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Progress is in motion for the Artemis IV mission! Over at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, the SLS core stage liquid oxygen tank has been successfully relocated. The massive hardware is now lined up for detailed inspections before advancing to the next round of production. 🚀 #Artemis
My young nephew has given me the title of Mr. Backyard Explorer. I like it, and in that spirit, here’s M 13, the Hercules Star Cluster, from my backyard. #astrophotography
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (CENA-NUC). RGB Filters: 1130, 770, 560 PI: Dicken, Daniel, program 04529. CRVAL: 201.361843, -43.023947 Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Subject: IC 1396A (The Elephant's Trunk Nebula). Time and Date: 10:12 pm, 6/19/2026. Location: Westminster, MD. Telescope: William Optics Gran Turismo 81 IV (480mm focal length, f/5.9). Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro. #astrophotography #williamoptics #nikon #skywatcher
Shenzhou-23's Zhu Yangzhu, Li Jiaying, and Zhang Zhiyuan have been onboard Tiangong for a whole month as of this week, staying busy with new and existing scientific experiments Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shenzhou-2...
Each year, scientists, industry experts, and SETI Institute supporters gather to honor the work pushing the boundaries of what we know... and what we might soon discover. Join us on May 14 in Mountain View for an unforgettable evening of inspiration, connection, and cosmic wonder. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 #bayarea
Astronstone has recently raised 200 million Yuan in new capital to complete their first reusable AS-1 launch vehicle and ship it to a launch site early next year Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/astronston...
Astronstone Raises 200 Million Yuan Ahead of Early 2027 Debut Launch
The AS-1 launch vehicle from the almost two-year-old company may be completed this year thanks to new capital.
china-in-space.com
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 pm (PST), Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled: "The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World." 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 #bayarea
So after spending tens of billions of dollars setting up Gateway with international partners, NASA's now going to throw more tens of billions at a surface base instead For @proximareport.bsky.social -> proximareport.com/articles/nas...
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🔭 Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297 Image Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager, Eric Benson ap260321
When To See A Crescent Moon And Venus On The Equinox And All Weekend
When To See A Crescent Moon And Venus On The Equinox And All Weekend
When to see the beautiful sight of a crescent moon and Venus this weekend as the “Evening Star” returns to shine all summer. Jupiter will also be on show.
forbes.com
Following the filing for 200,000 new satellites, with most coming from one operator, Chinese news outlets have said that the applications were lawful, while adding that deployment plans were not final Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/chinese-ne...
Chinese News Outlets Say Giant Constellation Filing Is Lawful, Not Final Deployment Plan
And is a 193,000 satellite constellation in Earth orbit realistic at that scale?
china-in-space.com
Every once in a while, our solar system receives a fleeting visitor from the depths of our galaxy. On July 1, 2025, NASA’s ATLAS telescope discovered Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, following ʻOumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 Learn more:
Visitors from the Stars: Understanding Comet ATLAS Without the Hype
Commentary: Nathalie A. Cabrol
seti.org
Typhoon Matmo recently passed by Wenchang's two launch sites while efforts to build new launch pads are underway Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/wenchang-w...
STS-112 was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B to deliver the 28,000 pound Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to...
STS-112
STS-112 was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B to deliver the 28,000 pound Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to the Space Station. Ending a 4.5-million-mile journey, Atlantis landed at 15:44 UTC on 18 October 2002 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
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If you had to live on one of these worlds, which would you choose? (note: you'd live in the exact same type of habitat, none of these worlds would be terraformed, just the location itself) [🔴Mars, 🌑Ceres, 🌝Moon, 🌕Titian)
Lunar Road Trip 🚗 Apollo 16 panoramic with the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and one of two astronauts on the surface of the Moon!
What goes up, must come down 🚀 Falcon 9 roars back to the Cape after successfully launching the Cygnus spacecraft to the ISS 📸 - @derekdotspace.bsky.social
Liftoff of CRS NG-23 🚀 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station! 📸 - @derekdotspace.bsky.social
March of a Titan 🚀 The Saturn V to be used for Apollo 12 exits the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) towards Pad 39A.
🚨 BREAKING During a press conference today, NASA believes they have found the strongest evidence of life found on Mars, EVER. Leopard spots on rocks indicate “leftovers” from an ancient life form, which isn’t definitive proof, but the closest evidence of non-earth life.
🚨 BREAKING JetBlue has selected Amazon’s Project Kuiper, to provide free, in-flight wifi, starting in 2027. This will enhance the companies existing “Free-fi” service. Amazon also has reached an agreement with Airbus to integrate Project Kuiper into their aircraft catalog.
🚨 BREAKING United States Space Force to be headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, leaving the state of Colorado.
Starship 37 moments before it safely splashed down in the ocean 🚀
Saturn? ❌ Jupiter? ✅ NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft snapped this photo of Jupiter and his ring system while in the gas giants shadow. This photo was taken ~1.5 million kilometers away, one day after Voyagers flyby on July 10th, 1979.
🚨 BREAKING Blue Origin announces Mars Telecommunication Orbiter (MTO) which will, in collaboration with other relay satellites, provide very reliable data transfer between the red planet and Earth.
