🚀 **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**: 2025-04-20T12:29:00Z
🚀 **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 6A | Shiyan 27 01-06
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-18T22:51:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: A group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Mars Fact**
The Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars is over 4,000 km long, ten times the size of the Grand Canyon. 🏞️
#Mars #SpaceFacts #MarsTrivia
❓ **Space Quiz**
Which planet has the shortest day in the Solar System?
1️⃣ Earth
2️⃣ Jupiter
3️⃣ Saturn
4️⃣ Venus
Answer in the comments! 🚀
#SpaceQuiz #AstronomyTrivia #LearnSpace
🚀 **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**: 2025-04-20T12:29:00Z
🚀 **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 6A | Shiyan 27 01-06
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-18T22:51:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: A group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2010 GK65) (Size: 74.8238376074 meters)
- (2015 HW10) (Size: 43.0566244241 meters)
- (2021 VW10) (Size: 124.7498346832 meters)
- (2022 SR4) (Size: 43.2553647725 meters)
- (2023 GH2) (Size: 108.1533506775 meters)
- (2023 TK12) (Size: 41.6907759952 meters)
- (2024 HB) (Size: 14.9982289464 meters)
- (2024 UJ1) (Size: 26.5484994169 meters)
- (2025 FA16) (Size: 111.6966064835 meters)
- (2025 FY22) (Size: 54.706632051 meters)
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2025-04-19): Painting with Jupiter
In digital brush strokes, Jupiter's signature atmospheric bands and vortices were used to form this interplanetary post-impressionist work of art. The creative image from citizen scientist Rick Lundh uses data from the Juno spacecraft's JunoCam. To paint on the digital canvas, a JunoCam image with contrasting light and dark tones was chosen for processing and an oil-painting software filter applied. The image data was captured during perijove 10. That was Juno's December 16, 2017 close encounter with the solar system's ruling gas giant. At the time the spacecraft was cruising about 13,000 kilometers above northern Jovian cloud tops. Now in an extended mission, Juno has explored Jupiter and its moons since entering orbit around Jupiter in July of 2016.
🚀 **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**: 2025-04-20T12:29:00Z
🚀 **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 6A | Shiyan 27 01-06
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-18T22:51:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: A group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **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