Space Roundup Oct 25th, 2020
Hi, space lovers!
Here’s the weekly Space Roundup for you. There’s a lot of exciting stuff going on at the moment. Please, take a seat and enjoy!
News
This week, NASA’s Osiris Rex spacecraft successfully collected a significant amount of asteroid Bennu’s surface material, what an achievement! But it’s experienced a lot of issues: material leaks, inability to weigh the sample, etc. Let’s hope everything goes well and it gets home safe - read more
Nokia has announced that it will deploy the first 4G network on the moon for NASA. This would have a massive impact on communications between earth and robots, spacecraft and astronauts operating on the moon, although they will be starting with local moon communications - read more
SpaceX celebrated their AMAZING 100th launch this week, while finally installing the Starship SN8 nosecone. Amazing progress! Looking forward to the first complete Starship test flight very soon - read more
China’s government keeps investing in local space companies to make sure they keep up with the crazy international space race we’re witnessing - read more
This one is making me nervous! Tomorrow NASA will make a mysterious announcement about a recent discovery to be disclosed …make sure not to miss it! - What can it be about? Water? Something else? We’ll see! :) - Read more
Video of the week
NASA mars 2020 mission is getting closer to landing on the red planet. You might be wondering how this mission is different from the previous one? How has NASA improved the rover they are sending to mars? Here’s a very interesting video describing improvements and changes to make this mission even better
Keep learning!
How Do Black Holes Form? Curious about them? I definitely am! - read the answer here
Pic of the week
Antennae Galaxies: two colliding galaxies captured by Hubble
Upcoming Events and launches
Oct. 26 - Long March 3B • Tiantong 1-02
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket will launch the Tiantong 1-02 mobile communications satellite.
Oct. 28 Electron • “In Focus”
Launch window: 2114-2203 GMT (5:14-6:03 p.m. EDT)
Oct. 29 free webinar - “The Future of Mars Exploration”
Space jobs!
Senior Software Engineer – Flight Software, Rocket Lab, New Zealand - https://www.space-defence-security-jobs.com/aerospace/18610/senior-software-engineer-flight-software/
Program Manager GKN Aerospace - USA - https://www.space-defence-security-jobs.com/aerospace/18485/program-manager/
Knowledge Management Engineer at Space Applications Services, the Netherlands - https://www.spaceindividuals.com/job-details?id=5f930e99b3e94f15d89e439e
and that’s it for this week! :)
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Cheers from sunny Spain!
Juan, the Curious Astronaut