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Recent Astronomical Discoveries
A Rogue Black Hole is Beaming Energy from a Nearby Dwarf Galaxy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250924012241.htm
“Wandering Black Hole”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250924012241.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/active-black-hole-jet.webp
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
“Gregorian Telescope Design”
Diagram of lightpath through a Gregorial Telescope
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_telescope#/media/File%3AGregorian_telescope.svg
Gregorian Telescope 17th Century
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
A tiny Apollo 17 Moon Rock is Unlocking a Secret Lunar History
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fv2fCkxVXcboQsNAcN4Td-1280-80.jpg.webp
Astronomers Pinpoint the Location of the Brightest Fast Radio Burst to Date
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1NeuLl.img?w=768&h=511&m=6
Space-Related Birthdays
Sept 21 – 27
Richard Heib, Sept 21, 1955: (STS-39, STS-49, STS-65)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Richard_Hieb_%28cropped%29.jpg
Robert Satcher Sept 22, 1965: (STS-129)
William C. McCool, Sept 23, 1961: (STS-107)
Loren Shriver, Sept 23, 1944: (STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46)
John Young, Sept 24, 1930: (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9)
Nick Hague, Sept 24, 1975: (Soyuz MS-10 (aborted), Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60), SpaceX Crew-9 (Expedition 72)
Clifton Williams, Sept 26, 1932: No flights (died in a plane crash)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Williams-c.jpg/220px-Williams-c.jpg
Stephanie Wilson, Sept 27, 1966: STS-121, STS-120, STS-131
This Week in Space History
Sept 21 – 27
September 25, 1973 Skylab 3 lands
Sept. 26 2022
DART Spacecraft Successfully Collided with the Asteroid Dimorphos
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Dart-poster3.jpg/300px-Dart-poster3.jpg
Sept. 27, 1997
NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L3HYK4hkM2gUTjBQbBMVkG-970-80.jpg
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Constellation “Microscopium the Microscope”
Space Launches For This Week
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
September 28 Falcon 9 • Starlink 11-20
Launch time: 4:32 p.m. PDT (7:32 p.m. EDT / 2332 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1063, launching for a 28th time, will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean.
Updated: September 26
October 1 Falcon 9 • Starlink 10-59
Launch time: Window opens at 2:23 a.m. EDT (0623 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1090, launching for an eighth time, will land on the drone ship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Sept. 28.
Updated: September 26
October 3/4 Falcon 9 • Project Kuiper KF-3
Launch time: Window opens 11:43 a.m. EDT (0343 UTC)
Launch site: TBD
A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a batch of satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet service. The Falcon 9’s first stage is expected to land on the drone ship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.
Updated: September 27
Second half October Atlas 5 • ViaSat-3 F2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
United Launch Alliance will launch its Atlas 5 rocket in a 551 configuration to support the launch of Viasat’s ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite. The 6-ton spacecraft is designed to provide download speeds of more than 100 Mbps and operates using a Ka-band frequency. The satellite is built by Viasat on Boeing’s 702MP+ platform.
Updated: September 26
NET October 20/21 H3 • HTV-X
Launch time: 10:58 a.m. JST / 0158 UTC on Oct. 21 (9:58 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20)
Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex, JAXA Tanegashima Space Center
An H3 launch vehicle, a rocket developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), will launch the first HTV-X cargo resupply vehicle to the International Space Station.
Updated: August 29
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
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
ISS
Sept 28
Sept 29
Sept 30
Oct 1
Oct 3
Tiangong
No Visible Passes