September 3, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, with the last two links today from readers Mike Nelson and Robert Pratt respectively. 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.
- Blue Origin releases an image of its New Glenn first stage landing ship, dubbed Jacklyn
The tweet says it is “arriving very soon.” Why is it that everything from Blue Origin is “arriving very soon?” Isn’t it time for something to get here already?
- Rocket Lab’s CEO shows off factory filled with Electron and Haste rockets, ready to launch
I wonder if they will attempt to recover and reuse any. They had been pushing hard to reuse the first stage last year, but recently that effort seems to have faded.
- China touts prototype moon soil bricks to be sent to its Tiangong-3 space station to see how they handle the harsh environment of space
They claim the bricks are stronger than concrete.
- India’s space agency is still targeting a December ’24 to February ’25 window for first unmanned Gaganyaan test flight
They still hope to fly the manned mission is 2025.
- Scientist obtain first detection of a weak electrical field around the Earth first predicted more than 60 years ago
That early data had found a stream of particles escaping at the poles, and the most likely explanation was this weak field, now confirmed.
- Keynote speech by Kathryn Lueders, SpaceX’s general manager at Boca Chica, at an August 27th event run by the Brownsville Chamber of Congress
She outlines the company’s strong commitment to the Brownsville area, and how it will facilitate the fast production and reflight of Starship spacecraft. This commitment also includes the hiring of 300 more engineers.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, with the last two links today from readers Mike Nelson and Robert Pratt respectively. 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.
- Blue Origin releases an image of its New Glenn first stage landing ship, dubbed Jacklyn
The tweet says it is “arriving very soon.” Why is it that everything from Blue Origin is “arriving very soon?” Isn’t it time for something to get here already?
- Rocket Lab’s CEO shows off factory filled with Electron and Haste rockets, ready to launch
I wonder if they will attempt to recover and reuse any. They had been pushing hard to reuse the first stage last year, but recently that effort seems to have faded.
- China touts prototype moon soil bricks to be sent to its Tiangong-3 space station to see how they handle the harsh environment of space
They claim the bricks are stronger than concrete.
- India’s space agency is still targeting a December ’24 to February ’25 window for first unmanned Gaganyaan test flight
They still hope to fly the manned mission is 2025.
- Scientist obtain first detection of a weak electrical field around the Earth first predicted more than 60 years ago
That early data had found a stream of particles escaping at the poles, and the most likely explanation was this weak field, now confirmed.
- Keynote speech by Kathryn Lueders, SpaceX’s general manager at Boca Chica, at an August 27th event run by the Brownsville Chamber of Congress
She outlines the company’s strong commitment to the Brownsville area, and how it will facilitate the fast production and reflight of Starship spacecraft. This commitment also includes the hiring of 300 more engineers.