Space to Ground: Outside the Hatch: April 26, 2024 - NASA Johnson Space Center

Roscosmos Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chubb conducted a spacewalk in which they installed a panel of a synthetic radar system on the Aoka module and an experiment that tests corrosion on the Poist module.The MISSE-18-NASA experiment exposes materials to the harshness of space to test them for uses on the Gateway lunar space station or lunar surface and a coating that could help prevent salt corrosion at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before launch.A medical experiment tests magnetic nanoparticles that may kill melanoma skin cancer cells.Finally,SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts suited up to move their Crew Dragon spacecraft to another port to make way for the Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spaccraft.

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Crew Arrival - YouTube

Liftoff on a ULA Atlas V rocket will be no earlier than 10:49 pm 6 May 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41,Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. *Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Success and Preparation - YouTube - Orion Program Update

A recap of the flawless Artemis I mission and a look ahead to Artemis II.Artemis II is slated for a launch no earlier than November 2025.It will take humans farther from Earth than ever before.

Justice and the Law:Meadows, Giuliani, and other Trump associates indicted in Arizona 2020 election subversion case - YouTube - CNN

with Erin Burnett and Zachary Cohen CNN Justice and National Security Correspondent

Senate passes $95 billion aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after long delay in the House - YouTube - MSNBC

President Biden will sign the foreign aid bill on 24 April 2024.

Justice and the Law:Prosecutors accuse Trump of criminal conspiracy in opening statements - YouTube - CNN

with Anderson Cooper,Caitlin Collins,Paula Reed,Jake Tapper,Laura Coates and Dana Bash.

Light Years from Stellardrone - provided to YouTube by TuneCore - (P) 2013 Energostatic Records

Record-breaking quasar's growth is equivalent to 'one Sun per day' -YouTube - Space.com - astrophysics

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory in Atacama,Chile have discovered the brightest object in the universe with the Very Large Telescope.A quasar,short for "quasi-stellar",is an Active Galactic Nucleus powered by gases streaming into a supermassive black hole.

Ukrainian President Zelensky praises House passage of aid - CNN

with Fredericka Whitfield,Fred Pleitkin,CNN War Correspondent in Ukraine and Jill Dougherty,Adjunct Professor Georgetown University and former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief.

Speaker Johnson speaks after Houses passes $95 billion foreign aid for Israel,Ukraine and Taiwan - MSNBC

Finding The Cure - Provided to YouTube by Ingrooves - (P) 2020 UPPM Music

See Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter in amazing Sun observatory time-lapse - YouTube - Space.com

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A) from 11-19 April 2024.

Justice and the Law:'I think he was rattled’: Legal expert reacts to Trump’s statement after hearing - CNN

with Phil Mattingly,Stacy Schneider criminal defense attorney and former contestant on "The Appentice" and Jeremy Saland former prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Kennedy family brushes off RFK Jr.’s campaign as they endorse Biden - YouTube - CNN

Starliner rolled out to launch pad ahead of first crewed mission - WESH 2 News

The first crewed Starliner spacecraft mission is scheduled for early May.*Boeing (BA)

First-of-its-kind SLS Payload Adapter Finishes Assembly at NASA Marshall - YouTube - Orion Program Update

Teams at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Alabama completed a new payload adapter and readied it for structural testing,set to begin later this spring.This marks a critical milestone on the journey to the hardware's debut on the upgraded Block 1B configuration of the NASA SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with Artemis IV.The composite payload adapter is an evolution from the Orion stage adapter used in the Block 1 configuration of the first three Artemis missions.*Boeing (BA)

NASA's building a solar sail to propel space exploration - YouTube - Space.com

It's the early days of solar sail technology,which has been mentioned as a way to reach another star within a human lifetime.NASA's vision is to send solar sails to destinations within our solar system.

Alpha And Omega - provided to YouTube by GUM TAPES - (P) 2018 Gum Tapes

Gravitational Waves: Ripples In Space-Time - NASA Goddard - astrophysics

Notes by NASA Goddard:Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime.They are caused by some of the most violent and energetic events in the universe,including colliding black holes;merging neutron stars or white dwarf stars;the wobble of neutron stars that are not perfect spheres;and possibly even the remnants of gravitational radiation create by the birth of the universe.*Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity,but weren't confirmed until 2017.The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was able to photograph the galactic source of the waves.This opens up a new era of multi-messenger astronomy.

