Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Lightening on Mars

"A NASA rover has recorded evidence of lightning on Mars for the first time, its microphone picking up the sounds of tiny "zaps" whipped up by the dust storms constantly sweeping across the planet."


https://www.purdueexponent.org/news/national/nasa-rover-records-first-evidence-of-lightning-on-mars/article_b0ed7f83-e212-5401-bb3e-3f7c623d9880.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Starliner

"Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company’s next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety."https://apnews.com/article/boeing-starliner-nasa-space-station-cd4981c2c10bc2ddb689fd4c2ef4f571?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Monday, November 17, 2025

Sentinel 6B

"Sentinel-6B, an ocean-tracking satellite jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), is ready to roll out to the launch pad, packed into the payload fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-european-partners-set-to-launch-sentinel-6b-earth-satellite/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Saturday, November 15, 2025

18 story rocket

"The rocket company founded a quarter-century ago by billionaire Jeff Bezos made history Thursday with the pinpoint landing of an 18-story-tall rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/blue-origin-caps-second-heavy-lift-launch-with-first-offshore-landing/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Friday, November 14, 2025

Sentinel 6B

"With launch set for no earlier than 12:21 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 17, Sentinel-6B is the latest satellite in a series of spacecraft NASA and its partners have used to measure sea levels since 1992."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/6-things-to-know-from-nasa-about-new-us-european-sea-satellite/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=s6b20251114_2

Scrubbed launch

"Blue Origin has scrubbed today's launch attempt of its second-ever New Glenn rocket."


https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/ongoing-solar-storm-delays-blue-origin-launch-of-nasa-mars-probes?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Monday, November 10, 2025

Blue Origin

"Blue Origin is preparing to launch its massive New Glenn rocket on just its second spaceflight in 2025 from Florida on a mission to Mars."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/08/blue-origin-rocket-launch-watch/87142107007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4