Official Space Thread

[murfle]

William Shatner sets record in space with Blue Origin spaceflight

[murfle]

Asteroid Hunter: Lucy's Journey to the Trojan Asteroids

So much love for asteroids these days!

[murfle]

LIVE: Lucy Launches on Atlas V to Hunt Trojan Asteroids

Woo!

[GregRedd]

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Remastered 2009)

[GregRedd]

Official NASA feed here. Lots of background inserts and info as well, before launch:

Launch of NASA's Lucy Mission to Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

Successful lift off. Atlas V stage separation successful. Lucy is on her way.

[z1oc]

lol I managed to catch the stream 3 minutes before the launch

[murfle]

Leonids this month!

Top Astronomy Events in November 2021 | Comet 67P | Lunar Eclipse | Meteor Shower

[murfle]

Astronaut makes zero-g tacos with 1st chile peppers grown in space. They look...

[murfle]

Vice President Kamala Harris Chairs Her First National Space Council Meeting

I’m half expecting her to say “To all the aliens thinking about making that dangerous trek across empty space. Do not come. Do not come”

[GregRedd]

NASA Image of the Day

Observing a Dark Nebula

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula, or Caldwell 99. Caldwell 99 is a dark nebula - a dense cloud of interstellar dust that completely blocks out visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it. The object at the center of the image is a (much smaller) protoplanetary nebula. The protoplanetary nebula phase is a late stage in the life of a star in which it has ejected a shell of hydrogen gas and is quickly heating up. This stage only lasts for a few thousand years before the protoplanetary nebula’s central star reaches roughly 30,000 Kelvin. At this point, the central star is producing enough energy to make its surrounding shell of gas glow, becoming what’s known as a planetary nebula.

[GregRedd]

“Excuse me while I touch the (sun)”.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has touched the sun in daring mission milestone

This is the first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

They should have named the probe Icarus for a laugh

[Shrike]

Listen to the 'sound' of Jupiter's moon Ganymede thanks to the Juno probe |...

[murfle]

You have no idea how happy the audio makes me.

60s sci-fi was right!

[Wyvern]

NASA Webb Telescope

[DarthMol]

NASA Probe 'Touches the Sun', Realizing a 63-Year Ambition

[GregRedd]

You slow!

Official Space Thread

“Excuse me while I touch the (sun)”. [NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries They should have named the probe Icarus for a laugh

[z1oc]

Disneyland 1955 - Man in Space - Wernher von Braun

[DieGrootHammer]

The history of this video is so fascinating. Werner Von Braun was a Nazi scientist that was the lead designer of the V2 rockets the Nazi’s used in WW2. After he defected to the West, the American army didn’t believe in his technology as a viable weapon or solution, and space flight was just a dream. So he went to Walt Disney and convinced him about his dreams of space flight. This video and a few others were made where he detailed plans for space flight. These videos were shown to the general public without the permission of the US Army, but the interest from the general public forced the government’s decision to fund a fully fledged space program, called Apollo.

Thanks for sharing!!!

[DarthMol]

Oh wow, sorry! I blame my news feed for sending me old news

[GregRedd]

The Ariane 5 rocket and launch that took the Webb Space Telescope into space:

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb