STP161 - The Latest Space News Round Up
After Dave’s trip to Ireland there was so much to catch up that was worthy of discussion that there is no main feature this week, just a whole load of things that have caught our eye.
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What’s Caught Our Eye This Week:
'I literally broke into tears': The scientist leading NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission just had the greatest day ever:
https://www.space.com/nasa-osiris-rex-dante-lauretta-parachute-emotions
Tom Hanks would clean toilets for a chance to go to space:
https://www.space.com/tom-hanks-would-clean-toilets-to-reach-space
Tom Hanks returns to the moon with 'The Moonwalkers,' a new visual experience
https://www.space.com/the-moonwalkers-journey-with-tom-hanks
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale:
https://www.space.com/parker-cme-flies-through-displaces-dust-solar-physics
Investigating Coronal Holes and CMEs as Sources of Brightness Depletion Detected in PSP/WISPR Images:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acd2cf
Rocket Lab suffers anomaly during launch, Earth-observation satellite lost
https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-electron-launch-failure-september-2023
Chinese launch startup's rocket fails during satellite launch:
https://www.space.com/china-galactic-energy-rocket-launch-failure-september-2023
NASA wants more 'space tug' ideas to deorbit the International Space Station in a fiery finale:
https://www.space.com/nasa-international-space-station-tug-deorbit-ideas
United States Deorbit Vehicle:
https://sam.gov/opp/f361b16ef69f4a9f9a0971a86eb3ab0b/view
Artemis 2 astronaut crew suits up for moon launch dress rehearsal:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-2-astronaut-moon-crew-launch-day-test-photos
Helios website:
https://www.welcometohelios.com
'A Million Miles Away' director and astronaut José Hernández reveal cameo in new film from Amazon:
https://www.space.com/a-million-miles-away-jose-hernandez-interview
NASA's Perseverance rover sets record for longest Mars drive on autopilot:
https://www.space.com/perserverance-mars-rover-boulder-field-maneuvers
Virgin Galactic's next flight will take a Pakistani to space for the 1st time:
https://www.space.com/namira-salim-virgin-galactic-first-astronaut-pakistan
Axiom Space names Ax-3 astronaut crew for SpaceX mission to ISS:
https://www.space.com/axiom-space-ax-3-astronaut-crew-international-space-station-named
SpaceX could get license for 2nd Starship launch in October, FAA says:
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-second-launch-possible-october-2023
Record-setting NASA astronaut lands with Russian crewmates after 1 year on space station:
https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-lands-after-record-year-in-space-soyuz-m23-landing-success
After 1 year in space, what's next for an astronaut? 'Peace and quiet' on Earth, Frank Rubio says (video):
https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-frank-rubio-one-year-in-space-record
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