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What are Gravitational Waves? (Part 2)
Gravitational Waves
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw
Artist Depiction of a Neutron Star collision after Inspiral
Continuous Gravitational Waves
Compact Binary Inspiral Gravitational Waves
Example of Binary Inspiral Waves
https://www.ligo.org/science/GW-Overview/images/inspiral_image.jpg
Inspiral Gravitational Wave Signal in Seconds
https://www.ligo.org/science/GW-Overview/images/inspiral.jpg
Stochastic Gravitational Waves
https://www.ligo.org/science/GW-Overview/images/stochastic.jpg
Burst Gravitational Waves
https://www.ligo.org/science/GW-Overview/images/burst.jpg
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
The giant crescent of the sun rising during the partial solar eclipse June 10. Observers on the U.S. West Coast couldn’t see the full annular eclipse, a type of eclipse that occurs when the moon is too far away from Earth and doesn’t cover the solar disk completely, leaving a “ring of fire” around as it passes in front of the sun.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gNMVoFqU773dj8LJABddXD-970-80.jpg.webp
Close up of Ganymede
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DjwfY2aVv3sXgCKakT5pRA-970-80.jpg
Monday, June 7, 2021: European astronaut Thomas Pesquet took a picture of the approaching Dragon Cargo capsule shortly before its docking at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday 5 June.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K8vbEqrD779JpFWMksVTAR-970-80.jpg.webp
Space-Related Birthdays
David Scott Jun 06, 1932 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Dave_Scott_Apollo_15_CDR.jpg
Anne McClain Jun 07, 1979 Soyuz MS-11
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Anne_C._McClain_portrait.jpg
Bruce McCandless II Jun 08, 1937 STS-41-B, STS-31
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Bruce_McCandless_II_portrait.jpg
James McDivitt Jun 10, 1929 Gemini 4, Apollo 9
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/JamesMcDivitt.jpg
Stanley G. Love Jun 08, 1965 STS-122
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Stanley_G._Love.jpg
James van Hoften Jun 11, 1944 STS-41-C, STS-51-I
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Vanhoften-jda.jpg
Jay C. Buckey Jun 06, 1956 STS-90
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Jay_Buckey.jpg
F. Drew Gaffney Jun 09, 1946 STS-40
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Drew_Gaffney.jpg
This Week in Space History
Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV)[3] was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA’s Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965.
X-15 First Unpowered Glide
https://www.sierrafoot.org/x-15/adventures/flight_001/fl1_first_drop_color_medium.jpg
On June 9, 1952, the Abee meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, at 11:05 p.m. at night.
http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/images/abee5.jpg
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Virgo, the Maiden
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
June 13
Pegasus XL • TacRL-2
Launch time: 0811 GMT (4:11 a.m. EDT; 1:11 a.m. PDT)
Launch site: L-1011, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
An air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket will deploy a payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch program. [June 10]
June 15
Minotaur 1 • NROL-111
Launch time: 1100 GMT (7:00 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Pad 0B, Wallops Island, Virginia
A U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Delayed from December 2018, 2nd Quarter 2019, late 2019, and March 2021. [June 10]
June
Long March 2F • Shenzhou 12
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Jiuquan, China
A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft with multiple Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This will be China’s seventh crewed space mission, and the first to the Chinese space station. Delayed from June 10. [May 31]
June 17
Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV05
Launch window: 1609-1624 GMT (12:09-12:24 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will the U.S. Space Force’s fifth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin. [June 7]
June 24
Falcon 9 • Transporter 2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 2 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Moved up from July. [June 7]
TBD
GSLV Mk.2 • GISAT 1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. The GISAT 1 spacecraft will provide continuous remote sensing observations over the Indian subcontinent from geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth. Delayed from Jan. 15, February and March 5, 2020. Delayed from March 28, April 18, and May 2021. [May 13]
June 29
Soyuz • Progress 78P
Launch time: 2327 GMT (7:27 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 78th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Delayed from March 19. [June 7]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Astronomers Spot a “Blinking Giant” Near the Center of the Galaxy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210611085607.htm
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210530040418-milky-way-chandra-exlarge-169.jpg
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
Tianhe-1
June 17
June 19
X-37B
June 19
June 21
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