Spot The StationSpot The Station | NASAWatch the International Space Station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up.
Visible to the naked eye, it looks like a fast-moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster!
Thanks Borg
On some mornings when I have early shift, and I get up at 03:30 I can see it floating(well... falling actually according to physics) past in the sky, while having my coffee and cigarette on the balcony.
[nasa].[/nasa]June 6, Wednesday
6:15 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 56-57/Soyuz MS-09 Launch Coverage, includes the crew’s launch day pre-launch activities at 6:30 a.m. ET; launch scheduled at 7:12 a.m. ET from Baikonur, Kazakhstan (All Channels)
10 a.m. - Expedition 56-57/Soyuz MS-09 Pre-Launch and Launch Video and Post-Launch Interviews from Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Media Channel)
2 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m., 10 p.m. - Replay of ISS Expedition 56-57/Soyuz MS-09 Pre-Launch and Launch Video and Post-Launch Interviews (All Channels)
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html
NASA Launches and Landings
NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on MarsNASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet. While not necessarily evidence of life itself, these findings are a good sign for future missions exploring the planet’s surface and subsurface.
Trump announces 'space force' as new military branch - WLOX.com - The News for South MississippiRNN) - President Donald Trump announced on Monday he's directing the Pentagon to begin a sixth branch of the military - "space force."
Trump said the new military branch would be a "separate but equal" branch of the military, the Associated Press reported.
The president said he didn't want "China and Russia and other countries leading us."
He was joined in the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence, new NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and members of his space council.
"I am a big believer you will go out there and take that frontier, which is largely unknown, by man or woman, and you will learn everything there is to know about it, and what you are doing is so important," Trump said.
A mission to Mars will happen "very quickly," possibly because "rich guys" like rockets, the president said.
"As long as it's an American rich person, that's good. They can beat us," he said. "We'll save a little money and they can beat us and we're taking full credit."
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No! Not this Space Force: United States Space Force | Second Renaissance Wikia | FANDOM powered by Wikia
The real thing.
The Latest: Trump signing directive to clean up space junk
President Trump directs Pentagon to create Space Force GeekWire
Meeting of the National Space Council - YouTube
It's still live now, so you'll need to scrub back to find the announcement.
Sad to hear about family mistreatment of the legendary Buzz Aldrin. Buzz - you are always welcome at my humble place!
US astronaut Buzz Aldrin sues his children for 'misuse of finances' - BBC News
SKA precursor telescope MeerKAT inaugurated in South Africa - SKA Telescope
The MeerKAT image shows shows the central regions of our galaxy with a wealth of never before seen features, as well as a clearer view of previously known supernova remnants, star-forming regions, and radio filaments. (Credit: SARAO)
Nice one Cliff!
Historic twin towers at Cape Canaveral launch site demolished Thursday morning July 12, 2018.
The U.S. Air Force on Thursday demolished towers once used to assemble Delta 2 rockets at Cape Canaveral for missions to Mars, four dozen flights to deploy the GPS navigation network, and numerous launches with scientific, commercial and military payloads.
With the push of a button from Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, commander of the Air Force’s 45th Space Wing, the demolition occurred just after 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) Thursday at the Complex 17 launch pad, where twin mobile gantries and fixed towers were toppled by explosives.
Source: SpaceFlight NowNote
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YouTube search yields many more demos. The one on Thursday takes up the top third of the page. The loud voice you'll hear in the Thursday videos is that of Gen. Wayne Monteith.
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