The Conjunction Of Saturn And Jupiter
On the Winter Solstice, December 21st, 2020, Saturn and Jupiter will conjoin in the southwest sky 45 minutes after sunset. The 2 largest planets in the solar system will look like one large star. The…
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Viewing Comet NEOWISE
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), or Comet NEOWISE, is a retrograde comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020 by the NEOWISE space telescope. It passed closest to the Sun on July 3, 2020 at…
The Commercial Crew Program: A Financial Success?
The Commercial Crew Program is a human spaceflight program that is funded by the U.S. government and administered by NASA through which private vendors are to develop and operate crew vehicles to carry US and international astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS)….
#LaunchAmerica How To Engage In NASA’s Return To The ISS
May 27th, 2020 is a big day for the Space community! It is the first NewSpace And SpaceX launch of manned spaceflight! Being the first launch in nearly a decade, last Space Shuttle launch was…
SpaceX Lands 50th Rocket
Congratulations to SpaceX who landed their 50th rocket as part of their CRS-20 mission! According to their press release, on Monday, March 9th, the ISS crew members will use the station’s 57.7-foot robotic arm to…
US Companies Return To Manned Spaceflight
With the prospect of NASA sending astronauts soon with the recent success of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Abort mission, it looks like manned spaceflight for the US is right around the corner. But before the…