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NASA's Lucy spacecraft made it's first flyby of an asteroid, Dinkinesh.

They suspected it may have a satellite, and this was confirmed in the flyby.

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Another shot of the system though provided a surprise, the satellite is a contact binary.

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NASA’s Lucy Surprises Again, Observes 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid - NASA Science

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft took images of asteroid Dinkinesh, discovering that the asteroid has the first-ever contact binary pair orbiting the asteroid.
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Astronauts dropped the ball bag.

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If the ISS is near your location, apparently you can see this with binoculars. We have a flyover on the 14th I'm going to see for myself.
 
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Kajiimagi said:
Astronauts dropped the ball bag.

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If the ISS is near your location, apparently you can see this with binoculars. We have a flyover on the 14th I'm going to see for myself.
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"NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara were conducting a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 2, 2023, when Moghbeli somehow let a tool bag slip away"

"On November 18, 2008, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper was performing a similar repair at the International Space Station when she inadvertently lost a tool bag."

Hmmmm.... Is there a pattern here??
 
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Tuco said:
"NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara were conducting a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 2, 2023, when Moghbeli somehow let a tool bag slip away"

"On November 18, 2008, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper was performing a similar repair at the International Space Station when she inadvertently lost a tool bag."

Hmmmm.... Is there a pattern here??
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Remember these are the same astronauts who were probably flying military jets and ejecting from them because the vanity mirror in the cockpit stopped working.
 
Oldbased

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Looks like we are still waiting on Fish and Wildlife. Goddamn I hate our gov.


I hope this fucker does exactly what it is supposed and approved to do and still lands on a manatee with 5 turtles on its back near Florida.
 
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Elon went into the Fish & Wildlife stuff on this podcast that just came out yesterday. They had to show that they weren't going to somehow injure a shark or cause distress to a seal by the sound of sonic booms. it's absolutely farcical.

 
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Elon went into the Fish & Wildlife stuff on this podcast that just came out yesterday. They had to show that they weren't going to somehow injure a shark or cause distress to a seal by the sound of sonic booms. it's absolutely farcical.

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lmao they had to capture a seal, stuff him in a board, play sonic booms in headphones then measure how distressed it got

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That must be a super accurate measurement. No way there's anything upsetting for the seal about this situation outside of the loudness of the booms.
 
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I don't think people realize just how massive this thing is. I watched them build the tower and I still don't comprehend it.
 
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Kajiimagi said:
Astronauts dropped the ball bag.

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If the ISS is near your location, apparently you can see this with binoculars. We have a flyover on the 14th I'm going to see for myself.
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Well unfortunately I didn't see any tool bag, ball bag, tea bag or any other kind of bag. Tonight was ideal too. I live in an area dark as hell west of LV and the station ran right over my house with a viewing time of 5 mins.

FYI I was using binos, just no joy.
 
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