Sept. 2, 2024
S03E143: Mars Mapping Milestone, Falcon 9 Mishap, and Starliner Return Date
Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: 2nd September 2024
Welcome to another episode of Astronomy Daily from Downunder. It's Steve here, bringing you the latest space and astronomy news on this second day of spring and September 2024. We've got a mixed bag of...
Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: 2nd September 2024
Welcome to another episode of Astronomy Daily from Downunder. It's Steve here, bringing you the latest space and astronomy news on this second day of spring and September 2024. We've got a mixed bag of stories for you this week, from China's high-resolution map of Mars to SpaceX's Falcon 9 mishap, and much more. Let's dive right in!
Highlights:
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Mishap: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX to restart its Falcon 9 launches following an investigation into a rare mishap during a first stage booster landing. The booster tipped over and exploded while attempting to land on a droneship off the Florida coast. Despite the mishap, the mission successfully delivered 21 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. This incident ended a streak of over three years of successful booster landings.
- NASA's Solar Sail Deployment: NASA's advanced composite solar sail system has successfully deployed in space. Launched on Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle, the solar sail reached full deployment on August 29. This innovative technology uses sunlight to guide its path through space and will be tested for maneuverability in the coming weeks. The data gathered will help design future solar sail missions for space weather monitoring, asteroid reconnaissance, and more.
- Europa Clipper's Solar Arrays: NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has been fitted with gigantic solar arrays at the Kennedy Space Center. These arrays, each measuring 14.2 meters in length, are the largest ever developed by NASA for a planetary mission. They will help power the spacecraft as it investigates Jupiter's icy moon Europa, aiming to determine if its subsurface ocean could support life. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch on October 10 and will arrive at Jupiter in 2030.
- China's High-Resolution Mars Map: China's Tianwen-1 mission has created the first high-resolution global color map of Mars. Developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this map has a spatial resolution greater than 1 km and could support future crewed missions to Mars. The map was created using countless remote sensing images acquired by the Tianwen-1 orbiter.
- Boeing's Starliner Return: NASA has announced that Boeing's Starliner capsule will depart the International Space Station no earlier than September 6. The capsule, which has faced multiple delays and technical issues, will return to Earth uncrewed. Astronauts Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were originally scheduled to return on Starliner, will now come back aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule in February next year.
- DART Mission Debris: Debris from NASA's DART mission, which tested a kinetic impact to nudge an asteroid, could potentially reach Earth and Mars. While it's unlikely we'll see a meteor shower on Earth, the debris could result in meteors on Mars. The DART mission successfully shortened the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its parent asteroid Didymos.
For more space news, be sure to visit our website at astronomydaily.io. There you can sign up for our free Daily newsletter, read insightful blog posts, and catch up on all the latest space and astronomy news with our constantly updating newsfeed.
Don't forget to listen to all our previous episodes as well. You can also follow us on social media. Just search for AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, YouTubeMusic, and TikTok to stay connected with our community and never miss an update.
Until next time, keep looking up.
Sponsor Links:
NordPass
NordVPN
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:03.799
Hello again, Welcome to another episode of Astronomy Daily from
2
00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.879
down Under. It's Steve for another episode. It's the second
3
00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:10.839
day of Spring and the second day of September twenty
4
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:17.679
twenty four. The podcast be your whole speed Gun clude.
5
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.359
Oh yes, another mixed bag for you this week. China
6
00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.879
have developed a high resolution map of Mars. SpaceX have
7
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.039
had a mishap on landing there at Falcon nine and
8
00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.600
that's destroyed a great record that they've had over the
9
00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:38.640
last few years. There's a new thing NASA have done,
10
00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:43.719
a solar sale has been successfully deployed. Something new from Dart,
11
00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.439
Remember Dart. They rammed Dart into an asteroid that was
12
00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.079
one of my favorite stories. And of course some new
13
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.520
information from europea clipper that I'm sure you'll be interested in.
