A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space related science news: ** SpaceIL’s Beresheet prepares to enter lunar orbit on Thursday, April 4th. The vehicle fired its engine on Monday for 72 seconds to lengthen its long elliptical earth orbit. This will bring the spacecraft close enough to the Moon so that a … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – Apr.3.2019
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images about space related science news: ** Ultima Thule grows from a dot to a world in this time lapse of images captured by the New Horizons probe as it approached the Kuiper Belt object: Approach to Ultima Thule – New Horizons Ultima Thule is providing a plethora … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – Mar.20.2019
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to space related sciences: ** Video shows Hayabusa2 landing on asteroid Ryuga and firing a projectile that stired up material from the surface to allow for capturing samples of the asteroid to return to earth: Watch Hayabusa2’s incredible touchdown on asteroid Ryugu | The Planetary Society … Continue reading Space sciences roundup – March.7.2019
Here is a collection of news, announcements, videos, and other resources that touch on the mingling of art and space: === Art in space ** Sacha Jafri‘s artwork going to the Moon. The First Artwork To Be Sent to the Moon Will Be a Piece by Dubai-Based Artist Sacha Jafri – Vogue: The artwork will … Continue reading Space art roundup – July.7.2022
A sampling of articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport from late July till today (find previous roundups here). The roundup is split into three postings: Part 1: Orbital launches Part 2: Light orbital lift development, suborbital, space transport articles, news, videos, etc. Part 3: SpaceX Falcon 9, Dragon, and Starship ** USA – Oct.13: … Continue reading Space transport roundup: Part 2 – Light orbital lift, Suborbital, News, etc. – Oct.27.2021