<p>NASA is going back to Venus, selecting the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus">VERITAS and DAVINCI+</a> missions as part of the Discovery program, with both scheduled to launch between 2028 and 2030.</p><p>These two missions to Earth's hellish twin will aim to find out why it’s so hot and inhospitable, why its early development went from being Earth-like to hellish and what hides beneath the thick acidic clouds.</p><p>A jellyfish galaxy is a strange form of star cluster. It has a tail making it look like a jellyfish &#8211; and a team from the Max Plank Institute want you to help them find out why&nbsp;&#8211; through the <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/apillepich/cosmological-jellyfish">Zooniverse</a> citizen science website.</p><p><a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/news.asp#20210528">Canadaarm2</a> is the Canadian Space Agency contribution to the ISS. It helps spaceships dock and installs equipment without astronauts having to take an EVA &#8211; but it had a recent close encounter&nbsp;with a piece of space debris.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="epyt-video-wrapper"><div id="_ytid_25004" width="640" height="360" data-origwidth="640" data-origheight="360" data-facadesrc="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3JFR70YOQv0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;" class="__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override no-lazyload" data-epautoplay="1" ><img class="epyt-facade-poster" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube player" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3JFR70YOQv0/maxresdefault.jpg" /><button class="epyt-facade-play" aria-label="Play"><svg data-no-lazy="1" height="100%" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 68 48" width="100%"><path class="ytp-large-play-button-bg" d="M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z" fill="#f00"></path><path d="M 45,24 27,14 27,34" fill="#fff"></path></svg></button></div></div></div></figure><p><a href="https://kelvins.esa.int/space-debris-the-origin/challenge/">ESA</a> has launched a debris coding challenge. Space junk it is a growing problem and to encourage coders and STEM students to think about the problem, the European Space Agency launched a challenge asking people to calculate the origin of fictional space junk when given just their trajectory.</p><p>We also look at the <a href="https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/new-podcast-episode-luca-reflects-on-beyond/">ESA</a> astronaut program, with the opportunity to apply to become a European astronaut coming to close in just over a week.</p><p>Virgin Galactic are sending an bioastronautics researcher up to space. <a href="https://twitter.com/kelliegerardi">Kellie Gerardi</a> will go up on VSS Unity from next year to test fluid dynamics in low gravity, an undersuit with sensors and look out of the window at Earth. </p><p>And chapter three of HG Wells A Modern Utopia, where we start to explore the idea of another world.&nbsp;</p><p>The post <a href="https://ryanmorrison.uk/podcast/episode-7-a-trip-to-leo-and-venus/">Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus</a> first appeared on <a href="https://ryanmorrison.uk">Ryan Morrison</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

A Trip to Space

Ryan Morrison

Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus

JUN 7, 202154 MIN
A Trip to Space

Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus

JUN 7, 202154 MIN

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<p>NASA is going back to Venus, selecting the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus">VERITAS and DAVINCI+</a> missions as part of the Discovery program, with both scheduled to launch between 2028 and 2030.</p><p>These two missions to Earth's hellish twin will aim to find out why it’s so hot and inhospitable, why its early development went from being Earth-like to hellish and what hides beneath the thick acidic clouds.</p><p>A jellyfish galaxy is a strange form of star cluster. It has a tail making it look like a jellyfish &#8211; and a team from the Max Plank Institute want you to help them find out why&nbsp;&#8211; through the <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/apillepich/cosmological-jellyfish">Zooniverse</a> citizen science website.</p><p><a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/news.asp#20210528">Canadaarm2</a> is the Canadian Space Agency contribution to the ISS. It helps spaceships dock and installs equipment without astronauts having to take an EVA &#8211; but it had a recent close encounter&nbsp;with a piece of space debris.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><div class="epyt-video-wrapper"><div id="_ytid_25004" width="640" height="360" data-origwidth="640" data-origheight="360" data-facadesrc="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3JFR70YOQv0?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;" class="__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override no-lazyload" data-epautoplay="1" ><img class="epyt-facade-poster" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube player" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3JFR70YOQv0/maxresdefault.jpg" /><button class="epyt-facade-play" aria-label="Play"><svg data-no-lazy="1" height="100%" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 68 48" width="100%"><path class="ytp-large-play-button-bg" d="M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z" fill="#f00"></path><path d="M 45,24 27,14 27,34" fill="#fff"></path></svg></button></div></div></div></figure><p><a href="https://kelvins.esa.int/space-debris-the-origin/challenge/">ESA</a> has launched a debris coding challenge. Space junk it is a growing problem and to encourage coders and STEM students to think about the problem, the European Space Agency launched a challenge asking people to calculate the origin of fictional space junk when given just their trajectory.</p><p>We also look at the <a href="https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/new-podcast-episode-luca-reflects-on-beyond/">ESA</a> astronaut program, with the opportunity to apply to become a European astronaut coming to close in just over a week.</p><p>Virgin Galactic are sending an bioastronautics researcher up to space. <a href="https://twitter.com/kelliegerardi">Kellie Gerardi</a> will go up on VSS Unity from next year to test fluid dynamics in low gravity, an undersuit with sensors and look out of the window at Earth. </p><p>And chapter three of HG Wells A Modern Utopia, where we start to explore the idea of another world.&nbsp;</p><p>The post <a href="https://ryanmorrison.uk/podcast/episode-7-a-trip-to-leo-and-venus/">Episode 7: A Trip to LEO and Venus</a> first appeared on <a href="https://ryanmorrison.uk">Ryan Morrison</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>