Godspeed, Uhura: A bit of Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols will go to space
Friday, 26 August 2022 12:07
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Nichelle Nichols, who blazed a trail for Black actors as Lieutenant Uhura on the original "Star Trek," never got to go to space while she was alive—but her ashes and her DNA are due to reach the final frontier as early as this year.
The symbolic samples are scheduled to fly beyond the moon, along with the ashes of other dearly departed Star Trek pioneers such as James Doohan ("Scotty"); Majel Barrett Roddenberry ("Nurse Chapel"); the TV series' creator, Gene Roddenberry; and visual-effects wizard Douglas Trumbull.
To top it all off, Nichols' memorial journey will begin with the launch of a Vulcan rocket. "I'm sure she would have much preferred to go on the shuttle," said her son, Kyle Johnson, "but this was a pretty close second."
The "Enterprise" memorial mission is being organized by Houston-based Celestis, which has been making arrangements to fly its customers' cremated remains for a quarter-century.
Week in images: 22-26 August 2022
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Week in images: 22-26 August 2022
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Protecting Artemis and lunar explorers from space radiation
Friday, 26 August 2022 10:30
Sunrise for the Moon
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The Orion spacecraft with integrated European Service Module sit atop the Space Launch System, imaged at sunrise at historic Launchpad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
The Flight Readiness Review has deemed the trio GO for launch, marking the dawn of a new era in space exploration.
The first in a series of missions that will return humans to the Moon, including taking the first European, Artemis I is scheduled for launch no earlier than Monday 29 August, at 14:33 CEST.
This mission will put NASA’s Orion spacecraft and ESA’s European Service Module to the test during a
Cubesats to hitch rides on Artemis 1
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The first flight of the Space Launch System will carry along with the Orion spacecraft 10 cubesats intended to carry out missions from prospecting for lunar ice to flying by an asteroid — if they’re not dead on arrival.
China makes progress in reusability with secretive second flight of suborbital spaceplane
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China has performed its first repeated use of a suborbital spaceplane as part of efforts to develop a fully reusable space transportation system.
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Lunar Trailblazer faces NASA review after cost overruns
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NASA will decide the future of a lunar smallsat orbiter mission at a review this fall after cost overruns by the spacecraft’s manufacturer.
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ESA astronaut rad-detectors on Artemis
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ESA astronaut rad-detectors on Artemis Boeing eyes February for space capsule's first crewed flight
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The first crewed flight of Boeing's space capsule Starliner is scheduled for February 2023, the company and NASA announced Thursday, as the United States seeks to secure a second way for its astronauts to reach the International Space Station.
Since 2020, American astronauts have traveled to the ISS aboard SpaceX's vessels but the US space agency wants to widen its options.
After a serie Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere
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The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.
Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the successful discovery of CO2 gives researchers hope that similar observations could be carried out o SpaceX and T-Mobile unveil satellite plan to end cellphone 'dead zones'
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Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced Thursday.
The new service, which will work on existing cellphones and utilize SpaceX's network of thousands of Starlink satellites in Earth's orbit, will begin offering text messaging se SpaceX and T-Mobile partner for direct-to-cellphone satellite service
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T-Mobile announced plans Aug. 25 to use SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites next year to bring connectivity to phones beyond the reach of its cell towers in the United States.
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Turion Space licensed to sell commercial SSA data
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California startup Turion Space said Aug. 24 it has secured U.S. regulatory approval to sell space situational awareness services from its first satellite next year.
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NRO to add more commercial imagery providers as it builds a ‘hybrid architecture’
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The National Reconnaissance Office expects to select next month multiple providers of radio-frequency data collected by commercial satellites.
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Boeing astronaut flight off until next year for more fixes
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