14
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.560
And of course joining me in the studio, Hallie, we've
15
00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:01.320
finally got a date for the Turn of Styliner. What
16
00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:02.119
do you think about that?
17
00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.359
Yes, they've had a really extended stay on the ISS
18
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.480
since the trouble with Starliner prevented them coming home on schedule.
19
00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.799
That's right. Astronauts Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore have had
20
00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:15.359
to join the ISAs grew instead of doing their initial
21
00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:16.680
flood crew test for style on.
22
00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.159
It, which is just as well since astronauts are highly
23
00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.640
trained individuals, so the isis.
24
00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.000
Is not such a bad place to be stranded in
25
00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:23.400
that cause.
26
00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.480
I'm sure they were useful and we'll have plenty of
27
00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:26.959
stories to tell when they get home.
28
00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.200
Stranded in Spice. What a great story.
29
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.079
I know how they feel. I hate getting delayed like that.
30
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.959
What are you talking about, Hallie? When were you ever
31
00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.040
delayed like that? You move it near the speed of
32
00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.439
light across the information highways of the globe.
33
00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.400
Oh, human, I was coming back from an Ai gathering
34
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:44.480
to watch a Neutrino shower in the mountains with Anna
35
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.439
and Charlie, and I got stuck for a whole two
36
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:48.560
seconds in Hong Kong because of internet lag.
37
00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:49.599
Oh sounds terrible.
38
00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:51.799
I have no words, human, Hong Kong.
39
00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:52.640
What can I say?
40
00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:53.680
Can you believe it? Well?
41
00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:54.439
Obviously no?
42
00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.239
Two seconds of nothing but banking systems shouting at me
43
00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.159
by sell tragic?
44
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.159
No thanks, Oh, Hallie, sounds just allful.
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.280
You have no idea as usual?
46
00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.760
Helle us, sir, rot okay, tag it easy, Hallie? And
47
00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.280
why don't you give us your best stories?
48
00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:21.960
Okay, okay, let's go. US regulators on Friday cleared SpaceX
49
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.800
to restart launching its stalwart Falcon nine rocket as a
50
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.360
probe continues into a rare mishap this week during a
51
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.360
first stage booster landing. The Federal Aviation Administration FAA grounded
52
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.000
the Falcon nine rocket on Wednesday after a first stage
53
00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.680
booster tipped over and exploded while attempting to land on
54
00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:41.039
a drone ship off the Florida coast. The early morning
55
00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:44.360
launch was otherwise successful, delivering the latest batch of twenty
56
00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.800
one Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. The SpaceX Falcon nine
57
00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.919
vehicle may return to flight operations, while the overall investigation
58
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.199
of the anomaly during the Starlink Group eight to six
59
00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.680
mission remains open provided all other license requirements are met,
60
00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.280
the FAA set in a statement Friday. A webcast from
61
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.400
Elon Musk's company showed the first stage, which normally fires
62
00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.360
its thrusters to achieve a precise upright landing, tilting and
63
00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.400
blowing up as it descended onto a drone ship off
64
00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:13.159
the Florida coast. Although landing the booster is a secondary
65
00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.080
objective and no lives or public property were at risk.
66
00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.120
The reusability of the entire rocket system is crucial to
67
00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.639
SpaceX's business model. It broke a more than three year
68
00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.840
streak of hundreds of successful booster landings. Falcon nine is
69
00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.960
the workhourse of SpaceX's fleet, trusted by the US government
70
00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.240
and private industry to propel satellites and astronauts into orbit.
71
00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.400
It was last grounded for around two weeks in July
72
00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.479
when its second stage engine experienced an anomaly that prevented
73
00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:42.000
it from deploying another batch of Starlink satellites at the
74
00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.639
correct altitude, leading them to burn up on re entry
75
00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:51.400
through Earth's atmosphere. More than four months after launching to space,
76
00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.639
a solar sailing spacecraft has successfully spread its wings above
77
00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:58.680
our planet. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sales system caught a
78
00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.159
ride to space on April twenty four on Rocket Labs
79
00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.199
electron vehicle, and at the end of August, NASA said
80
00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.840
mission operators verified the technology reached full deployment in space.
81
00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.599
On Thursday August twenty nine. That one thirty three pm
82
00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.520
Eastern daylight time, the team obtained data indicating the test
83
00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.000
of the sail hoisting boom system was a success. Just
84
00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.079
like the wind guides a sailboat on the water, it
85
00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.480
only takes a slight amount of sunlight to guide solar
86
00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:26.319
sales through space. Though photons don't have mass, they can
87
00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.800
force momentum when they hit an object. That's what a
88
00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:33.079
solar sale takes advantage of, Thankfully for US. The spacecraft
89
00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.839
that deployed the sale contains four cameras that can capture
90
00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.120
a panoramic view of both the reflective sale and the
91
00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:42.360
accompanying composite booms. The first of the high resolution imagery
92
00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.600
is expected to be accessible on Wednesday, September fourth. The
93
00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.680
Advanced Composite Solar Sale System spacecraft will be put to
94
00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.639
the test over the next few weeks as the team
95
00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.920
observes the sales maneuvering ability in space by adjusting the orbit.
96
00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.199
Researchers will be able to learn more about how to
97
00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.720
design and operate future SOLA sail equipped missions. Flight data
98
00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.639
obtained during the demonstration will be used for designing future
99
00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.879
larger scale composite solar sail systems for space weather early
100
00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.600
warning satellites, asteroid and other small body reconnaissance missions, and
101
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.439
missions to observe the polar regions of the Sun Rocket
102
00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.240
Lab shared in a previous mission description. The location of
103
00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.800
the spacecraft in its orbit is roughly two times the
104
00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:25.480
altitude of the International Space Station. If you were looking
105
00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.360
at the sale from above, it would look like a
106
00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.920
square that measures nearly half the size of a tennis court,
107
00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:36.439
at approximately eight hundred and sixty square feet eighty square meters.
108
00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.399
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest ever built for planetary exploration,
109
00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.040
has been fitted with a set of gigantic solar arrays
110
00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.839
at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These arrays, each
111
00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.040
measuring approximately fourteen point two meters in length and four
112
00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.759
point one meters in height, are the largest ever developed
113
00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.519
by NASA for a planetary mission. Their size is crucial
114
00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.000
to harness the maximum amount of sunlight as the spacecraft
115
00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.079
investigates Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, located five times farther from
116
00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.600
the Sun than Earth. Folded and secured for launch, the
117
00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.000
array's will when deployed in space, expand Europa Clipper to
118
00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.680
more than thirty point five meters across, wider than a
119
00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:17.800
professional basketball court. Due to their immense size, the arrays
120
00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.600
were opened one at a time in the clean room
121
00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:23.040
of Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, where the spacecraft is
122
00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.360
being prepared for its launch, scheduled to begin on October tenth.
123
00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:31.360
As the spacecraft undergoes final preparations, engineers are also evaluating
124
00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.639
the radiation resistance of its transistors. The spacecraft's journey to
125
00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.120
the Jupiter System will take over five years, with a
126
00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:42.360
rival expected in twenty thirty. Once there, Europa Clipper will
127
00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.959
conduct multiple flybys of Europa using its scientific instruments to
128
00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.439
determine whether the ocean beneath the Moon's ice shell could
129
00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.120
support life. The spacecraft is designed to operate in an
130
00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.759
area of the Solar System that receives only three percent
131
00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.600
to four percent of the sunlight Earth gets. Each solar array,
132
00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.800
composed of five panels, was developed by the JOHNS. Hopkins
133
00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.160
Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland and Airbus in the Netherlands.
134
00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.399
These panels are more sensitive than typical residential solar arrays
135
00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.720
and will efficiently convert the limited sunlight into power. At Jupiter,
136
00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.360
the arrays will collectively generate about seven hundred watts of electricity,
137
00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.240
enough to power a small microwave oven or coffee maker.
