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Rocket Roundup for May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Rockets, Space China

Media Listen on LibsynWatch on Twitch Transcript A Kuaye-joe Kuaizhou 1A rocket launched two Xingyun-2 satellites from Jiǔquán Satellite Launch Center on May 12, 2020 at 1:16 AM (UTC). This was the 9th Kuaye-joe Kuaizhou 1A flight, launched from a transporter...

SpaceX get’s their rocket test on; Artemis update; & Guest Dr Jim Richardson talks crater erosion

May 7, 2020 | Artemis, Asteroids, Guest Interview, SpaceX

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch The News Today is one heck of a slow news day, but what it lacks in diversity it makes up for in lift. Our first story is one related to rockets that evaded yesterday’s Rocket Roundup. On Tuesday night, SpaceX’s SN4...

Rocket Roundup

May 6, 2020 | Agencies, Space China

Media Listen on Libsyn Watch on Twitch Transcript Usually Wednesdays are for Rocket Roundup, and today is no different. Let’s get to it, shall we? The Quetzal-1 satellite was launched from the KIBo Module of the ISS at 15:20 UTC on Tuesday, April...

Rocket Roundup for April 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020 | Daily Space, Podcast, ROSCOSMOS, SpaceX, Starlink

Iran launched their first military satellite Noor-1, SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink satellites and Roscosmos launched the Progress MS-14 resupply mission. Links Iran launched their first military satellite Noor-1 Noor-1 (Rocketlaunch.Live) Noor (Gunter’s Space...

Crew Dragon to be crewed May 27, impacts on asteroids make regolith, Comet Borisov lends insights, and the California Nebula gloriously ends Spitzer Mission

Apr 20, 2020 | Asteroids, Comets, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Planetary Nebulae, Podcast, SpaceX

The first flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years finally has a launch date: May 27. The impact of small bodies hitting an asteroid pulverizes its surface, making new regolith, while seismic shaking produced by the impact causes...

Cheops will bring many exciting discoveries, researchers at University of Geneva discover a six-planets system, and interview with Emily Levesque about Betelgeuse

Apr 17, 2020 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Podcast, Spacecraft, SpaceX

Cheops, ESA’s new exoplanet mission, will commence routine science operations by the end of April, an international team lead by researchers of the University of Geneva has discovered a six-planets system, and Pamela talks Betelgeuse with astronomer Emily Levesque....