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The ISS has been continuously occupied for the last 20 years! Expedition 1 arrived on 2 November 2000 with the first long-term residents. That's longer then Wikipedia has existed.
Arianespace had a launch failure after liftoff of its Vega rocket on the 17th November. Two satellites were lost due to an integration error of the fourth stage.
This is an image of the ISS from December 9, 2000. Almost 20 years ago, this image is one of a series of 70mm frames taken onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. With the ISS being continuously occupied for the last 20 years, this shows how the space station has developed over the years.
Since October, 43 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There has been 2 more images which have reached FM class, both GA and B classes have 1 more article. 5 more lists have been added to the project. While 25 articles have been improved to C class as well as 24 articles reaching start class and 5 new articles added to stub class.
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The Chang'e 5 lander landed on the moon on December 1st, and started to gather lunar samples.
The Chang'e 5 ascent module launched from the moons surface on December 3rd and later docked with the service module in lunar orbit.
Hayabusa-2 has successfuly returned samples it collected from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It landed in South Australia on 5th December after a 6 year mission.
SpaceX Starship SN8 completed a 12.5km flight and successfully made it back to the launch pad however was unable to slow down and hit the ground creating an impressive fireball.
China becomes the third country to terurn samples from the moon. After the Chang'e-5 return capsule lands in Inner Mongolia at 01:59 local time on December 13th.
Mary Jackson (néeWinston, April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at NACA, which was succeeded by NASA. She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregatedWest Area Computing division in 1951. She took advanced engineering classes and, in 1958, became NASA's first black female engineer.
Image of the month.
With China becoming the third country to return moon samples back to earth, this is an image of the Apollo 11Lunar Lander being worked on by Buzz Aldrin. This mission was the first time moon samples were brought back to earth. This image was taken over 51 years ago on July 21, 1969.
Since November, 99 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. 1 new file, with 2 more files reaching FM class. There 3 more articles have reached FA class, with an increase of 2 GA class articles. 4 more lists have been added to the project. While 13 articles have been improved to C class as well as 2 articles reaching start class and 66 new articles added to stub class.
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The NASASpace Launch System test-fire of the core stage on 16 January triggered a shutdown due to an hydraulic system issue. The test which was intended to last eight minutes, lasted just over one minute.
Space X sets a new world record for the number of satellites launched. 143 small satellites were launched on a Falcon 9 on 24 January.
Since December, 23 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. Including 1 new file. Unfortunately there are 8 less GA class articles however there was an increase of 13 articles at C class.
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The Hope orbiter reached mars on 9 February 2021. Seven months after its launch on 19 July 2020.
Confirmation of the Perseverance rover successfully landing on Mars was recieved at 20:55 UTC on 18 February 2021. With the first photo from the same day.
The Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, and a lightweight wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, which became the first rover to land and operate on Mars.
Image of the month.
The first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, on Perseverance.
Since January, 44 new pages have been added to Spaceflight and 1 file has become featured. There are 2 new files as well as 1 more C class, 4 more start class and 3 more stub class articles, with an additional 3 list articles.
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On March 7 the Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode after a software error was detected. And took days until the camera was fully active again. read more
The Space Launch System completed a full-duration (8 minutes and 20 seconds) static fire of the core stage on March 18, after an earler test in January failed to complete the test.
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The Apollo 12 article was promoted to a Featured Article on March 27, 2021. After being nominated by Wehwalt who is a significant contributor to the article.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories.
Image of the month.
Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee is shown at console in the Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.
Since February, 28 new pages have been added to Spaceflight and Apollo 12 has been promoted to featured article! 1 more article has reached GA-class, with 1 more file, 6 more C-class, 14 more start-class and 8 new stub class articles.
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Molecular assembler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Nanofactory ) Jump to navigation Jump to search Proposed nanotechnological device This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article . Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page . ( December 2020 ) Part of a series of articles on Molecular nanotechnology Mechanosynthesis Molecular assembler Molecular machine Brownian motor Productive nanosystems Nanorobotics Engines of Creation Science portal Technology portal v t e A molecular assembler , as defined by K. Eric Drexler , is a "proposed device able to guide chemical reactions by positioning reactive ...
Tira, Israel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Tira (disambiguation) . City in Central, Israel Tira טִירָה الطـّيرة City Hebrew transcription(s) • ISO 259 Ṭira • Also spelled Tire (official) Tira Show map of Central Israel Tira Show map of Israel Coordinates: 32°13′56″N 34°56′54″E / 32.23222°N 34.94833°E / 32.23222; 34.94833 Coordinates : 32°13′56″N 34°56′54″E / 32.23222°N 34.94833°E / 32.23222; 34.94833 Grid position 145/182 PAL Country Israel District Central Government • Mayor Mamoun Abd al-Hay Area • Total 11,894 dunams (11.894 km 2 or 4.592 sq mi) Population (2019) [1] • Total 26,552 • Density 2,200/km 2 (5,800/sq mi) Name meaning The High Land Tira'...
Ernst Hanfstaengl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Ernst Hanfstängl ) Jump to navigation Jump to search German businessman For other individuals with the same surname, see Hanfstaengl family . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Ernst Hanfstaengl" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( February 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Ernst Hanfstaengl Born Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ( 1887-02-02 ) 2 February 1887 Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria , German Empire Died 6 November 1975 (1975-11-06) (aged 88) Munich, Bavaria , West Germany Alma mater Harvard University Spouse(s) Helena Hanfstaengl Children Egon Hanfstaengl , Her...
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