🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-21T08:30:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Angara 1.2
📖 **Details**: Unknown classified payload for the Russian military.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-20T17:13:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a
📖 **Details**: Bion-M is the next generation of Russian biological research satellites. While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module, which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support. The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been increased by 100 kilograms.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-19T07:35:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Kinetica 1
📖 **Details**: A share ride mission of various satellites, including ThumbSat-1/2 of Mexico. Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T16:26:49Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space Breaking News: Spectral analysis suggests asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of Polana family
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-08-spectral-analysis-asteroids-bennu-ryugu.html
Summary: A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the hypothesis that they were originally part of the Polana collisional family in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Latest Space News: Think you know our solar system's dwarf planets? Test your skills with our new quiz!
Summary: Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!
🧑🚀 **Astronaut Spotlight**
🌟 **Name**: Claude Nicollier
🏷️ **Status**: Retired
📖 **Bio**: Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (called STS-61 and STS-103). During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Space Shuttle mission. In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston. Nicollier retired from ESA in April 2007.
#Astronauts #SpaceHeroes
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-22T03:40:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Eighth flight of the X-37B program.
The X-37B is a dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments that expedite the development of critical next-generation technologies and operational concepts for reusable space capabilities.
The OTV-8 mission in Low Earth Orbit includes operational demonstrations and experiments of next-generation technologies, including laser communications and the highest performing strategic grade quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space. Mission partners include the Air Force Research Lab and the Defense Innovation Unit, respectively.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-21T08:30:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Angara 1.2
📖 **Details**: Unknown classified payload for the Russian military.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-20T17:13:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a
📖 **Details**: Bion-M is the next generation of Russian biological research satellites. While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module, which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support. The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been increased by 100 kilograms.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-19T07:35:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Kinetica 1
📖 **Details**: A share ride mission of various satellites, including ThumbSat-1/2 of Mexico. Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T16:26:49Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
Latest Space Breaking News: Excavating Eridu: Observations explore nature of massive ancient galaxy
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-08-excavating-eridu-explore-nature-massive.html
Summary: By analyzing the data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and elsewhere have probed the properties of a massive and old galaxy designated SMILES-GS-191748. Results of the study, published August 7 on the pre-print server arXiv, shed more light on the nature of this galaxy.
Latest Space News: SpaceX's Super Heavy booster will fly with fresh 'grid fins' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2025
Summary: Like birds returning to their nests, these feather-like grid fins help steer rockets back down through the atmosphere toward their landing zones.
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Angara 1.2 | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-21T08:30:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Angara 1.2
📖 **Details**: Unknown classified payload for the Russian military.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-20T17:13:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a
📖 **Details**: Bion-M is the next generation of Russian biological research satellites. While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module, which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support. The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been increased by 100 kilograms.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-19T07:35:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Kinetica 1
📖 **Details**: A share ride mission of various satellites, including ThumbSat-1/2 of Mexico. Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T16:26:49Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 6A | SatNet LEO Group 09
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T14:15:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: A batch of Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.
The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🧮 **Space Travel Simulator**
🚀 Destination: Europa (moon of Jupiter)
🌌 Distance: 628300000.00 km
⏱️ Estimated Travel Time: 523.6 days
Let the countdown begin! 🚀
#SpaceTravel #Exploration
Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2003 CA4) (Size: 113.2504610618 meters)
- (2010 NG1) (Size: 520.0438667242 meters)
- (2020 QM2) (Size: 59.4346868419 meters)
- (2023 RN7) (Size: 138.0511341077 meters)
- (2024 CF7) (Size: 7.6214916608 meters)
- (2025 OS9) (Size: 62.8405501896 meters)
- (2025 PY1) (Size: 17.2282029349 meters)
- (2025 PB2) (Size: 54.7822642891 meters)
- (2025 PL2) (Size: 34.2168462843 meters)
- (2025 QC) (Size: 32.6317209738 meters)
🚀 **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**
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere of Mars?
1️⃣ Oxygen
2️⃣ Nitrogen
3️⃣ Carbon Dioxide
4️⃣ Argon
Answer in the comments! 🚀
#SpaceQuiz #AstronomyTrivia #LearnSpace
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-21T00:00:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Eighth flight of the X-37B program.
The X-37B is a dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments that expedite the development of critical next-generation technologies and operational concepts for reusable space capabilities.
The OTV-8 mission in Low Earth Orbit includes operational demonstrations and experiments of next-generation technologies, including laser communications and the highest performing strategic grade quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space. Mission partners include the Air Force Research Lab and the Defense Innovation Unit, respectively.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-20T17:13:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a
📖 **Details**: Bion-M is the next generation of Russian biological research satellites. While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module, which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support. The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been increased by 100 kilograms.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T15:44:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T14:15:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4C | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T09:05:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4C
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T15:44:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T14:15:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4C | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T09:05:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4C
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | OTV-8 (X-37B) (USSF-36)
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-21T00:00:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: Eighth flight of the X-37B program.
The X-37B is a dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments that expedite the development of critical next-generation technologies and operational concepts for reusable space capabilities.
The OTV-8 mission in Low Earth Orbit includes operational demonstrations and experiments of next-generation technologies, including laser communications and the highest performing strategic grade quantum inertial sensor ever tested in space. Mission partners include the Air Force Research Lab and the Defense Innovation Unit, respectively.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1a | Bion-M No. 2
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-20T17:13:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1a
📖 **Details**: Bion-M is the next generation of Russian biological research satellites. While retaining the Vostok/Zenit-derived reentry module of the earlier Bion, the propulsion module has been replace by a Yantar type module, which provides maneuvering capabilities and longer mission support. The mission duration has been increased to up to 6 months by using solar cells for energy generation. The weight of scientific equipment has been increased by 100 kilograms.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-18T15:44:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9
📖 **Details**: A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience
🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 6A | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T14:15:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 6A
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
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🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀
🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4C | Unknown Payload
🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-08-17T09:05:00Z
🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4C
📖 **Details**: Details TBD.
#SpaceLaunch #RocketScience