Scientists discover cause of brightest-ever burst of light | BBC News - YouTube - cosmology

According to US scientists,it was caused by a small star supernova 2.4 billion light years away,with gamma ray emissions 100 times brighter than anything ever seen before.The blast lasted seven minutes.It doesn't make sense based on our current model.It's estimated that such an event occurs only once every 10,000 years. Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.What would Einstein have thought about this strange event?If there's a black hole involved,the answer could be there.

Artemis II Orion Vac Chamber Lift and Load Operations April 2024 - YouTube - Orion Program Update - no sound

On 4 April 2024,a team lifted the Artemis II Orion spacecraft,including the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and European Service Module,into a vacuum chamber inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center,where it underwent electromagnetic compatability and interference testing.Artemis II will take astronauts around the Moon and farther from Earth than ever before.It is slated for launch no earlier than November 2024.*Lockheed Martin (LMT),Airbus SE (OTCM:EADSY)

President Biden and the First Lady Greet Prime Minister Kishida and Mrs. Kishida of Japan

Mars Perseverance rover's new 'Comet Geyser' sample 'great for biosignature studies' - YouTube - NASA JPL-Caltech - astrobiology

with Samantha Gwizd,Geologist,Science Operations,Mars Perseverance Rover

Nobel-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies "peacefully in his home" | DW News - physics/astrophysics

Peter Higgs had a brilliant insight that was the missing link in physics and astrophysics.How did particles get their mass?He postulated the existence of the Higgs boson as the solution to this dilemma.Indeed,it was confirmed in 2012 at the Hadron Collider in Berne,Switzerland.It was the particle that the media called the "God particle" since it underpins the creation.Yet Peter Higgs was unfailingly humble and uncomfortable with his noteriety.

Eclipse, but in space: See NASA astronauts' view from the International Space Station - YouTube - New York Post

NASA Astronauts Jeanette Epps and Michael Barrat mada eclipse observations on the ISS.New

2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA (Official Broadcast) - heliophysics,planetary science

‘Sleepwalking’ into a dictatorship: Why Trump poses a serious threat to our democracy - MSNBC

The Weekend with Alicia Menendez and Tom Joscelyn,principal author of the January 6 report and Michael Beschloss,NBC News Presidential Historian

Soyuz MS-24 Landing Day Highlights - Saturday, April 6, 2024

This video overlaps the preceding one somewhat,but shows the actual landing of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft in Kazakhstan.

Soyuz MS-24 Space Station Farewells and Hatch Closing - Friday, April 5,2024

Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitsky will command the MS-24 spacecraft that has been docked at the ISS since September 2023.The MS-24 had transported Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko,Roscosmos Flight Engineer Nikolai Chubb,and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara to the ISS.Konenenko and Chubb will complete a one year mission in space,while O'Hara completed 204 days in space.

Justice and the Law:Charges reportedly 'imminent' in Arizona fake elector case; GOP congressmen subpoenaed - MSNBC

with Alex Wagner and Kyle Cheney,senior legal affairs correspondent for Politico

Underneath the Same Moon from Cinematic Textures by JC Lemay - (P) 2021 Universal Music France - Provided to YouTube by Ingrooves

Hubble Observes Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Changing - NASA Goddard - planetary science

While the outer part of the spot is speeding up,the inner part of the spot is slowing down.It is a mystery.

The City in the Clouds - from Factual Marimba - Provided to YouTube by Ingrooves - (P) 2023 by Universal Production Music France

Chasing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse With NASA Jets - NASA Goddard - heliophysics,planetary science

A trio of NASA-funded teams will conduct research during the total solar eclipse of 8 April 2024 at 50,000 ft. in altitude in NASA's WB-57 jets.Two teams will image the Sun's outer atmosphere,the corona,while a third will measure the ionosphere,the upper electrically charged layer of the Earth's atmosphere,to ascertain how solar activity can disrupt communications and pose a radiation risk to astronauts.This data will help scientists better understand the structure and temperature of the corona;and even aid in the search for asteroids that may orbit near the Sun.

NASA News Conference on Lunar Terrain Vehicle for Artemis Missions

This is a competition,and there will be only one award.Public Corporations involved include Intuitive Machines (LUNR),Boeing (BA),Northrop Grumman (NOC),Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Goodyear (GT).

