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Month: December 2021
ISS Operations Extended To 2030
ISS Operations Extended To 2030

International Space Station Operations Formally Extended Through 2030 “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to extend International Space Station (ISS) operations through 2030, and to work with our international partners in Europe (ESA, European Space Agency), Japan (JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Canada (CSA, Canadian Space Agency), and Russia (State Space Corporation Roscosmos) to enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted in this unique orbiting […]

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  • December 31, 2021
NASA PAO Just Lets Wrong Stories Go Global – Unchallenged
NASA PAO Just Lets Wrong Stories Go Global – Unchallenged

NASA ‘looks to the heavens’ for help: Agency enlists 24 theologians to assess how the world would react to the discovery of alien life on distant planets and how it might change our perception of gods and creation, Daily Mail “NASA is looking to the heavens for help with assessing how humans will react if alien life is found on other planets and how the discovery could impact our ideas […]

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  • December 30, 2021
Michael "Rich" Clifford

Michael "Rich" CliffordOctober 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021 STS 53, STS 59, STS 76 #AdAstra pic.twitter.com/1bpLvORKJz — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December 28, 2021

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  • December 28, 2021
Inspiring The Next Generation Of Space Explorers

Inspiring the Next generation of Explorers FYI @Dr_ThomasZ This photo shows one of James Webb's great-grandchildren watching the launch of James Webb Space Telescope – it was forwarded to me by Sean O'Keefe with the family's permission to post. #AdAstra #JWST #NASAWebb pic.twitter.com/8AkyuVBPzQ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December 27, 2021

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  • December 27, 2021
Webb Mission Updates
Webb Mission Updates

James Webb Space Telescope 26 December, 2021 Update – First Mid-Course Correction Burn Completed, NASA “At 7:50 pm EST, December 25, 2021, Webb’s first mid-course correction burn began. It lasted 65 minutes and is now complete. This burn is one of two milestones that are time critical — the first was the solar array deployment, which happened shortly after launch.” NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches in French Guiana, Washington […]

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  • December 26, 2021
Webb Launch Coverage
Webb Launch Coverage

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Left Earth “The James Webb Space Telescope is safely in space, powered on and communicating with ground controllers. Webb continues in coast phase, and is now oriented correctly with respect to the Sun. At approximately 30 minutes after launch, Webb’s solar array began to open up. It is now fully deployed and we have confirmed that the spacecraft is power positive.” James Webb Space […]

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  • December 25, 2021
Holiday Schedule

Keith’s note: We’re going to mostly take the next week or so off. But I’ll be updating on the Webb mission on a daily basis and I will be on TV here and there as well talking about that. Or not. Hope y’all take some time to truly relax.

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  • December 24, 2021
Mounting Issues Within Russia's Space Efforts
Mounting Issues Within Russia's Space Efforts

Tensions with Russia are now spilling into space, complicating International Space Station partnership, Washington Post “But the fragile coalition that has kept the space station going all these years is fraying, as tensions between Russia and the United States, the two main partners on the station, grow to levels not seen in years. And while the countries have kept their alliance on the station going despite geopolitical tensions, the fence […]

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  • December 21, 2021
Zurbuchen +5
Zurbuchen +5

Thomas Zurbuchen: Reflecting On Five Years At NASA “I recently celebrated my five-year anniversary at NASA. Over these past 5 years, we have seen great success with NASA’s Science missions. From landing on Mars to learning more about our home planet than ever before, teams across the agency are making the impossible possible. Without the incredible individuals that make up the excellent teams at NASA and its partners, none of […]

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  • December 21, 2021
Hans Mark
Hans Mark

‘God of aerospace engineering’: Hans Mark, former UT chancellor who fled Nazis, dies at 92, Austin Americqn statesman “Aerospace engineer Hans Mark, a former University of Texas System chancellor who escaped the Nazis as a boy and grew up to help put a man on the moon, died Saturday morning. Mark was 92. He died at Westminster senior home in Austin and had suffered from progressive dementia.” Keith’s note: Ad […]

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  • December 20, 2021