A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kenne […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at sunrise as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first l
2020 March 5 The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty Image Credit & Copyright: Casey Good Explanation: This colorful skyscape spans about four full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy in the royal northern constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the region̵
2020 February 28 South Celestial Rocket Launch Image Credit & Copyright: Brendan Gully Explanation: At sunset on December 6 a Rocket Lab Electron rocket was launched from a rotating planet. With multiple small satellites on board it departed on a mission to low Earth orbit dubbed Running Out of
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:30 a.m. EST on Jan. 19, 2020, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test. The flight test demonstrated the spacecraft’s escape capabilities in preparation for cr
2019 August 9 Atlas at Dawn Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley Explanation: This single, 251-second long exposure follows the early flight of an Atlas V rocket on August 8, streaking eastward toward the dawn from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, planet Earth. The launch of the United Laun
SpaceX第18次空间站货运补给(CRS-18)任务完整版 来源：SpaceX 北京时间7月26日6时1分，SpaceX在卡角空军基地SLC-40发射平台执行第18次空间站货运补给(CRS-18)任务，给空间站送去大约2268千克（5000磅）的货物。错过直播的小伙伴，可以观看上面的完整版视频。 这一期的有什么看点呢？ 来源:SpaceX 首先，这次任务中的货运龙飞船一艘“三手”货运飞船，先前在CRS-6任务（2015年4月）和CRS-13任务（2017年12月）中使用过，这是SpaceX首艘三次前往空间站的货运飞船，为纪念这一成就，这艘龙飞船上贴了两个空间站的标志，同时还有一个阿波罗5
2019 July 27 Chandrayaan 2 Launch Image Credit & Copyright: Neeraj Ladia Explanation: On July 22nd this GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) MkIII rocket vanished from sight into a cloud bank an instant after this dramatic snapshot was taken. Launched from India’s Satish Dhawan S
