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Nov 2, 2018

The European Service Module – the powerhouse that will supply our NASA’s Orion Spacecraft spacecraft with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air and water – will soon make its journey from Bremen, Germany to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

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Tune in to NASA TV to learn more about this major milestone that will help propel us to deep space missions: https://go.nasa.gov/2qqRCNI

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Nov 2, 2018

Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan becomes advisor at “Brain Space”! Welcome!

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I recently become an advisor at Brain Space, a new #blockchain company creating a better system to deal with copyrights and patents. They have an ICO coming up here very soon. Here’s an article (with a video I did) with more info: https://medium.com/…/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-becomes-ad… AND CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE: https://brain-space.io/


Zoltan Istvan, an American-Hungarian, began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world at the age of 21. His main cargo was 500 handpicked books, mostly classics. He’s explored over 100 countries — many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel — writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has also been featured by The New York Times, Outside, Wired UK, Slate, Vice, San Francisco Chronicle, BBC Radio, CNN, CBS, RT, Fox News, the Travel Channel, and in much other media.

More about Zoltan at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltan-istvan-78aa2964/

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Nov 1, 2018

#DidYouKnow: NASA Dawn Mission is the only spacecraft that has ever orbited two worlds beyond Earth

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#DidYouKnow : NASA Dawn Mission is the only spacecraft that has ever orbited two worlds beyond Earth. Watch our experts discuss 11 years of scientific discovery, breathtaking imagery and unprecedented feats of engineering from the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2qlECc9

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Nov 1, 2018

Over half a million chunks of space trash could jeopardize space travel — but Europe has a plan to save it

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More than half a million chunks of space trash surround our planet and it poses a serious threat to space travel as we know it. But Europe has a plan.

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Oct 31, 2018

What is the RS −25 Engine

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Engine test! 🔥 🚀 At Stennis Space Center, we’re about to fire up the RS-25 engine for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, which will power missions to the Moon and Mars. Tune in at https://go.nasa.gov/2Q9LmFc

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Oct 30, 2018

Last night, #ParkerSolarProbe surpassed 153,454 miles per hour becoming fastest-ever human-made object relative to the Sun

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This breaks the record set by the German-American Helios 2 mission in April 1976. The spacecraft will continue to break its own records, achieving a top speed of about 430,000 miles per hour in 2024. Catch up: https://go.nasa.gov/2qjOraI

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Oct 29, 2018

We’re getting closer to “touching” the Sun

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ParkerSolarProbe became the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun when it passed within 26.55 million miles of the Sun’s surface. Find out more: https://go.nasa.gov/2Q4QB9p

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Oct 29, 2018

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Back Online, Continues Cosmic Research

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Systems are a go for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope after the successful recovery of a backup gyroscope replaced one that failed earlier this month.

The spacecraft entered safe mode on Oct. 5, remaining in a stable configuration for three weeks; HST returned to normal operations late on Friday.

It completed science observations the next day, using the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument to capture infrared wavelengths of a distant, star-forming galaxy.

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Oct 29, 2018

SpaceX confirms initial BFR spaceship flight tests will occur in South Texas

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SpaceX has confirmed that the two large propellant tanks now present at its Boca Chica, Texas facilities will likely to be the last major ground tanks needed to enable the first test flights of the upper stage of its next-gen BFR rocket, known as the Big Falcon Spaceship (BFS).

Expected to begin as soon as late 2019, SpaceX executives have recently reiterated plans for a campaign of hop tests for the first full-scale spaceship prototype, in which the ship will follow in the footsteps of its Falcon 9-based Grasshopper and F9R predecessors.

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Oct 29, 2018

Russia ‘tests’ key piece of nuclear space engine to revolutionize long-range missions

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Nuclear engine (aka YaEDU):


A key component of Russia’s future nuclear space propulsion system, which may revolutionize long-range exploration of the solar system, has been successfully tested, RIA Novosti reported.

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