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The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved
Mars Meteorites Found on Earth
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Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
New images from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover may have revealed what was once a river on the red planet.
Space History
May 7
Launch of Telstar 2
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1963 May 7
Launch of STS-49
1992 May 7
May 11
1949 May 11
Cape Canaveral selected for rocket launches
2009 May 11 – . 18:02 GMT
Launch of STS-125
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May 13
1960 May 13 Launch of Echo 1
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1982 May 13 – Launch of Soyuz T-5
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1989 May 13 – . First Flight An-225 and Buran
2004 May 13 – . 15:31 GMT – . Launch of Spaceship One.
SpaceShipOne Flight 14P
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Space-Related Birthdays
Tamara E. Jernigan May 07, 1959
STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96
Charles Camarda May 08, 1952 STS-114
Vance D. Brand May 09, 1931 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
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Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958
STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110
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Lisa Nowak May 10, 1963 STS-121
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Gregory H. Johnson May 12, 1962 STS-123, STS-134
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Constellations “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear“
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
May 14 Falcon 9 • Starlink 5-9
Launch time: 0503 GMT (1:03 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April.
Updated: May 12
May 19 Falcon 9 • OneWeb & Iridium Next
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb’s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb’s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.
Updated: May 11
May 19 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-3
Launch time: 0410 GMT (12:10 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April and May 18.
Updated: May 13
May 21 Falcon 9 • Axiom Mission 2
Launch time: 2137 GMT (5:37 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program’s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately 12-day mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 8 as result of delays in previous Falcon Heavy launch.
Updated: May 11
May 21/22 Falcon 9 • Badr 8
Launch time: 0320 GMT on 22nd (11:20 p.m. EDT on 21st)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat based in Saudi Arabia. From geostationary orbit, Badr 8 will provide communications coverage for Arabsat customers over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Badr 8 also hosts an optical communications payload developed by Airbus. The spacecraft was built by Airbus, and is based on the Eurostar Neo platform. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Updated: April 25
May Electron • TROPICS 5 & 6
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the third pair of small CubeSats for NASA’s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra’s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed “Coming To A Storm Near You” by Rocket Lab. Delayed from May 15.
Updated: May 11
May 24 Soyuz • Progress 84P
Launch time: 1256 GMT (8:56 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 84th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.
Updated: May 05
May Long March 2F • Shenzhou 16
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Jiuquan, China
A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This is China’s 11th crewed space mission, and the fifth to the Chinese space station. The crew members have not been announced by China.
Updated: May 05
May Falcon 9 • Starlink 2-10
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
Updated: May 11
TBD Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-68
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.
Updated: May 05
June 3 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-4
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 21 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Updated: May 11
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Researchers Measure Light Emitted by sub-Neptune Planet Atmosphere
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230510120503.htm
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Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
ISS
May 14
Hubble Space Telescope
May 17
May 18
May 21
Envisat
May 14
May 16
May 17
May 18
May 19
May 21
May 22
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