Here’s the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:
Hurricane Florence is heading towards the East Coast of the US. Good thing we have spacecraft like the ISS and weather satellites to provide lots of warning time on such storms: Hurricane Florence Viewed from the Space Station | NASA
A video from a week ago of the tropical storm Gordon:
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The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, Sept. 10, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcomed Dr. Chris Limbach to discuss his work on particle beam and laser interstellar propulsion.
2. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dallas Bienhoff to the show.
3. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.
4. Friday, Sept. 14 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): No show today.
5. The Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 program from 12-1:30 pm PDT, (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome back Jay Wittner and Ron Jones to update us with the Integrated Space Plan and more.
See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs
The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.
An overview of NASA’s Dawn mission, the first time a probe has orbited two different celestial bodies:
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth. For more info on the mission, visit https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov
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The Chinese rocket company OneSpace launched a OS-X suborbital rocket on Thursday powered by a solid-fueled motor, which typically produce more rapid acceleration than liquid-fueled engines. The launch was captured in a remarkable video by a Chinese imaging satellite:
Here’s what the launch looked like from the ground:
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** Space Song – Beach House
** DUST x ZHU “Magenta Sky” Sci-fi Music Interlude
https://youtu.be/C_b8V62izkE
** Jovian Moon Run – Everyday Astronaut
** Slow Orbit – Everyday Astronaut
** Elegy to the Void – Beach House (Thank Your Luck Stars album)
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