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Latest Batch of Starlink Satellites Doomed by Solar Storm

Feb 10, 2022 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink, Supernovae Remnants

SpaceX launched another 49 Starlink satellites last week, but a geomagnetic storm caused by solar activity kept the satellites offline, and 40 of them failed to reach their final orbits after exiting safe mode. They are now deorbiting and breaking up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Plus, asteroid systems, Eta Carina, and this week in rocket history, we look back at Mir Expedition 2.

Indigenous North American Stories Point to Comet Explosion

Feb 3, 2022 | Asteroids, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Moon, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, White Dwarfs

By collecting and analyzing stories from a variety of indigenous cultures in North America, researchers find evidence for a mid-air explosion of a comet or asteroid, similar to the Tunguska event. Plus, a new Trojan for Earth, volcanoes and dinosaurs, ancient Mexican cacao groves, and this week in rocket history is Lunar Orbiter 3.

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.

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.

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.

Rocket Roundup for December 1, 2021

Dec 2, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Jupiter, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

During this jam-packed episode of Rocket Roundup, we cover several Chinese launches, SpaceX’s launch of NASA’s DART mission to hit an asteroid, and Russia’s launch of a military satellite. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Pioneer 10’s encounter with Jupiter.