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

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