September 13, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Germany to sign Artemis Accords tomorrow
I will put up a full post when this tweet is confirmed.
- First two test Kuiper satellites are now scheduled for launch in October, and will also test technology for reducing interference with ground-based astronomy
ULA switched the launch to an Atlas-5 because of the delays with Vulcan.
- Rocket Lab’s CEO recently sold $22 million in his stock holdings
The tweet suggests that this sale, plus the small profits in the last quarter, are the reasons why the stock has dropped in the past week. Longer term however the stock remains higher than the numbers prior to July.
- Arianespace chart suggests Vega-C will not return to fly any earlier than mid- to late- 2024
The chart also suggests that Arianespace plans two launches of the older Vega rocket first.
- Video showing how SpaceX fishes a Falcon 9 fairing half from the water
The footage was taken next to a pier, so this was likely not part of a recovery right after launch.
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 or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. 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.
- Germany to sign Artemis Accords tomorrow
I will put up a full post when this tweet is confirmed.
- First two test Kuiper satellites are now scheduled for launch in October, and will also test technology for reducing interference with ground-based astronomy
ULA switched the launch to an Atlas-5 because of the delays with Vulcan.
- Rocket Lab’s CEO recently sold $22 million in his stock holdings
The tweet suggests that this sale, plus the small profits in the last quarter, are the reasons why the stock has dropped in the past week. Longer term however the stock remains higher than the numbers prior to July.
- Arianespace chart suggests Vega-C will not return to fly any earlier than mid- to late- 2024
The chart also suggests that Arianespace plans two launches of the older Vega rocket first.
- Video showing how SpaceX fishes a Falcon 9 fairing half from the water
The footage was taken next to a pier, so this was likely not part of a recovery right after launch.
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 or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. 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