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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Great Wagers in Physics History
https://insidetheperimeter.ca/great-wagers-in-physics-history/
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Astronaut Birthdays
- May 16, 1945: Brewster H. Shaw (STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28)
- May 17, 1967: Joseph M. Acaba (STS-119, Exp. 31/32, Exp. 53/54)
- May 18, 1930: Don Lind (STS-51-B)
- May 19, 1939: Dick Scobee (STS-41-C, STS-51-L)
- May 19, 1955: Pierre J. Thuot (STS-36, STS-49, STS-62)
- May 20, 1944: David M. Walker (STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69)
- May 20, 1951: Thomas Akers (STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79)
- May 20, 1964: Paul W. Richards (STS-102)
- May 21, 1942: Robert C. Springer (STS-29, STS-38)
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the week this week is:
Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
TBD
Long March 7 • Tianzhou 2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Wenchang, China
A Chinese Long March 7 will launch the Tianzhou 2 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft will be the first resupply freighter for the Chinese space station. Scrubbed on May 19 and May 20. [May 20]
May 26
Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L28
Launch time: 1859 GMT (2:59 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 29th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L28. [May 17]
May 27
Soyuz • OneWeb 7
Launch time: 1743 GMT (1:43 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch 36 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. [May 13]
May 27
Long March 3B • Fengyun 4B
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Xichang, China
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket will launch the Fengyun 4B geostationary weather satellite, the second in a new generation of Chinese meteorological observatories. [May 13]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Hubble tracks down fast radio bursts to galaxies’ spiral arms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210520133946.htm
Hubble Observations
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
Tianhe-1
May 25
May 27