The last novel in the Grand Tour series by sci-fi master #BenBova is #Pluto, which reflects the latest discoveries from the #NASA #NewHorizons mission. As the author of "The Case for Pluto," I was tickled to talk with space scientist Les Johnson, who wrote the novel based on the notes that Bova left behind when he died. Give a listen to the #FictionScience podcast to get the full details. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/31/a-fictional-grand-tour-portrays-pluto-as-it-really-is/
Nasa-Überschallflugzeug X-59 absolviert ersten Testflug
Die Nasa und Lockheed Martin haben das experimentelle Überschallflugzeug X-59 auf einem ersten Testflug ausprobiert, um Bordsysteme zu prüfen.
Martin Holland
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heise+ | Wer darf Satelliten starten – und wer haftet für den Schrott?
Wer darf Raketen starten und wer ist für etwaige Schäden verantwortlich? Ein Überblick über Weltraumrecht, nationale Gesetze und internationale Haftungsregeln.
#ISS #IT #NASA #Netzpolitik #Raumfahrt #SpaceX #Starlink #Wissenschaft #news
heise+ | Wer darf Satelliten starten – und wer haftet für den Schrott?
Wer darf Raketen starten und wer ist für etwaige Schäden verantwortlich? Ein Überblick über Weltraumrecht, nationale Gesetze und internationale Haftungsregeln.
#ISS #IT #NASA #Netzpolitik #Raumfahrt #SpaceX #Starlink #Wissenschaft #news
Fabrizio Musacchio
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Open source software is free and enables people to do great things with it. This is the #opensource software/data I've been using to create maps, process images, make animations etc. related to #NASA's #Mars2020 mission:
#GIMP : https://www.gimp.org
#Geogebra : https://www.geogebra.org
#ImageMagick : https://imagemagick.org
#QGIS : https : https://www.qgis.org
#Stellarium : https://stellarium.org
@kevinmgill's and @stim3on's flats: https://github.com/kmgill/mars-raw-utils-data/tree/61a3b4477b541d4749c66b348c2098a931369d93/caldata
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Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYmvCUonukw
Current location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-31.6342&mlon=-3.2034&zoom=2
ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station
#HackerNews #ISS #25Years #InternationalSpaceStation #RealTime #SpaceExploration #NASA
jbz
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💥 ‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/20/science/nasa-spacex-moon-landing-contract-sean-duffy
💥 ‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission | CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/20/science/nasa-spacex-moon-landing-contract-sean-duffy
NASA has said it is opening its marquee U.S. moon landing contract to other bidders as Elon Musk's SpaceX has experienced mounting delays with the Starship lunar lander. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/nasa-spacex-contract-starship-rivals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jeffbezos #blueorigin #spacex #rockets #space #elonmusk #nasa #us #moon #mars #artemis
🚀 Woman Surprised When Large Chunk of NASA Equipment Crashes Down From Sky
｢ the equipment took off from a launch facility in New Mexico that’s responsible for launching, tracking, controlling, and recovering unmanned high-altitude research balloons. Typically, these balloons travel 20 miles into the Earth’s atmosphere to conduct scientific experiments ｣
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/woman-nasa-equipment-crashes
jbz
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｢ Whistleblowers and ex-astronauts are raising the alarm that this new, uncertain environment could put NASA missions — and, potentially, human lives — at risk. The space agency has struggled with encouraging its workers to express unpopular opinions before, pointing to such silence as a major cause of the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Now, after such dramatic layoffs, NASA workers may again find it difficult to speak up ｣
｢ Whistleblowers and ex-astronauts are raising the alarm that this new, uncertain environment could put NASA missions — and, potentially, human lives — at risk. The space agency has struggled with encouraging its workers to express unpopular opinions before, pointing to such silence as a major cause of the Challenger and Columbia disasters. Now, after such dramatic layoffs, NASA workers may again find it difficult to speak up ｣
NASA Guts Workforce at Lab Responsible for Mars Rovers
｢ This week, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced it was cutting 550 jobs as part of a “restructuring” scheme. The planned cuts will impact the JPL’s technical and support teams, as well as the business side, carving a huge dent in the storied R&D center’s 5,500-head workforce ｣
Daniel Appelquist
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Neptune, its ring system, and its moon Triton in a frame from the James Webb telescope 🔭
2.68 billion miles from Earth
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/reprocessed Andrea Luck
Neptune, its ring system, and its moon Triton in a frame from the James Webb telescope 🔭
2.68 billion miles from Earth
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/reprocessed Andrea Luck
A Quasar Portrait Gallery
Credits: IAS, Princeton, Univ. Wales, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography
Brandon Titus
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