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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/14/20
Also, when it comes to space exploration, countries HAVE to work together, simply due to the planet's rotation.
It was awkward at first, with Jodrell Bank publishing Russian moon pictures on the front page of British newspapers before Russia even got to see them - but I'm pretty sure most of the bumps have been ironed out.
From: adwil
7/14/20
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said:Jodrell Bank publishing Russian moon pictures on the front page of British newspapers before Russia even got to see them.
The camera on the spacecraft started faxing data. Jodrell Bank had no fax so borrowed one from the local Daily Express office. The images were the first actually published taken on the Moon.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/15/20
I know. Almost caused a major international incident!
I didn't know about the fax machine part, however.
From: adwil
7/15/20
FAX had been around for a long time but the first commercial fax machine was introduced by Xerox in 1964.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/18/20
Closest ever pictures of the Sun reveal new phenomena
A solar probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency delivers the closest photos ever taken of the Sun's surface, revealing tiny explosions on the surface called nanoflares.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/31/20
It's OK, we have a little time...
School girls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said. The asteroid is presently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in about one million years' time, said SPACE India, a...
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/2/20
They'd be better off staying up there.
SpaceX astronauts aiming for first splashdown in 45 years off US coast
Having departed the International Space Station, two astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule are expected to complete the first splashdown return to Earth in 45 years.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/4/20
NASA astronauts splash down after journey home aboard SpaceX capsule
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the capsule in the Gulf of Mexico after a two-month voyage that was NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. The successful splashdown, the first of its kind by NASA in...
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/7/20
Is his car still floating around up there too?
Great interactive article.
Why Elon Musk's satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen
Smaller, cheaper satellites are flooding the most popular orbit, increasing the likelihood of an accident that could trigger a catastrophe in space.
Read more from ABC News- Edited August 7, 2020 2:28 am by Jenifer (Zarknorph)
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/16/20
Dust cloud behind dimming of dying star Betelgeuse, scientists say
Astronomers determine the cause of the dramatic dimming of one of the brightest stars in the night sky, a colossus called Betelgeuse that appears to be on its way toward a violent death.
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