The first manned launch of the new reusable Starliner spacecraft took place in the USA

The launch of the Atlas-5 carrier rocket took place on 5 June from the Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome. Broadcast was conducted in the YouTube channel of NASA.

The new ship should deliver to the International Space Station astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams. They are expected to spend about 25 hours in transit.

After arriving at the ISS, they will spend about a week on the station conducting spacecraft tests before returning to Earth for a landing in the United States.

Starship takeoff in slow motion

Interesting fact: due to the gradual slowing down of the Earth's rotation, today is about 0.00000002 seconds longer than yesterday

Extremely detailed view of Mars captured by the Curiosity rover

Superimposed sound is the actual recording made by the Perseverance rover

Jupiter in infrared light

And yes, Jupiter has rings too

Undocking of the Soyuz MS spacecraft from the ISS 🛰

Someone couldn't resist

A simple comparison of the inner planets of the solar system

Saturn carrying its own little version of the solar system

The Sun has set behind Saturn, but Saturn's rings continue to be illuminated. The rings illuminate the back side of Saturn.
The result is an interesting photograph.

SpaceX in 2002.

The largest moons of the planets in the solar system.

As you can see, Jupiter has the largest satellites, and the Moon is only in 5th place.

The virtual colonisers of the Red Planet are out after a year's imprisonment.

The distance between the Earth and the Moon is so great that all the planets in the solar system can be placed between them.

Eight planets in the solar system with a giant solar ball in the background. 🔥

A giant catapult is being developed in California to hurl satellites into space without using fuel.

Inside the structure, satellites will be spun up to speeds of 8,000 kilometres per hour and then simply thrown into low orbit. It's estimated they'll fly six times faster than the speed of sound. The company has already conducted a bunch of successful tests and has started building a full-fledged catapult

🌘 The first photograph of a solar eclipse taken with the telescope of the Königberg Observatory in 1851.

The Sun not setting over the Earth's limb🌅

You know that in one day astronauts on board the ISS can observe up to 16 sunrises and sunsets.

But at times when the station's orbit passes near the terminator (the line separating the illuminated and unilluminated sides of the planet), the Sun may not set at all for its inhabitants.

The ISS is not always near the terminator, as this line shifts throughout the year due to the tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation.

Curiosity has filmed the night sky over Mars!

🌡 Average temperatures of the planets in our solar system:

- Mercury 167°C
- Venus 464°C
- Earth 15°C
- Mars -65°C
- Jupiter -110°C
- Saturn -140°C
- Uranus -195°C
- Neptune -200°C