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NASA: "Dusk for Dawn: Mission of Many Firsts to Gather More Data in Home Stretch" There are some new images of Occator Crater from around periapsis, just 34 kilometers above the surface as previously reported. Of course, Dawn will observe Ceres until the end and researchers will continue...

SpaceNews: "White House nominates Morhard to be NASA deputy administrator" I'm disappointed Bridenstine's request wasn't heeded, but without getting too political, what do you expect from this administration?

So it looks like ESA may participate in Mars Sample Return again. The agencies were supposed to collaborate together before until budget cuts stopped NASA's contribution. However, NASA soon went ahead with Mars 2020 that would cache samples. SpaceNews: "ESA awards Mars sample return study...

"NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Pauses Science Observations to Download Science Data"

"Cutting-Edge Heat Shield Installed on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe" The launch is scheduled for no earlier than August 4.

European astronauts hope to get seats on the Shenzhou.

Baikonur is leased to Russia until 2050. I don't think Russia would just abandon it so soon. Hopefully the ISS will be around for another 10 years. Also, the first module of the Chinese space station is expected to launch soon. Europe is cooperating with the Chinese.

This thread gave me an idea. I fixed the patch.

Unlike a planetary mission, a single astronomy mission can support many different kinds of scientists. JWST will study planets, exoplanets, astrobiology, cosmology, and stellar physics off the top of my head. So I think it's still worth the price tag and I'm sure the engineers are testing...

Some interesting information about the processor: The CPU Shack: "PowerPC Processor for TESS Planet Hunter" The spacecraft's processor is relatively advanced and can process raw camera data before transmitting, but not radiation hardened. It also has 192GB of flash storage, a lot compared to...

Nature Astronomy: "Evidence of a plume on Europa from Galileo magnetic and plasma wave signatures" JPL: "Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/decades-old-data-shows-evidence-europa-shoots-watery-plumes-space-180969074/...

You can make a Steam game update by trying to run it when an update is queued.

JPL: "NASA Juno finds Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are Unearthly"

ULA plans to recover Vulcan's engines in mid-air, but it might not be worth it to go after fairings with a helicopter.

Some updates: Last year, the cameras on TESS were determined to have a focus issue. However, NASA eventually determined to launch anyway because it won't have a large enough impact on the mission. In January, NASA certified the Falcon 9 FT to launch medium risk (Category 2) science missions...

SpaceNews: "NASA budget proposal continues debate on when and how to launch Europa Clipper" *merged two Europa Clipper threads so there will be one comprehensive thread

Yeah, I don't remember SpaceX showing the Roadster during fairing jettison. SpaceX seems to recut the launch footage later on.

THEY DID IT! https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/961083704230674438 (removed embedding because ninjas) Sneaky :ninja: Although SpaceX got approval, I think this launch might violate planetary protection.

Countries that have been to Mars: Russia USA EU Japan India SpaceX Please Elon.