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Europe names world's first disabled astronaut | European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-names-worlds-first-disable
d-astronaut-2022-11-23

John McFall, who has become the first astronaut recruit with a disability, is a British doctor and former Paralympian who lost a leg in a motorbike accident. McFall has been selected by the European Space Agency for a special "parastronaut" program

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221123-british-medic-set-to-tr
ain-to-become-first-parastronaut

Disabled surgeon among 17 European trainee astronauts

https://www.ft.com/content/90fd696e-efb3-454a-99a5-55e452e8828b

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Subaru Telescope can now Analyze 2,400 Galaxies Simultaneously

https://www.universetoday.com/158797/subaru-telescope-can-now-analyze-
2400-galaxies-simultaneously/

Hungary to spend $100 million on private astronaut mission to ISS

https://spacenews.com/hungary-to-spend-100-million-on-private-astronau
t-mission-to-iss/

Milestone for JWST exoplanet observations: atmosphere properties in more detail than ever before

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Milestone_for_JWST_exoplanet_observ
ations_atmosphere_properties_in_more_detail_than_ever_before_999.html

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Moon landing in 2032, Mars by 2045: Yoon sets space goals
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221128000695

N. Korea shows no signs of imminent nuclear test ahead of major anniversary: ministry
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/11/103_340681.html

Yoon says S. Korea aims to land spacecraft on moon in 2032
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221128006400315?section=national/politi
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Artemis I Orion capsule splashes down after NASA mission near moon

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/artemis-i-orion-capsule-spla
shes-down-after-nasa-mission-near-moon/ar-AA158Uzp?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7c978a4e54a9470ee3b6b0c5b224e532

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China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

https://www.chron.com/news/article/China-s-new-space-station-opens-for
-business-in-17642463.php

Space debris expert: Orbits will be lost—and people will die—later this decade | "Flexing geopolitical muscles in space to harm others has already happened."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/space-debris-expert-orbits-wil
l-be-lost-and-people-will-die-later-this-decade/

JWST gets first glimpse of 7-planet system with potentially habitable worlds

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04452-3

A Russian spacecraft started leaking uncontrollably on Wednesday night

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/a-russian-spacecraft-started-l
eaking-uncontrollably-on-monday-night/

US, allies mull paths for engaging China to ward off conflict over space exploration

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/12/us-allies-mull-paths-for-engaging-
china-to-ward-off-conflict-over-space-exploration/

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NASA chief says China could claim the moon as its own territory if it beats the US to the lunar surface

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nasa-chief-says-china-could-105234
428.html

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Scientists Actually Did It: They Built a Real Working Tractor Beam

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-actually-did-it-t
hey-built-a-real-working-tractor-beam/ar-AA16Mva2?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3997c91016e84e2e8ce3ba10ebeef5a0

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'Lock Your Doors': US Lawmakers React to UFO Sightings
https://gizmodo.com/ufo-sightings-us-senate-balloon-china-security-185
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USAF Might Be Shooting Down Hobbyist Balloons
https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/02/17/0045206/usaf-might-be-shootin
g-down-hobbyist-balloons

getting away from UFO Aliens and back to reality

Some of the higher Balloon will fly 37 km 23 miles or 120,000 + ft

They say Space is 60 miles (100 km) above the Earth

Where does space really begin? Chinese spy balloon highlights legal fuzziness of ‘near space’
https://www.grid.news/story/global/2023/02/17/where-does-space-begin-c
hinese-spy-balloon-highlights-legal-fuzziness-of-near-space/

Elon Musk SpaceX Successfully Test Fires Booster

Chemists have discovered a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices, and they think it might be present on solar system moons likes Europa and Ganymede.
https://astronomy.com/news/2023/02/scientists-create-new-form-of-ice

China moon base: "Clover" and "China Star" design proposals and construction processes for China's future lunar base from scientists from HIT and CASC.
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1626126838329212928

Complex subsurface of #Mars imaged by Chinese rover Zhurong
https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1625599722965573636

CNSA’s deep space timeline:
2024 lunar sample return: Chang’e-6
2025 asteroid sample return: Tianwen-2
2026 lunar south pole: Chang’e-7
2028 Mars sample return: Tianwen-3
2030 lunar station: Chang'e-8
2030 Jupiter/Uranus: Tianwen-4
https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/1625765865600737281

JWST DEEP FIELD
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/107/01GQQF4KP3GNV
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NASA’s Webb Reveals Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-reveals-intricate
-networks-of-gas-and-dust-in-nearby-galaxies

The research team is studying a diverse sample of 19 spiral galaxies, and in Webb’s first few months of science operations the results are already astounding astronomers.
https://twitter.com/ESA_Webb/status/1626252514730311680

Webb’s images of NGC 1365 (left), NGC 7496 (top) & NGC 1433 (bottom) reveal the galaxies' networks of gas and dust in incredible detail. The data is part of an ongoing Webb survey of 19 spiral galaxies
https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1626255726686380032

Juice unpacking at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for April launch
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/02/Juice_unpacking_at_E
urope_s_Spaceport_in_French_Guiana3#.Y-6LxBTbhZp.link

Second Soyuz Springs a Leak, Astronauts Stuck On ISS For An Extra Month
https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/02/14/0244217/second-soyuz-sprin
gs-a-leak-astronauts-stuck-on-iss-for-an-extra-month

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Cosmic journeys: Moon is just the beginning

https://www.nbr.co.nz/book-review/cosmic-journeys-the-moon-is-just-the
-beginning/

Why are Most Meteorites Found in Antarctica?
https://www.geographyrealm.com/why-are-there-more-meteorites-in-antarc
tica/

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What is a Meteorite?

Meteorites fall all over the Earth every year. A meteorite is a “space rock” or meteoroid that has traveled through our atmosphere and landed on the surface of the Earth.

The speed and force at which a meteoroid travels through the Earth’s atmosphere resulting in most of the rock burning off. Most meteoroids completely burn up upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Of those that do survive, less than 5% of the original rock remains after impact with the ground. Meteorites on average, can range in size from dust grains to a small rock the size of a human fist.
How Many Meteorites Have Been Found?

To date, more than 69,000 meteorites have been found so far.
Where Have Meteorites Been Found?

Of the 69,268 recorded meteorites in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database, 62.6% of meteorites have been retrieved from Antarctica.

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Why are More Meteorites Recovered in Antarctica?

Antarctica leads the continents in the number of recovered meteorites for several reasons. One reason is not because more meteorites land in Antarctica. Statistically, meteorites can land anywhere on Earth. Most fall into the ocean due to the fact that the world’s oceans cover 70% of the world’s surface.

Meteorites also fall in other locations on Earth. Some have fallen in suburban and urban areas and damaged buildings. Others have left large indentations in the Earth’s surface known as impact craters. Others fall in remote areas of the world and leave no sign of their presence.

Meteorites in Antarctica are more visible because the environmental conditions are favorable for the preservation and retrieval of these space rocks. The arid and cold Antarctic environment helps to preserve these rocks.

The lack of rocks and the contract with ice makes spotting meteorites much easier.

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At one time it was the Neon glare of a City and Street Lights Blocking views of Stars but now its 'Satellites'

SpaceX satellites and others are marring Hubble’s vision: A rising number of images by the famed telescope include satellite trails — a trend that will ultimately affect its science.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00620-1

Astronomers Warn About Starlink's Impact on Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.pcmag.com/news/astronomers-warn-about-starlinks-impact-on-
hubble-space-telescope

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