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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Galaxies in dense environments tend to be larger, settling one cosmic question and raising others ScienceDaily

Typical Galaxy

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

Scientists Just Found Oceans of Liquid Water on Mars

From sciencealert.com by Michelle Starr

“A Lake on a Wet Mars”

“Mars Mantle”

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News

NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour

Progress 89 Live Coverage

Here's what Boeing Starliner astronauts are doing on the ISS as NASA works on their ride home

Space-Related Birthdays

This Week in Space History

August 13, 1969 Apollo 11 parade

August 13, 1972 Explorer 46 launched

August 12, 1977 HEAO-1 Launch

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Aquila the Eagle

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

NET August 26 Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn

Launch time: 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024.

Updated: August 15

3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

Updated: April 02

September 11, 2024 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-26

Launch time: 7:32 p.m. MSK (12:23:02 p.m. EDT, 1623:02 UTC)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31

A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket will launch a three-man crew to the International Space Station. Crew commander Alexey Ovchinin will be joined by fellow cosmonaut Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit. The Soyuz is set to dock withe the ISS at about 3:33 p.m. EDT (1933 UTC). The spacecraft will remain docked with the orbiting outpost until about April 1, 2025. This will be Pettit’s fourth flight to space.

Updated: August 12

Sept. TBD Vulcan ? Certification Flight 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

The second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will carry ballast and a collection of small payloads. ULA changed this mission when it became clear the original payload, Sierra Space Dream Chaser cargo ship, would not ready for launch. This second test flight is needed to gain certification from the U.S. military to fly national security payloads.

Updated: July 15

NET September 24 Falcon 9 ? Crew 9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying a new crew of four to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilot Nick Hague, and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov will embark aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft on a six-month expedition to the station. Delayed from Aug. 18 due to the extension of the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission.

Updated: August 06

TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

Updated: July 12

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