Collins Aerospace Zero G Spacesuit Milestone Test - Collins Aerospace

Former NASA Astronauts Danny Olivas and Dan Burbank are helping Collins Aerospace develop the new spacewalk Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits.Collins Aerospace,formerly Rockwell Collins,is now a division of Raytheon.*Raytheon Corp (RTX)

Justice and the Law - Lawrence: Judge expands Trump gag order, noting 'the threat is very real' - MSNBC

with Lawrence O'Donnell

Justice and the Law:Could Donald Trump's reckless rants push him towards prison? - The Weekend on MSNBC

with Alicia Menendez

Soyuz MS-25 hatch opening - 25 March 2024 - SciNews

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance" - II. Andante Cantabile - YouTube

The Emerson String Quartet retired in 2023,going into individual activities and teaching.

NASA's Perseverance rover captures Martian moon Phobos transit the sun -...Space.com - planetary science

credit:NASA JPL-Caltech,Arizona State University

Look Up! A Comet Twice The Size of Mount Everest Is Approaching Us - The Secrets of the Universe - planetary science

Even if you don't get to see it with your naked eye,this blog will continue to follow its progress.

Stellardrone - Limbo

See the Milky Way's Sagittarius A* black hole in an amazing polarized Event Horizon Telescope image - Space.com - astrophysics

A view of Sagittarius A*,the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy,is presented by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).It was taken by the Event Horizon Telescope,a global network of radio telescopes including one operated by ESO at Atacama,Chile.The new polarised image of Sgt A* is similar to the image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy because they both have strong magnetic fields.Despite what the video says,Sagittarius A* is in a quiescent mode now,not eating much of anything.Credits:ESO,University of Arizona

2024 Total Solar Eclipse News Conference

The Parker Solar Probe will get very close to the sun and gather data on the eclipse never possible before.A NASA WB-40 aircraft will also gatger unique data as it chases the eclpse,getting an extra two minutes of totality.Astronauts aboard the ISS will gather data from a unique perspective,seeing the shadow of the Moon on the Earth.A NOAA satellite will study the effect of the eclipse on the ionosphere.An eclipse was used to confirm Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity by observing gravitational lensing,the bending of starlight around the curvature of spacetime.NASA TV will provide live coverage of the eclipse from 1-4 pm EDT on 8 April 2004 and this blog intends to cover it.If you can't watch it live,you should be able to see a recorded version of it as well later on.

Waltz Of The Flowers

Soyuz MS-25 docking - SciNews - 25 March 2024

Boeing Crew Flight Test Training Resource Reel (1080)

The NASA Astronauts for the Crew Test Flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft are Captain Barry "Butch" Wilmore USN,commander,and Captain Sunita "Sunni" Williams USN ret.,pilot.Both are veterans of the ISS and Space Shuttle Program with two missions each,although Sunni Williams rode a Soyuz spacecraft to one of her missions as a NASA Flight Engineer.This will be their 3rd spaceflight.They are slated to launch no earlier than 1 May 2024 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.ULA Is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson Launch to the Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome

Of note:NASA Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions,including spacewalks.This is her 3rd spaceflight.She speaks conversational Russian and has a PhD in Chemistry from UC Davis.As a child and young woman,she became a skilled electrician under the tutelage of her father,an electrical contractor.Spaceflight Participant Marina Vaselevskaya is making history as the first Belarussian to fly in space.

NASA's SpaceX 30th Commercial Resupply Services Launch - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida - 21 March 2024

SpaceX has upgraded Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to crewed mission standards.Experiments of space exploration relevence include:1.A new set of sensors on the Astro B robot will test technology to automate 3D sensing and mapping for future space missions;2.Researchers will test photosynthesis in space to support the development of biogenerative life suppport systems;3.Researchers will test controlled nanoparticle arrangement using electric fields to improve the efficiency of quantum dot-synthesized solar cells.

Hubble’s Inside The Image: Abell 2744 - NASA Goddard - astrophysics

Because of the intense gravity exerted by galaxy cluster Abell 2744,gravitational lensing,which is a curvature of space,occurs as predicted by Albert Einstein and we are able to look back in time at galaxies in the early universe about 12 billion light years away.The universe is about 13.8 billion years old.Galaxy cluster Abell 2744 also contains dark matter.

EXPEDITION 71 SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH IN KAZAKHSTAN

NASA Remembers Legendary Astronaut Thomas Stafford

He was 93 and participated in two Gemini missions,Apollo 10 and the rendevous in space with Russian Cosmonauts,ending the space race.He was an Air Force General Officer who had flown more than a hundred types of aircraft.

