The Space Thread

  On 12/7/2018 at 8:05 PM, ignatius said:

silver surfer has arrived!

 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/746841/NASA-conspiracy-alien-news-iss-international-space-station-blue-object-cut-live-feed-video

Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be closest to Earth on Dec. 16:

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/brightest-comet-seen-zips-past-090000043.html

Voyager 2, launched in 1977, finally leaves our solar system

are we there yet,

voyager 1, the fastest and farthest of the interplanetary space probes currently leaving the Solar System, will reach the Oort cloud in about 300 years and would take about 30,000 years to pass through it.

Hurray!

Mars selfie

  On 12/12/2018 at 7:54 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Mars selfie

 

Has only just landed for work that it's already taking pictures of himself on the beach with sunshades.

Beautiful shot of Space X Falcon 9 engine during launch @ Cape Canaveral:

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No such thing as space... It's faek news

How to find the Comet tonight:

http://wirtanen.astro.umd.edu

SpaceX and Blue Origin launches both scrubbed today, possibly rescheduled for tomorrow, Wed. Dec. 19:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquCS9jflsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXi_V1_NTas

SpaceX launch live:

Edit: launch aborted again.

https://youtu.be/uiuKOJC36IE

This image shows what appears to be a large patch of fresh, untrodden snow – a dream for any lover of the holiday season. However, it’s a little too distant for a last-minute winter getaway: this feature, known as Korolev crater, is found on Mars, and is shown here in beautiful detail as seen by Mars Express.

https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Mars_Express_gets_festive_A_winter_wonderland_on_Mars

Santa is a Martian :)

  On 12/22/2018 at 10:57 PM, auxien said:

Santa is a Martian :)

Now we can affirm why Elon Musk is so hurry to go there: he wants his presents.

  On 12/22/2018 at 10:57 PM, auxien said:

Santa is a Martian :)

cool thread on the discovery of ultima thule

Nice shot of the USAF X-37B

^that is a cool shot

  On 12/29/2018 at 10:35 AM, very honest said:

cool thread on the discovery of ultima thule

 

and this was a great thread, touches on the day-to-day parts of the work as well as the big moments. wasn't aware of this mission's current goals either, looking forward to seeing what they see :)

  On 12/29/2018 at 2:44 PM, auxien said:

 

 

  On 12/29/2018 at 10:35 AM, very honest said:

cool thread on the discovery of ultima thule

 

and this was a great thread, touches on the day-to-day parts of the work as well as the big moments. wasn't aware of this mission's current goals either, looking forward to seeing what they see :)

the photos that new horizons got of pluto and charon were some of the most stunning space photos i've seen. the closest approach to ultima thule will be 3,500 km. the closest approach to pluto was 12,500 km. so, we may get really good, close-up shots of a gnarly kuiper belt object. hopefully it goes well.

China's Chang'e 4 Probe lands on dark side of the Moon:

https://apple.news/ArA7xM6hHSAa1yHlS3FnYtw

Yikes.

  On 1/3/2019 at 12:56 PM, Rubin Farr said:

China's Chang'e 4 Probe lands on dark side of the Moon:

 

https://apple.news/ArA7xM6hHSAa1yHlS3FnYtw

great example of how removing humans from the craft allows the mission more potential

ultima thule photos starting to come on.

hopefully we get some better shots once the data is back

edit: lol "The New Horizons team will have to wait 20 months for all of the spacecraft’s data and images to return to Earth" nyt