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Catastrophic floods on Mars carved some of the planet’s deepest valleys
Bloated lakes burst their walls billions of years ago to shape the red planet we see today.
This Awesome Sight Made the ISS Crew Dash to the Cupola
Orbiting about 250 miles (402 kilometers) above Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) enjoy a unique and enviable view of our planet.
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who’s been on the ISS since April, has regularly shared impressive images that he’s captured from the station’s Cupola, the seven-window module that offers panoramic views of Earth and beyond.
While most of Pesquet’s shots show physical features such as coastlines, cities, and the occasional oddity, he also looks out for natural phenomena such as auroras.
Presentation and discussion of the book “The Case for Space”
Today, 19:00 UTC, Bob Zubrin will present his book “The case for space”.
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This 70-year-old technology could ensure humanity’s future in space
Straight from the world of aquatic sports to the cosmic realm.
Some 70 years later, we are still relying on air friction, heatshields, and parachutes and landing at sea more often than not. A change could boost the commercialization of LEO.
There’s a Giant Hole in the Middle of This 226-Foot Superyacht Concept —and That’s the Point
Lazzarini.
The standout feature is, of course, the arc, or “hole deck” as Lazzarini calls it, which can be customized to each seafarer’s needs. Accessible via a door at the vessel’s bow, the sprawling space is ideal for lounging and is fitted with steps down to the ocean for requisite dips.
Shape is crowned by a glass-bottom infinity pool situated on the upper deck. It allows the swimmers above to look down on those below (or vice versa). Here, you’ll also find a helipad to facilitate the comings and goings of those onboard. At the stern, meanwhile, there is a waterside beach club with a diving platform, plus a garage for toys.
Mercury mission flies
BepiColombo will fly by the planet’s night side, so images during the closest approach wouldn’t be able to show much detail.
The mission team anticipates the images will show large impact craters that are scattered across Mercury’s surface, much like our moon. The researchers can use the images to map Mercury’s surface and learn more about the planet’s composition.
Some of the instruments on both orbiters will be turned on during the flyby so they can get a first whiff of Mercury’s magnetic field, plasma and particles.
One of The Largest Comets Ever Seen is Headed Our Way
A comet so massive that it was initially misidentified as a dwarf planet is on its way in from the outer Solar System.
There’s no need to be concerned; C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), as the comet is known, will pass just outside Saturn’s orbit. However, its large size and close proximity will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study a pristine object from the Oort Cloud and learn more about the formation of the Solar System.
“We have the privilege of having discovered perhaps the largest comet ever seen – or at least larger than any well-studied one – and caught it early enough for people to watch it evolve as it approaches and warms up,” co-discoverer and astronomer Gary Bernstein from the University of Pennsylvania said earlier this year.
Launchspace wins CASIS support for upcoming ISS demonstration
SAN FRANCISCO – Launchspace Technologies Corp., a company developing technology to capture orbital debris, is the latest space startup to seek funding on an equity crowdfunding platform.
As of Oct. 2 LaunchSpace had raised $58,351 at a valuation of nearly $49 million on Netcapital.
On the Netcapital site, LaunchSpace is heralding its recent grant from the nonprofit Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to support its plan to test technology for collecting orbital debris on the International Space Station.