Latest Space News: Watch live as China launches Shenzhou 20 astronauts to Tiangong space station on April 24
Summary: China's latest human spaceflight mission is headed for orbit early Thursday morning (April 24), and you can watch the action live.
🚀 **Mars Fact**
Mars has the largest dust storms in the Solar System, lasting for weeks! 🌪️
#Mars #SpaceFacts #MarsTrivia
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T20:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T15:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 3
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T13:37:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Firefly Alpha
📖 **Details**: Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-74
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-25T01:32:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 20
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-24T09:17:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 2
📖 **Details**: Ninth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space Breaking News: TESS detects new sub-Neptune exoplanet more than three times larger than Earth
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-tess-neptune-exoplanet-larger-earth.html
Summary: Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a bright G-type star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-3493 b is more than three times larger and about nine times more massive than Earth. The finding was reported in a research paper published April 17 on the preprint server arXiv.
Latest Space News: South Korea sends 4th spy satellite to orbit on SpaceX rideshare launch
Summary: South Korea sent its fourth homegrown spy satellite to orbit this week in an effort to bolster its ability to keep tabs on its neighbor and adversary North Korea.
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T20:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T15:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 3
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T13:37:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Firefly Alpha
📖 **Details**: Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-74
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-25T01:32:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 20
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-24T09:17:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 2
📖 **Details**: Ninth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space Breaking News: A possible explanation for why there is so much molecular hydrogen in space
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-explanation-molecular-hydrogen-space.html
Summary: Two materials physicists at The University of Sydney have found a possible explanation for the huge amount of molecular hydrogen in space. In their study published in the journal Communications Chemistry, Yuzhen Guo and David McKenzie tested the possibility of space dust serving as a catalyst to allow hydrogen atoms to merge into hydrogen molecules in space.
Latest Space News: Who is Sentry and his monstrous alter ego, the Void, in Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*?'
Summary: This split-persona superhero is considered one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe.
🧑🚀 **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 3B/E | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T15:55:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 3
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-27T13:37:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Firefly Alpha
📖 **Details**: Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-9
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-04-25T21:40:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience