#SpaceSaturday: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy #rocket #launched #NASA’s #Orion #spacecraft on Exploration Flight Test 1, or #EFT1.
The Delta IV Heavy was chosen as the post powerful and compatible rocket for the Orion test capsule, since its upper stage, the Delta Cryogenic Second Stage, serves as the basis for the Interim Cryogenic Upper Stage on the #SLS #rocket.
The #Delta4 could lift the capsule into a trajectory that would cause it to re-enter the atmosphere at similar velocities as a lunar return, proving the heat shield, parachutes, and landing systems.
It also verified the #LaunchAbortSystem disposal and fairing jettison.
#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #ExplorationFlightTest1, #RocketLaunch, #DeltaCryogenicSecondStage, #DCSS, #InterimCryogenicUpperStage, #ICUS, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-with-orion-climbs-heron-and-fox.html

#SUPPLYVictoria #nonprofit dedicated to #diverting materials from the #landfill has #launched a #free ­#HandsOn #childrens #WorkshopSeries to #demonstrate how to #creatively #transform #CastOff items into #art & #DIY projects at its #Creative #Reuse Centre, on March 25.

The #MonthlySeries called #ScrappyLastSaturdays — held every last Saturday of the month — is open to children ages 7-12.

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/our-community-turn-cast-offs-into-art-at-scrappy-last-saturdays-fire-cadet-camp-6723583

#VictoriaBC #yyj #KidsProgram #lekwungen #Upcycle #RecycleArt #Recycle #VanIsle

#FirstNations #entrepreneurs are almost non-existent in the #Australian business landscape, but #sisters Adele and Cara Peek plan to change this.

The #Yawuru /#Bunuba #women #launched a #Broome based #innovation hub, called #MakeItHappen , which is designed to #support and #develop #Indigenous #entrepreneurship.

https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/the-sisters-who-want-to-kickstart-indigenous-entrepreneurship-20230316-p5csnr

#Aboriginal #Australia #NativeBusiness

A #photograph of the last #DeltaII #rocket, produced by #Boeing and finally #launched by the United Launch Alliance or #ULA, was given to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex #KSC #rocketgarden.
The #Delta II is painted in a #sharknose livery it never flew in, along with the #US flag, #NASA emblem, and the Delta family’s signature #triangle and a #star for each successful #launch (153 of 155).
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-ii-at-the-rocket-garden-3-heron-and-fox.html

The modern #AtlasV #rocket, designed by #LockheedMarting and operated by the United Launch Alliance or #ULA, has been called the #DialARocket for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a #dial.
The next-to-last stop on the “Dial” is the #Atlas V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 #SRBs, and 1 engine on the #Centaur upper stage.
#NASA’s #Mars Science Laboratory #Rover #Curiosity #launched on a #ULA Atlas V 541.
This #photograph shows it leaping into the #clouds.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1-atlas-v-with-msl-enters-the-clouds-heron-and-fox.html

#ESA’s planned #NEOMIR mission will be located between #Earth 🌍 and the #Sun ☀️ as an early warning system for #asteroids ☄️ 20 metres and larger that cannot be seen from the ground. Planned to be #launched around 📆 2030 https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/NEOMIR_finding_risky_asteroids_outshone_by_Sun

☄️simulation : https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher

#AsteroidThreat

Aligned with the cross-disciplinary scope of the journal, some of these sections are shared with other Frontiers #journals, providing an enhanced visibility of the research in different scientific communities."

#newjournal #launched #announcements #openaccess,

Medium Launches its Own Mastodon Instance
Medium, the online publishing platform founded by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams launched its own Mastodon instance this week.
https://mstdncanada.com/medium-launches-its-own-mastodon-instance/
#goodinfo #mastodon #cofounder #Evan #founded #launched #Medium #online #platform #publishing #Twitter #Williams

#Launched #OTD in 2006, #NASA’s #NewHorizons mission to #Pluto!

New Horizons is just one of several #planetary missions Hubble has supported through its three decades of space-based observations. Learn more about one of those missions -- NASA's #Lucy mission, the first mission to Trojan #asteroids -- in this video!

https://youtu.be/6RoJLHX5lcM

#astronomy #Astrodon #planet #planets

Oh dear, I have three #artgallery #Holiday #OpenHouse events next weekend I need to make #English #toffee for. This is the #recipe I wrote up for my kids when they #launched.

#International_Tech_News

Billionaire Elon Musk Faced #Social_Media_Backlash in #China

Billionaire Elon Musk is facing social media criticism after China complained that the country’s budding #space_station had two close encounters with satellites launched by #SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services project earlier in 2021.

According to a document submitted earlier in December by #Beijing to the #UNOOSA (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs), China’s Tiangong Space Station was #two times #forced to take fast and effective #maneuvers to #avoid_collision with #satellites #launched by #Elon_Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX.

The assertions, though haven’t been independently verified and Musk’s rocket company is yet to respond, China claims that Tiangong had to implement ‘#preventive_collision #avoidance control’ both on 1sy July and 21st October when faced with advancing #Starlink_satellites.

AKA #SPACE_JUNK

Beijing notified the Secretary-General of the U.N. that the close encounters with the satellites launched by Starlink Internet Services constituted dangers to astronauts’ life and health abroad the Tiangong Space Station.