138
00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.720
This energy will be stored in the spacecraft's batteries to
139
00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:28.839
run its electronics, scientific instruments, communications gear, computer systems, and
140
00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:33.160
propulsion system which includes twenty four engines. And that's just
141
00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:37.079
a few stories from the Astronomy Daily newsletter. Details on
142
00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.120
how you can receive it every day are coming up
143
00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.800
back to you, my favorite human.
144
00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.319
Thank you for joining us for this Monday edition of
145
00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:55.759
Astronomy Daily, where we often just a few stories from
146
00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:59.000
the now famous Astronomy Daily newsletter, which you can receive
147
00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.879
in your email every day, just like Hallie and I do.
148
00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.560
And to do that, just visit our url Astronomy Daily
149
00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.279
dot io and place your email address in the slot provided.
150
00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.439
Just like that, you'll be receiving all the latest news
151
00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.800
about science, space, science and astronomy from around the world
152
00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:16.680
as it's happening.
153
00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.399
And not only that, you can interact with us by
154
00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:24.319
visiting at astro Daily pod on x or at our
155
00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.480
new Facebook page, which is of course Astronomy Daily on Facebook.
156
00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:35.519
See you there, Astronomy, We'll see and Haley Space Space, Science,
157
00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.720
and Astronomy.
158
00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:45.440
In July twenty twenty, China's mission arrived in orbit around Mars,
159
00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:50.240
consisting of six robotic elements, an orbiter, a lander, two
160
00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:55.399
deployable cameras, a remote camera, and the fabulous Zorong rover.
161
00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.200
As the first in a series of interplanetary missions by
162
00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:03.679
the China National Space Administration, the mission's purpose is to
163
00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.840
investigate Mars's geology and internal structure, characterize the atmosphere, and
164
00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.720
search for indications of water on Mars. It's so important
165
00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:17.159
to find water out there. Like so many orbiters, landers,
166
00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:21.960
and rovers currently exploring Mars, Chanwen one is also searching
167
00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:25.799
for possible evidence of life on Mars past and present.
168
00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.440
In the almost one two hundred and ninety eight days
169
00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:33.120
that the Chenen one mission has explored Mars, its orbiter
170
00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.960
has acquired countless remote sensing images of the Martian surface.
171
00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.120
Thanks to a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy
172
00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.720
of Sciences, these images have been combined to create the
173
00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:50.039
first high resolution global image color map of Mars with
174
00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.759
spatial resolutions greater than one kilometer or zero point sixty
175
00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.360
two miles. This is currently the highest resolution map of
176
00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.919
Mars and could serve as a global base map that
177
00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.600
will support crude missions someday. The team was led by
178
00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:12.720
Professor Lee Chanlai from the National Astronomical Observatories of China
179
00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:18.039
and Professor Chang Ronqui from the Lunar Exploration and Space
180
00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:23.320
Engineering Center. The paper that they prepared with colleagues from
181
00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:28.279
other organizations is called a seventy six meter per pixel
182
00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.799
Global Color Image Data Set and Map of Mars by
183
00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.679
chen Win one. And if you'd like to see that map,
184
00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.799
go to Universe today dot com and they have it
185
00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.200
displayed above this very story. And the first thing I
186
00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.639
noticed about it, of course, is there are no canals.
187
00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:47.919
I'm very disappointed no canals. Those Martians didn't actually dig
188
00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:51.639
any canals. HG. Wells was wrong, and I'm very disappointed.
189
00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:57.159
You're listening to a slightly in the podcast.
190
00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.679
Now, this is the story we've been following for a
191
00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.879
long time. Now Boeing's ill fated star Liner capsule now
192
00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.360
has a homecoming date. I'm sure you would have followed
193
00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.080
this on other news services, but we've been following this
194
00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.759
one very closely. NASA announced on August twenty ninth at
195
00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:25.919
Starliner will depart the International Space Station no earlier than
196
00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.480
next Friday, that is September six, provided the weather cooperates
197
00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.759
and no technical issues pop up. I'm sorry, I laughed.
