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⋅ October 6, 2024
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Space.com

SpaceX will launch Europe’s Hera asteroid probe on Oct. 7: Watch it live
Space.com
SpaceX will launch Europe’s Hera spacecraft toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation on Monday (Oct. 7), and you can watch the liftoff live. The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will visit Dimorphos — the asteroid that NASA’s DART …
Livescience.com

James Webb Space Telescope is ‘science and magic rolled together,’ says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Livescience.com
Maggie Aderin-Pocock never imagined she’d become one of the United Kingdom’s most famous scientists. Best known for co-hosting the BBC’s astronomy TV program “The Sky at Night,” the space scientist and broadcaster rose from unlikely circumstances to pursue …
Florida Today

Hera mission headed to asteroid as part of planetary defense test to launch Monday
Florida Today
(This story has been updated to reflect the latest information from the FAA.) In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid to test a planetary defense system — could the impact redirect the asteroid? That was the question, …
Yahoo News

How satellite data has proven climate change is a climate crisis
Yahoo News
This past summer was the hottest summer since about the year 1880, this year’s hurricane season started with Beryl — the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record — and a report published in June confirmed that human-driven global warming is at an all-time …
Reuters

FAA authorizes Oct 7 flight for SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to flight for a planned mission scheduled to launch on Oct. 7 from a station in Florida, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Sunday. “The SpaceX Falcon 9 …
Livescience.com

Draconid meteor shower 2024: How to see dozens of ‘shooting stars’ fall from the dragon’s tail this week
Livescience.com
How to watch the Draconid meteor shower peak on Oct. 8 and 9 in the tail of a cosmic dragon.
NASASpaceflight.com

Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere
NASASpaceflight.com
In June 2023, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission performed a flyby of its target planet — Mercury. During the flyby, the spacecraft experienced a variety of phenomena mainly caused …
WOODTV.com

Earth’s 2nd ‘moon’ has arrived: What you need to know
WOODTV.com
(KTLA) – A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “mini-moon,” the object is actually an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It has been temporarily captured by Earth’s gravitational pull.
Livemint

Solar Storm 2024: Massive solar flares to hit Earth, will it hit India? Check date, time
Livemint
Solar storm 2024: American scientists have recently warned of a solar storm following a powerful ‘X class solar flare’, which is likely to hit Earth. In India, the incoming solar storm could disrupt telecommunications and satellites, said ISRO experts, …
European Space Agency

Mission control GO for Hera launch
European Space Agency
The next spacecraft to be flown from ESOC, Hera, is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this month. Hera is Europe’s first asteroid mission and will be …