Commemorating Women in Space as First Woman Moon Landing Nears
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MONDAY☆ Jun 12 — International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 69 seven-member crew preparing for U.S. EVA #88 for solar array installation after SpaceX CRS-28 cargo arrival. ☆ Jun 12 — Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou 16 working with cargo from Tianzhou-5 and -6; will see Shenzhou-17 launch later this year while China plans for human Moon landings before 2030. Highlights… o NewSpace: Blue Origin to resume suborbital New Shepard space tourism flights in weeks; Momentus and Axient to collaborate on space logistics services offered via Vigoride craft; Advanced Space / Terran Orbital Capstone enters enhanced mission phase. ☆ Solar System: KPLO Danuri lunar orbiter likely to continue operations for 2 more years in low-power mode; CMSA and NASA seeking commercial providers for crewed lunar vehicles; Caltech Space Solar Power Project advancing toward goal of flexible sail-like panel constellation, first transmission received at Gordon and Betty Moore Lab. ☆ Galaxy: Northwestern University researchers who discovered radio wave-emitting vertical filaments near Sgr A* in 1984 now characterizing newly discovered structures in-line with galactic plane; Tohoku University-led study suggests Betelgeuse may go nova in tens of years while AAVSO data indicates star is at 142% typical brightness; SETI initiative to target MWGC for techno-signature identification. o Global: LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA 04 gravitational wave observation period to run 20 months with alert notifications freely available to public; ISRO Next Generation Launch Vehicle to feature partial reusability, cryogenic propulsion, commercial marketing by NSIL; 4 mini-Neptunes identified by ESA Cheops space observatory to be further characterized with JWST. ● USA: Artemis 2 Commander Reid Wiseman says he’s ready for Moon flyby and things that are impossible on Earth are easy in space; JPL Psyche mission highly likely to achieve October launch, per Independent Review Board; Lawsuit alleges Boeing stole tooling-related intellectual property from Wilson Aerospace. ● Hawai’i: Gemini North telescope resumes observations with M101, location of SN 2023ixf – the origin of which may be a 12,000,000 M☉ red supergiant; ASIAA preparing to construct FRB detection array in Wood Valley; GUARDIAN system harnessing GNSS data to monitor tsunami activity around Pacific Ring of Fire including Hawaiian Islands. |
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5th Secure World Foundation Addresses Space Sustainability with 70 Speakers in NYC
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★ Jun 12 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink 5-11, SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS FL: Falcon 9 to carry batch of 52 Starlink V1.5 internet satellites; first stage booster to land on drone ship in Atlantic Ocean; 03:10 EDT.
★ Jun 12 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Transporter 8, Vandenberg SFB CA: Falcon 9 rocket to launch Transporter 8 rideshare to sun-synchronous orbit with numerous microsatellites and nanosatellites; 14:14 PDT. ● Jun 12 — SSI, NSS, Online: An 18th SDG: Space for All, on Earth and Beyond. ● Jun 12-16 — AIAA, Hybrid / San Diego CA and Online: 2023 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition (AIAA AVIATION Forum). ● Jun 12 – Aug 12 — Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators at University of California Observatories, University of Hawai’i, Hilo HI: Akamai Internship Program 2023. ☆ Jun 12 — Mercury: 6.1° SE of the Pleiades, 15:00. ☆ Jun 12 — Apollo Asteroid 2023 LA: Near-Earth Flyby (0.004 AU). ☆ Jun 12 — Apollo Asteroid 1994 XD: Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU). Continued From… ● Jun 8-13 — American Astronautical Society, Blacksburg VA: 2023 AAS Student CanSat Competition; at Virginia Tech University. o Jun 9-18 — National Space Foundation, NOIRLab, International Dark-Sky Association, AURA, Online / Global: Globe at Night June Campaign; campaign to raise awareness of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure & submit night sky brightness observations. o Jun 11-14 — Banca Transilvania, Space for a Better World, Romanian Space Initiative, et al, Bucharest, Romania: Aim Higher Romania; celebrating Romania’s role in Artemis Program with NASA and ESA, featuring international Astronauts, Space Day Romania (Jun 11, 12), Innovation Summit (Jun 13), and Gala (Jun 14). ● Jun 11-16 — Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley MA: 2023 Gordon Conference on the Origins of Solar Systems and Gordon Research Seminar 2023; at Mount Holyoke College. TUESDAY★ Jun 13 — Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), LEO: NASA satellite reaches 11 full years / enters 12th year of operations in space today; launched 2012. |
● Jun 13-14 — Secure World Foundation, Hybrid / NYC NY and online: 5th Summit for Space Sustainability.
o Jun 13-15 — Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Observatoire de Paris, Online / Paris, France: Titan Through Time Workshop VI.
☆ Jun 13 — Apollo Asteroid 2022 WN4: Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU).
WEDNESDAY
● Jun 14-16 — Explore Mars, Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Two Planet Species, American Astronautical Society, Washington DC: 9th Community Workshop on Achievability and Sustainability of Human Exploration of Mars (AM IX).
o Jun 14-16 — Expanding World, The Explorers Club, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal: What’s Next? Discoveries from the Edge.
☆ Jun 14 — Moon: 1.41° NNW of Jupiter, 20:00.
☆ Jun 14 — Venus: 0.78° NNE of Beehive Cluster, 15:00.
THURSDAY
☆ Jun 15 — International Space Station, U.S. EVA #88, 405-km LEO: Astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg to perform spacewalk to continue installation of new ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA), starts 09:20 EDT; live coverage available.
● Jun 15 — Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, NASA, Washington DC: Space Policy and History Forum: The History and Future of US-India Cooperation in Space.
● Jun 15 — International Astronautical Federation, (IAF), Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), Online: Space Universities CubeSat Challenge; applications due today, open to all IAF Member Universities.
o Jun 15 — Moon Village Association, Vienna, Austria / Online: 2023 Moon Village Association General Assembly; members only, 17:00 CEST.
☆ Jun 15 — Moon: 1.89° NNW of Uranus, 13:00.
☆ Jun 15 — Amor Asteroid 2020 DB5: Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU).
FRIDAY
☆ Jun 16 — Arianespace, Launch Vega C / Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz, ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana: Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites.
o Jun 16 — 60th Observation of the 1st Woman in Space, Global: Public events and commemorations occur to celebrate the first female to fly in Space, Valentina Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union; in 1963 she orbited Earth 49 times in Vostok 6.
o Jun 16 — 11th Observation of the 1st Woman from China in Space, Zhongguo / Global: First Woman from China in Space, Liu Yang, celebrated today for her flight in 2012 aboard Shenzhou 9, while nation plans for completion of Tiangong Space Station and landing people on the Moon.
☆ Jun 16 — Moon: 1.71° SE of Pleiades, 18:00; 4.2° N of Mercury, 19:00.
SATURDAY
☆ Jun 17 — Mercury: 4.3° NNW of Aldebaran, 15:00.
☆ Jun 17 — Amor Asteroid 2023 HL: Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU).
SUNDAY
● Jun 18 — 40th Observation of the 1st Woman from USA in Space, Nationwide USA / Global: Celebrating the first American woman to fly in Space, Sally Ride on Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7 mission in 1983, while USA plans First Woman to the Moon South Pole 2026 via developing Artemis program.
● Jun 18-23 — Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, Flagstaff AZ: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Conference.