Forum News Network with Mooncrasher
Issue: NEW-0009
Date: 17 Feb 2022
Welcome to the regular Forum news network broadcast where you can stay up to date on the latest space news and participate in random crap.
Daily quote:
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
-Carl Sagan
Daily question:
What would you like to see added to SFS?
Space today:
CRS NG-17 scheduled for launch on Saturday.
Time: Sat Feb 19, 2022 17:40 UTC
Rocket: Antares 230+
Purpose: Supplies
Nation: USA
Starlink Group 4-8 scheduled for launch on Sunday.
Time: Sun Feb 20, 2022 16:13 UTC
Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.2 Full Thrust Block 5
Purpose: Internet
Nation: USA
Ludi Tance-1 01B launching on Friday (the one next week)
Time: Fri Feb 25, 2022 23:44 UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Purpose: Earth Monitoring
Nation: China
Space (mostly) in the past:
Today, in:
1965: X-15A-2 Stability test goes wrong. It landed, but... "Right main landing gear extended at Mach 4.1; normal landing. Air dropped in Mud Lake DZ.."
1970: "Space Transportation System (STS) to provide maximum utility to both military and civilian users at lower operating costs." Lower operating costs, lets see if it works out!
1976: "Energia; Buran; Mir; Luch; Potok approved; N1 formally cancelled."
That's all for today folks! Goodbye and good morning!
This has been Mooncrasher with Forum daily space news.