The news was quickly followed by a strong media backlash against Elon Musk on Weibo, with a small number of web users condemning Musk’s space ambitions and one hashtag racking up 87M views by early Tuesday. China commenced its space station in April this year with the successful launching of its Core Cabin Module – Tianhe – and anticipates construction to be done by the end of next year.

https://planetnews.com/business/billionaire-elon-musk-faced-social-media-backlash-in-china.html

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The largest #electric_school_bus #fleet in the US just #launched in #Maryland

#Montgomery_County_Public_Schools, one of the largest #school_districts in the #US, has deployed the single largest electric school bus fleet in the country.

Last school year, the school district saw the delivery of its first 25 #electric_buses and installed electric #infrastructure at one of its transportation depots.

It’s now added 61 more electric #buses to its fleet, for a total of 86.

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will #replace 326 #diesel school buses with electric school buses by 2025, and it will have an entirely electric school bus fleet in 10 years.

Superintendent Dr. Monifa B. McKnight said at yesterday’s launch that, when procurement of the 326 electric buses is complete, “we are going to be #saving upwards of 6,500 #gallons of diesel #fuel per day, and immediately, this is going to cut costs by 50%.”

The Maryland school district held a #ribbon_cutting #ceremony yesterday at #Walter_Johnson High School in Bethesda with Highland Electric Fleets, which provides school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service.

Highland designs and organizes electric school bus projects for school districts; creates a subscription plan that includes buses, chargers, and depot improvements; and procures the electric school buses and manages the construction of depot upgrades within school districts.

Each school district gets to choose which make and model of electric school buses they want; Montgomery County has chosen all Thomas Built electric school buses. Some are Type C, with a 226 kWh standard battery capacity and a range of up to 138 miles, and some are Type A, which is a smaller bus.

Electric infrastructure will be installed at three more transportation depots.

Maryland House Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo said:

Toxic pollutants can be as much as 2.5 times more prevalent inside a typical diesel school bus than inside an electric school bus.

Considering this, along with the carbon emissions caused by the 17,000 gallons of fuel that MCPS diesel buses use daily, electrifying our school bus fleets is an imperative public health, climate change, and environmental priority.

The state of Maryland’s Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 requires all new school bus purchases and contracts to be electric by 2025.

https://electrek.co/2022/10/25/largest-electric-school-bus-fleet-us/

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FLORIDA | #Rebekah_Jones, Former #STATE #COVID_19 #DATA_MANAGER, #sues #FDLE over #RAID on her Home | Former #Department of #Health data manager Rebekah Jones has filed a #lawsuit against the #Florida_Department of #Law_Enforcement, saying the Dec. 7 morning raid on her house was a "#sham" to #retaliate against her for #not_altering COVID-19 data.

Jones was #fired in #May and soon #launched her own #online_data_dashboard. Gov. #RON_DESANTIS said her firing was because she #Disobeyed_Superiors; she said it was because she #WOULDNT #ALTER_DATA to #Cast Florida in a more #favorable_light to #justify the #Governor's plans to #Reopen the #State's_Economy.

In the lawsuit filed Sunday night against FDLE #Commissioner #Rick_Swearingen, the department and several agents in #Leon_County Circuit #Civil_Court, Jones claims her #constitutional_rights were #violated, including against #Unlawful Search and Seizure (4th Admendment). She is #seeking in excess of $100,000, according to the lawsuit's cover sheet.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2020/12/21/rebekah-jones-sues-fdle-over-morning-raid/3990170001/

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SpaceX just launched South Korea`s first mission to the Moon | Mashable #spacex #just #launched #south #koreas #first #mission #moon #mashable #5agosto https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXNoYWJsZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9zcGFjZXgtc291dGgta29yZWEtZGFudXJpLWtwbG8tbGF1bmNo

RT @GearSME2: The new EU-wide Online Portal http://www.energyefficientsme.eu is being #launched today! 🥳🥳🥳 It was developed under our EU-funded project GEAR@SME. The portal provides support for small and medium-sized enterprises (#SMEs) to save #energy together. Find out!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/euenergyweek/status/1543884070333157376

GoFundMe has launched a verified fundraising hub for the Robb Elementary School shooting | Mashable #gofundme #launched #verified #fundraising #robb #elementary #school #shooting #mashable #25maggio https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXNoYWJsZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9nb2Z1bmRtZS10ZXhhcy1yb2JiLXNjaG9vbC1zaG9vdGluZy1kb25hdGlvbi1odWI=

#BIG_TECH | #BIG_FINANCE | #INTERNATIONAL_TECH_NEWS |

#EU Joins #Mastodon #Social_Network, #Sets_Up Its #Own_Server

The EU's Mastodon #instance, #launched in the wake of Elon Musk's Twitter #acquisition, is part of an #effort to #support #private, ad-free, open-source #software.

The European Union is the latest group to join the social network Mastodon, which has seen a surge of new users after Elon Musk's bid for Twitter was accepted.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-joins-mastodon-social-network-sets-up-its-own-server

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#EU Joins #Mastodon #Social_Network, #Sets_Up Its #Own_Server

The EU's Mastodon #instance, #launched in the wake of Elon Musk's Twitter #acquisition, is part of an #effort to #support #private, ad-free, open-source #software.

The European Union is the latest group to join the social network Mastodon, which has seen a surge of new users after Elon Musk's bid for Twitter was accepted.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-joins-mastodon-social-network-sets-up-its-own-server

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#INTERNATIONAL_TECH_NEWS | #Thousands more #satellites could soon be #launched into space. Can the #federal_government keep up?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/23/satellites-collisions-tracking-space/

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