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Nov 3
2018

Starman and Tesla Roadster Have Shot Past Mars, SpaceX Says

SpaceX’s Starman and cherry red Tesla Roadster have traveled beyond Mars. SpaceX shared a diagram of the car once driven by the aerospace manufacturer’s CEO Elon Musk indicating it has now reached beyond the Red Planet.

Sharing Starman’s current position in a diagram to Twitter, SpaceX also tweeted a nod to Douglas Adams’ seminal work The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which is beloved by Musk. (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe refers to the second book in the series.) The dash of the Roadster itself even has a nod to Hitchhiker’s Guide, as Space.com notes the words “Don’t Panic” on its control panel also appeared on a cover of the novel.

Nov 3
2018

Elon Musk says SpaceX is on track to launch people to Mars within 6 years — here’s the full timeline of his plans to colonize the red planet

Humans on Mars in 2024? Musk thinks it will happen.

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in hopes of colonizing Mars, and the tech mogul is unafraid of sharing his timelines to launch humans to the red planet.

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

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

Nov 2
2018

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

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/

Link to ICO: https://brain-space.io/

Link to the test version of copyright protection: https://deposit.brainspace.world/register

Nov 1
2018

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

#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

Nov 1
2018

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

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.

Oct 31
2018

What is the RS −25 Engine

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

Oct 30
2018

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

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

Oct 29
2018

We’re getting closer to “touching” the Sun

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

Oct 29
2018

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

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.