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Blue Origin has launched and landed another rocket:
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Rocket Lab's live video.
Watch Rocket Lab’s launch live on stream! Happening shortly from New Zealand:
Catch the video and commentary from todays 'Still Testing' launch attempt from 1.01.23!
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Rocket Lab's post.
Next chance for Rocket Lab coming tomorrow!
Still Testing launch attempt scrubbed for the day. Weather factors and orbital traffic mean opportunities for launch today are tight, so we'll try again tomorrow. Updates on new launch target to follow.
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Rocket Lab's post.
Rocket Lab’s second launch from New Zealand could be as soon as Sunday (Monday NZST)!:
Still Testing is on the pad at Launch Complex 1 and looking healthy. Ideal launch conditions open up Monday. Currently targeting no earlier than 2.30 pm Monday 11 December NZDT for a launch attempt. (Sunday, 8.30 pm EST/5.30 pm PST/Monday 1.30 UTC).
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared The Planetary Society's post.
South Korea’s first mission to the Moon!
This will be South Korea's first spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. Like India and China, South Korea plans an ambitious line of lunar missions to steadily ramp up capability in deep space.
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Hakuto's post.
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先日SORATOの電源について紹介しましたが、先日太陽光パネルの試験を行ったので、今回は太陽光パネルについて少し掘り下げて紹介したいと思います。
宇宙では太陽光パネルがよく利用されています。宇宙は地球上と違って太陽光を妨げるものもがなく、いつも太陽光が照りつけているため、太陽光発電はエネルギー源とし...て利用しやすいんです。そのため、太陽光パネルは宇宙空間でも多くの実績があります。
現在太陽光パネルの中でもシリコン系とガリウムヒ素系の二つが主流です。どちらのパネルも効率は殆ど同じですが、HAKUTOのエンジニアが過去のプロジェクトで利用した経験があったことから、SORATOにはガリウムヒ素系のパネルを採用しています。
組み付け後の太陽光パネルの試験結果も良好でした。
SORATOのインドへの出発も間近です！！
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The BEAM habitat has gotten an extension on the ISS! These inflatable modules are planned to eventually form a base on the Moon.
The Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module, known as BEAM, will have its stay at the station extended for more performance data to develop deep space habitat technologies. Read all about it... https://go.nasa.gov/2iP9EZR
Tonight’s the first of three Supermoons coming up! Here’s #NASA on it:
What’s a supermoon and just how super is it? Here's how it works, what you can expect (and not expect) today, Jan. 1 and Jan. 31: https://go.nasa.gov/2ArTbiw
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Space.com's post.
Supermoon tomorrow!
Are you ready for the next Supermoon on Dec. 3rd? Read up on this lunar spectacle here: https://buff.ly/2iriltj
Credit: Space.com / animation and imagery courtesy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / produced and edited by Steve Spaleta
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared The Awkward Yeti's post.
Earth: 1
Saturn: Way too many
(Can you name some of Saturn’s moons?)
Google Lunar XPRIZE shared Rocket Lab's post.
Rocket Lab - launch provider of #GLXP team Moon Express - have announced the timeline for their second test launch of the Electron from New Zealand!:
On December 8 NZDT, Rocket Lab will open a 10 day window in which our team will attempt to launch our second Electron rocket, Still Testing.
This second Electron launch from the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand will be live streamed. We can't wait to share it with you.
