November 18, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- Debris from “acoustic blanket” now thought to have caused Cygnus solar panel deployment failure
From the tweet: “Probably got snagged on the array when the fairing separated.” This conclusion is based on the images released two days ago.
- Video of a test article of Centaur, Vulcan’s upper stage, being inserted for testing
This was posted by ULA’s CEO, Tory Bruno. He does not say when this was done, nor provide clarity on a test or launch schedule.
- NASA declares inflatable heat shield test flown on Atlas-5 launch a success
And as the agency does so often, it now shuts things down, having no plans to fly it again. It could be scaled up for future Mars missions, but no such mission is presently planned. ULA, which partnered with NASA on the test, is likely to take this technology and use it to recover the 1st stage engines on Vulcan.
- China unveils a method using a net to capture the first stage of its proposed Long March 5G rocket
The tweet shows a picture of a small scale prototype test. An animation of the idea can be seen here. If built it would be a rare thing for China, a new concept not copied from others.
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
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- Debris from “acoustic blanket” now thought to have caused Cygnus solar panel deployment failure
From the tweet: “Probably got snagged on the array when the fairing separated.” This conclusion is based on the images released two days ago.
- Video of a test article of Centaur, Vulcan’s upper stage, being inserted for testing
This was posted by ULA’s CEO, Tory Bruno. He does not say when this was done, nor provide clarity on a test or launch schedule.
- NASA declares inflatable heat shield test flown on Atlas-5 launch a success
And as the agency does so often, it now shuts things down, having no plans to fly it again. It could be scaled up for future Mars missions, but no such mission is presently planned. ULA, which partnered with NASA on the test, is likely to take this technology and use it to recover the 1st stage engines on Vulcan.
- China unveils a method using a net to capture the first stage of its proposed Long March 5G rocket
The tweet shows a picture of a small scale prototype test. An animation of the idea can be seen here. If built it would be a rare thing for China, a new concept not copied from others.
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
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