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-planet-life-earth-solar-fragility.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-planets-similar-neptune-jupiter-circling.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-layering-history-carbon-dioxide-mars.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nasa-curiosity-views-sun-rays.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-magnetic-cataclysmic-variable.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-demons-universe-milky.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-powerful-lonely-distant-quasar-left.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cheops-mission.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lunar-telescope-aims-ancient-radio.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-conditions-life-exploring-multiverse.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-star-trek-planet-vulcan.html
The Dark Big Bang
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-universe-dark-big.html
Q-balls
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-mysterious-q-balls.html
X-marks the spot
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nasa-solar-eclipses.html
Chelyabinsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06xa4q_A2zo
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-high-fidelity-simulation-insight-chelyabinsk-meteor.html
https://up-ship.com/blog/?p=18971
self-exploring robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-robot-autonomously-explore-real-world-environments.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-wheeled-robot-leaf-angles-corn.html
Strange metals
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-physicists-explore-mysteries-strange-metals.html
“So they have an on-demand source of gamma rays without using radioactive material.”
new transistor and capacitors
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-kind-transistor-communications-devices-smartphones.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-fabricate-flexible-supercapacitors-paper.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-social-video-site-favored-florida.html
New energy source
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-newly-enzyme-air-electricity-source.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-viable-superconducting-material-temperature-pressure.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astronomers-radio-recombination-lines-carbonoxygen.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-noah-ark-major-milestone-species.html
Dumbth
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-online-iq-scores-century.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-adults-economically-inactive-uk-human.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-approach-monetary-theories.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-shark-teddy-conflict-styles-friends.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-resist-microaggression.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dates-culture-everywhen-explores-indigenous.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-straight-men-sexual-transgender-women.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-christian-nationalists-enamored-putin-oppose.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-sex-intimacy-black-middle-class-christianity.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-teachers-classroom-experienced-colleagues.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-whistleblowers-faith-media-impact.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-senior-towns-iowa-smart.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ai-powered-drone-technology-aids-elephant.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-states-invasive-callery-pear-tree.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-platform-holly-glimpse-petroleum-production.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-undersea-graveyard-imported-co2-denmark.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-school-stress-related-emergency-department-local.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-professor-students-air-pollution-cache.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-california-didnt-pandemic.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-money-greater-happiness.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rarely-abuse-men-sexist-women.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-pornography-romantic-relationships.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-parents-school-impact-kidsand-exacerbate.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-economic-environmental-justice-backyard-trash.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ton-fossil-carbon-isnt-trees.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-parents-teens-pornography-sexting-school.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-kenya-skyscraper-closesand-complicated-legacy.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-gender-affirming-androgen-therapy-reprograms-breast.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-expert-violence-police-brutality-mass.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-stereotypes-people-buy-stocks.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-incentives.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-survey-people-friends-vicious-enemies.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-celebrity-sightings-built-in-contradiction.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-anthropogenic-climate-poses-coffee-cultivation.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-fukushima-pacific-ocean.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-antarctic-sea-ice.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lyft-consumers-brands-unconventional.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-pandemic-black-children-white-gun.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-racial-inequities-newborn-drug.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-low-dose-linked-lifetime-heart-disease.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-free-app-tandem-users-conscious.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rewarding-accuracy-partisan-pandering-political.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-americans-fake-news-social-circles.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-social-media-minutes-day-health.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-fresh-aging-brain-neurological-diseases.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-human-temporal-lobes-large-comparison.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-framework-honest-behavior.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-indirect-prompt-upend-chatbots.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-squid-unregulated-international.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-breakthrough-big-chemicals-complex-mixtures.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-plastic-pfas-food.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-treaty-plots-high-seas.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-greed-good-retweets-youre-senator.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-india-lithium-discovery-environmental.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-global-space-junk.html
Early life
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-substance-life-earth.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-biosensor-reveals-elusive-metal-essential.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-life-underwater-volcanoes.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-flexible-lego-railway-track-stable.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-pool-yellowstone-thumping-thermometer.html
Laser chemistry and more
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-topological-periodically-molecules.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-augmented-reality-game-chemistry-intimidating.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-chemical-bonds-limits.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ground-state-cooling-nanoparticle-motion.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-super-resolution-microscopy-method-rapid-differentiation.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-customizing-catalysts-solid-state-reactions.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-aluminum-based-low-loss-interconnects-superconducting-quantum.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nanoscale-diamond-unconventional-giant-magnetoresistance.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-coherent-phonon-induced-gigahertz-optical-birefringence.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-neutron-rich-nuclei-reveal-heavy-elements.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-framework-self-test-entangled-states-quantum.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-quantum-crossover-distinguish-single-particle-pair.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-chip-scale-spectrometry-photonic-molecule.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-nonradiative-recombination-perovskite-solar-cells.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-strategy-stabilize-3d2d-perovskite-heterostructures.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-colloids-creative-pave-generation-photonics.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-diluting-ouzo-liquor-emulsions.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-productive-chemical-synthesis-anthracimycin.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-fluid-enables-scalable-soft-polymer.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-material-breakthrough-softbotics.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-deep-tedious-agricultural-tasks.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-on-chip-fabrication-large-scale-perovskite-crystal.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smaller-human-hair-materials-unusually.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-method-menthol.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-electric-vehicle-batteries.html
