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Rocket Roundup for December 22, 2021

Dec 23, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

This week on Rocket Roundup, we have all the Falcon 9 launches! And another Kuaizhou 1A launch failure to wrap up the year. Plus, we look back at the origins of NORAD’s Santa Tracker.

JWST Launch Still Scheduled for Christmas Eve

Dec 22, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, ESA, Guest Interview, JAXA, JWST, Kepler, Milky Way, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Physics

Dr. Pamela takes a deep dive into her feelings about the JWST, its pending launch, and just what the telescope means to the astronomical community. Plus, general relativity is still true, a huge filament of gas in the Milky Way, and we interview Hamed Valizadegan, project lead for ExoMiner.

Rocket Roundup for December 15, 2021

Dec 16, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Moon, Random Space Fact, Rocket Lab, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

On Rocket Roundup, launches include the latest from Rocket Lab, a Blue Origin crewed launch, several Chinese launches, and a pair of Russian communication satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Apollo 17.

Overlooked Exoplanet Found by Citizen Scientists

Dec 13, 2021 | Brown Dwarf, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Milky Way, Review, Rockets, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Supermassive Black Holes

Using data provided by the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project, volunteers found a possible large planet or brown dwarf orbiting its star at a distance of more than 1,600 astronomical units. Plus, NASA launches the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, and we review Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Q-balls Knock Matter Into Dominance Over Antimatter After Big Bang

Dec 10, 2021 | Asteroids, Cosmology, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Gemini South, Guest Interview, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Sky Watching, Soyuz, Spacecraft, Very Large Array

Researchers hypothesize that blobs in post-Big Bang fields of energy, known as Q-balls, could explain how matter came to dominate over antimatter in our Universe, and they plan to use gravitational waves to find their evidence. Plus, a crewed launch to the ISS features Japanese tourists, NASA selects the latest astronaut class, and What’s Up is the Geminids.

Rocket Roundup for December 8, 2021

Dec 9, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, we have more Starlink, European navigation satellites, a Chinese company launching to orbit again, a large U.S. government satellite, and a sounding rocket from Sweden. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Little Joe 2.