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This morning’s launch viewed from South Carolina #spacesky

From black holes to Mars missions 🔴, space research never stops evolving.
#AcadeMax celebrates #WorldSpaceWeek, honoring every scientist reaching for the stars!
💬 Share your favourite space fact below!

#ZJUP #Science #Spaceweek #Astronomy #Science #Research #SpaceSky #AcademicSky

I gave a dead fly's brain a Starship.

165,122 neurons from one male fruit fly. we chose what it sensed; every move is a real run of that brain. it dodged debris in 3.3 ms, and when the tower caught it, it sang.

the fly is live right now: drosophila.io

#SciArt #SciComm #SpaceSky

Space debris.
#SpaceSky #SpaceJunk

A good primer on the space junk phenomena and problem.

#SpaceSky and #SpaceJunk

#OTD #TDIH #October2, 1909: #ScientificAmerican, using the name #WangTu instead of #WanHu, first publishes a story about the #LegendaryEmperor's supposed #FlightToTheMoon. #MoonSky #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu

the first animals in space were fruit flies: 20 feb 1947, a V-2 from White Sands, 109 km up, back alive. in 2017, 4,000 of us flew on the first Dragon to fly twice.

next: mars?

#SciComm #SpaceSky #drosophila

South Island spaceport for European rocket launches found to be feasible.
#spacesky #EuroSpace #KaitoreteSpit #Christchurch
www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September21, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, returns to Earth.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5

Good read. Space is already pretty weaponised so the US announcement of a new weapon is being seen as political.

What weapon could the US have put into space?
#space #LowEarthOrbit #Spacesky #satellites
www.bbc.com/news/article...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, #launched. #SpaceSky
#SpaceflightFirsts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5