September 5, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Astrobotic touts a tiny cubesat-sized rover it developing for future Moon missions
It can be assembled from anywhere from 2 to 24 cubesat units.
- NASA ground worker describes final Starliner preparations before it undocks from ISS tomorrow
He coordinated the cargo work with the two Starliner astronauts.
- Part 2 of Tim Dodd’s tour of Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos
I haven’t watched it yet, but the website says Bezos gives a tour of the New Glenn launchpad.
- Rocket Lab touts the carbon composite nature of its new Neutron rocket
The picture at the tweet shows the fairing that will be an integral part of Neutron’s first stage, flying multiple times with 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 BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Astrobotic touts a tiny cubesat-sized rover it developing for future Moon missions
It can be assembled from anywhere from 2 to 24 cubesat units.
- NASA ground worker describes final Starliner preparations before it undocks from ISS tomorrow
He coordinated the cargo work with the two Starliner astronauts.
- Part 2 of Tim Dodd’s tour of Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos
I haven’t watched it yet, but the website says Bezos gives a tour of the New Glenn launchpad.
- Rocket Lab touts the carbon composite nature of its new Neutron rocket
The picture at the tweet shows the fairing that will be an integral part of Neutron’s first stage, flying multiple times with 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
Mini-rovers are going to be the next thing is lunar missions. Small, inexpensive, simple – what’s not to like? Quub has developed one as well that uses the same components as our satellites.
It is amazing what can happen when you create a snap together system.