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Rocket Roundup for June 9, 2021

Jun 10, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Venus

After a brief vacation, Rocket Roundup is back with six launches, including three from SpaceX, another OneWeb, and two Chinese launches, including a supply mission to their new space station. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at an important mission to Venus, Venera 9.

New Measurements Released From the Dark Energy Survey

Jun 9, 2021 | AAS, Daily Space, Dark Matter, Earth, ESA, Galaxies, Jupiter, Mars, Nebulae, Spacecraft, Star Forming Region, Stars, Venus, White Dwarfs

The most precise measurements of the universe’s composition and growth have been reported in almost thirty new papers based on Dark Energy Survey observations of 229 million galaxies and covering one-eighth of the sky. Plus, stories from the first day of the AAS conference, all the volcanoes, and mission updates.

Europa May Have Enough Heat for Seafloor Volcanoes

May 28, 2021 | Asteroids, Daily Space, Earth, Exoplanets, JAXA, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Sky Watching, The Sun, Venus

Jupiter’s moon Europa, an icy world with a subsurface ocean that interests astrobiologists, may actually be hot enough to melt the interior rock and create volcanoes on the ocean floor. Plus, Ryugu, giant planets, fossil discoveries, Martian glaciers, and this week’s What’s Up!

Rocket Roundup for May 26, 2021

May 27, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, Virgin Orbit

There were only three launches this past week — an SBIRS satellite for the United States government, an ocean-monitoring satellite for the Chinese government, and the very successful launch of a Virgin SpaceShip suborbital plane. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the first crewed Skylab mission.

Zhurong Lander Returns Images From Martian Surface

May 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Comets, Daily Space, Earth, Mars, Moon, Neutron Stars / Pulsars, Rovers, Sky Watching, Space China, Zhurong

After a successful touchdown on Mars last week, the Zhurong lander has sent back both black and white and color images. Plus, pulsars, ocean depths, heavy metal vapor, radioactive elements, and this week’s What’s Up which includes a total lunar eclipse!

Rocket Roundup for May 19, 2021

May 20, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink, Virgin Orbit

This week, we share a Rocket Lab launch failure (but first stage recovery success), yet another Starlink (with rideshare payloads), and a rare-sounding rocket launch. Plus, this week in rocket history, we take a look back at a key early mission: Apollo 10, which launched on May 18th, 1969.