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Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe | ScienceDaily
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
The Carrington Event
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
Starliner Return
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming activities for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft departure from the International Space Station and return to Earth.
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NASA spacecraft collision may have created a meteor shower that will last for 100 years
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ANOTHER UNEXPECTED GEOMAGNETIC STORM:
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Space-Related Birthdays
Andrew J. Feustel August 25, 1965 STS-125, STS-134,Soyuz MS-08 (Expedition 55/56)
Lee Archambault August 25, 1960 STS-117, STS-119
Joe Engle August 26, 1932 X-15 Flight 138
X-15 Flight 143
X-15 Flight 153
ALT, Crew 2
STS-2
STS-51-I
John E. Blaha August 26. 1942
STS-29
STS-33
STS-43
STS-58
STS-79 (up)
STS-81 (down)
Kathryn P. Hire August 26, 1959 STS-90, STS-130
Leroy Chiao August 28, 1960 STS-65
STS-72
STS-92
Soyuz TMA-5 (Expedition 10)
Thomas Marshburn August 29, 1960 STS-127
Soyuz TMA-07M (Expedition 34/35)
SpaceX Crew-3 (Expedition 66/67)
Charles D. Walker August 29, 1948 STS-41-D, STS-51-D, STS-61-B
Jack Swigert August 30, 1931 Apollo 13
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K. Megan McArthur August 30, 1971
STS-125
SpaceX Crew-2 (Expedition 65/66)
This Week in Space History
August 28, 1964 Launch of Nimbus-1
August 27, 1962 Launch of Mariner 2
Dog Stars
International Dog Day is held on August 26 every year.
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Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Constellation “Cygnus the Swan”
Space Launches For This Week
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
The Falcon 9 rocket is grounded by the FAA due to a recently failed first stage landing on a drone ship.
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
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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10. Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
You can use the http://www.heavens-above.com website to find out what’s in orbit and
where to look during fly-overs
Tom can cover this one as well, otherwise follow the instructions below…
Net Control Note: Look for the highest magnitude and read those with highest point info. As an example: May 20th is the next, good pass.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 8
Tiangong
Sept. 7