Parked at an uncontrolled rural airfield in Northern California a 70 year old British Jet Bomber which was once used to carry experiments for NASA. The British Canberra design was licensed by the USA to make the B-57 which in turn evolved into the WB-57F - NASA's high flying camera platform. There's a pair of Canberra's at a small rural airport in California which once Follow or even support the restoration project at https://www.facebook.com/Canberrausa Paper by High Altitude Mapping Missions, Inc. pitching the capabilities: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1559587 Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFUc0GAg9iE

Originally an entry in Ludum Dare 28 this physics puzzle game sees your throwing objects around and watching as the various forces in each level modify its path. Early on it's simply about keeping these things flying for as long as possible, but later levels include requirements to fly by certain objects or even hit a specific target. There's enough rule variationsin here to provide a couple of hours worth of gameplay. It's available as a part of Steam's Early Access program http://www.0rbitalis.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHyxwcaa1Zk

The final step a a years worth of testing on the first core SLS booster is supposed to be a full duration static fire, running the engines in a profile mimicking that of a real flight. This test was supposed to be 8 minutes long but unfortunately the test terminated early for technical reasons. Right now the information we have is not particularly revealing so we don't know whether this is going to push the first flight of the core back far enough to make it miss the 2021 schedule. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG8Wv8-4xFM

It's been a busy week so far, and I've been busy with a lot of things, so here's a round up of a few big-ish stories. SpaceX identified a problem with some of their engines and is working with NASA to demonstrate safety and launch their Crew-1 Mission in November. Astronomers working with SOFIA announced the observation of the signature of molecular water on the moon. OSIRIS REx has returned images showing the sample tool has made it to the return capsule, so things are looking good for a return. Here's my video on SOFIA from last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNjHvbqYkB0 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0sJvIlwhg