The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory.
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Watch Falcon 9 launch 143 spacecraft to orbit → spacex.com/launches xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1gqGvodDR…
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With weather trending favorable, members of SpaceX’s launch team confirm they are “go” to start loading the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with liquid propellants at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Liftoff is set for 10am EST (1500 GMT).
Live coverage: spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/2…
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The @metoffice have issued a yellow warning for snow and ice our gritters will be out within @EastAyrshire
and @southayrshire > bit.ly/3qdSF0h
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Good morning America! You all seem thrilled about Biden’s moon rock. Its symbolism, of the scientific and exploratory achievements that have been made – and will ideally soon be surpassed – certainly hits home.
What you might not know is that rock has an *epic* backstory. 1/x
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If it’s clear with you, tonight is a good night to see the icy, distant planet Uranus. Find the Moon, find the reddish dot to its right (Mars) and then look for a bluish and MUCH DIMMER dot down and left of that.
You’ll need binoculars to spot Uranus as it’s so dim.
ALT Screenshot from Stellarium showing how the worlds are aligned
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Backdropped by the pink hues of dawn on Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A in one hour with 60 more Starlink satellites to beam internet signals across the globe.
Live coverage: spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/2…
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NASA TV’s live broadcast of the SLS Green Run Hot Fire test has started.
The 212-foot-long, 27.6-foot-diameter SLS core stage on the B-2 test stand in Mississippi weighs about 2.3 million pounds fully loaded with cryogenic propellants.
Watch: spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/1…
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Blue Origin says it is targeting liftoff of its New Shepard suborbital rocket from West Texas at 11:57am EST (10:57am CST; 1657 GMT).
The test flight will validate passenger accomodations for future crewed launches.
Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/1…
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There will be a wonderful opportunity for GCSE / A- level physics students and anyone who's interested to listen to two world experts on Cosmology and Black Holes this evening, in celebration of Stephen Hawking's birthday. Live stream here from 6pm - 8pm: ctc.cam.ac.uk/activities/haw…
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Jupiter & Saturn are getting closer and closer in the SW sky and will appear closest on Monday evening (21st)
But, if you are lucky enough to have a clear view of the SW horizon and the opportunity to observe, do look for them on every clear early evening
popastro.com/main_spa1/blog/…
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T-minus 20 minutes.
Today’s launch will be SpaceX’s final mission of 2020, a year that included the first two flights of astronauts on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the launch of 833 Starlink satellites, and two US Space Force missions.
📷: @SpaceX
spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/1…
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SCRUB. SpaceX is standing down from today’s launch attempt, and will set up for another try to launch the NROL-108 mission during a three-hour window opening at 9am EST (1400 GMT) Friday. spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/1…
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SpaceX has confirmed a new target launch time of 12:30pm EST (1730 GMT) for the Falcon 9 rocket.
This new time is “optimized for launch and recovery,” SpaceX says. The forecast now calls for an 80% chance of good weather at Cape Canaveral.
Live coverage: spaceflightnow.com/2020/12/1…
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Today, we released new Hubble images of 30 beautiful cosmic objects from the Caldwell Catalog in honor of Hubble's 30th anniversary year! 🥳
Explore stunning galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters: go.nasa.gov/3gD36H1
#Hubble30
