Claudio Soprano – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 UPDATE! Intuitive Machines’ Second Lunar Lander Touches Down https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/03/update-intuitive-machines-second-lunar-lander-touches-down https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/03/update-intuitive-machines-second-lunar-lander-touches-down#respond Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:19:57 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/03/update-intuitive-machines-second-lunar-lander-touches-down

Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander is on the moon’s surface but its status is unclear. Second time unlucky: A US company’s lunar lander appears to have touched down at a wonky angle on Thursday, an embarrassing repeat of its previous mission’s less-than-perfect landing last year.

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[TIME SUBJECT TO CHANGE] This is the eighth fully integrated test flight of Starship with its Super Heavy booster, the largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly. This is the second launch of the new Starship upper stage with many tweaks, bringing it closer to full functionality.

If all goes well, Starship will softly splashdown in the Indian Ocean about 66 minutes after it lifts off from Starbase, TX, having performed a Raptor relight test and deploying 4 Starlink mass simulators. SpaceX will hopefully be attempting to catch the Super Heavy booster with the launch tower again, which would be the third catch of the booster.

Want more information on how exactly they’ll catch Super Heavy? WATCH THIS — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPt5vbr-YU

Want to know where to watch this live? I made a video on how to visit Starbase and where to watch a launch from — https://youtu.be/aWvHrih-Juk.

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Leading up to the launch, NSF will go live with over six hours of commentary stakeout. We will answer questions, observe, and provide you with everything you need to know for Starship Flight 8.

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2024 YR4 is no longer a danger for Earth, and a (small) chance of a lunar impact could provide great science data.

“We are all rooting for the Moon!” Richard Binzel (MIT) is referring to the asteroid 2024 YR4, which for a few weeks had remained at the second-highest-rated probability of potential Earth impact of any asteroid discovered. Now, although its impact probability has fallen to virtually zero for Earth, it still has a slight chance of impacting the Moon on December 22, 2032.

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NASA Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Lunar Lander Moon Landing Updates and Tracking with LIVE view from ISS https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-intuitive-machines-im-2-lunar-lander-moon-landing-updates-and-tracking-with-live-view-from-iss https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-intuitive-machines-im-2-lunar-lander-moon-landing-updates-and-tracking-with-live-view-from-iss#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:23:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-intuitive-machines-im-2-lunar-lander-moon-landing-updates-and-tracking-with-live-view-from-iss

2/27/25 | 720 CT Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 Lunar Lander Successfully Commissioned and En Route to the Moon:

After liftoff on February 26, Athena established a stable attitude, solar charging, and radio communications contact with our mission operations center in Houston. The lander is in excellent health, sending selfies and preparing for a series of main engine firings to refine her trajectory ahead of lunar orbit insertion, planned on March 3. Intuitive Machines is targeting a lunar landing opportunity on March 6.

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LiveNOW from FOX https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/livenow-from-fox https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/livenow-from-fox#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:22:51 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/livenow-from-fox

On Wednesday, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It aims to deliver multiple payloads, including NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, to detect water on the Moon. The lander, named Athena, will take an eight-day journey to the Moon’s South Pole, where it will conduct studies on subsurface materials and volatile substances. Data collected from the mission could inform future Artemis program missions and commercial lunar activities.

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]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/livenow-from-fox/feed 0 NASA and Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Lunar Landing Updates and live vie from ISS #iss https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-and-firefly-blue-ghost-mission-1-lunar-landing-updates-and-live-vie-from-iss-iss https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-and-firefly-blue-ghost-mission-1-lunar-landing-updates-and-live-vie-from-iss-iss#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:22:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/nasa-and-firefly-blue-ghost-mission-1-lunar-landing-updates-and-live-vie-from-iss-iss

All 10 NASA payloads remain healthy as Blue Ghost approaches it’s final destination and continues to support science operations along the way! The LuGRE payload for example — developed in partnership by.
NASA Goddard and ASI_spazio — acquired and tracked Global Navigation Satellite System signals for the first time in lunar orbit – a new record! #BGM1

After a successful Trans Lunar Injection burn on Saturday, Feb. 8, Firefly’s spacecraft carrying NASA science and tech to the Moon has departed Earth’s orbit and begun its four-day transit to the Moon’s orbit. Blue Ghost will then spend approximately 16 days in lunar orbit before beginning its descent operations. Since launching more than three weeks ago, Blue Ghost has performed dozens of health tests generating 13 gigabytes of data. All 10 NASA payloads onboard are currently healthy and ready for surface operations on the Moon.

