Space Discussion Thread

[paul1598419]

Not really related, but I remember being in the Death Valley dessert and hearing sonic booms back in the 1950s. Saw some tank war games as well.

 

[RedCowboy]

Live Chinese manned launch this morning ( right now ) .

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Hopefully we get to see something here in Ontario.

Severe solar storm expected to supercharge northern lights on Friday

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued its first "severe geomagnetic storm watch" since 2005. Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[paul1598419]

Hopefully we get to see something here in Ontario.

Severe solar storm expected to supercharge northern lights on Friday

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued its first "severe geomagnetic storm watch" since 2005. Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama.

www.nbcnews.com

Wow! Hopefully I can see it here in Washington.

 

[Ricker]

Hopefully we get to see something here in Ontario.

Severe solar storm expected to supercharge northern lights on Friday

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued its first "severe geomagnetic storm watch" since 2005. Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama.

www.nbcnews.com

I'm stocking up on water!!! That grid goes down, we will not be in a good place! (Sarcasm, sorta)

 

[ixfd64]

I didn't see it with my naked eye but did manage to capture a faint glow on my phone. You can see the mistakable colors in the photos.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Weird sulphur rock found on Mars, looks like a crushed alien egg.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814330865725440099

 

[Ricker]

That's too cool!

 

[RedCowboy]

1st Private space walk happening now. 9-12-24

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Sweet, they caught the super heavy booster this morning!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1845443266839192056

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Sweet, and the Europa Clipper was also successfully launched today. Now the worst part - waiting until 2030 until it arrives at Europa.

NASA launches mission to a moon of Jupiter to find out if it could support life

NASA's Europa Clipper probe will study Jupiter's moon Europa, which is thought to have an underground ocean and a potentially habitable environment.

www.nbcnews.com