Latest Space News: 'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)
Summary: Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).
🚀 **Mars Fact**
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos, named after the sons of Ares in Greek mythology. 🌙
#Mars #SpaceFacts #MarsTrivia
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8 | G60 Group TBD
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T15:50:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8
📖 **Details**: Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government.
Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T00:48:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-21T08:15:34Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-20T10:27:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4B | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-18T22:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4B
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space News: Celestron EclipSmart 20x50mm Porro solar binoculars review
Summary: These solar binoculars offer lots of magnification for observing sunspots and solar eclipses, but their big size makes them a specialist purchase.
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8 | G60 Group TBD
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T15:50:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8
📖 **Details**: Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government.
Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T00:48:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-21T08:15:34Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-20T10:27:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4B | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-18T22:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4B
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space Breaking News: Scientists probe the mystery of Titan's missing deltas
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-scientists-probe-mystery-titan-deltas.html
Summary: For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one place, which can be studied to reveal climate and tectonic histories or signs of past life. That's why NASA sent its most recent Mars rover to Jezero Crater, home to a prominent and well-preserved delta.
Latest Space News: Explosion destroys building at Northrop Grumman rocket test site in Utah
Summary: A fire at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah sent a building up in flames April 16. No injuries were reported.
🧑🚀 **Astronaut Spotlight**
🌟 **Name**: Terry W. Virts
🏷️ **Status**: Retired
📖 **Bio**: Terry W. Virts Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, and Colonel in the United States Air Force.
#Astronauts #SpaceHeroes
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8 | G60 Group TBD
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T15:50:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8
📖 **Details**: Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government.
Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-22T00:48:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-21T08:15:34Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-145
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-19T10:41:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience