Weekend Wrap: Mars Slingshot, Dragon Launch, Cosmic Web, Dracula's Chivito, Starship V3 & More

About this episode

This episode covers the latest space news including NASA's Mars slingshot, SpaceX's Dragon launch, and the mapping of the cosmic web by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Sponsor Link: To get the deatils of our money saving NordVPN deal - Click Here It's the Astronomy Daily Weekend Space and Astronomy News Wrap — your Saturday deep dive into the biggest stories from across the week, plus two brand-new headlines and a bonus story we just couldn't leave out. This week on Astronomy Daily: • NASA's Psyche spacecraft executed its Mars gravity assist flyby yesterday — slingshotting past the Red Planet at 12,000 mph on its way to a $10 quadrillion metal-rich asteroid • SpaceX launched the record-breaking CRS-34 Dragon mission to the ISS Friday night — with docking happening TODAY (Sunday May 17) • James Webb Space Telescope maps the cosmic web in unprecedented detail — 164,000 galaxies, 13.7 billion years of history • Hubble reveals 'Dracula's Chivito' — the largest, most chaotic planet nursery ever seen, 1,000 light-years from Earth • Starship Version 3 is on the pad — debut launch targeting Tuesday May 19 from the new Launch Pad 2 at Starbase • Comet R3 PanSTARRS is in Southern Hemisphere skies NOW — and tonight is New Moon. Your last chance for 170,000 years • WEEKEND BONUS: NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into a rock on Mars — and the rock wouldn't…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna, Avery

Topics covered

• Mars gravity assist
• SpaceX Dragon launch
• James Webb cosmic web
• Hubble planet nursery
• Starship launch
• Comet R3 PanSTARRS
• Curiosity rover

Keywords

• Mars
• SpaceX
• James Webb
• Hubble
• Starship
• Curiosity rover
• Psyche spacecraft
• Dragon mission
• Comet R3 PanSTARRS

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, ISS, James Webb Space Telescope, Bitesz.com

Products: Psyche spacecraft, Curiosity rover

Places: Mars, Red Planet, Earth, Southern Hemisphere

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