This is a 8 minute film made by NASA explaining what to expect from the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and also how to take photo’s safely with your camera of the Solar Eclipse including the Partial Phase safely without damaging your camera looking direct at the sun As I’ve mentioned many times I was lucky enough to see the 1999 Total Solar Eclipse with clear Sky’s, not in Cornwall where it was raining but in Austria and it was an amazing sight I will not forget for a brief 2... Read more ..read more

Panorama - Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth A special edition to mark man's first steps on the surface of the moon. (1969) www.bbc.co.uk On Monday evening on BBC 1 on the 21st July 1969 after the Apollo 11 moonwalk took place around 3.00am on the same day, Panarama with presenter Robin Day discussed Apollo 11’s impact on Earth during the evening at 8.00pm ..read more

Broadcast earlier today live on NASA TV. Watching and listening to Bill Nelson’s statement from earlier today. I think I might have an idea why the two 24 hour NASA TV channels are not now on the NASA App as well as other items that have disappeared from the NASA + App as well ..read more

‘Ring of Fire’ Rocket Engines Put a New Spin on Spaceflight Rotating detonation engines developed by NASA and others could spark a rocketry revolution www.scientificamerican.com Turn your sound down before you watch the engine in action ..read more

Seeing as New Glenn and Blue Origin haven't had much love on this board though I would post some updates. Quick bit of background, New Glenn is the follow up to sub-orbital tourist ride reusable rocket New Shepherd from Blue Origin. Blue Origin was founded by and is run by Jeff Bezos so they are pretty well funded. After a slow start New Glenn has been picking up steam the last couple of years and finally there is real progress that the public can see with a test launcher rolled out to the... Read more ..read more

Does anyone know the answer to the question in the title of this thread? I emailed NASA just after the NASA+ App launched in late 2023. I’ve also asked the same question to NASA on another website run by NASA. Supposedly NASA sat wait 14 days for a reply to anyone’s email.. Well I’m still waiting for a reply from NASA in March 2024. There has also been some similar negative comments from others about the NASA+ App, as well as some favourable. But strangely I’ve had no replies. Does anyone... Read more ..read more

Couldn’t see a thread. Looks like the lander is down but there are communication issues. It could have flipped over just like the Japanese lander. Good to hear Goonhilly in Cornwall get a mention. I did the tour some years back. Comms are up. Looks like a successful landing after all. Moon landing live: US spacecraft successfully lands on moon The private Odysseus lunar lander has successfully touched down on the dusty surface after a week-long voyage. On board is NASA tech which the agency hopes will pave the way for human missions later in the decade. news.sky.com ..read more

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A camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has captured an object as it burned up on re-entering Earth's atmosphere on 8 February. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, owned by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, recorded a time-lapse of the fireball blazing across the night sky, followed by smaller glowing streaks. It is thought it could be a Chinese satellite called Object K ..read more

I completely accept that it's safe but i still don't like the idea of a warehouse fire ..read more