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Using Infrared Light to Survey the Milky Way Galaxy - NASA Goddard - cosmology

Studying our own galaxy is surprisingly difficult.First,because the Milky Way covers such a large portion of the sky that studying it can take a very long time;and second,because Astromomers must peer through thick dust that obscures distant starlight.Infrared light can pass through that dust and is a key tool for learning about the far side of our galaxy. Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.

Justice and the Law:Former Justice Department official on Trump legal cases and potential trial timeline

with Paula Reed and Former U.S. Justice Department Prosecutor for the Southern District of New York Edward O'Callaghan

Putin Is Full of 'Crazy Ideas,' Says Latvia's Prime Minister

Justice and the Law:Judge to Trump's face: You’re going on trial in March - MSNBC

with Alicia Menendez

Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather - NASA Goddard - planetary science

Image Credit:Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io Credit:John Spencer,Lowell Observatory,and NASA/ESA Lowell Observatory is located in Flagstaff,Arizona.

MAGA 'Implosion': GOP power shrinks in Washington as chaos hobbles Republican schemes - MSNBC

with MSNBC's Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart and the BBC's Katy Kay.

Red supergiant star Betelgeuse's boiling surface 'mimics' rotation in animation - no sound - astrophysics

The animation is by the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics,Germany.The Atacama (Chile)Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will be used in an attempt to definitively study the phenomena. Credit:MPA/Ma,Jung ze et al. 2024

James Webb Space Telescope's view of star-forming region NGC 604 is breathtaking - Space.com - astrophysics

NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope used NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to image star-forming nebula NGC 604.It is located about 2.73 milliom light years from Earth in M33,the Triangulum Galaxy.

Biden splits with Netanyahu on Gaza war strategy - CBS News

with Brian Katoulis,Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreeign Policy,Middle East Institute

King Charles' Speech: Our Diversity is Our Greatest Strength

Dream Chaser Spaceplane CRS-2 Mission Profile animation

The CRS-2 cargo resupply mission to the ISS will be launched on the new Vulcan Centaur rocket built by United Launch Alliance.It will be grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm for docking and release to and from the ISS.The Dream Chaser will land at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Space Shuttle Landing Facility.It is slated to launch sometime in 2024,pending final checks,but no earller than the first half of 2024.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

See Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in amazing Virtual Telescope Project time-lapse | planetary science

Time lapse by Gianluca Masi of Manciano,Italy (Virtual Telescope Project) Images from 5 March 2024

'Incredibly aggressive': Biden delivers energized State of the Union - President embarrasses the Republicans,seizing the high ground - MSNBC

with Nicolle Wallace,Chris Hayes,Joy Reid and Jen Psaki

Spacecraft Makers: Europa Clipper's Instrument Integration - planetary science

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated for launch in October 2024.It will arrive at Jupiter in 2030.*The propulsion module and one of the instruments were assembled by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel,Maryland.Other instruments were assembled by UCLA;the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University;the Souhtwest Research Institute (SwRI);the University of Michigan;the University of Texas Austin;and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.The spacecraft was assembed in the High Bay 1 clean room at NASA JPL-Caltech.

SOYUZ CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - NASA

At the Gagarin Training Center in Star City,Russia,NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson,Soyuz MS-25 Commander Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos,and Spaceflight Participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus took qualification exams on 28-29 February as part of their pre-flight training.They got a perfect score of 5.0.The crew is slated to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan on 21 March 2024.

Liz Cheney's warning to America: ‘We have eight months to save our republic'

with Nicolle Wallace

Jeffries sends Super Tuesday warning: Trump’s 'a clear and present danger to U.S. - YouTube

NASA's 2024 Astronaut Graduation

Many of the new astronauts have a military background or are active duty,something NASA has always valued.

NASA Science Live: Our First Commercial Science Delivery to the Moon - Lunar Science

Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR) hosted by Tahira Allen Dr.Sue Lederer CLPS Project Scientist Dr.Debra Needham CLPS Program Scientist The mission was largely a scientific success,including the first ever radio telescope on the Moon,which gathered data both in transit to the Moon and on the lunar surface.The instrument which didn't work right was the Plume Surface Studies,whose goal was to image the engine exhaust plume as it churned up dust on the lunar surface.Its secondary goal was to image the exposed fresh surface below the lander throughout the lunar day for science investigations.It wasn't able to collect data on descent this time,but we were able to test it in space,as well as after landing to help prepare for its next mission,which will be on the Firefly spacecraft.

Blastoff! NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 launches to space station, booster nails landing - short version

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Launch (Official NASA Broadcast) - starts at 2:43 - NASA Kennedy Space Center

Scrub! NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 launch to the International Space Station delayed by weather

The next attempt will be at 10:53 PM EST.In this broadcast,you will learn about some spaceflight traditions and the steps involved when a launch is rescheduled.The audio feed is interrupted off and on.The launch was scrubbed because of high winds.

Thousands of Russians defy Putin with protest chants at Navalny’s funeral

Only one church would hold his funeral.His widow feared arrest if she returned to Russia.His parents attended the funeral and kissed him in his open coffin.

2021 Astronaut Candidate Class Resource Reel (4K-UHD) - NASA Johnson Space Center

din The astronaut candidates,including two from the UAE,have gone through basic training for more than two years,to include:ISS Systems;spacewalk training;robotic operations;operating T-38 jets;wilderness survival;and much more,according to NASA.Most of the training takes place at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.Once assigned to a mission,the astronauts will receive more specific training for that mission,whether for the ISS,the Moon or Mars missions.

Space to Ground: Coming Up Next: March 01, 2024 - NASA Johnson Space Center

NASA's 2024 Astronaut Graduation (Official NASA Trailer)

The next astronaut class will graduate on 5 March 2024 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.They include two astronaut candidates from the UAE.Following more than two years of basic training,the candidates will earn their wings and be eligible for spaceflights to the ISS,missions to the Moon,and eventually,missions to Mars,according to NASA.

Justice and the Law:Illinois judge removes Trump from ballot because of “insurrectionist ban” - CNN

with Erin Burnett

New images from Odysseus moon lander released - CBS News

Derrick Pitts is chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute,a science museum in Philadelphia.*Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR)

Congressional leaders react to ‘intense’ White House meeting - CNN

with Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez

Serene Reverie from Reflections (P) Lars Leonhard

NASA's SDO Captures a February Solar Flare Triple Play - NASA Goddard - heliophysics

Solar flares can disrupt communications and endanger astronauts with cosmic radiation.Cosmic radiation is emitted during solar events,including sunspots,solar flares,coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and proton storms,according to NASA.

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson Training Resource Reel - NASA Johnson Space Center

NASA Astronaut/Roscosmos Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson will launch to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with Soyuz Commander Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and a spaceflight participant.During her approximately six months on the ISS,she will perform scientific research and ISS maintenance,to possibly include spacewalks.She will be aboard the ISS at roughly the same time as the SpaceX Crew-8 Mission as a member of Expedition 70/71.It will be her third spaceflight and second long duration mission on the ISS.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Arrival

Launch is slated for 1 March 2024.

Royal Navy. HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) aircraft carrier and F-35B Lightning II Fighters

HMS Queen Elizabeth II (RO8) is currently in the North Sea taking part in NATO Exercise Neptune Strike.

Odysseus lander reaches moon, but tips over

Unfortunately,the mission isn't a complete success as IM-1 flopped over on its side.Some of the scientific instruments will work,but others won't.It hasn't been revealed yet which ones will work.So NASA and Intuitive Machines will face some hard questions.

Biden meets with Yulia Navalnaya, Alexey Navalny's widow, in California - CBS News - 22 February 2024

In the event,more than 600 new US sanctions were aimed at Russia and Russian individuals.Some were aimed at disrupting Russia's military industrial base by applying sanctions to foreign companies supplying components believed to be aiding Russia's war against Ukraine.Other sanctions were in retaliation for Putin's responsibility for the death of dissident Alexei Navalny.All the US sanctions were coordinated with the European Union.

Intuitive Machines-1 Lunar Landing (Official NASA Broadcast) starts at 4:33

NASA's payloads on the IM-1 lunar lander aim to learn about the terrain and communications at the lunar south pole,incuding the first ever radio telescope on the Moon.*Intuitive Machines Inc (LUNR)

Für Elise, WoO by Ludwig van Beethoven (P) Georgii Chirkin

Georgii Chirkin ,47 ,is a Bulgarian pianist and composer.

Odysseus lunar lander’s first images of the Moon

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus Nova-C lunar lander,the IM1 mission,captured its first close-up views of the Moon on 21 February 2024.Odysseus is slated to land on the Moon on 22 February 2024.