NASA’s Radiation Tolerant Computer (RadPC), developed by Montana State University, successfully operated while passing through the Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts, providing insight on how to mitigate the effects of radiation on computers. This helps improve our understanding of the radiation environment that future astronauts may experience on Artemis missions.

During an on-orbit health check, NASA’s LMS, developed by the Southwest Research Institute, accurately detected a change in magnetic fields. This is a positive sign that LMS will be able to measure the Moon’s magnetic and electrical fields, shedding light on the Moon’s interior temperature and composition on the lunar surface.

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China is building a giant laser facility to master near-limitless clean energy, satellite images appear to show https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/china-is-building-a-giant-laser-facility-to-master-near-limitless-clean-energy-satellite-images-appear-to-show https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/china-is-building-a-giant-laser-facility-to-master-near-limitless-clean-energy-satellite-images-appear-to-show#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:20:09 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/02/china-is-building-a-giant-laser-facility-to-master-near-limitless-clean-energy-satellite-images-appear-to-show

The X-shaped building in southwestern China could help China pull ahead in the race to master a futuristic clean energy source and amp up weapons research.

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For the First Time Ever: China’s Tiangong Astronauts Create Oxygen & Rocket Fuel in Orbit! https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/for-the-first-time-ever-chinas-tiangong-astronauts-create-oxygen-rocket-fuel-in-orbit https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/for-the-first-time-ever-chinas-tiangong-astronauts-create-oxygen-rocket-fuel-in-orbit#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:31:07 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/01/for-the-first-time-ever-chinas-tiangong-astronauts-create-oxygen-rocket-fuel-in-orbit

“For the First Time Ever: China’s Tiangong Astronauts Create Oxygen & Rocket Fuel in Orbit!”
For the first time, astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station have achieved a groundbreaking feat: converting carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis. This revolutionary technology mimics how plants create energy and has the potential to transform space exploration forever. Imagine astronauts producing breathable air and spacecraft fuel directly in orbit—no more costly resupply missions from Earth! This efficient, sustainable innovation could enable long-term missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, making the dream of a multi-planetary future more achievable than ever. In this video, we’ll explore how this technology works, why it’s so important, and what it means for humanity’s next big leap. Don’t miss out on this exciting update about the future of space exploration!
References:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3295452/chin…ation-leap.
https://interestingengineering.com/space/china-makes-resourc…ace-travel.
https://www.gasworld.com/story/china-turns-co2-into-oxygen-o…7.article/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulPmKGaHXTg.

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Russia’s Nuclear Space Weapon: How It Could destroy satellites with massive energy wave.

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Convair’s Super-NEXUS—a visionary leap into spaceflight—was no ordinary vehicle. This partially reusable, Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) behemoth was designed to carry an astounding 2 million pounds of payload, making it a true giant of its time. Imagine a colossal structure that stood 400 feet tall, towering over even the mighty Saturn V, which itself reached a height of 363 feet. With a staggering diameter of 150 feet, the NEXUS would have dwarfed its predecessors in both size and capability.

But sheer size is only part of the story. In its largest proposed variant, the Super-NEXUS would have weighed an almost incomprehensible 48 million pounds when fully fueled—compared to the Saturn V’s comparatively modest 6.5 million pounds. This weight discrepancy highlights the ambitious scale of the project. The NEXUS wasn’t just a bigger rocket; it was an entirely new class of spacecraft, designed to deliver an unprecedented payload of 2 million pounds to low Earth orbit—more than eight times the capacity of the Saturn V.

And the innovation didn’t stop there. Unlike traditional one-and-done rockets, the Super-NEXUS was envisioned as a reusable marvel. It was designed not just to launch and land, but to land vertically on the ocean’s surface after each mission. Once safely aloft, the massive vehicle would be towed back to port by ships, ready to be refurbished and launched again. This ambitious dream, while never realized, pointed toward a future where space travel was as routine as any other form of transportation.

Such a vision was perhaps too far ahead of its time—but the audacity and scope of the Super-NEXUS continue to inspire, underscoring the boundless potential of human ingenuity in the quest to conquer the stars.

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