There’s so much going on when it comes to space nowadays. Mars news in particular are interesting now, since Mars is at its closest to earth.
Atlas V, Perseverance, and Ingenuity
The next generation of robot explorers to Mars had a lift-off today on a Atlas V rocket, and it went really well. It’s a really long trip, and they expect the robot rover, Perseverance, to land on Mars Feb. 18 2021. Here’s an overview video from NASA JPL of the launch:
Everything you need to know about NASA Mars 2020 can be found here. The full video of today’s launch can be seen here.
Proton-M
As I’m typing this, Russian Roscosmos just launched a Proton-M rocket carrying two satellites, Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103. Here’s the full video (in Russian, but the on-screen text after launch is also in english), for that mission:
SpaceX Crew Dragon
Tomorrow night (August 1. 23:15 CET), the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle will return to earth with the astronauts Bob & Doug. I will follow that too, and this is the link to the official NASA stream:
Arianespace
Arianespace will also send up a couple of satellites in orbit on July 31, and they will start their transmission (in English/French) around 23:00. This link is for the English version:
While we wait for the Webb space telescope, we still have Hubble, and the vast achievements it has made in its 30 years of discoveries.
On April 24th 2020 it celebrated 30 years in space, and here are some appreciation videos from NASA, ESA, and the YouTube-channel It’s Okay To Be Smart.
NASA
Discoveries by Hubble
ESA
Some history of Hubble incl. the launch
It’s Okay To Be Smart (PBS)
Some extended information about the history, discoveries, and technology
It’s so cool that Bandcamp.com waive their provision from sales for 24h the first Friday of the month (May-July). I managed to get plenty off my wishlist and into my collection. 😁
Like the tweet below state, they’ve sold for $4.3m in the first 14 hours.
March 20: $4.3m in 24 hours, incredible! Today: $4.3m+ in 14 hours, BANANAS! 10 hours left to midnight PDT pic.twitter.com/bVi7SzUVQa
They will waive their revenue share every first friday of the month of May, June and July. It’s music release day, so that’s extra cool. Also, if there’s something you want to pre-order, do it when they have these waive days, and also wishlist things and buy them during these days.
Starting now, for the next 24 hours, Bandcamp will be waiving our revenue share on all purchases. Let’s come together as a community to support artists impacted by Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/uJPX6UEt7g
I really like this band and the original studio version of this song, but with this live version it sounds better than ever. Minimalistic can be so nice sometimes!