September 13, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of stringer Jay.
- Sierra Space tests to failure a one-third size prototype of its inflatable LIFE space station module
The goal was to see how well the inflatable module could hold its atmosphere. The safety requirement is 182.2 pounds per square inch (psi). The prototype burst at 192 psi. For context, the atmosphere is about 14 psi. You can watch a video of the test here.
- China’s astronauts, their mission 100 days old, prepare for 2nd spacewalk
- Engines for new Long March 5G rocket have accumulated 10,000 seconds of hot fire tests
This appears to be different than the Long March 5D rocket, both of which are upgrades of the Long March 5. Though the tweets at the link suggest the 5D will be reusable, it remains unclear as yet whether either rocket’s core stage will be capable of a controlled re-entry, rather than falling to Earth as uncontrolled and dangerous space junk.
- DART remains on course for a September 26, 2022 planned asteroid impact
The tweet from Rocket Lab provides a link to the live stream, which will not go active for another 12 days.
- OneWeb and Arianespace sign new launch deal following Russian confiscation of satellites
Few specifics were released, except for the hint that the two companies are discussing the possible use of the Ariane 6 for future satellite launches. The release also noted that Arianespace will provide some support for two OneWeb launches that NSIL, the commercial space agency of India, is doing.
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 stringer Jay.
- Sierra Space tests to failure a one-third size prototype of its inflatable LIFE space station module
- China’s astronauts, their mission 100 days old, prepare for 2nd spacewalk
- Engines for new Long March 5G rocket have accumulated 10,000 seconds of hot fire tests
- DART remains on course for a September 26, 2022 planned asteroid impact
- OneWeb and Arianespace sign new launch deal following Russian confiscation of satellites
The goal was to see how well the inflatable module could hold its atmosphere. The safety requirement is 182.2 pounds per square inch (psi). The prototype burst at 192 psi. For context, the atmosphere is about 14 psi. You can watch a video of the test here.
This appears to be different than the Long March 5D rocket, both of which are upgrades of the Long March 5. Though the tweets at the link suggest the 5D will be reusable, it remains unclear as yet whether either rocket’s core stage will be capable of a controlled re-entry, rather than falling to Earth as uncontrolled and dangerous space junk.
The tweet from Rocket Lab provides a link to the live stream, which will not go active for another 12 days.
Few specifics were released, except for the hint that the two companies are discussing the possible use of the Ariane 6 for future satellite launches. The release also noted that Arianespace will provide some support for two OneWeb launches that NSIL, the commercial space agency of India, is doing.
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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