ASTRONAUTICAL NEWS Wednesday 23 March 2022
Astronautical News
ASTRONAUTICAL NEWS Wednesday 23 March 2022
A daily roundup of space news
SLS crawls towards its first launchNASA’s Space Launch System rolled out to the launch pad for the first time last week for
a countdown test ahead of a launch later this summer. Jeff Foust reports on that
milestone in the vehicle’s long-delayed development amid broader concerns about the
state of the Artemis program.
Turn your phone into a space monitoring tool A newly released Android app will turn your smartphone into an instrument for
crowdsourced science. Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning
turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite signals, gathering data
for machine learning analysis of meteorology and space weather patterns.
Bone-boosting lettuce could help Mars astronauts stay healthyEating lettuce containing a hormone that boosts bone formation might help astronauts
from losing bone mass in space ?? and might even help treat osteoporosis on Earth too
Satellite operator OneWeb switches launches to SpaceXGlobal satellite communications company OneWeb said that it will switch launches to Elon
Musk’s SpaceX, after suspending activities with Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan.
ESA and AI Sweden Open Space Lab in GothenburgAI Sweden and the European Space Agency, ESA, will open a lab for advanced technology
development.
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