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Rocket Roundup for April 21, 2021

Apr 23, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Pamela Gay presents a suborbital Blue Origin launch, the return of Soyuz MS-17, a hovering Ingenuity drone, and an Earth Day special on Earth observatories. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-31, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 24th, 1990.

Star Formation Occurs in Competitive Environment

Apr 22, 2021 | Asteroids, Bennu Mapper, Climate Change, Daily Space, Earth, Fast Radio Bursts, Mars, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, OSIRIS-REx, Spacecraft, Star Forming Region, Stars, Supernovae

A survey of the stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula Cluster provides evidence that stars compete for material and their size depends on what they gather rather than their initial core size. Plus, NASA mission updates, fast radio bursts, neutron stars, visible novae, and mountain building in the Andes.

X-ray Surges Found Along With Radio Bursts From Crab Nebula

Apr 17, 2021 | Astrobiology, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, Galaxies, Nebulae, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Quasar, Spacecraft

Data analyzed from the NICER telescope aboard the ISS contains evidence of X-ray boosts accompanying radio burst detections, releasing more energy than expected as “giant radio pulses”. Plus, machine learning, intraterrestrial life, all the volcanoes, and updates on SN15 and Ingenuity.

Rocket Roundup for April 14, 2021

Apr 16, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents *checks notes* yet another Starlink launch from SpaceX, a Chinese launch, a crewed Russian launch, and the resulting capsule shuffle at the ISS. Plus, this week in rocket history, we celebrate the launch of Vostok 1 and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into outer space, on April 12th, 1961.

Not Surprising Anyone, Satellite Proliferation Contributes to Light Pollution

Apr 12, 2021 | Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Galaxies, Mars, Quasar, Sky Watching, Starlink, Supermassive Black Holes, Uranus

A new study examined the effects of recent increases in the number of space objects orbiting Earth and found that the proliferation of satellites contributes to a nearly ten percent increase over natural lighting of the night sky. Plus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, ancient Earth, volcanoes, and our weekly What’s Up segment.

Rocket Roundup for April 7, 2021

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

In this week’s Rocket Roundup, host Annie Wilson presents another Starlink launch from SpaceX, another OneWeb launch from Arianespace, the very foggy SN11 test flight, and a Chinese launch. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-1, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 12th, 1981.