NASA Administrator to Discuss Science With Crew Aboard Station

Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Quest for the Skies (Royalty Free Music) - Epidemic Sound

Intuitive Machines lunar lander captures amazing views of Earth after SpaceX launch

The Odysseus lunar lander is slated for a lunar landing attempt on 22 February 2024.It will carry six payloads for NASA,including the first ever radio telescope on the Moon.In the photos,the Moon is the brightest object.

Russia overruns Ukrainian army in key town. Retired US general explains the impact - CNN

with Jim Acosta

Demonstrators across Russia hold rallies in memory of Navalny - ABC News

Propellant Tanks for Artemis III on the Move at Michoud - Orion Program Update

The Artemis III mission will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972 for Lunar Science studies.It is slated for a September 2026 launch.The SLS Core Stage primarily consists of the cryogenic liquid Oxygen and liquid Hydrogen fuel tanks.These were recently welded together at NASA Michoud Assemby Facility,New Orleans,Louisiana.Boeing manufactures the Core Stage.*Boeing (BA)

Justice and the law - Losing: Trump empire wobbles as judge orders Trump to pay $355 million in fraud case - MSNBC

Intuitive Machines-1 Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - 15 February 2024 - NASA Kennedy Space Center - night launch

You will see:liftoff;deployment of IM-1 spacecraft to begin its voyage to the Moon;first acquisition of carrier signal from IM-1 (confirmation of spacecraft communicating with mission control).IM-1 carries six NASA payloads,including a laser reflctor to help with future linar landings and a small radio telescope to scope out the possibilities for radio telescopes on the Moon,and ascertain the level of extraneous interference with Artemis Lunar Science activity.

Progress MS-26 launch - 15 February 2024

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Watch NASA deploy a massive solar sail with 100-foot booms in test - NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center

Such sails have been mentioned as a way to reach very distant celestial objects within a human lifetime.*Redwire Corp (RDW)* NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center is in Huntsville,Alabama.Redwire Corporation is a space technologies firm with operations in Jacksonville,Florida and Europe.

'Treasonous': Former NATO supreme allied commander blasts Trump's NATO remarks

with Sara Sidner

NASA’s Perseverance rover sees Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun - planetary science

Milky Way's black hole may be spinning 'football-shaped' spacetime warp - astrophysics

Studies of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way,Sgr A*,were made using the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Very Large Array,an array of radio telescopes in New Mexico. The singularity of a black hole was predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity,yet was never confirmed by observation in his lifetime.A singularity has zero volume yet infinite density,hence it bends spacetime to an infinite extent.As you approach a singularity,time slows down from an observer's point of view,but not from the one being observed's point of view (relativity).It slows down so much it virtually stops,with one minute being approximately 1,700,000 years long.This is experienced by astronauts in low Earth orbit to a minor extent because the Earth's large mass causes ripples in spacetime.Even light,which has no mass,must follow the curvature of space in the presence of a black hole.Hence astronomers detected X-ray flashes on the opposite side of a black hole,confirming Einstein's theory yet again.

'It’s going to get done': Sen. Padilla talks Senate aid package momentum - MSNBC

with Alicia Menendez,host of American Voices

The Ethereal by Ave Air (P) 2022 Epidemic Sound

Wow! Sun blasts massive X3.4-class solar flare - See it in 4K - heliophysics

The Sun erupted with an X 3.4 - class solar flare on 9 February 2024.The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare in multiple wavelengths. Solar flares of this strength can disrupt communications;affect Earth's magnetic field,intensifying auroras;and bombard astronauts with harmful radiation.

Airae - All Parts Equal (Royalty Free Music) - Epidemic Sound

Wow! Massive sunspot seen by NASA spacecraft and Mars rover

Saturn's moon Mimas may have a subsurface ocean! Paris Observatory explains - planetary science

Justice and the Law - Historic’: Law professor reacts to unanimous Trump immunity ruling

Whoa! Amazing X-ray sky as seen by eROSITA instrument in space - astrophysics

Footage taken bu the eROSTIA X-ray instrument of the Russian-German Spektr-RG space observatory.The X-ray bands have been colour-coded according to their energy,according to the builder of the instrument,the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.

Flow by Lee Rosavere from 10 minute meditations (P) 2018 Lee Rosavere

Sounds of the Sun - NASA Goddard - from 2018 - heliophysics

They are educators,trying to explain what this means scientifically,in terms of heliophysics.

Topher Mohr & Alex Elena |Behold the Sun | music boom

NG-20 S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson Cygnus capture

Integrated Sierra Space Dream Chaser space plane unveiled at NASA facility - NASA Armstrong Test Facility,Ohio

They also hope to develop a crewed version of Dream Chaser,which resembles a mini-Space Shuttle.

