Construction Starts on NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 73
*Construction starts on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft
Construction is now underway on NASA’s new spacecraft to explore the metal-rich main-belt asteroid 16 Psyche.
*A new hypothesis to try to explain the Tunguska event
Scientists have come up with a new explanation for the lack of debris from the Tunguska event – the largest asteroid impact with Earth in recent history.
*Space station forced to change course because of space junk
The International Space Station has been forced to make an unscheduled course correction to avoid a possible collision with a piece of space junk.
*China launches its 92nd reconnaissance spy satellite
China’s armada of spy satellites is continuing to expand with the launch of two more high-resolution reconnaissance satellites.
*The Science Report
A new more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus.
The loss of seagrass meadows around Australia equates to carbon dioxide emissions from 5 million cars.
New semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass.
A new look at the history of flowering plants.
The new AI software capable of predicting whether a person is likely to be a criminal.
 
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