The Space Stuff thread

Had errands to run this morning and missed this, thanks John!

Mon., June 24, 11 p.m.: NASA TV coverage of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch with NASA technology payloads. Liftoff is targeted at 11:30 p.m. SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will carry nearly two dozen satellites to space for the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Among the payloads are NASA technologies including a small satellite to test the performance of non-toxic spacecraft fuel and an advanced atomic clock to improve how spacecraft navigate.

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On June 12, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed another significant navigation maneuver—breaking its own world record for the closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.

The maneuver began the mission’s new phase, known as Orbital B, and placed the spacecraft in an orbit 680 meters (2,231 feet) above the surface of asteroid Bennu. The previous record—also set by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft—was approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) above the surface.

June 13, 2019
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Breaks Another Orbit Record

Beautiful Pictures:

History of mission and then closest encounter starts at 0:45.



Osiris-REx Mission - asteroidmission.org

Summer Solstice today June 21st 2019 at 11:54 am EDT - 4:54 pm BST.

elbmek said:

Has OSIRIS sent any images back yet?

Since August 17th 2018 elb when it entered its approach phase of Bennu. Checkout the Gallery page under Spacecraft Images, watch though, the images are latest to earliest, then there's the videos.

The video I posted in #523 is one of the latest video's.

Mon., July 1, 11:30 a.m.: Orion Ascent-Abort 2 pre-test news conference. A preview of the Orion crew spacecraft’s July 2 launch abort system test from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Tues., July 2, 6:40 a.m.: NASA TV live coverage of Orion Ascent-Abort 2 test. Launch window: 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. EDT. This full-stress test of the Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A critical milestone for human missions to the Moon, this test of the Orion spacecraft's Launch Abort System will show that it can carry a crew to safety in case of an emergency during launch.

Tues., July 2, 3 p.m.: Total solar eclipse in South America live stream on NASA TV. NASA has partnered with the Exploratorium in San Francisco to bring live views to people across the world of a total solar eclipse, occurring Tuesday, July 2, over South America:

• Live views from telescopes in Vicuna, Chile, presented without audio, from 3 to 6 p.m.
• A one-hour program with live commentary in English, from 4 to 5 p.m.
• A one-hour program with live commentary in Spanish, from 4 to 5 p.m.

Tues., July 9, 1 p.m.: Teleconference on science launching aboard the SpaceX CRS-18 mission to the International Space Station. Targeted to launch at 7:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, July 21 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft also will carry crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 60 crew.

Fri., July 19, 1 p.m.: NASA’s Giant Leaps: Past and Future – Celebrating Apollo 50th as We Go Forward to the Moon. A live celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and a look ahead to NASA"s Artemis program and plans to return humans to the Moon by 2024.

Sat. July 20, 12:28 p.m.: Launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three Expedition 60 crew members to the International Space Station.

Sat., July 20: 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing.

Sun., July 21, 7:35 p.m.: Liftoff of the SpaceX CRS-18 resupply mission to the International Space Station. Launching from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will carry science investigations, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 60 crew.

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