SpaceCast Notes 6/1/2017

SpaceCast - 6/1/2017

Links

NASA to send probe to the sun

https://www.nasa.gohttp://www.space.com/37039-nasa-astronaut-class-2017-debut-june-7.htmlv/press-release/nasa-to-make-announcement-about-first-mission-to-touch-sun

• No notes for this topic, sorry m8

Maybe?

http://www.space.com/37039-nasa-astronaut-class-2017-debut-june-7.html

• New astronauts for the year 2017?
• Over 18,000 candidates
• The could be assigned to work on ISS for research projects
• Possible launching of deep space missions as with the Orion spacecraft

Extremely Large Telescope begins construction in Chile

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-telescope-idUSKBN18M2JX

• When completed, it will be the world’s largest optical telescope (5x larger than the current top telescope)
• The primary mirror measures 39 m (43 yd or 129 ft in freedom units) diameter
• It is located 3000m high in the Atacama desert in Chile and will begin operating in 2024
• The ELT is funded by the European Southern Observatory