What is a Lagrange Point?
What are they?Our Sacramento L5 Society is named for the Lagrange Point EML5. Just like the illustration above for the Sun Earth Lagrange Points the Earth and the Moon have…
Maana Electric Desert Tests of Moon Solar Panels
SUNLIGHT HAS A COUPLE OF ADVANTAGES OVER YOUR TRADITIONAL GAS AND COAL. IT’S cheap, it’s powerful, and there’s a lot of it. But there’s a barrier to entry — to…
Goodnight Moonbase Kickstarter
Goodnight Moon Base Let's bring bedtime *to* the moon every night. Our future on the moon becomes real through compelling scenes and rhymes. Click here to help! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2055866158/goodnight-moon-base There are…
Support JP Aerospace – Kids Space Program
https://youtu.be/l1nnzAxRJnw We'd like to help JP for his work with the Kids PongSat space program and for his providing our meeting place for our L-5 Society for many years. For…
SpaceX Starlink Mission 5/9/21
On Sunday, May 9 at 2:42 a.m. EDT, Falcon 9 launched 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After stage…
Apollo 14 Breakfast on the Moon FEB 6
Please mark your calendars! On Saturday morning, February 6th, NSS Chaptersʼ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society NSS chapter will host the fourth in their ongoing series celebrating the various…
Space X – ISS Docking Simulator
SPACEX - ISS Docking Simulator https://iss-sim.spacex.comThis simulator will familiarize you with the controls of the actual interface used by NASA Astronauts to manually pilot the SpaceX Dragon 2 vehicle to the International Space Station. Successful docking is…
The Power of Space Debris
Since the beginning of spaceflight, over 9,000 satellites have been launched into orbit. Along with every satellite, there is around 100,000 tonnes of space debris, most of which is too…
Space X – The Dragon Returns
Space X - The Dragon ReturnsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port on Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels. Onlookers gathered at…
Nasa Moon Program COVID Delays
NASA Moon Program and Hubble Telescope Successor Face COVID-19 Delays Read full article <<. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine was almost giddy when he unveiled the White House’s budget request in…