A space junk bestiary: yo-yo de-spin weights Among the oldest pieces of space junk in Earth orbit are de-spin weights from the US series of TIROS weather and TV satellites. I've been no...

Space junk isn't all the same. Here I look at an uncommon type of mission-related debris, the yo-yo de-spin weight.
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60 years in orbit for ‘grapefruit satellite’ – the oldest human object in space When Vanguard 1 – the “grapefruit satellite” – was launched in 1958, its only companions were Explorer 1 and Sputnik 2. Soon it may have thousands of descendants swarming around it.

The Vanguard 1 satellite has been in orbit for 68 years! It's the oldest human object in space. Here's what I wrote about it on its 60th anniversary.
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The spacescape: looking at heritage spacecraft as part of a cultural landscape This is an excerpt from Gorman, A.C. 2005   The archaeology of orbital space . In Australian Space Science Conference 2005, pp 338-357. RMIT...

March 17 is the anniversary of the launch of Vanguard 1, the oldest human object in space! In this post I look at Vanguard 1 and other satellites as part of the cultural landscape of Earth orbit.
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Human material culture on an asteroid
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The Benalla rocket park is going to be heritage-listed!
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WMF and CyArk Unveil Lunar Heritage Tapestry Backed by ICOMOS ISCoAH Expertise - ICOMOS The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage (ISCoAH) worked closely with CyArk to develop the Lunar Heritage Tapestry, a digital platform that replicates some of the most iconi...

39. The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage (ISCoAH) worked closely with CyArk to ensure that the remains of lunar exploration are understood not only as technological artefacts but also as cultural heritage of global importance.
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33. The proposal of the Republic of Poland on the Preservation of Lunar Heritage as a new area of activity of the ATLAC for peace and sustainable development of Outer Space (2024)
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Mort de l’astronaute d’Apollo XIII Jim Lovell, enfin sur la Lune Il devait fouler le sol lunaire mais l’explosion d’«Apollo XIII» en avril 1970 avait transformé la mission qu’il commandait en une ahurissante et ingénieuse course spatiale contre-la-montre. Il est mo...

Jim Lovell, héros d’Apollo 13, s’est éteint. Sa légende sélénite marque à jamais l’exploration spatiale.
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Jim Lovell, héros d’Apollo 13, s’est éteint. Sa légende sélénite marque à jamais l’exploration spatiale.

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Un bras de fer spatial : Discovery riche de 39 missions, reste au Smithsonian, malgré 85 M $ alloués pour la transférer à Houston.
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Un bras de fer spatial : Discovery riche de 39 missions, reste au Smithsonian, malgré 85 M $ alloués pour la transférer à Houston.
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#Lunar #Celestial #Regolith #Meteorite #Polynesian #Glyphs #CosmicCarving #AIart #Digitalart #Fanart #Photography #AIArtsky #AI艺术 #Stellar #Astro #AncientFuturism #ZeroAtmosphere #CelestialCode #Archaeology #SpaceHeritage

#Hubble turns 35! In its lifetime, it’s captured over 1.5 million observations, led to 20,000+ scientific papers, and reshaped how we see the cosmos. It showed us galaxies born, stars dying, and our place in an expanding universe. Sadly this may be its last year in orbit. 🧪🔭 #Hubble35 #SpaceHeritage

A panel convened by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage in 2023 #SpaceHeritage 🏺 🧪