STP108 - How To Save The World From An Asteroid Strike - DART Mission Preview with Dr. Thomas Statler
This week we preview NASA’s DART mission which will reach a critical moment on Monday 26th September.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first of its kind and aims to change the trajectory of an asteroid by crashing a probe into it. If this works it could become a major planetary defence tool in the future.
Planetary Defence At NASA:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/pdco/index.html
https://twitter.com/AsteroidWatch
DART News:
https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/dart/dart-news
The International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center:
https://minorplanetcenter.net/
Center for Near Earth Object Studies:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/
Emily’s Article:
Return To Panic: how two iconic NASA astronauts survived the 1970s and beyond:
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4450/1?fbclid=IwAR2sonhYJ9T4oBCvIRKp4op7kVqua74ZG6MTyBfRMZ7m7HzDw-t8-RwYHzo
Obituaries:
Valerie Polyakov (1942-2022):
https://www.space.com/valery-polyakov-cosmonaut-obituary
Brian Binnie (1953-2022):
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091922a-brian-binnie-xprize-spaceshipone-obituary.html
This Week’s Launches:
Thu 15th Sept 2022: Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand: Rocket Lab: Electron/Curie: The Owl Spreads Its Wings:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6999
Mon 9th Sept 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 4-34
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6998
This Week’s Other News:
James Webb Space Telescope's 1st images of Mars reveal atmosphere secrets:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images-mars
China Mars mission data offers evidence for ancient ocean:
https://www.space.com/china-mars-tianwen-1-zhurong-data-update
Chinese astronauts take 4-hour spacewalk outside new lab at Tiangong space station:
https://www.space.com/chinese-astronauts-tiangong-space-station-wentian-spacewalk-september-2022
NASA chief says cooperation with China in space is up to China:
https://www.space.com/nasa-china-cooperation-bill-nelson-comments
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket launch hinges on critical fueling test on Sept. 21:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-fueling-test-moon-launch
NASA requests proposals for second Artemis crewed lunar lander:
https://spacenews.com/nasa-requests-proposal-for-second-artemis-crewed-lunar-lander/
SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket just fired up 7 engines for the 1st time:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-super-heavy-7-engine-test-video
Image Credits: NASA
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is now hosted by the National Space Society. In 2022 she started working as Content Director for Celestis – the first company to have successfully conducted Memorial Spaceflight Missions.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 30,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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