Week of February 7, 2016
This feature is a curated list of articles, white papers, concepts, events, videos, and data releases. Some listed items may not be current but are nonetheless quite interesting.
Articles & Sites of Interest
- Science News: Computer simulations heat up hunt for Planet Nine
- Centauri Dreams: New Pluto Imagery
- SpaceRef: JPL researchers report on new tool to provide even better Landsat images
- BBC: James Webb - Hubble successor maintains course
- AAAS: Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact
- SpaceRef: Space Launch System's First Flight to Send Small Sci-Tech Satellites Into Space
- Here’s What We’ll Do in Space by 2116
- AstroBio: Expedition finds signs of life in Earth’s mantle
- PBS: The Middle East’s Mystery Virus
- JPL: Saturn's Rings: Less than Meets the Eye?
- UT: Saturn’s Rings Continue to Surprise Scientists
- NRAO: Space-Earth System Produces Highest-Resolution Astronomical Image
- MPI-IPP: Wendelstein 7-X fusion device produces its first hydrogen plasma
- Alternative precursor R&D: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- The Verge: Germany just turned on a new experimental fusion reactor
- Centauri Drams: A New Look at the ‘Big Whack’
- Popular Mechanics: Russia's Crewed Lunar Lander
- NASA: Juno Spacecraft Burns for Jupiter
- The Verge: Congressional committee says NASA’s Mars mission is in critical need of a plan
- ESA: Inside Rosetta's Comet
- ESA: Searching for solar siblings with Gaia
- NPR: Making Science Teaching More Than 'A Backup Plan'
- NASA: James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled
- Scientific American: Geology in Space! Recent Martian Discoveries Edition
- Many Worlds: How Planet 9 Would Make Ours a More Typical Solar System
- NASA: Pluto - Ultraviolet Amazement
Concepts & White Papers
- arxiv: The PDS 66 Circumstellar Disk as seen in Polarized Light with the Gemini Planet Imager
- arxiv: Is the Pale Blue Dot unique? Optimized photometric bands for identifying Earth-like exoplanets
- NTRS: Artificial Gravity - Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
- arxiv: Terrestrial planets across space and time
- arxiv: A Search for Brief Optical Flashes Associated with the SETI Target KIC 8462852
- NTRS: From Pixels to Planets
- NTRS: Addressing Challenges to the Design & Test of Operational Lighting Environments for the International Space Station
- NTRS: Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 Post-Flight Navigation Performance Assessment Relative to the Best Estimated Trajectory
- NTRS: Evolution of Orion Mission Design for Exploration Mission 1 and 2
- NTRS: Underestimation of Project Costs
- NTRS: Diverse Redundant Systems for Reliable Space Life Support
- Juno JIRAM technical note
- NTRS: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) The First Light Machine
Events & Involvement
- Dec 14-18: Fall AGU 2015 (twitter)
- Jan 27-29: SBAG (twitter)
- Feb 1-2: OPAG (twitter)
- Feb 5-6: Astrofest (twitter)
- Feb 9: Geology After Pluto
- Feb 9: Sate of NASA address by Director Charles Bolden @ 1h30PM EST (NASA TV)
- Feb 11: Scientists to provide an update on the search for gravitational waves (WebCast)
- Feb 11 & 13: The Europa Mission
Videos
- Jan 31, 1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape
- Jan 31, 1958: Explorer 1 detects Van Allen Radiation Belts
- Jan 31, 1961: Ham the chimp flys into space on a Mercury-Redstone 2
- Jan 31, 1966: Launch of USSR Luna 9 destined for the first soft landing on another planetary body, and the first to transmit photographic imagery back to Earth after landing on t the Moon
- Jan 31, 1990: First McDonald's restaurant opened in Soviet Union
- Jan 31, 1971: Launch of Apollo 9, destined for Fra Mauro
- Feb 1, 1957: Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine
- Feb 1, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-107, disintegrates after a damaged section of the heat shield compromises the integrity of the spacecraft during re-entry
- Feb 2, 1964: Hasbro introduces G.I. Joe toy
- Feb 3, 1984: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on mission STS-41-B (Post flight press conference - part 2)
- Feb 5, 1854: The Hermitage Museum opens to the public, currently one of the oldest continuously operating museums in the world
- Feb 5, 1909: Bakelite is introduced as the first synthetic plastic material
- Feb 10, 1997: IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats world renowned chess player Garry Kasparov
- Feb 11, 1997: Space Shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-82 to perform Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2 (Post-flight press conference) (mission highlights) (HST SM2)
- Feb 12, 1963: Construction begins on Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
- Feb 12, 2001: NEAR Shoemaker become first spacecraft to land on an asteroid
- Open Science Framework webinar
- Extreme Engineering - Turbo charged boats
- Understanding the Magnetic Sun
- Making a nuclear fusion device – timelapse video
- NEA Scout Solar Sail: Half-scale Fold Time Lapse
- KSC begins assembly of moon-bound Orion capsule
- Rare video of Heard Island volcano Big Ben erupting
- Hubble Hangout: James Webb Space Telescope Update
- JWST Town Hall Presented @ AAS 2016
Data
- OPUS: Enhanced Ring and Surface Geometry Now Available for Cassini at Jupiter
- OPUS: Calibrated Images Now Available for Cassini at Jupiter
- OPUS: Latest Cassini UVIS Release - COUVIS_0050
Activities
Spacecraft Updates
- Feb 08: Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #441 (OTM-441)
- Feb 13: Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #442 (OTM-442)
Blog Entries
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