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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Finds Bennu Collision Risk Nearly Nonexistent

Aug 13, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Exoplanets, OSIRIS-REx, Our Solar System, Sky Watching, Spacecraft, Stars, Venus

After careful analysis of orbital data, gravitational forces, and several other factors, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team calculated the risk of a collision with near-Earth asteroid Bennu to be 0.057% through 2300. Plus, magnetites in meteorites reveal solar system history, and the constellation Ophiuchus is What’s Up.

Rocket Roundup for August 11th, 2021

Aug 12, 2021 | Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, China launches two different rockets and an ISS resupply brings new technology and also student involvement. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the impact of the Landsat program on monitoring Earth’s climate.

Rocket Roundup for August 4th, 2021

Aug 5, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, The Sun

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, China launches another military satellite, Rocket Lab and Arianespace return to flight, and a Chinese private rocket fails. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the first time two crewed spacecraft from the same country were in orbit at the same time.

Rocket Roundup for July 28, 2021

Jul 29, 2021 | Artemis, Blue Origin, Daily Space, Jupiter, Random Space Fact, Space History, Space Policy, Spacecraft, SpaceX

For this week’s Rocket Roundup, we have exactly zero launches to cover. What’s up with that? In the meantime, we talk about Europa Clipper’s launch announcement, Blue Origin’s attempt to be a part of Artemis, what a NOTAM is, and how we use it. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Rocket Roundup for July 21, 2021

Jul 22, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, Russia launches a long-delayed ISS module with a new space toilet, New Shepard conducts its first crewed launch, and China launches some more secret satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Apollo 11.

Rocket Roundup for July 14, 2021

Jul 15, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink, Virgin Orbit

For this week’s Rocket Roundup, we have all the Chinese launches! SpaceX launches a ton of satellites on one rocket, Virgin Orbit launches a few satellites from a plane, and Virgin Galactic sends a few employees to space. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.