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6. Space Exploration and Space History
Wreckage of Perseverance backshell found
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James Webb
Space-Related Birthdays
Yvonne Cagle Apr 24, 1959 no missions
Ellen S. Baker Apr 27, 1953 STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
Paul Lockhart Apr 28, 1956 STS-111, STS-113
Jerome Apt Apr 28, 1949 STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79
John Oliver Creighton Apr 28, 1943 STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48
Michael J. Smith Apr 30, 1945 STS-51-L (died in the Challenger mission)
Victor J. Glover Apr 30, 1976 Space-X Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65)
Duane G. Carey Apr 30, 1957 STS-109
April 28. Happy Birthday to Eugene Shoemaker
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This Week in Space History
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit on April 24,1990 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/HST-SM4.jpeg/300px-HST-SM4.jpeg
Astronaut training
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Apollo 16
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Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Miss Carolyn’s Constellations of the week this week is Crater, the Cup and Corvus, the Crow.
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
May 5
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4-17
Launch time: 1012 GMT (6:12 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Moved forward from May 8. [April 28]
May 8
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4-13
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. [April 28]
May 9
Long March 7 • Tianzhou 4
Launch time: Approx. 1815 GMT (2:15 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Wenchang, China
A Chinese Long March 7 rocket will launch the Tianzhou 4 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft will be the third resupply freighter for the Chinese space station. [April 28]
May
Electron • CAPSTONE
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission to the moon. CAPSTONE will fly to the moon on Rocket Lab’s Photon space tug, entering a unique halo-like lunar orbit to test deep space navigation and communications in the same orbit to be used by NASA’s Gateway mini-space station. Moved from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia to Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. Delayed from 2021 due to COVID-related issues. Delayed from March 2022. [April 28]
May 16
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4-15
Launch time: 0010 GMT on 17th (8:10 p.m. EDT on 16th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 8. [April 28]
MayAlpha • Multi-payload
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A Firefly Alpha rocket will launch on its second test flight with a rideshare payload consisting of multiple unspecified small satellites. [March 25]
May 19
Atlas 5 • CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2
Launch time: 2254:36 GMT (6:54:36 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-082, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on second unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. This mission was added after Boeing’s decision to refly the Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test before proceeding with the Crew Flight Test. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from 3rd Quarter. Delayed from Jan. 4. Moved forward from March 29, April 2, and May. Delayed from July 30 and Aug. 3. Delayed from late 2021. [April 20]
May
SSLV • Demonstration Launch
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first orbital test flight. Consisting of three solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled upper stage, the SSLV is a new Indian launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit. Delayed from September and December 2019. Delayed from January and December 2020. Delayed from April 2021. [March 25]
May 25
Falcon 9 • Transporter 5
Launch time: 1835 GMT (2:35 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 5 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Moved to Cape Canaveral from Vandenberg Space Force Base. [March 31]
May
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4-18
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [April 20]
TBD
SSLV • BlackSky Global
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first commercial mission with four Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global, a Seattle-based company. The rideshare mission for BlackSky is being arranged by Spaceflight. Delayed from November, late 2019 and early 2020. Delayed from early 2021 and July. [March 31]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427211301.htm
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
Tiangong
May 1
May 4
May 5
X-37B
May 3
May 6
Envisat
May 3
May 8
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