Celebrating international contributions of space science for betterment of the human condition; Oct 4 is 68th observation of 1st Space mission Sputnik One launched by Soviet Union 1957; Oct 10 is 58th observation of Outer Space Treaty going into effect 1967.
2nd international conference on astronomy in culture, astrochemistry, astrobiology, astrogeology, archaeoastronomy.
Purpose and Scope This hybrid workshop will feature invited and contributed presentations aimed at studies of returned samples from Bennu (OSIRIS-REx mission) and Ryugu (Hayabusa2 mission), and perspectives on future asteroidal sample return. In the past five years, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and JAXA’s Hayabusa2 missions have made history by returning the […]
Appearing when Earth passes through the tail of Comet 21P / Giacobini-Zinner, the comet was a perihelion in 2025; speculation has arisen this may be a year with peak yielding many hundreds per hour. However, the Full Moon the day prior may compromise viewing. Most years show 10-20 per hour, […]
Citizen Scientists can now contribute to mapping areas of the Moon dominated by impact melt deposits in our NASA-funded project. There is no cost to participate: Press release: https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/help-map-the-moons-molten-flows/ Click on "Lunar Melt:" https://mappers.psi.edu/ I will hold a half-hour informational session on this next Thursday, Oct. 9 at 1 pm […]
8A is capable of taking 7,000kg to orbit, including and SSO with altitude 700km, using a liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen 2nd stage. Wenchang is China's southernmost spaceport, selected for its low latitude, 19° north of the equator, allowing for larger payloads to be launched. It is capable of launching […]
