November 3, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- SpaceX celebrates completion of the 200th Falcon 9 second stage
Jay also notes that according to Elon Musk, “Falcon 9 now holds record for most launches of a single vehicle type in a year.”
- Rocket Lab completes solar panels for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station
The panels were built by the company’s “New Mexico team.”
- SLS’s rollout to the launchpad for its first test launch to begin on November 4th at noon
The launch is still scheduled for November 14th, sending an Orion capsule around the Moon for a multi-week mission.
- Orbital sensors built by HEO Robotics capture images of China’s out-of-control Long March 5B core stage
There is a two frame movie at the link, made from that imagery.
- Roscosmos shuts down the Russian Space magazine
It appears this magazine began publication in 2006, and was financed by Roscosmos. It also appears that the Russians no longer have the funds to pay for it.
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 print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.
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.
- SpaceX celebrates completion of the 200th Falcon 9 second stage
Jay also notes that according to Elon Musk, “Falcon 9 now holds record for most launches of a single vehicle type in a year.”
- Rocket Lab completes solar panels for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station
The panels were built by the company’s “New Mexico team.”
- SLS’s rollout to the launchpad for its first test launch to begin on November 4th at noon
The launch is still scheduled for November 14th, sending an Orion capsule around the Moon for a multi-week mission.
- Orbital sensors built by HEO Robotics capture images of China’s out-of-control Long March 5B core stage
There is a two frame movie at the link, made from that imagery.
- Roscosmos shuts down the Russian Space magazine
It appears this magazine began publication in 2006, and was financed by Roscosmos. It also appears that the Russians no longer have the funds to pay for it.
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 print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. 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
“It appears this magazine began publication in 2006, and was financed by Roscosmos. It also appears that the Russians no longer have the funds to pay for it.”
Probably a bit light on content, too.