The view of planet earth today showing sunrise and sunset! #Space

Today, we commemorate the crew of STS-51-L: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Michael Smith, Francis ('Dick') Scobee, and Ronald McNair. 🌠

On the Moon, Jaxa 🐇 is writing a new page of the lunar exploration with the success of their SLIM lander. Despite some mishaps with its solar panels, SLIM landed upside down 🙃 but with precision, marking a giant step forward for the Japanese space agency. Japan 🇯🇵  becomes the…

The JUICE spacecraft is now on its way to Jupiter to explore three fascinating Galilean moons. Here's how you can observe them. astronomy.com/news/observing…

SpaceX adjusted the launch time of its first planned Starlink launch of the evening.

The new T-0 liftoff time of the Starlink 6-38 mission is now set for 8:10 p.m. EST (0110 UTC).

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📸: Adam Bernstein for Spaceflight Now

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BREAKING:

A Christian Nigerian woman films an Islamist Fulani mob burning down her church in Mangu, Plateau State.

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PASS IT ON: Less than 3 months away from the total solar eclipse in the United States on April 8, 2024. Here’s a look at the cities in the path of the total solar eclipse! Map via greatamericaneclipse.com #SolarEclipse #Space

This Haley supporter says that if Trump becomes the Republican nominee, he will vote for Biden:

“This is an election about democracy, and ultimately I’ll choose democracy over political issues.”

On Tuesday, the GOP has the last chance to stop Trump from becoming the nominee.

A dragon approaches 🐉✨

Good morning from orbit as we eagerly await the arrival and docking of the #Ax3 crew to the International Space Station, expected as early as 10:45 GMT/11:45 CET.

Marcus Wandt and the crew will be welcomed by the current ISS crew, including commander and Marcus's…

Crew Dragon passes over Nepal as it closes in on the International Space Station carrying the Axiom 3 crew. Watch live coverage of the docking: youtube.com/live/mNRP1y_Ip…

What would you do if someone gave you a blank check for a vacation?

Exoplanet HD 80606b is terrifyingly hellish. With a mass 4x larger than Jupiter, it’s also scorching hot. Its elliptical orbit brings it point-blank with its star, causing drastic temperature changes. This sudden heat creates immense superstorms, with winds eclipsing 11,000 mph!

Fly-bys are good for morale. Shakes thing up.

When Marcus Wandt and #Ax3 get to the International
International Space Station , they will rendezvous with orbiting laboratory and get ready to dock.

Have a look at what we can expect next 👇

A bi color Rosette Nebula spending 20 hrs grabbing those faint photons , and mixing with S Green
A truly magnificent part of the sky ✨️

G o o d M o r n i n g ✨️

Revisiting IC434 this year. I want to collect more data this time around. This is around 6hrs total integration. I'd like at least 12, ideally.

Data captured over 2 nights this week.

#astrophotography #neigh 🐴

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft with four #Ax3 astronauts from Europe aboard is nearing the space station for a 5:40am ET docking today. Watch live now... go.nasa.gov/3U8BgbA

Trump in 2017 referred to Nazis as ‘very fine people’.

Trump in 2024 refers to foreign dictators as ‘very fine people.’

And almost half of Americans and much of the GOP is ready to make him president *again*. Sheesh.