Moon Rising Between Starships via NASA https://ift.tt/3bl4Fak
What’s that on either side of the Moon? Starships. Specifically, they are launch-and-return reusable rockets being developed by SpaceX to lift cargo and eventually humans from the Earth’s surface into space. The two rockets pictured are SN9 (Serial Number 9) and SN10 which were captured near their Boca Chica, Texas launchpad last month posing below January’s full Wolf Moon. The Starships house liquid-methane engines inside rugged stainless-steel shells. SN9 was test-launched earlier this month and did well with the exception of one internal rocket that failed to relight during powered descent. SN10 continues to undergo ground tests and may be test-launched later this month.
(Published February 22, 2021)
COSMOS: A Personal Voyage (1980) written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter
This is the Tarantula Nebula! 🕷🕸🕷🕸🕷🕸
This star forming region is so big that it is 160,000 light years across! At it’s center, there are a bunch of stars totalling 450,000 solar masses that produce the Tarantula Nebula’s high luminosity and will likely become a vibrant globular cluster. ✨✨✨
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile One telescope on November 16th, 2020 at 5:27 UTC.
Hello!! Its wonderful to be able to ask questions, thank you!
About Perseverance, does it have a self-repair option? And as Curiosity is still operational, will they run missions together? Or will they split up to cover more distance?
Is this a sign that we're close to being able to set foot on Mars?
My final question is how do you receive the messages from such a long distance?
Thanks for all your hard work! 加油/Good luck!
“Is this a sign that we are close to being able to set foot on Mars?”
Crescent Mars
Comet Giacobini–Zinner and the Heart and Soul Nebulae
Will the robot be able to send vedio footage?
The Great Red Spot of Jupiter, observed by Voyager 1 on this day in 1979.
M83, Southern Pinwheel
UGC 12591, Gateway to the Universe
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