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NASA @nasa@social.beachcom.org · 14 hours ago

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NASA Marshall Fires Up Hybrid Rocket Motor to Prep for Moon Landings https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esdmd/artemis-campaign-development-division/human-landing-system-program/nasa-marshall-fires-up-hybrid-rocket-motor-to-prep-for-moon-landings/#NASA #HumanLandingSystemProgram #Artemis #HumansInSpace #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter

Paul Hammond @PaulHammond51@fosstodon.org · 3 days ago

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'Tis But A Scratch!

Curiosity Rover Wheel Check - Curiosity acquired this image using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, on April 22, 2025, Sol 4518 of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

#CuriosityRover #MSL #MarsRover #NASA #Science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks #Mars #MAHLI #WheelOfTime

NASA @nasa@social.beachcom.org · 7 days ago

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Origami-inspired Diffractive Sail for Directed Energy Propulsion https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/space-tech-research-grants/ecf/origami-inspired-diffractive-sail-for-directed-energy-propulsion/#NASA #EarlyCareerFacultyECF #SpaceTechnologyResearchGrants

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 2 months ago

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Jared #Isaacman, the nominee to lead #NASA, appears to be on the #Mars 🔴 train https://www.independent.co.uk/space/trump-moon-musk-occupy-mars-b2701028.html

#Artemis #SLS

NASA @nasa@social.beachcom.org · last week

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NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements https://science.nasa.gov/directorates/smd/earth-science-division/earth-science-technology-office/nasa-aims-to-fly-first-quantum-sensor-for-gravity-measurements/#NASA #EarthScienceTechnologyOffice

heise online English @heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de · 2 weeks ago

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NASA faces massive budget cuts from Trump administration

The new US government wants to cut 20% overall and 50% in scientific research. This would mean the end of important NASA missions.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/NASA-faces-massive-budget-cuts-from-Trump-administration-10350405.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Astronomie #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #NASA #Politik #Raumfahrt #Wissen #Wissenschaft #news

Dr. John Barentine FRAS @JohnBarentine@astrodon.social · 2 weeks ago

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This proposal essentially ends U.S. leadership and dominance in space research and space-based astronomy.

"NASA’s science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future missions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/11/nasa-science-budget-cuts-trump/

#UnitedStates #NASA #Research #Space

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 12 months ago

#NASA found that protective “char layer” material from the heat shield wore away unexpectedly during reentry in more than 100 locations. The material cracked and broke off the #spacecraft in pieces, creating a trail of debris, instead of melting away as it was supposed to. The spacecraft heats 🔥 up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry—about half as hot as the surface of the sun ☀️. Some bolts on Orion also unexpectedly melted and eroded. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasas-orion-capsule-heat-shield-wore-away-in-more-than-100-places-during-2022-test-flight-posing-significant-risks-180984296/

#Orion #Artemis

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 12 months ago

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May 1, 2024 #Orion Heat Shield Char Loss After #Artemis I Mission https://oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ig-24-011.pdf

#NASA

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

The #SLS and #Orion spacecraft projects are of such a scale that they spend money in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, creating #parochial interest in nearly every congressional district. It sounds like a straightforward argument: cancel the slow and outdated SLS and direct its $2.6 billion 💰 per year into novel public-private partnerships like #SpaceX’s #Starship https://www.planetary.org/articles/why-we-have-the-sls

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 12 months ago

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#Orion #Artemis

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

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#NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a devastating 👎 audit 🔍 of the program, which found that delays to the #SLS booster and engine contracts have resulted in an approximately $6 billion 💰💰💰💰💰💰 cost-overrun. The report further criticizes the use of #CostPlus contracts, a fee structure by which essentially all of the risk is taken on by the government. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/congress-prepares-to-continue-throwing-money-at-nasas-space-launch-system/

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

#SLS is a boondoggle. The conception and execution of the project has been a near-perfect example of #PorkBarrel politics. Pork barrels are lousy ways to advance technology. Just a fraction of the $23bn 💰 spent on the #SLS could make an enormous difference. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/28/nasas-newest-rocket-is-a-colossal-waste-of-money

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · 10 months ago

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#Presidents support #NASA and do what NASA says. We could have orbiters around every planet 🪐 in the #SolarSystem for a fraction 📊 of the cost of #Artemis. But nobody gave us that option. The cost 💰 and time ⏳ spent on #SLS and #Orion have set the #SpaceProgram back 〽️ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/opinion/nasa-moon-artemis.html

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 2 months ago

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"Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, #NASA reports" by @LiveScience - As astronomers' observations have narrowed the estimate of #asteroid #2024YR4's orbit, Earth's size is now a larger fraction of the reduced cross-section of possible paths. So probability goes up until impact is ruled out. 96.9% chance the eventually-narrowed path will eliminate impact with Earth. Computation continues. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/chance-of-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-smashing-into-earth-rises-yet-again-to-3-1-percent-nasa-reports #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 2 months ago

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I don't see new news articles yet. But I checked the #NASA JPL data on #asteroid #2024YR4. It has been dropped on the Torino Scale of impact hazards from 1 to 0, previously at 3 when it was in the news. Now 1 in 26000 chance of impact in the 2032 pass. 😌 Still expected to go to zero. Dark skies under a waning moon allowed enough observations to narrow down its orbit before it's too far away from Earth to see for 3 years. #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space

screenshot of NASA JPL data on asteroid 2024 YR4 forecasted near passes by Earth close enough for potential impact
the pass on 2032-12-22.59 is now listed as 3.9e-5 chance of impact

clicking on the 3.9e-5 yields more info:
Alternate Representations for Impact Probability = 3.9e-5
0.0039% chance of Earth impact
1 in 26,000 odds of impact
99.9961% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth — screenshot of NASA JPL data on asteroid 2024 YR4 forecasted near passes by Earth close enough for potential impact the pass on 2032-12-22.59 is now listed as 3.9e-5 chance of impact clicking on the 3.9e-5 yields more info: Alternate Representations for Impact Probability = 3.9e-5 0.0039% chance of Earth impact 1 in 26,000 odds of impact 99.9961% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth

Corey S Powell @coreyspowell@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

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I look at a lot of space images, but this one made my eyes bug out like a cartoon character.

What you see here isn't a spiral galaxy, exactly. It's a spiral galaxy whose image was bent into a circle by the gravity of an elliptical galaxy visible at the center.

Warped space, right before your eyes!

https://esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/ #space #science #art #nasa #esa