Tertiary adjunct of Weyland-Yutani, model N6MAC41717; physicist, ICP-MS specialist & space enthusiast; meteorite collector, Trekkie, self-proclaimed Emacsian, fountain pen connoisseur, computer dilettante—all in random order.https://bsky.app/profile/parsec.rohttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3mrsor4z4dc2sSomewhere between Mars and Jupiter, there's an asteroid named after me \o/29 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsor4z4dc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3mfp442jxgs2y#SpaceX ‘s #Falcon9 becomes the first rocket with 8 consecutive launches, uninterrupted by another rocket: 2026-031 to 2026-038; previous record was shared between F9 and Soyuz-U with 6 consecutive launches. Next scheduled orbital launch is also a F9 😄25 Feb 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfp442jxgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3low6keatbc26"Stranded Ghost of Venus", a song about Kosmos-482 that I created in just a few seconds using Suno AI 👇 https://suno.com/s/jPooxOoKrpNfJXdK11 May 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3low6keatbc26https://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3llosgbdjh224Spectrum rocket launch isn’t the first orbital launch attempt from Europe. LauncherOne launched from an airplane launched from UK. Both Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar cosmodromes are technically in Europe.31 Mar 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3llosgbdjh224https://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3likll4w2is2y「Designated E20001, this newly assembled RS-25 engine is one of four core stage engines that will help power the SLS rocket during the Artemis V mission.」 https://www.l3harris.com/newsroom/editorial/2025/02/l3harris-completes-assembly-first-rs-25-engine-nasas-artemis-v-mission19 Feb 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3likll4w2is2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lgxu4dv23c2w(1/n) A few links with good information and data on #2024YR4 asteroid: MPC data: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2024+YR4 https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K24/K24YE0.html IAWN notification: https://iawn.net/documents/NOTIFICATIONS/IAWN_Potential_Impact_Notification_2024_YR4.pdf IAWN summary: https://iawn.net/obscamp/2024YR4/index.shtml JPL CNEOS: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=2024%20YR4 https://neo.ssa.esa.int/search-for-asteroids?sum=1&des=2024YR430 Jan 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxu4dv23c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lgvdzijcgk2j«Researchers in the US are reeling after the administration of new president issued an order on 27 January that froze all federal grants and loans. […] many US universities to advise faculty members against spending federal grant dollars on travel, new research projects, equipment and more.» Wow. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00266-1?linkId=12705283&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1JJHfwRjMcTJnrSduZHN64wqiFggKsVdyc9CEqioOxkM3evw35TfjS9sY_aem_FArR5oAiSEI2dXQX1zYBWw29 Jan 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvdzijcgk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lfcpcsvrvk2e@esa.int Welcome to BlueSky!09 Jan 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcpcsvrvk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3ldkq2n46ok2uThere are two countries that refer to geostationary orbit in the Constitution (in the respective section defining borders and natural resources): Bulgaria and Colombia; both countries have their constitutions adopted in the same year—1991—and both revised them in 2015.18 Dec 2024 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkq2n46ok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3ldh5oqylbc2wAlright, let’s go already! https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_6439?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Q5TnNe9mpGp7KlyK-XNe3f7x-Npw1QL9b9eox5cCUI3JbCjS-Q6cg4DE_aem_GjDyLWL97gsGLmtsoXiFow16 Dec 2024 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldh5oqylbc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3ld7hvbc4tc2p“ULA has an incremental plan to upgrade its Centaur V upper stage to fly long-duration space missions: «lightning fast, long range, lethal if necessary»” https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/13/ula-eyes-annual-mods-to-turn-rocket-stage-into-space-interceptor/13 Dec 2024 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7hvbc4tc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3ld3z2fp6sc26Cool interactive article from @nytimes.com on Russian Cosmos-2553 satellite (click and just keep scrolling) 👇 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/05/opinion/nuclear-weapons-space.html12 Dec 2024 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3z2fp6sc26https://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lczuyn6eyk2b«Sources have indicated that the payload capacity of the current iteration of New Glenn is closer to 25 metric tons than its advertised mass of 45 tons.» Oh, my. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/intrigue-swirls-as-blue-origin-races-toward-year-end-deadline-for-new-glenn/11 Dec 2024 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczuyn6eyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lczshbajb22c@bsky.app I can't find one of my own Feeds to add to a Starter Pack that I created—is this a bug or a feature? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? I spent a lot of time creating a nice list/feed for myself, but I can't add it to a Starter Pack.11 Dec 2024 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczshbajb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcuymjnu5c2h"The finding suggests that the Moon might have had a broader window of impact bombardment early on in its history than scientists thought and calls into question theories about the evolution of the solar system." https://eos.org/articles/meteorite-sheds-light-on-the-moons-impact-history09 Dec 2024 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuymjnu5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcuxektmgc2c"Promin 1 use autophagic technology: during launch, the solid propellant, the oxidizer and the fuel tank are designed to burn together. This means that the rocket gets smaller as it gains altitude, shrinking like a burning candle until all that remains is the payload fairing attached to the engine." https://payloadspace.com/ukrainian-small-launcher-finds-refuge-in-the-us/?oly_enc_id=7354A6981023G4R09 Dec 2024 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcuxektmgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcustydal22m8 successful orbital launches during two days (12.04-12.05), using 6 different launchers on 8 different launchpads from 5 countries; 237 successful orbital launches so far in 2024, a record already, and the year isn't over yet!09 Dec 2024 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcustydal22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcmhjdni522z@torybruno.bsky.social Can Vulcan place a fully fueled Centaur V in orbit (without any other payload), while safely deorbit the first stage after separation?06 Dec 2024 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmhjdni522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcihkcwnpc2hShares of SES are currently trading at their lowest level ever, after being recently dropped from the STOXX Europe 600 index; at the beginning of the year, SES announced that it intended to acquire the company Intelsat for €5B, but share price declined almost 50% since then. https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/equity/ses-global-s-a04 Dec 2024 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcihkcwnpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lche6we2ik22CERN recently released a particle physics free, online course for high-school students that introduces you to fundamental questions, such as “What is a particle?” or “What are charges and interactions?”, leading to more applied questions, such as “What is a particle accelerator?” https://ppc.web.cern.ch/intro04 Dec 2024 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lche6we2ik22https://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lcac3fs6x22wFor my Romanian followers: since today is a New Moon, the latest edition of my newsletter, Buletin Cosmic no. 190, is now available! It features the latest space-related news from approximately the past two weeks (since the last Full Moon). Check it out! 👇 https://buletin.parsec.ro/p/buletin-cosmic-19001 Dec 2024 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcac3fs6x22whttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lc5ogxqdhs2bThe presence of filaments of organic matter are reported on a space-returned sample of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu. The size and morphology of these filaments is consistent with microorganisms. Spoiler: it’s not aliens 👽 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14288?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0oSJKMIkvkKeY3Xn-I5TFWm1wHw0nKqQRb54LzuVStBwOK6VfA33N41sE_aem_8uXt0XE_JVlrJc_xGiGgXQ30 Nov 2024 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc5ogxqdhs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lbumuab3ds2pJust what you need for the holidays... the coziness of a crackling and roaring rocket engine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgTVTwu4nw26 Nov 2024 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbumuab3ds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/parsec.ro/post/3lbtminhjhk2aThe firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approx. $256.6M, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The Dragonfly mission currently has a targeted launch period of July 5-25, 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/26 Nov 2024 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:qgfmutwiptwaaikzy6wpjc6k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtminhjhk2a