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

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Huge Mysteries of Physics

"In 1900, the physicist Lord Kelvin proclaimed that "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now."https://www.ba-bamail.com/science-and-technology/8-huge-mysteries-from-the-world-of-physics/

Tianwen-1

"In an awesome space-based surprise, China's Tianwen-1 orbiter has sent back intriguing photos of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, taken from the orbit of Mars."https://www.iflscience.com/chinese-spacecraft-around-mars-sends-back-intriguing-gif-of-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-81475

Shenzhou 20

"China’s Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft has delayed its return mission to Earth after the vessel was possibly hit by tiny bits of space debris, the country’s human spaceflight agency said Wednesday, an unusual situation that could disrupt the operation of the country’s space station Tiangong."https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/chinas-shenzhou-20-return-mission-delayed-due-space-debris-impact-rcna242050?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4