How Russias War Against Ukraine Has Changed Space Operations

Published: March 7, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 28
*How Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has changed space operations
NASA and the European Space Agency are exploring new ways to keep the International Space Station flying without the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos -- as tensions continue to worsen following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow has undertaken a full-scale attack against Ukraine leaving thousands dead and over a million refugees fleeing the war zone.
*Discovery of a kilonova
Astronomers may have detected a \u201csonic boom\u201d from a powerful blast known as a kilonova. This event was seen in GW170817, a merger of two neutron stars and the first object detected in both gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation, or light.
*Rocket Lab\u2019s new second launch pad opens for business
Rocket Lab have successfully launched their first mission from the company\u2019s new launch pad B at their Mahia Peninsula launch complex on New Zealand\u2019s North Island east coast. Construction of the second launch pad at the complex began in December 2019.
*The Science Report
Study shows significant changes in the brains of people who have suffered COVID-19.
Research shows air pollution is shortening people\u2019s lives by nearly three years.
The last meal of a 95 million year old crocodile unearthed in Queensland was a dinosaur.
How dogs and people are more similar than you think.
Skeptic's guide to poltergeist investigations
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