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Last Notes npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna This week's space news: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna What will happen in space policy over the next four years? It's clear there will be some drastic changes, and it's hard to say for sure how things will be different. But here's what I can glean based on past behavior and this first week of speeches, orders, announcements, and personnel moves: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna It’s looking increasingly likely that Boeing Starliner astronauts will come home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. If that happens, that’ll be the end of the Starliner program. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna SpaceX is having a trash issue: Specifically, multiple pieces of debris have landed across North American as a result of Crew Dragon re-entries. No one's been hurt, but it's a serious issue. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Mark Nappi, Boeing: “We don't understand these issues enough to fix them permanently," re: the helium leak and thruster failures, which is why they're taking this extra time #space #spaceflight #boeing #starliner #nasa npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna “We're currently targeting the end of July for the next EVA." npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna They will not set a return date for Starliner until they complete the testing. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Thruster failure update: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Helium leak update: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna “There are no new issues to report today…the vehicle at Station is in good shape. I want to make it clear that Butch and Suni are not stranded in space." npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna A note about SpaceX: The CEO has so many issues, and I find him distasteful to say the least, but when I am evaluating the company's successes and failures, I'm doing it from the place of a space journalist with a lot of knowledge about the industry. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub12u7…wtsg I don’t think so!! The gyros ares used to point hubble and hold it steady, not really for propulsion npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna “We are NOT going to pursue a reboost right now.” npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1vex…0ahz Nope thankfully!! That’s Starship that’s supposed to happen next week. This is annoying but doesn’t have huge repercussions. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna The launch window is instantaneous, so that’s a scrub for today. We have no idea what happened. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna If you’ve been looking at everything NASA is doing and wondering “ok but when are we ACTUALLY going back to the moon, and what’s the plan here?” this video is for you. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna If you’re more of a “read the news instead of watching it” person, I’ve got the newsletter post up now! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1ktt…vzhh thank you!!! I haven’t had time to dig through all the papers yet so this is so helpful. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Could recent information about dark energy fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe? It's possible. Here's a deep dive into what dark energy is and how new results on the expansion history of the universe may change everything we thought we knew. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna In San Antonio, waiting for the eclipse and the cloud cover is pretty terrible. How is it wherever you are?? npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna LIFTOFFF WHAT A VIEW npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna SpaceX has tentatively scheduled their megarocket Starship's third launch for Thursday morning. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Do any of my people using Windows want an invitation to Arc for Windows? I use the browser on Mac and I love it. Apparently I have a couple of Windows invites to gift. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna If luck is on our side, there will be a moon landing attempt on February 22. If Intuitive Machines succeeds, this will be the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on the moon since the Apollo missions. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1hs0…gkgz Yes! I see what you're saying! It kind of went down nose first if the livestream is accurate npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Confirmed that it was supposed to tip over. #Space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Everyone is concerned about the spacecraft toppling over. I think it was supposed to do that but I am checking to confirm. #Space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna For what it’s worth, the Deep Space Network is currently showing a downlink from SLIM #Space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna They’re still checking the status of the spacecraft. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna LANDED #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna descending again and will stop at 50m up #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna now at 500m and hovering #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna holding my breath!!! #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Vertical descent has started!!!!!! #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna 5 km!!! SO CLOSE #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Third boost stage has started. #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Engine has stopped and the lander is cruising and trying to scan the moon's surface. Around 15km. Third boost phase coming up. #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Everything looks good!!!! About 15km from the moon's surface now #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna The top left bleue indicator is fuel, there is currently around 91 kg and there should be around 10kg left when all is set and done #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Second boost. SLIM is descending again #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Trajectory is going very close to the planned model #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Velocity looks good. Things are going well. #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna First boost incoming #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Engines are currently on, soon they'll be turned off. #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Graph on the right -- white is expected orbit, red is what SLIM is doing. GOing well so far!! Descent has started. #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna This is the powered descent trajectory! (Screenshot from the YouTube livestream) #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna As long as my five year old cooperates, I will do live updates over here! #space #science #slim npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Reminder: Japan's lunar landing attempt for its SLIM spacecraft is happening TODAY. LinvXLt3ET9mEarts around 10 am ET: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Tomorrow, watch Japan's attempt to land their SLIM spacecraft on the moon! The livestream link is below, and the landing will be at approximately 10:20 am ET on Friday, January 19. If they succeed, they will be the fifth country (U.S., Soviet Union, China, India) to accomplish this feat! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna I'm taking a break from space videos through the end of the year BUT I will be back in the new year with a lot more stuff!! I just needed to give myself some time off. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1p37…64k5 yep! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1vwn…l7rj The Soup Company in Vik, Iceland npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1dw5…6ys5 DO IT npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1p37…64k5 I am always happy to provide tips (this is my second time here) and I’m putting a lot more photos/locations in my Instagram Stories! I highly recommend it, my favorite place on earth besides Antarctica npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Lunchtime reading: THE SIX by my friend Loren Grush and the best bowl of soup I have ever had. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1khx…geyg I totally applaud this! I'm so shocked at the issues I've run into, even in the last year or two, with my curly hair being "difficult" for on-camera work. It feels a certain way, all right. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna There’s something immensely satisfying about wearing something you made yourself @npub12wk…m98k #knitting npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna There have been a LOT of crashed moon landers over the past two years. Why did Russia's Luna-25 fail, and why is it so HARD to land on the moon? And what do we think will happen to India's Chandrayaan-3 -- the Vikram lander is scheduled to attempt a landing tomorrow. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna I want to buy a pair of Airpods Max for some travel coming up (I have a pair already I love but I gave them to my husband because he uses them a lot more) but I also don't want to get something now and then have something new announced in September. Does anyone know if there are credible rumors about new Airpods Max coming soon? npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1typ…c8hh It's becoming worse every day. New Tweetdeck is so, so so bad. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna My book STARGAZING: Contemplate the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace is out today!! Pick it up wherever you buy books!! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1nd5…4kky thank you! I am slowly but surely getting there!! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna Covid found me (cough cough), I’m doing ok! Just tired and reading to rest as much as possible. The fatigue is real! npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna If you enjoy my space videos, I’d appreciate it if you’d follow me on my YouTube channel, Ad Astra! Social media is increasingly unreliable, and I’m trying to build my channel from scratch: npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna My grocery store sells these frozen Key Lime Pie slices (in a 2-pack) and it really is the best thing npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1af2…qr04 I may just spend all of Monday watching cycling (assuming it’s a rest day, if not oh god oh god) npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna @npub1jv4…l20c oh my god thank you, I was like I CANNOT BE THE ONLY PERSON ON MASTODON WHO WATCHES CYCLING npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna I’m a day behind on watching the #tourdefrance and I feel like if I don’t catch up now I never will. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna My #StarTrekVoyager rewatch (now in season 7) has given me a new appreciation for the series. I always loved it, but now I think I love it more while also recognizing it has VERY high highs…and very low lows. It swings so wildly. npub1yl0y9my6e4agvckz6sav7e7e4ln5870a8ntwldvg0sxjh0h7s8ls4nr3a9 Swapna Krishna It's so funny how much space on all these social networks is taken up by people dunking on other social networks.
