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SpaceX To Launch Vast's Commercial Space Station and First Human Spaceflight Mission
May 10, 2023
Vast announced today that SpaceX will launch what is expected to be the world’s first commercial space station, known as Vast Haven-1, quickly followed by two human spaceflight missions to said space station. Scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth orbit no earlier than August 2025. Haven-1 will be a fully-functional independent space station and eventually be connected as a module to a larger Vast space station currently in development.
Upon launch of Haven-1, Falcon 9 will launch Vast’s first human spaceflight mission to the commercial space station, Vast-1. Dragon and its four-person crew will dock with Haven-1 for up to 30 days while orbiting Earth. Vast also secured an option for an additional human spaceflight mission to the station aboard a Dragon spacecraft.
The Vast-1 crew selection process is underway and the crew will be announced at a future date. Once finalized, SpaceX will provide crew training on Falcon 9 and the Dragon spacecraft, emergency preparedness, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial and full mission simulations including docking and undocking for return to Earth.
Vast’s long-term goal is to develop a 100-meter-long multi-module spinning artificial gravity space station launched by SpaceX’s Starship transportation system. In support of this, Vast will explore conducting the world’s first spinning artificial gravity experiment on a commercial space station with Haven-1.
This new partnership between Vast and SpaceX will continue to create and accelerate greater accessibility to space and more opportunities for exploration on the road to making humanity multiplanetary.
https://www.spacex.com/updates/
https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-announces-the-haven-1-and-vast-1-human-spaceflight-mission-launched-by-spacex-on-a-dragon-spacecraft
SpaceX Starlink Mission
MAY 10, 2023
On Wednesday, May 10 at 1:09 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 51 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
This was the third launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 and now two Starlink missions.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl2-9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAcO60OPrk
Three people missing after military Learjet crashes into sea off Navy live-firing range San Clemente island: Coast Guard searches for survivors
May 10, 2023
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A Phoenix Learjet with three people on board took off from the base of San Clemente Island
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Coast Guard crews discovered aircraft debris a mile southwest of the island near the coast of San Diego
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Eight US Marines and one Navy sailor died during a training exercise on the island in 2020
Three people are missing after a military jet crashed into the sea off the coast of a small California island.
The Coast Guard, US Navy and Customs and Border Protection have launched a search and rescue mission after the disaster at around 8am.
A Phoenix Learjet with three people on board took off from the base of San Clemente Island, just off the coast of San Diego.
Watchstanders at the Joint Harbor Operations Center reported the emergency, and claimed that the plane did not manage to make it back to the runway.
The Learjet is a type of military training aircraft, according to Phoenix Air's website, and the island is the Navy's only remaining live fire range
Authorities have launched a search and rescue effort, with crews discovering aircraft debris a mile southwest of the island.
A second Learjet was already in the air and began searching the debris field, with a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the Coast Guard joining the search.
A US Coast Guard spokesman said: 'Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assets are searching for three people after a report of a downed aircraft approximately one-mile southwest of San Clemente Island, Wednesday morning.
'Watchstanders at the Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received the initial report of a downed aircraft at 7:53 am from the Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility on San Clemente Island, reporting an aircraft emergency aboard a Phoenix Learjet with three people on board.
'The FACSFAC reported that the aircraft didn't make it back to the runway. A U.S. Navy Phoenix Learjet was in the area and began immediately searching the debris field.
'A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft and USS SAN DIEGO diverted after hearing the emergency broadcast and began searching the area as well.
'An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego was launched and immediately vectored toward the debris field. Search efforts are ongoing.'
https://truthsocial.com/@dailymail/posts/110346280185525816
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12069665/Three-people-missing-military-Learjet-crashes-Navy-live-firing-range-San-Clemente-island.html
SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut mission will grow 1st stem cells in space
May 9, 2023
Scientists will send stem cells to space in early May to investigate the effect of weak gravity or "microgravity" in space on stem cells.
The induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a type of stem cell that can develop into the three primary groups of cells that make up a human body, will be cultivated in space by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by astronauts flying on Axiom Space's private Ax-2 mission. The mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 5:37 p.m. EDT (2137 GMT) on May 21 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Growing these cells and allowing them to differentiate in space should allow researchers to determine if microgravity has any impact on the way iPSCs develop into other cell types like brain and heart cells.
"A major challenge for using iPSCs for therapies in humans is making enough of them at very high quality," research co-leader and Cedars-Sinai cell biologist Arun Sharma, said in a statement.(opens in new tab) "We want to be able to mass-produce them by the billions so that we can utilize them for a number of different applications, including discovering new drugs that may be able to improve heart function. And while we've gotten better at this over the last few years, there are still certain limitations when it comes to the production of these stem cells, and we think microgravity may be able to overcome some of these."
An iPSC is a powerful type of cell, according to Cedars-Sinai, that has been reprogrammed from an adult cell to return to a state called "pluripotency." While in this state, the cell can be turned into nearly any cell type found in the human body. This makes iPSCs important in creating models of diseases and for creating specifically tailored treatments.
Producing iPSCs on Earth is tricky, however, partially because of the gravitational effects of the planet which can restrict the expansion and growth of these cells. In low-gravity environments, like that of the ISS which orbits Earth at an altitude of around 253 miles (408 miles), this barrier could be removed.
"Gravity constantly pulls these pluripotent stem cells towards Earth, putting pressure on them and providing a stimulus to start turning into other cell types, but in microgravity, that effect will no longer be there," mission co-principle investigator and executive director of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Clive Svendsen said in the statement. By removing gravity from the equation, researchers will be able test whether or not cells grow faster in space, present fewer genetic mutations and remain in their versatile pluripotent state. "That is the goal of this new mission, and we are all very excited to see what happens up there," Svendsen said.
A Cedars-Sinai team will arrive at Kennedy Space Center a week before launch to prepare the stem cells and load them onto a Dragon spacecraft. The Ax-2 crew will then launch in the Dragon craft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no sooner than May 21, if all goes according to plain.
The mission will last just a week but sets the stage for future missions of longer duration over the coming months that will further test the ability of stem cells to divide and take up DNA during spaceflight.
https://www.space.com/spacex-axiom-space-ax-2-astronaut-mission-stem-cells
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/mission-ax-2-set-to-launch-stem-cells-to-space/
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