Guide to Space: A Tour Of The Lagrange Points - Part 1, Past & Future Missions To L1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WN7lS9bpB4 From August 30, 2019. Thanks to gravity, there are places across the Solar System which are nicely balanced. They’re called Lagrange Points and they give us the perfect vantage points for a range of spacecraft missions, from observing the Sun to studying asteroids, and more.   Various spacecraft have already visited Lagrange Points, used them for some or all of their missions, and there are fascinating plans in the works that could put new missions and even space colonies into these balanced places in the Solar System.   Let’s explore the Lagrange Points. References: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resource... http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-... http://sci.esa.int/lisa-pathfinder/47... https://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/page/... https://www.pnas.org/content/103/46/1... https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-ma... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/604657main_4... http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/librar...   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].