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and with the launch of @MissionToPsyche the 2023 of space exploration comes to an end... or wait! maybe not? as far as Google says, the IM-1 private lander (by @Int_Machines) towards the lunar South Pole is still planned in a month's time
🚀🚀🚀 rocket! #MissionToPsyche
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good chances of the weather not being on the way of #Psyche launch! Still on route for liftoff in about 40 minutes (14:19 GMT)
New weather brief: Dropping probability of violating weather rules for @MissionToPsyche to 15%! so 85% chance of weather being OK. Keep your fingers crossed that ALL the other things go well!
oops, 1h40 min (despite looking on Google for the time zone conversion 😅) #Psychemission
the continuous technical problem of Russian modules will surely reassure the Chinese that are in the talks of Russian collaboration for their space station...
Sounds like #Nauka module got bored and initiated another round of problems to the ISS. I haven't heard the conversations, but according @SpaceflightNow astronauts reported a coolant leak from the module's radiator. Roscosmos stays silent at the moment.
it's amazing how much this new twatter policy of removing the headlines has led me to just not opening almost any article: I just see a photo and move on because that's what I usually do with photos, it doesn't lead me to click on it.
after @ESA's Voyage 2050 and the American (multi)Decadal, and after the presentation of their more detailed plans up to 2030, here's China's long-term vision for space exploration, a methodical progression of increasingly challenging goals (look at the asteroids...)
this is not a parody -and I'll leave it at that.
Everyone who actually loves science will know what to do at the next general election.
By the way, everyone (rightly so) focuses on the poster, but have you read the actual tweet?! It's even worse! #CPC23
I'm not at EPSC/DPS this year as I didn't feel like going all the way to Texas, but as usual James will provide beautiful highlights of many talks
Hoor AlMazmi—The Emirates asteroid belt mission (MBR) will fly by 7 main belt asteroids, including rendezvousing with 269 Justitia—the 2nd reddest asteroid (perhaps originating from further out in the Solar System). #DPSEPSC2023
ALT Sketch of the MBR Emirates asteroid mission spacecraft, swooping through the asteroid belt, passing 7 asteroids of varying size. The swoop is colored like a rainbow, trailing the spacecraft on its journey from Earth. I also list the instruments (3 infrared instruments and 1 visible camera), and key dates of the mission (launch in 2028, flybys from 2030-2034).
this doesn't sound great
3 major human spaceflight reports in one week:
- Blue Origin may exit space station biz
- NG may exit space station biz
- Long term future of Starliner is shaky
Bummer of a week. Sucks to see these programs in limbo.
Rlly great reporting from @SciGuySpace @thesheetztweetz @wapodavenport
no real surprises here in this China space roadmap: the Chinese still stick to their original deadlines.
That 2028 Mars sample return tho... 👀
This infographic presented during the appearance of CNSA's Li Guoping at a heads of agencies plenary at #IAC2023 seems to suggest the Queqiao-2 relay satellite for the Chang'e-6 lunar sample return will launch around March 2024.
I -might- get the reasons for the award re. space, but ugh! at this point I can't really separate the visionary from the very flawed/dangerous man anymore. Ugh.
This plus the fact that #IAC2023 is hosted by Azerbaijan this year just leaves a bitter taste
This is going around again, so I'll say this: it's a fine line.
Papers can not have critical technical flaws & still be difficult to follow because the structure is not optimal & arguments are presented confusingly.
Pointing that out is helpful. Knowing when to stop, difficult
if I hadn't written a Research Highlight on a TRAPPIST-1 paper last month (this one, by the way, rdcu.be/dm8wK), this would have been a frontrunner for October.
It's always been feared that M-dwarfs activity could spoil exoplanetary characterisation, and here it is...
the perfectly-named expert Queenie Chan (guess why) reviewed for us the (very high production, by the way -exceptional quality) book from Dante Lauretta, Brian May and others on the 3D view of Bennu, #OSIRISREx target
(free-to-read: rdcu.be/dm3ZM)
As if perfectly timed to coincide with the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx asteroidal samples, Queenie Chan has written a review of the book, "Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid" by Dante Lauretta, Brian May, et al.: nature.com/articles/s41550-0…
China's plan for a crewed landing on the Moon around the end of the decade (mentioned also in our recent editorial, nature.com/articles/s41550-0…) is still officially pursued
I missed that, and yep, "yikes" is pretty much the reaction 😱😬
I think someone need to get a grip, and fast, because this thing risks to be VERY disruptive to the whole US planetary exploration (it already is)
The independent review of NASA and ESA’s Mars Sample Return campaign is out and…yikes. Not only is it a funds-eating beast, but in the mission design is (currently) completely unworkable.
nasa.gov/sites/default/files…
it was always a long shot but aww :/
It seems that India's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have succumbed to the freezing lunar night, as there have been no signals from the spacecraft since the sun rose on their landing site. newscientist.com/article/239…
