November 30, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- OneWeb says it is about to provide broadband services to South Africa
The story at the link is unclear about when this will begin, and whether OneWeb has gotten government approval.
- Space Force touts its fleet of two X-37Bs, with one about to take off on the program’s 7th flight
The launch is presently scheduled for December 10, 2023 on a Falcon Heavy.
- Progress has undocked from ISS in preparation for new freighter launching tomorrow
The old Progess was sent to burn up over the Pacific today.
- Video by a spectator of a Long March 3B launch, from amazingly nearby
From the videographer: ” I could literally taste the hypergolic fuel.”
And I believe him.
- Environmental testing of Sierra Space’s Shooting Star cargo capsule has begun
The tests are designed to make sure it can survive launch and space. It will launch as part of the first launch Sierra’s Tenacity Dream Chaser mini-shuttle, set to launch next year.
- Today is the anniversy of the last manned mission of the 20th century, a shuttle flight to ISS
The mission delivered new upgraded solar panels to the station.
- Former shuttle astronaut Mary Cleve has passed away at 76
She flew two missions, in 1985 and 1989.
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 BtB’s stringer Jay.
- OneWeb says it is about to provide broadband services to South Africa
The story at the link is unclear about when this will begin, and whether OneWeb has gotten government approval.
- Space Force touts its fleet of two X-37Bs, with one about to take off on the program’s 7th flight
The launch is presently scheduled for December 10, 2023 on a Falcon Heavy.
- Progress has undocked from ISS in preparation for new freighter launching tomorrow
The old Progess was sent to burn up over the Pacific today.
- Video by a spectator of a Long March 3B launch, from amazingly nearby
From the videographer: ” I could literally taste the hypergolic fuel.”
And I believe him.
- Environmental testing of Sierra Space’s Shooting Star cargo capsule has begun
The tests are designed to make sure it can survive launch and space. It will launch as part of the first launch Sierra’s Tenacity Dream Chaser mini-shuttle, set to launch next year.
- Today is the anniversy of the last manned mission of the 20th century, a shuttle flight to ISS
The mission delivered new upgraded solar panels to the station.
- Former shuttle astronaut Mary Cleve has passed away at 76
She flew two missions, in 1985 and 1989.
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
The Chinese are as proud of that as we were of Titan…they are the polar opposite of ESG Hound.
Good on em’.