Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Link: https://www.space.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-department-government-efficiency
Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Link: https://www.space.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-department-government-efficiency
Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Link: https://www.space.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-department-government-efficiency
Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
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A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/JWSTMIRI_ngc1365_1024.png
A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/JWSTMIRI_ngc1365_1024.png
A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/JWSTMIRI_ngc1365_1024.png
A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/JWSTMIRI_ngc1365_1024.png
A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.
Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Link: https://www.space.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-department-government-efficiency
Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-jpl-laying-off-325-employees
Summary: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.
Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.
Latest Space News: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-jpl-laying-off-325-employees
Summary: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.
Latest Space Breaking News: Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-philae-extraordinary-comet-relived.html
Summary: On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate Philae's impressive achievements at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Latest Space News: 'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-suni-williams-refutes-tabloid-health-claims
Summary: NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.
Latest Space Breaking News: Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-philae-extraordinary-comet-relived.html
Summary: On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate Philae's impressive achievements at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Latest Space Breaking News: Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-philae-extraordinary-comet-relived.html
Summary: On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate Philae's impressive achievements at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Latest Space News: Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston
Link: https://www.space.com/artemis-gateway-habitat-mockup-northrop-grumman-space-center-houston
Summary: The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.
Latest Space Breaking News: New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-dark-theory-galaxy-formation.html
Summary: The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming the popular hypothesis that invisible dark matter helped the earliest stars and galaxies clump together.
Latest Space Breaking News: New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-dark-theory-galaxy-formation.html
Summary: The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming the popular hypothesis that invisible dark matter helped the earliest stars and galaxies clump together.
Latest Space Breaking News: Astronomers investigate long-term variability of blazar AO 0235+164
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-astronomers-term-variability-blazar-ao.html
Summary: Astronomers have performed a comprehensive multiwavelength study of an extremely variable blazar known as AO 0235+164. Results of the new study, published Nov. 3 on the preprint server arXiv, shed more light on the long-term variability and behavior of this blazar.
Latest Space Breaking News: AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ai-space-weather.html
Summary: "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles—pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics.
Latest Space Breaking News: AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ai-space-weather.html
Summary: "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles—pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics.
Latest Space Breaking News: AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ai-space-weather.html
Summary: "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles—pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-12): NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
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How was the Crescent Nebula created? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up. The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years. Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
Stars in bloom
Bright, colorful patches of star formation unfurl like red roses in this #HubbleClassic image.
Known as NGC 972, this spiral galaxy is just under 70 million light-years away from us.
Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Ho
#NASA #Hubble #classic #space #stars #galaxy #flowers #cosmos #universemessage
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-12): NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/Ngc6888Hoo_Aro_960.jpg
How was the Crescent Nebula created? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up. The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years. Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-12): NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/Ngc6888Hoo_Aro_960.jpg
How was the Crescent Nebula created? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up. The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years. Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-12): NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/Ngc6888Hoo_Aro_960.jpg
How was the Crescent Nebula created? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up. The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years. Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
Latest Space News: Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers
Link: https://www.space.com/everything-we-know-about-exodus
Summary: While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.
Latest Space News: Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates
Link: https://www.space.com/black-hole-accretion-disk-spin
Summary: Researchers have discovered the first evidence that the brightest accretion disks around supermassive black holes "wobble" as their monstrous occupants drag them around.
Latest Space News: Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates
Link: https://www.space.com/black-hole-accretion-disk-spin
Summary: Researchers have discovered the first evidence that the brightest accretion disks around supermassive black holes "wobble" as their monstrous occupants drag them around.
Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-69
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11).
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-11): The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas
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What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear and a topic of some debate. Possible reasons include a plume of dark dust, different parts of the bright tail being unusually superposed, and a shadow of a dense part of the coma on smaller dust particles. The streak is visible in the featured image taken on October 14 from Texas, USA. To help future analyses, if you have taken a good image of the comet that clearly shows this dark streak, please send it in to APOD. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has now faded considerably and is returning to the outer Solar System. Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-11): The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/CometDarkTail_Falls_960.jpg
What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear and a topic of some debate. Possible reasons include a plume of dark dust, different parts of the bright tail being unusually superposed, and a shadow of a dense part of the coma on smaller dust particles. The streak is visible in the featured image taken on October 14 from Texas, USA. To help future analyses, if you have taken a good image of the comet that clearly shows this dark streak, please send it in to APOD. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has now faded considerably and is returning to the outer Solar System. Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-11): The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/CometDarkTail_Falls_960.jpg
What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear and a topic of some debate. Possible reasons include a plume of dark dust, different parts of the bright tail being unusually superposed, and a shadow of a dense part of the coma on smaller dust particles. The streak is visible in the featured image taken on October 14 from Texas, USA. To help future analyses, if you have taken a good image of the comet that clearly shows this dark streak, please send it in to APOD. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has now faded considerably and is returning to the outer Solar System. Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024
Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-69
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11).
