I recorded this demo in my Vacuum chamber showing what would happen if I dropped a piece of paper at normal atmospheric air pressure vs zero air pressure. I dropped the paper using a magnet so you can see how when there is no air the magnet and paper stay together.

Great news! I was successfully able to get my CubeSat mock-up to rotate using earths magnetic field!

https://youtube.com/shorts/9wC5gs9mH5A?feature=share Also I am changing the design from a 1U to 3U to allow it too be more capable. I am planning to fly it‘s components to near space this June aboard a weather balloon. I am planning on flying… Read more

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Relativity Space’s Terran 1 is the first fully 3D Printed rocket as well as first rocket to be powered on Liquid Natural Gas and Liquid Oxygen.

Today Relativity Space made is second launch attempt however it was scrubbed.

You can see the launch date and where to view it here: https://everydayastronaut.com/good-luck-have-fun-terran-1/

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Recently for a school science fair project, I demonstrated heat transfer using a dry Ice ice-cooled computer. I worked on the dry Ice Cooling mechanism, and my teammate worked on the computer. Essentially what I did was I took a piece of copper pipe and soldered it onto a copper plate. Then I took apart an intel stock cooler and mounted it…

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Recently I started a project called “Mission Cube” with the goal of launching an opensource 1U CubeSat to Low Earth Orbit. We are trying to lower the cost of building a CubeSat by attempting to use off of the shelf parts. Currently, I have been working on the development of the Cubesat magnetorquer. The purpose of a magnetorquer is to…

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Speaking of Cats in space, here is how cats react to zero g This was recorded from a plane doing a zero g parabola

You can see if you will be able to see the eclipse here: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-november-8

Here is a useful video by national geographic on lunar eclipses:

You can read more about lunar eclipses here: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/total-lunar-eclipse.html

Yesterday the Juno Spacecraft flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa at a distance of 219miles at 2:36am PST. The last time a spacecraft flew by Europa was Galileo in 2000 so these images are a game changer! You can read more about this flyby here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-juno-shares-first-image-from-flyby-of-jupiters-moon-europa

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Here is a map of countries that either currently / used to recognize queen Elizabeth as their monarch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_headed_by_Elizabeth_II#/media/File:Realms_territories_and_protectorates_of_Elizabeth_II.svg

In the past hour it has been announced that the Queen of England has passed away leaving behind her legacy. Countless nations around the world recognized her as their ruling monarch and this event will certainly have an influence in history. We might never see in our lifetime another monarch to rule as long as the Queen of…

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Earlier this year, NASA grew plants in lunar samples collecting the Apollo Program to see if lunar colonists in the future could use lunar soil to grow plants. You can read more about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/biological-physical/scientists-grow-plants-in-soil-from-the-moon. It was quite interesting to see that the plants…

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It also links to some more amazing online NASA sites for example here is another cool 3d NASA software that allows you to deploy instruments on a 3d Insight Lander. https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/experience-insight/InSight.html

When you click on an event to watch you scroll through it and it shows you where and how a spacecraft made its major discoveries! For example, I had a lot of fun seeing the NASA eyes animation for Cassini’s Discovery at Enceladus https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/story/enceladus_discovery. I was able to see Cassini make a flyby…

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Recently NASA made some significant changes to their NASA Eyes Visualization Site https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/home. The site is absolutely amazing! They now have a travel to the future and past bar at the bottom of the page. Not only does the site show the unique rotations of Moons and planets but now the site…

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Thank You! It took about a week to print and a couple of hours worth of sanding.

Sadly it appears Artemis 1 was scrubbed again due to a hydrogen leak 🙁

I just finished 3d printing a scale model of Artemis 1

On September 29th NASA’s Juno spacecraft will conduct a flyby of an icy moon of Jupiter named Europa as part of its extended mission. It will be t time in over 20 years that we get an up close photo of Europa! The last time was with Galileo a spacecraft made in the 1980s and launched in the 1990s. So we can expect some absolutely…

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Unfortunately, this launch was scrubbed a new launch window should open up in September.

At last after many many delays the time has come, on August 29th NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) will launch at 5:30am Pacific Day Time. Hopefully less than a month later Starship will launch and become the next most powerful rocket to be launched.

Here is the countdown for when the first images from James Webb: https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html However today at 5 pm EST United States President Joe Biden will be revealing the first image on NASA live:

You can watch the live launch of an Arianespace rocket in 4 hours here:

It will be launching from French Guiana carrying a variety of satellites.

In the early morning hours of June 19th across southern Africa, a star will disappear and then reappear. This is because a Moon of Jupiter will pass in front of the Star blocking our view of it.

https://www.space.com/europa-moon-occultation-skywatching-juice-mission

New Update: Unfortunately the rocket’s second stage engine stopped too early not giving the payload Tropics satellites enough velocity to reach orbit.

We have liftoff!

The countdown has begun again! T-10 min!!!!

Currently Astra Rockets is launching another rocket, unfortunately, the countdown is on hold. Hopefully, a new launch time will be given shortly, currently it is stuck on the 31-second Mark.

Here is an excellent video that shows how shockingly large the universe is!!! https://youtu.be/Iy7NzjCmUf0