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NASA’s Megarocket Launches to the Moon!
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B […]
The Night Sky This Week November 14 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top stargazing picks of the week. This week we talk about the Moon in Leo, the size of constellations, and a possible Leonid Meteor Shower outburst.
The Night Sky This Week November 7 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top stargazing events of the week
Friday Find November 4 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top space news of the week. This episode we talk about the discovery of the closest black hole to Earth, Mars Insight Lander close to death, new launch date for Artemis I, Blood Moon eclipse coming, Taurid Fireballs and Moon encounters Jupiter. Phew….that’s […]
Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Viewer’s Guide
Skywatchers in the right location on Earth will get a front row seat to watch the full moon get painted red in the last total lunar eclipse until 2025. The perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon creates one of nature’s most eye-catching phenomena that allows all of Earth’s sunrises and sunsets to be […]
Amazing Footage of Space X Falcon Heavy Sticking Double Booster Landing
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket system, the world’s most-powerful , launched onTuesday after three years hiatus from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, delivering military satellites into orbit. Check out this amazing video footage of the booster double landing captured nearby. Sheesh! Falcon Heavy dual-RTLS never gets old! 🚀 #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/Utib3JeLYf — Chance Belloise (@chancebelloise) November 1, 2022 SpaceX […]
Friday Find October 28 2022
Join National Geographic’s Andrew Fazekas, the Night Sky Guy for his personal picks of space news this week.
Meteor Shakes Mars and Creates Crater
NASA’s Insight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space. NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. 24, but scientists learned only later the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest […]
NASA’s Megarocket Launches to the Moon!
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B […]
The Night Sky This Week November 14 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top stargazing picks of the week. This week we talk about the Moon in Leo, the size of constellations, and a possible Leonid Meteor Shower outburst.
The Night Sky This Week November 7 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top stargazing events of the week
Friday Find November 4 2022
Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top space news of the week. This episode we talk about the discovery of the closest black hole to Earth, Mars Insight Lander close to death, new launch date for Artemis I, Blood Moon eclipse coming, Taurid Fireballs and Moon encounters Jupiter. Phew….that’s […]
Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Viewer’s Guide
Skywatchers in the right location on Earth will get a front row seat to watch the full moon get painted red in the last total lunar eclipse until 2025. The perfect alignment of the Sun, Earth and Moon creates one of nature’s most eye-catching phenomena that allows all of Earth’s sunrises and sunsets to be […]
Amazing Footage of Space X Falcon Heavy Sticking Double Booster Landing
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket system, the world’s most-powerful , launched onTuesday after three years hiatus from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, delivering military satellites into orbit. Check out this amazing video footage of the booster double landing captured nearby. Sheesh! Falcon Heavy dual-RTLS never gets old! 🚀 #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/Utib3JeLYf — Chance Belloise (@chancebelloise) November 1, 2022 SpaceX […]
Friday Find October 28 2022
Join National Geographic’s Andrew Fazekas, the Night Sky Guy for his personal picks of space news this week.
Meteor Shakes Mars and Creates Crater
NASA’s Insight lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space. NASA’s InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. 24, but scientists learned only later the cause of that quake: a meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest […]