Touchdown!
SpaceTime Patron Exclusive EditionsFebruary 22, 202101:51:10152.71 MB

Touchdown!

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 19*Touchdown! NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on MarsAfter a seven-month 472 million kilometre journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of the red planet.*A new model to predict galactic stellar productionA new study suggests that massive galaxies with extra-large extended disks produce stars over longer periods of time than their smaller more compact counterparts.*Russia starts its 2021 rocket launch season off with a bang over AustraliaRussia’s first rocket launch for the new year saw a Lotos spy satellite fly into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow.*The Science ReportAustralia’s COVID-19 national vaccination rollout is finally underway.Latest opinion polls show 64% of Australian want to get the vaccine but 27 percent are still unsure.Australians blocked from accessing news through their Facebook feeds.Boeing completes its first flight test of its new F-15EX fighter jet.Scientists say the 2020-2021 La Niña event has now passed its peak.Skeptic's guide to finding bigfoot in Singapore.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 20*Sea salt discovered on the red planet MarsThe European Space Agency has discovered sea salt high in the Martian atmosphere.*The Square Kilometre Array’s Engineering Development ArrayWork is starting to ramp up on the giant Square kilometre Array project to build the world’s largest telescope across outback Western Australia and southern Africa.*Another launch contract for Gilmour SpaceGold Coast based rocket company Gilmour Space has signed a new deal to provide US company Momentus with launch services using Gilmour’s new Eris rocket.*A thousand Starlink satellites now in orbitSpaceX has successfully launched its fourth Starlink mission of the year placing another 60 satellites into orbit.*The Science ReportA new strain of COVID-19 spreading around the world from Southern California.Transgender and gender-diverse adults are more likely to be diagnosed as autistic.Stonehenge was recycled from an earlier Welsh monument.That saying that blood is thicker than water isn’t always true.Alex on Tech looks at sending electricity wirelessly through the air.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 21*Determining how Super Earths and Mini-Neptunes are madeAstronomers have now found over four thousand exoplanets – planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.*How far are we from nuclear powered space transportA new report by America’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine think tank warns that NASA will need to pursue an aggressive and urgent nuclear technology development program to properly support a human mission to Mars in 2039.*Russian spaceship out of controlRussian cosmonauts were forced to take over control and manually guide a Progress cargo ship into a docking port aboard the International Space Station after the automated system suddenly failed.*Falcon 9 lost at seaSpaceX has lost a Falcon 9 booster during a landing attempt following what otherwise -- had been another successful launch carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit.*The Science ReportAt least half of all COVID-19 infections come from people who aren't showing symptoms.There’s new evidence that air pollution can make you go blind.How the Moon affects our sleep.First impressions really are accurate.Skeptic's guide to hearing voices that aren’t there

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