Apollo 13 in real-time & other Space stuff

[otatop]

@otatop

ESA launched it so perfectly NASA now expects a minimum 10 years of service from JWST, compared to the minimum baseline of 5 years for the mission.

Update:
https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1479907649160364044

[Devil]

https://twitter.com/Kevin_Hainline/status/1480679186956099586?t=-ajh-mh9U0rncFAqyU176Q&s=19

[otatop]

I captured James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) flying across an elusive nebula. Zoom in! [8k 60fps]

I was very lucky to capture JWST in a special period of time, that it was flying past a giant nebula near Alnilam, I believe this is a sight to be seen once in a lifetime. I feel very humbled and emotional watching the small dot flying away, carrying our hope and curiosity, into the dark and cold, yet magnificent universe, so I decide to make a video, in hope of sharing the feelings with more people.

[otatop]

Orbital Insertion Burn a Success, Webb Arrives at L2

Now just months of calibrating the mirror to go.

[VoteForSocialists]

for once i believe the headline is unfair to spacex, but totally belongs in this thread

Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon

[Devil]

[Devil]

Hadn’t seen this before. Does not look real.

https://twitter.com/JPMajor/status/1490756797468131330?s=20&t=THamLLkFc2iNxpTliWEpPA

[Krayz]

wrong thread, should be in travel photo of the day

[Coasterbrad]

Pretty incredible to think about what that experience must have been like for him. And to think about what the remainder of his life would have been like had there been an issue that prevented getting back to the shuttle.

[suzzer99]

I assume the shuttle could try to go get him?

[Dutch101]

Wonder if someone has a definite answer on the shuttle being able to go get him if something goes wrong because I remember Hadfield saying he considered spacewalks the most risky thing you can do and his biggest fear was drifting away without a tether and a failing jetpack.

[Coasterbrad]

No clue. I’d assume there was some kind of plan B had plan A failed. But doing that without a physical tether as one of the redundancies is wild.

[otatop]

Up to 82% of the most recent Starlink launch wiped out by geomagnetic storm

On Thursday, February 3 at 1:13 p.m. EST, Falcon 9 launched 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s second stage deployed the satellites into their intended orbit, with a perigee of approximately 210 kilometers above Earth, and each satellite achieved controlled flight.

Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches. The Starlink team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they would fly edge-on (like a sheet of paper) to minimize drag—to effectively “take cover from the storm”—and continued to work closely with the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites based on ground radars.

Preliminary analysis show the increased drag at the low altitudes prevented the satellites from leaving safe-mode to begin orbit raising maneuvers, and up to 40 of the satellites will reenter or already have reentered the Earth’s atmosphere. The deorbiting satellites pose zero collision risk with other satellites and by design demise upon atmospheric reentry—meaning no orbital debris is created and no satellite parts hit the ground.

[CanadaMatt3004]

Thats fucking terrifying and awe inspiring

[bobman0330]

A propos of nothing, if anyone who follows this thread hasn’t watched For All Mankind, do that right away.

[CanadaMatt3004]

Apple tv?

[bobman0330]

Yessir.

[Devil]

Since I’m the resident pessimist

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1491871722890530818?s=20&t=O7fwnavIJaB7IVvePqwDGw

[StrontiumDog]

Photons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 Times

[Devil]

@Surf

phenomenally unreliable

It could be they’re just getting the shit end of variance while other companies run good but yeah, their wiki page has an impressive list of failures. It’s like the early days of the US space program.