~orbitalindex | Issue No. 305 (52)
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https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-lunar-spin-new-shepard
performed a new trick on Feb 4th
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https://astrobites.org/2025/02/02/a-nicer-solution-for-an-aging-x-ray-telescope/
recently performed the first on-orbit repair of a telescope since the last Hubble servicing mission
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Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station - NASA Science
Pie-shaped sunshade patches
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Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station - NASA Science
pre-mission installation practice was conducted in NASA’s huge neutral buoyancy laboratory pool
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NICER Status Update - NASA
measured improved performance, particularly for night-phase observations, but the instrument is still receiving more leaked light...
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https://astrobites.org/2025/01/22/disintegrating_exoplanet/
it appears to be slowly vaporizing, with a long comet-like tail detectable via the shape of...
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Supersonic Winds Blowing on an Extreme Exoplanet
observed doppler-shifted spectral lines
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How to find a comet before it hits Earth – The NAU Review
a model that tracks meteor showers back to the long-period comets that created them
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Astrophysicists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars in landmark survey
The image of 74 exocomet belts is cool
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Tidal Steams of Interstellar Objects May Flow Through the Milky Way Like Braided Rivers
Simulations suggest that developing stellar systems could emit debris, forming interstellar streams over time as they...
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NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner - NASA
again soliciting proposals
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CNES to Develop Reusable Upper Stage for Heavy-Lift Rocket
started seeking proposals
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Rocket Lab Launches Next Batch of Satellites for Kinéis Constellation | Rocket Lab
launched its 4th (out of 5) mission for French IoT constellation operator Kinéis
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NASA astronaut Suni Williams becomes woman with most hours spent on spacewalks
set the female record
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Spacewalkers Complete Radio Hardware Removal and Microbe Search - NASA
first joint spacewalk
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Vast begins Haven-1 testing and reschedules its launch
began the primary structure qualification
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Earth Observation Conferences 2025 - TerraWatch Space
big list of Earth observation-related conferences
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Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine
unveiled a prototype plasma engine
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NASA to Test Solution for Radiation-Tolerant Computing in Space - NASA
RadPC, an experimental NASA-funded highly redundant radiation tolerant processor
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China's Chang'e-7 to take payload for making flag flutter on moon
closed-loop wires embedded within the flag [which] will carry alternating currents, generating magnetic fields to create...
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NASA's Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy - NASA Science
Hubble’s largest photomosaic to date
