History Made

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 46*History with the first flight of an aircraft on another worldNASA has made history with the first flight of an aircraft on another world. The United States space agency’s Mars Ingenuity rotorcraft successfully lifted off from the floor of the red planet’s Jezero Crater -- climbing to an altitude of ten metres – maintaining a stable hover for 30 seconds – and then safely landing again.*The dead star that’s a sign of things to comeAstronomers have discovered their first pulsar using the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescopeMurchison is a precursor for the multi-billion-dollar Square Kilometre Array telescope project and researchers say this discovery is likely to be a sign of things to come.*NASA’s SHIELDS mission to explore local interstellar spaceA new NASA mission is about to study interstellar particles that have drifted into our solar system. The mission called the Spatial Heterodyne Interferometric Emission Line Dynamics Spectrometer -- or SHIELDS – is about to launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico aboard a suborbital sounding rocket.*Soyuz crew returns safely to EarthThree members of the Expedition 64 crew has returned safely to Earth following half a year aboard the International Space Station. They had launched 185 days earlier on October 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.*The Science ReportNew studies looking at the risk of blood clotting following COVID-19 infection.Scientists successfully grow human primate hybrid chimeric embryos.Archaeologists discover a 3,300-year-old lost city in Egypt’s southern province of Luxor.The public encouraged to cut through loops or rings of any size before disposing of them in their trash.Skeptic's guide to fake treatments for kids with autism.  Your support is needed...SpaceTime is an independently produced podcast (we are not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies), and we’re working towards becoming a completely listener supported show...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills.That's where you come in....help us reach our first 1,000 subscribers...at that level the show becomes financially viable and bills can be paid without us breaking into a sweat every month. Every little bit helps...even if you could contribute just $1 per month. It all adds up.By signing up and becoming a supporter at the $5 or more level, you get immediate access to over 230 commercial-free, double, and triple episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. You also receive all new episodes on a Monday rather than having to wait the week out. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstuartgary or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/Details at https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com or www.bitesz.com For more SpaceTime visit https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com (mobile friendly).For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime-with-stuart-gary-astronomy-space-science-news/blog/RSS feed: