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The Sun not setting over the Earth's limb🌅
You know that in one day astronauts on board the ISS can observe up to 16 sunrises and sunsets.
But at times when the station's orbit passes near the terminator (the line separating the illuminated and unilluminated sides of the planet), the Sun may not set at all for its inhabitants.
The ISS is not always near the terminator, as this line shifts throughout the year due to the tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation.
A giant catapult is being developed in California to hurl satellites into space without using fuel.
Inside the structure, satellites will be spun up to speeds of 8,000 kilometres per hour and then simply thrown into low orbit. It's estimated they'll fly six times faster than the speed of sound. The company has already conducted a bunch of successful tests and has started building a full-fledged catapult
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is so great that all the planets in the solar system can be placed between them.
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The largest moons of the planets in the solar system.
As you can see, Jupiter has the largest satellites, and the Moon is only in 5th place.
Saturn carrying its own little version of the solar system
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Interesting fact: due to the gradual slowing down of the Earth's rotation, today is about 0.00000002 seconds longer than yesterday
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The first manned launch of the new reusable Starliner spacecraft took place in the USA
The launch of the Atlas-5 carrier rocket took place on 5 June from the Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome. Broadcast was conducted in the YouTube channel of NASA.
The new ship should deliver to the International Space Station astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams. They are expected to spend about 25 hours in transit.
After arriving at the ISS, they will spend about a week on the station conducting spacecraft tests before returning to Earth for a landing in the United States.
🌔 🚀 China has announced the successful landing of its Chang'e-6 probe on the back side of the Moon
The apparatus is equipped with a drill and a robotic arm, and will collect soil samples on the moon after landing.
Xinhua News Agency notes that if the mission is successful, China will become the first country in the world to deliver samples from the Moon's back side to Earth.
The winners of the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.
Capture the Atlas has summarised the results of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition, publishing a selection of the 25 best Milky Way images. The new collection features images taken in 15 different countries.
India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar station module landed on the lunar surface 👏🏼
The Chandrayaan-3 payload consists of six instruments besides cameras. The descent module is equipped with ChaSTE instrument to determine the thermal properties of regolith, ILSA instrument to study seismic activity of the moon and RAMBHA-LP Langmuir probe.
It also carries a 26-kilogram six-wheeled lunar rover equipped with the APXS X-ray spectrometer and the LIBS laser spectroscope.
The fascinating surface of the Sun, captured through the Hinode satellite X-ray telescope 😮
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SpaceX rocket launched the heaviest commercial satellite into orbit
The Jupiter 3 device costs $445 million and weighs 9.2 tons.
5000 galaxies discovered by James Webb in one video
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🌘 The first photograph of a solar eclipse taken with the telescope of the Königberg Observatory in 1851.
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Eight planets in the solar system with a giant solar ball in the background. 🔥
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The virtual colonisers of the Red Planet are out after a year's imprisonment.
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The Sun has set behind Saturn, but Saturn's rings continue to be illuminated. The rings illuminate the back side of Saturn.
The result is an interesting photograph.
A simple comparison of the inner planets of the solar system
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Extremely detailed view of Mars captured by the Curiosity rover
Superimposed sound is the actual recording made by the Perseverance rover
NASA will build a railway on the moon
FLOAT ("Flexible Levitation on Rails") will be a rail track made of magnetic robomodules hovering above a three-layer film track. Carriages will be able to move along it at a speed of 1.6 km/h and transport up to 100 tonnes of materials per day. Launch is promised as early as the 2030s
On the 3rd of June, you will be able to see the "big Planet Parade"
At this time 6 planets will line up in a straight line and will be visible in the sky. Mars, Mercury and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye, and the rest - with a telescope. The key is to start observing an hour before dawn.
Keep it for yourself so you don't forget
NASA is going to start filming a TV series and launch its own streaming service.
The trailer looks more epic than some films.
Starry skies from the cockpit of an aeroplane ✈️
These incredible images were taken by professional pilot Christian van Heijst.
A new camera was installed on the second stage of the Falcon 9. Now you can enjoy the views of the Earth in the best quality
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