CSExtra – Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Aug 10, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers a roundup of the latest reporting on space related news from around the world. Japan envisions an independent human launch capability by 2025. The sun unleashes a major solar flare on Tuesday. A plant experiment flown aboard NASA’s final shuttle flight produces encouraging results. The U. S. Air Force braces for a West Coast hypersonic test flight. SpaceX means new jobs in Central Texas. Satellites watched in March as the Japanese tsunami broke off pieces of the Antarctic ice shelf. Students pay tribute to the U. S. space program with a community art project.

1. From Aviation Week & Space Technology: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency looks to 2025 for the flight of its first piloted spacecraft. Japan plans to build toward a human launch capability based on its successful HTV International Space Station re-supply vehicle.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2011/08/08/AW_08_08_2011_p48-354264.xml&headline=Japan_Charts_Path_For_Manned_Space_Missions
2. From Space.com: The sun unleashed an X-class solar flare on Tuesday, the largest energetic solar release yet in the current solar cycle that began in 2008. The activity was spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The flare and resulting Coronal Mass Ejection were not aimed at the Earth. Nonetheless the Earth is undergoing a minor high altitude proton storm that could interfere with satellite communications.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12580-sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare.html
A. From Discovery.com: Tuesday’s massive solar flare in pictures as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-sun-explodes-x-class-flare-110809.html
B. From Space.com: The frequency of solar flares is predicted to rise as the sun nears it maximum activity level in 2013, according to scientists.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/12586-solar-storms-intensity-2013-peak-nasa.html
C. From MSNBC:  Photos of Earthly auroral displays in response to last week’s increased solar activity.
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/09/7321198-northern-lights-caught-on-video?chromedomain=cosmiclog
D. From Spaceweather.com: For Solar updates and the latest on the Perseid Meteor Shower see: www.spaceweather.com

3. From The Coalition for Space Exploration: An experiment flown aboard NASA’s final shuttle mission reveals that a key symbiotic relationship between plants and bacteria remains intact in the absence of gravity. Findings may improve the cultivation of the legume family on Earth. The relationship may also be useful in the recycling of air, water and food during human deep space missions.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/experiment-data-released-from-last-shuttle-flight
4.  From the Los Angeles Times:  The U. S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday night. The rocket launched test vehicle will attempt to reach speeds of Mach 20 before it splashes down in the Pacific near the Kwajalein Atoll.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/08/vandenberg-launch-hypersonic-technology-vehicle-falcon.html
5.  From the Waco Tribune of Texas and Spacetoday.net (Aug. 7): SpaceX, which operates a test stand in nearby McGregor, Texas, gains new stature in NASA’s post shuttle era. SpaceX and other aerospace ventures are bringing new jobs to  North Central Texas.
http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=With+NASA+grounding+shuttle,+SpaceX+and+Central+Texas+take+lead+in+space+exploration+|+Wacotrib.com&urlID=458026987&action=cpt&partnerID=986883&cid=127079898&fb=Y&url=http://www.wacotrib.com/opini
6. From USA Today:  European and NASA satellites capture video of the March 11 tsunami that stuck Japan. The waves traveled far to break off large pieces of the Sulzberger ice shelf in Antarctica
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/08/japan-tsunami-tore-off-icebergs-in-antarctica/1
7. From the Houston Press: Close to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, an elementary school physical education teacher and his students fashion a mural in tribute to the U. S. space program. “For me, art represents the times, the culture and the community, and it should be exposed to all people, not just people that go to art galleries,” said instructor Edgar Bustillos.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2011/08/video_watch_artist_edgar_busti.php


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