air capture and clean-up
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-air-capture-device-efficient-current.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-diverse-approach-key-carbon.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bacterial-enzyme-pfas-molecules.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-refuting-standard-electroporation.html
pure water
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-purifying-atoms.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-households-scarcity.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-history-planet-formation-interstellar-medium.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-safe-synthesis-hydrogen-peroxide-nature.html
Bubbles
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-theory-track-ocean-pollution-viruses.html
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/04/kilometers-space-telescope-is-based-upon-huge-bubbles-in-space.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-pulses-exotic-gas.html
Medical watch
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-self-powered-drug-delivery.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-gene-mutation-capable-pain.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cell-membrane-blebs-anti-cancer-drugs.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-pandemic-tool-drugs-future-outbreak.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-blood-anxiety.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-immune.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-algorithm-patients-immunotherapy.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-insights-bacterial-immune.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-bacteria-tumors-immune-cells.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-ancient-virus-genome-autism.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oxygen-cells-tissues.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oxygen-groups-key-graphene-antimicrobial.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-exploring-brain-infection.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-evidence-individuals-transition-recreational-compulsive.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-nanoprobes-neurotransmitters-brain.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-insights-molecular-mechanism-hydrocephalus-first-ever.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-scientists-unearth-potential-therapeutic-inflammatory.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-scientists-cancer-cells-weapons.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-compounds-capable-inhibiting-growth-brain.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-stenting-blood-vessel-shown-outcomes.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-mozart-effect-myth-evidence-positive.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-tricuspid-valve-regurgitation-minimally-invasive.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-biochemical-synthesis-discovery-drug-breakthroughs.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-ultrasound-method-easier-disease-diagnosis.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-protein-cancer-metastasis-potential-treatment.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-peptides-dna-tag-molecules-drug.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-large-scale-enables-insights-rare-eye.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-inflammatory-achilles-heel.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-mitochondrial-metabolite-inflammation-disease.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-protein-elevator-motion-spur-cancer.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-international-team-selenium-ovarian-cancer.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-astrocyte-cells-critical-skilled-movements.html —for sports
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-physics-optimize-basketball-player-positioning.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-insights-cellular-bridges-disease.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-gene-variants-linked-cerebral-arachnoid.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-bone-cancer-drug-survival-preclinical.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-pattern-recognition-disease-causing-bacteria-elegans.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-creative-destruction-probing-evolution-proteins.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-nirogacestat-desmoid-tumor-treatment-outcomes.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-precise-transcript-crispr-csm-complexes.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-method-downregulate-gene.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-harness-power-precision-rna.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cyborg-technology-functional-maturation-stem-cell.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-newly-protein-complex-plays-vital.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-antibiotics-acne.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rna-sequencing-technologies-deeper-insights.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-million-years-life-lost-obesity.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-fatal-opioid-poisonings-children-year.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-adding-sotatercept-therapy-rare-heart-lung.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-reluctance-medication-health-pregnant-women.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-vr-wide-awake-surgery-ease-anxiety.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-residual-inflammation-statin-therapy-strongly.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-heavy-alcohol-consumption-brain-inflammation.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-multifaceted-strategy-boosts-diabetes-heart.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-wrinkles-linked-heartbeat.html
COVID
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-states-high-covid-death-mortality.html “from or with, people”
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-versatile-vaccine-covid-guises.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-class-drugs-resistant-covid-variants.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-associates-covid-physical-inactivity.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-world-comprehensive-covid-mental-health.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-covid-linked-air-pollution-exposure.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-nasal-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-covid-.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-organ-on-a-chip-technology-elucidate-liver-pathophysiology.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-at-home-covid-glow-in-the-dark-materials.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-covid-infections-long-term-gastrointestinal-problems.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-lab-phage.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-infection-genetic-diversity.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-parents-misled-children-covid-survey.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-leaders-vaccine-inequity.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-sharp-cardiovascular-factors-young-adults.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-covid-lockdowns-india-greener.html
the smallest game of PONG
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-world-smallest-ball-game-scientists.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-microparticle.html
The color of movies
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-scientists-picture-decades-movies.html
History
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smiley-dimpled-sphinx-statue-unearthed.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ancient-pots-hint-power-empire.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-oldest-norse-god-odin-danish.html
Machine learning
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-meta-semi-machine-approach-outperforms-state-of-the-art.html
Days of the future, past
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-quantum-mechanics-future.html
“Through the darkness of future past. The magician longs to see….”