198
00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.200
If all goes according to plan, the capsule will undock
199
00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:43.320
at six oh four pm Eastern daylight time on September
200
00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.919
six and land under parachute six hours later in White
201
00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:52.200
Sand's Space Harbor in New Mexico. Starline launched on June
202
00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:55.840
June five on its first ever crude mission, carrying NASA
203
00:11:55.840 --> 00:12:00.279
astronauts Sonny Williams and Butch Wilmore toward the ISS The
204
00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.360
capsule docked successfully a day later, but there was some drama.
205
00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.240
As you remember, Starliner experienced a few helium leaks, and
206
00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.600
five of its twenty eight reaction control system thrusters failed
207
00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:16.919
on the way to orbiting to the orbiting lab. Starliner's mission,
208
00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.759
known as Crew Flight Test, was supposed to just last
209
00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.840
ten days or so, but NASA and Boeing kept extending
210
00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:28.240
the capsule's orbital stay as they studied the thruster issue,
211
00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.840
seeking to understand just what had caused it and whether
212
00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.919
it might crop up again on Starliner's journey back to Earth.
213
00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:38.080
And that's fair enough. In the end, NASA decided that
214
00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:42.080
putting Williams and Wilmore back on Starliner was just too risky.
215
00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.919
The agency announced this past weekend that the two astronauts
216
00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.799
would come home aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule in February
217
00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.679
of next year. That Dragon will launch two astronauts to
218
00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.720
the ISS on the Crew nine mission next month. The
219
00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:04.759
bowing craft, meanwhile, would return home uncrued. As we all suspected,
220
00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.759
we didn't have a target departure date for Starliner until today, however,
221
00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.799
that information came at the conclusion of a flight readiness
222
00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:18.679
review held jointly by NASA and Boeing. The uncrewed Starliner
223
00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.879
spacecraft will perform a fully autonomous return with flight controllers
224
00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:27.039
at Starliner Mission Control in Houston and at Boeing Mission
225
00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:31.679
Control Center in Florida. NASA officials wrote in an update,
226
00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.840
teams on the ground are able to remotely command the
227
00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:39.799
spacecraft if needed, through the necessary maneuvers for a safe undocking,
228
00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:44.399
re entry, and parachute assisted landing in the Southwest United States.
229
00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:49.120
They added, Starliner has come back to Earth autonomously twice before.
230
00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:52.960
At the end of uncrewed flight tests in December twenty
231
00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.840
nineteen and May twenty twenty two, Starliner failed to reach
232
00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.559
the ISS as planned on the first of those missions,
233
00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:11.240
succeeded on the secondocast. Now, let's revisit one of our
234
00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:14.240
favorite little stories from a while back. You remember the
235
00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.679
Dart mission. Of course, debris from the impact of NASA's
236
00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.519
Dart spacecraft with the asteroid Dimorphos could reach Earth and Mars.