Black Hole by Derek Fletcher and Branden Fletcher - Provided to YouTube by TuneCore (P) 2017 Various Artists

NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science

Intuitive Machines' IM-1 Mission will be launched to the Lunar South Pole as one of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).One of the payloads will be Radio Wave Observation at the lunar Surface of the photo-Electron Sheath.It is a small radio telescope that will observe the radio environment at the Moon's surface,including both natural and artificial sources.*Intuitive Machines (LUNR)

Sonification of the Mice Galaxies - NASA Goddard - cosmology

Launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Mission to the Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

It is the first time the Northrop Grumman Cargo Cygnus spacecraft has flown on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.This Cygnus is named SS Patty Hilliard Robertson to commemorate the late NASA Astronaut Dr.Patty Hilliard Robertson,who perished in a plane crash in 2001.Among the experiments onboard Cygnus are a demonstration of robotic surgery in space,3D printing of small metal parts in space,and a test of heat shield materials.

Time Lapse by Lee Groves and Peter George Marett (P) 2018 UPPM Records

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Hubble’s Inside The Image: Antennae Galaxies - NASA Goddard

Credit:NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Production and Post:Origin Films Hubble Space Telescope Animation: ESA/Hubble - M.Kornmesser and L.L. Christensen

Biorhythms - by Jia Lee from Paradigm Shift - (P) 2023 Zone Music Ltd.

Hubble Uncovers Water Vapor In Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere - NASA Goddard - planetary science

Credit:NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris:Lead Producer Cassandra Morris:Voiceover Exoplanet Animation:ESA/Hubble,M. Kornmesser

Airplane-size asteroid 2024 BJ flies closer than the moon in orbit animation - planetary science

t Asteroid 2024 BJ's closest approach to Earth on 27 January 2024 will be about 220,000 mi/354,00 km.It is about 68 ft/21 m wide. Credit:Space.com animation:NASA/JPL-Caltech edited by [Steve Spaleta] https://twitter.com/stevespaleta

Britain's NATO influence ‘at risk’ if military does not strengthen | Lord Darroch - Times Radio

Lord Darroch is a former UK Ambassador to the US.

Administrator Bill Nelson announces the end of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - planetary science

A final batch of data from Ingenuity is pending as it is still in contact with NASA.

Next Crew Headed to Space Discusses Their Missions (Jan. 25, 2024) - begins at 6:35

SpaceX Crew-8 is slated for a mid-February 2024 launch.NASA Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson is slated for a 21 March 2024 launch aboard the Soyuz MS-25.

Sonification of Arp 140 - NASA Goddard - cosmology

In Arp 140,two galaxies interact,barred spiral galaxy NGC 275 and lenticular galaxy NGC 274. Credit:NASA,ESA and R. Foley (University of California-Santa Cruz) Processing:Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) Sonification:SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo,A. Santaguida) Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.

Dmitry Bandurin - Cosmic call (2023)

Galaxy Mergers: Past and Present - NASA Goddard - cosmology

NASA test-fires Artemis moon rocket engines for first time in 2024 - NASA Stennis Space Center,Mississippi

These RS-25 main engines are a legacy Space Shuttle main engine newly built in an advanced version by Areojet Rocketdyne for Artemis V and above.Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc (AJRD)

Ax-3 Crew Dragon docking

Watch Ax-3 crew's in-flight event aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon, meet Build-A-Bear GiGi - YouTube

Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - YouTube

Axiom Space prepares to launch crewed mission from KSC

Note:The mission has been put on hold while SpaceX does some additional checks.Axiom Space's first space station module is to be attached to the ISS in 2026.

Axiom Space Ax-3 - Meet the crew that will fly to ISS on SpaceX Dragon

The Axiom-3 crew are:Former NASA Astronaut and dual US-Spanish citizen Michael "LA" Lopez-Alegria;Mission Specialist Walter Villadei of Italy;Turkiye's first astronaut,Alper Gazeravci;ESA astronaut reserve member Marcus Wandt of Sweden.

Freedom ‘under profound threat’: VP Harris warns of attacks on U.S. liberty on MLK Day | Full Speech - YouTube

Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen - Quest for the Skies (Royalty Free Music) - courtesy Epidemic Sound

Exoplanet WASP-69b has massive comet-like tail - 350,000-miles-long! - planetary science

Galaxy ring discovery challenges thinking on universe | BBC News

Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.

