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Friday, April 9, 2021
CONTINUITY: Cold Spot, Planet Nine, and the Axis of Evil: Uncovering the Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Close Encounter above Siberia
Close approach of two large space junk pieces, 0.5t DMSP 5D F3 and the 1.4t S3M upper stage expected at 1718 UTC, 790 km above the Siberian Arctic. h/t @EU_SST pic.twitter.com/VPGqIBatmR
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 9, 2021
⚠️Latest update: according to #EUSST the close approach between #space objects SL-8 R/B and OPS 6182 remains stable in geometry and in Scaled Probability of Collision. Miss distance would be ~21m and Scaled PoC over 20%. This should be the last estimate until TCA. pic.twitter.com/OY3PbYmTyU
— EUSST (@EU_SST) April 9, 2021
CONTINUITY: Comrades—Save the Mycelium!
"When picking mushrooms, save the mycelium!" Soviet environmental poster, 1965 pic.twitter.com/MmYakTKJem
— Soviet Visuals (@sovietvisuals) April 9, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Neuralink: Monkey Mind-Pong
Here is more about Neuralink's brain-machine interface, including Gertrude, the pig with the wired snout.
THE HAPPENING WORLD: M Equals Two: Soyuz Docks with the ISS
Contact and capture! #SoyuzMS18 crewed spacecraft docked successfully to the Russian segment of the International @Space_Station, making it in just two orbits around the Earth!
— РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) April 9, 2021
Welcome to the ISS, @novitskiy_iss, Pyotr and @Astro_Sabot! pic.twitter.com/XDqresKbmD
On September 12th, 1966, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with its Agena target vehicle just 94 minutes after liftoff, demonstrating the direct ascent first orbit rendezvous which would used in lunar orbit by Apollo. Commander Pete Conrad exclaimed “M=1!” after accomplishing the first revolution docking, Fifty-five years later, Soyuz has gotten it down to two revolutions, docking with the International Space Station two orbits after launch.