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Quasi-satellite of Earth has Lunar-like Material

Nov 17, 2021 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Our Solar System, Planets, Space Policy, Spacecraft

After five years of observations, researchers have found that the quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa, which currently orbits the Earth, is similar to a lunar sample collected during the Apollo 14 mission. Plus, Russia blows up a satellite, TESS finds a circumbinary planet, and we interview Dr. Gail Christeson of the University of Texas, Austin, about mapping the Chicxulub crater.

Rocket Roundup for November 10, 2021

Nov 11, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

Rocket Roundup includes two long-delayed Chinese launches that finally go up along with another surprise Chinese launch, Russia launches a space station resupply, and Japan launches nine small satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the first ISS Expedition.

Hubble Working Again, Landsat 9 Releases Images, Crew 2 Returns

Nov 10, 2021 | Climate Change, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, ESA, Exoplanets, JAXA, SpaceX, Stars

After a bit of a scare, the aging Hubble Space Telescope has once again resumed its science operations with the ACS instrument brought back online. Plus, Landsat 9 released its first images and the Crew 2 Dragon splashed down safely. Then we interview Dr. Rosanne Di Stefano from the Center for Astrophysics about the potential discovery of the first extragalactic planet.

Rocket Roundup for October 20, 2021

Oct 21, 2021 | Asteroids, Blue Origin, Cassini, Crewed Space, Daily Space, JWST, Lucy, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

This week, our Rocket Roundup includes crewed space flights from the U.S. and China, Russia launches more satellites for OneWeb, and NASA launches the Lucy spacecraft to visit asteroids near Jupiter. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn.

Rocket Roundup for October 6, 2021

Oct 7, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

On this week’s Rocket Roundup: the latest crewed Soyuz launch, MS-19; a Cargo Dragon brings back science for NASA; and a JPL robot competes in a DARPA competition. Plus, this week in rocket history, we cover the grandparent of them all – Sputnik 1.

Rocket Roundup for September 29th, 2021

Sep 30, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Space Policy, Spacecraft

For Rocket Roundup, we have the latest in a long series of US weather satellites, a Chinese remote sensing satellite on a small rocket’s return to flight, and another secret Chinese satellite launched into an unusual orbit. Plus, this week in rocket history we look back at the first competition flight of SpaceShipOne.