'Nobody expected this': Biden has 60 percent support from voters 65 and older

Quinnipiac University is a private university in Hamden,Connecticut.

About the Einstein Probe and Einstein's prediction of Gravitational waves

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of Gravitational waves caused by massive events in the universe.These were not detected in Einstein's lifetime,however.The first indirect evidence of Gravitational waves was deduced in 1974 from the motion of a double neutron star system,leading to their maerger.The first direct observations of Gravitational waves took place on 14 September 2015 by the LIGO and Virgo collaboration.The signal was evidence of the inward spiral and merger of two black holes.A third possibility of detecting Gravitational waves would be the assyemetrical explosion of a supernova.So far,no such event has been detected,as supernovas are generally spherically symmetrical;only the mergers of black holes and neutron stars have been captured.

Einstein Probe launch

Einstein Probe explained - astrophysics

The Einstein Probe is a collaboration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),ESA,and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE),Germany.The EP has nextgen X-ray instruments of high sensitivity and a very wide field of view to detect X-ray blasts from sources such as neutron stars and black holes.

Justice and the Law:Ty Cobb says Trump poses ‘greatest threat to democracy that we’ve ever seen'

NASA Discusses Upcoming Artemis Crew Missions (Jan. 09, 2024) - starts at 5:17

New Timetable for Artemis Crewed Missions:Artemis II - September 2025;Artemis III Lunar landing:September 2026 Why:Analysis of Artemis I data brought certain potential flaws to NASA's attention.Specifically,1.A small amount of charring that they hadn't expected occurred on the Orion heat shield,and they need to work through that to be comfortable with crew safety.2.A circuit issue with the life support system needs to be worked through.3.An issue with the launch abort system was identified and needs to be resolved.4.SpaceX has had setbacks with its Starship spacecraft,which is to serve as the lunar lander for the Artemis III astronauts.They need more time to process the issues and will do an uncrewed test with Starship landing on the Moon and then returning to Earth.The first priority is astronaut safety.We're not going till we're ready,NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.He doesn't think China will get astronauts to the Moon first.NASA and its industry partners are comfortable with the new schedule.

The first Vulcan rocket launch - 8 January 2024 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket operated nominally on its inaugural flight.The Peregrine lunar lander experienced a serious propellant anomaly while in Earth orbit and is not expected to reach the Moon.Some of the experiments onboard Peregrine may be operable,however,and Astrobotic Technology will salvage what it can of the mission.It was the first of NASA's new Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions,a high risk effort to encourage commerical access to the Moon,paving the way for crewed lunar landings by the Artemis missions.

Hubble observes extreme weather on massive alien world - 4K Visualization - planetary science

The Hubble Space Telescope has been studying exoplanet WASP-121b (Tylos).It is a hot Jupiter-type planet.Extreme temperature changes may make it rain Iron at night.

WATCH LIVE: Biden marks Jan. 6 anniversary with campaign speech on democracy - near Valley Forge,Pennsylvania

ULA Vulcan rocket to launch moon lander on inaugural flight - mission simulation

Revised: will be the first flight by the Vulcan Centaur rocket by United Launch Alliance,a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT).The launch is scheduled for no earlier than 8 January 2024.Astrobotic Technology Inc is a privately held Pittsburgh company that produces autonomous robots,robotic spacecraft,space systems,space payloads and telerobotics.

Perseverance rover delivers amazing view of ancient Mars river - Take a tour - YouTube - planetary science

Justice and the Law - Joy: Alleged Trump coup bandits still at large in Congress

Benjamin Wittes is editor-in-chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution.The Brookings Institution is a Washington think tank that conducts independent research to improve governance at the local,national,and global levels.

India launches XPoSat spacecraft to study black holes and more! - 1January 2024

XPoSat deployment

Details about XPoSat:The satellite will carry out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial sources,including neutron stars and black holes.It will carry out long-term spectral and temporal studies of cosmic X-ray sources.It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota,India on 1 January 2024.

The game that made Magnus Carlsen the World Blitz Champion 2023 | Carlsen vs. Aronian

Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won both the Rapid and Blitz World Chess Championships 2023 in Samarkand,Uzbekistan.He is the dominant figure in world chess today.The Russian Woman Grandmaster Anastasia Bodnaruk won the Rapid Championship,and her compatriot Woman Grandmaster Valentina Gulina won the Blitz Championship.