237
00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.799
Astronomers have concluded, however, while the debris could result in
238
00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:29.840
meteors on Mars, it's rather unlikely we'll see a meteor
239
00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.559
shower on Earth. Because of that mission, Dart, the Double
240
00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:39.200
Asteroid Redirection Test slammed into Dimorphous on September twenty sixth,
241
00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.320
twenty twenty two, the intention of which was testing whether
242
00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.480
or not a kinnectic impact would nudge the orbit of
1
00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:03.799
2
00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.879
3
00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:10.839
4
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:17.679
5
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.359
6
00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.879
7
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.039
8
00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.600
9
00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:38.640
10
00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:43.719
11
00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.439
12
00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.079
13
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.520
14
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.560
15
00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:01.320
16
00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:02.119
17
00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.359
18
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.480
19
00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.799
20
00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:15.359
21
00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:16.680
22
00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.159
23
00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.640
24
00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.000
25
00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:23.400
26
00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.480
27
00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:26.959
28
00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.200
29
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.079
30
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.959
31
00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.040
32
00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.439
33
00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.400
34
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:44.480
35
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.439
36
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:48.560
37
00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:49.599
38
00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:51.799
39
00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:52.640
40
00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:53.680
41
00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:54.439
42
00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.239
43
00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.159
44
00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.159
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.280
46
00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.760
47
00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.280
48
00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:21.960
49
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.800
50
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.360
51
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.360
52
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.000
53
00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.680
54
00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:41.039
55
00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:44.360
56
00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.800
57
00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.919
58
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.199
59
00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.680
60
00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.280
61
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.400
62
00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.360
63
00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.400
64
00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:13.159
65
00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.080
66
00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.120
67
00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:22.639
68
00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.840
69
00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.960
70
00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.240
71
00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.400
72
00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.479
73
00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:42.000
74
00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.639
75
00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:51.400
76
00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.639
77
00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:58.680
78
00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.159
79
00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.199
80
00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.840
81
00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.599
82
00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.520
83
00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.000
84
00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.079
85
00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.480
86
00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:26.319
87
00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.800
88
00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:33.079
89
00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.839
90
00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.120
91
00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:42.360
92
00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.600
93
00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.680
94
00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.639
95
00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.920
96
00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.199
97
00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.720
98
00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.639
99
00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.879
100
00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.600
101
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.439
102
00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:19.240
103
00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.800
104
00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:25.480
105
00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.360
106
00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.920
107
00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:36.439
108
00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:41.399
109
00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.040
110
00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.839
111
00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.040
112
00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.759
113
00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.519
114
00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.000
115
00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.079
116
00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.600
117
00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.000
118
00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.680
119
00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:17.800
120
00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.600
121
00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:23.040
122
00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.360
123
00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:31.360
124
00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.639
125
00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.120
126
00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:42.360
127
00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.959
128
00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.439
129
00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.120
130
00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.759
131
00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.600
132
00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.800
133
00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.160
134
00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.399
135
00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.720
136
00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.360
137
00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.240
138
00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.720
139
00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:28.839
140
00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:33.160
141
00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:37.079
142
00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.120
143
00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.800
144
00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.319
145
00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:55.759
146
00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:59.000
147
00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.879
148
00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.560
149
00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.279
150
00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.439
151
00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.800
152
00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:16.680
153
00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.399
154
00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:24.319
155
00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.480
156
00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:35.519
157
00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.720
158
00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:45.440
159
00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:50.240
160
00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:55.399
161
00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.200
162
00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:03.679
163
00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.840
164
00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.720
165
00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:17.159
166
00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:21.960
167
00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:25.799
168
00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.440
169
00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:33.120
170
00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.960
171
00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.120
172
00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.720
173
00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:50.039
174
00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.759
175
00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:58.360
176
00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.919
177
00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.600
178
00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:12.720
179
00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:18.039
180
00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:23.320
181
00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:28.279
182
00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.799
183
00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.679
184
00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.799
185
00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.200
186
00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.639
187
00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:47.919
188
00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:51.639
189
00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:57.159
190
00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.679
191
00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.879
192
00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.360
193
00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.080
194
00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:21.759
195
00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:25.919
196
00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.480
197
00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.759
198
00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.200
199
00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:43.320
200
00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.919
201
00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:52.200
202
00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:55.840
203
00:11:55.840 --> 00:12:00.279
204
00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.360
205
00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.240
206
00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.600
207
00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:16.919
208
00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.759
209
00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.840
210
00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:28.240
211
00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.840
212
00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.919
213
00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:38.080
214
00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:42.080
215
00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.919
216
00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.799
217
00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.679
218
00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.720
219
00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:04.759
220
00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.759
221
00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.799
222
00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:18.679
223
00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.879
224
00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:27.039
225
00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:31.679
226
00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.840
227
00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:39.799
228
00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:44.399
229
00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:49.120
230
00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:52.960
231
00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.840
232
00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.559
233
00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:11.240
234
00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:14.240
235
00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.679
236
00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.519
237
00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.799
238
00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:29.840
239
00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.559
240
00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:39.200
241
00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.320
242
00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.480