This iconic photograph is still considered one of the most-terrifying space photographs to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linkd to a spacecraft. In 1984, he floated completely untethered in space with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive.
Here are some fascinating details about Bruce McCandless' historic spacewalk:
*Mission Details:*
1. Mission: STS-41-B (Space Shuttle Challenger)
2. Date: February 7, 1984
3. Duration: 5 hours, 55 minutes
*Spacewalk (EVA) Details:*
1. First untethered spacewalk in history
2. McCandless used the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) to move freely in space
3. Distance from Space Shuttle Challenger: up to 320 feet (98 meters)
4. MMU propulsion: 24 thrusters, using nitrogen gas
*Astronaut's Experience:*
1. McCandless described the feeling as "breathtaking" and "exhilarating"
2. He performed various tasks, including testing the MMU and performing maneuvers
3. Communication with the shuttle crew was maintained through radio
*Historic Significance:*
1. Demonstrated the feasibility of untethered spacewalks
2. Paved the way for future spacewalks and space exploration
3. Showcased the capabilities of the Manned Maneuvering Unit
*Interesting Fact:*
1. The iconic photograph of McCandless was taken by fellow astronaut Robert Stewart.
Bruce McCandless' courageous spacewalk marked a significant milestone in space exploration history! https://image.nostr.build/81e8ae957624b6229683e5de00b6fd6b5629013b991cb7ce394f3dc81ae7886a.jpg
In dark night and you close your eyes, sometimes you experience tiny flahes. These flashes are from particles due to cosmic radiation which have reached your eye balls.
Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida today
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-69
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Nov. 10).
We’re now on the brink of a new flight test for Starship and Super Heavy, with IFT-6 now scheduled for November 18, with a 30-minute launch window opening at 23:00 CET.
Booster 13 and Ship 31 (still in version 1.0) will follow the exact same flight profile as IFT-5, but there are several new features, especially for Starship. The launch will be from Boca Chica, with Booster 13 set to return after just a few minutes. This time, Super Heavy will have increased redundancy across many of its onboard systems, both engine-related and otherwise. There will also be greater structural support for catch-related activities, and, still on the capture side, the propellant drainage time post-landing has been reduced. All of this is paired with various software upgrades for control and decision-making systems (go/no-go for launch and booster return to the launch pad).
As for Starship, it will push the boundaries even further with this test. Although its trajectory will remain the same, with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, it will attempt to reignite one of its Raptors once in space and test new approaches to thermal and attitude control during re-entry. In particular, new secondary thermal protection materials will be tested, and whole sections of heat shield tiles will be deliberately omitted from both sides of the ship. This will be done in specific areas that will be critical in future catch tests. Starship will also re-enter at a steeper angle in the final descent phase, deliberately stressing the control limits of the wings to gather data for future landing profiles.
The timing change for the test will allow Starship to re-enter over the Indian Ocean in daylight, providing better conditions for observation and visual data collection via buoys or ships.
Starting from the seventh flight test, we’ll see significant updates in Starship (version 2.0), including redesigned front wings, larger propellant tanks, and next-generation thermal tiles with secondary thermal protection layers. SpaceX's goal is to continue iterating toward a fully reusable heat shield, using these flights to determine the optimal solution.
As a cherry on top, a summary video of IFT-5 has been released, with some never-before-seen footage. You can find it on SpaceX's YouTube channel.
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-10): Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
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The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep. By comparison, the Earth's Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep. The origin of the Valles Marineris remains unknown, although a leading hypothesis holds that it started as a crack billions of years ago as the planet cooled. Several geologic processes have been identified in the canyon. The featured mosaic was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-10): Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/marsglobe_viking_960.jpg
The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep. By comparison, the Earth's Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep. The origin of the Valles Marineris remains unknown, although a leading hypothesis holds that it started as a crack billions of years ago as the planet cooled. Several geologic processes have been identified in the canyon. The featured mosaic was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s.
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