#LIVE The launch window for the SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink-16 launch window starts this morning, 1/17/21 for a three hour window from 7:40 a.m. CST at the Kennedy Space Center LC 39-A from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with the 17th mission of the constellation of networked satellites known as Starlink. Enjoy! NASA…Read more SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink-16 Launch Due in the Morning Hours
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Rise of Mannequin Skywalker: New Shepard NS-14 Launch by Blue Origin
I thought this was very cool. . . the launch Rise of Mannequin Skywalker: New Shepard NS-14 as part of a big test for Blue Origin's budding human spaceflight program from the the company's West Texas facility to evaluate upgrades to the crew capsule's performance. This is giving both NASA and SpaceX a run for…Read more Rise of Mannequin Skywalker: New Shepard NS-14 Launch by Blue Origin
Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction in the Evening Twilight
Over the course of the next week, we have a treat: Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter--all in a row, in a conjunction. Tonight is the center of the activity. You can take them all in one photo. I hoped to see it last evening for two days in a row, but the weather didn't permit sight…Read more Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction in the Evening Twilight
First Launch of 2021 – NASA SpaceX Falcon 9 Mission Turksat 5A
The first launch of 2021 was the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket launch went up at 8:15 pm CST January 7, 2021 from Kennedy Space Center LC-40 from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with a two new satellites Turksat 5A communications satellites for Turksat. You can read SpaceX's article for more information: Live coverage: SpaceX…Read more First Launch of 2021 – NASA SpaceX Falcon 9 Mission Turksat 5A
Happy New Year! Hope For 2021 & 2020 Revisited
3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣🕛🎊🥳🎆🎇🎉 To a Happy New Year! Wishing a safe holiday to all. Hope for 2021: Hope in general Hopeful economy recovery of unemployment, a stable stock market, increase of yield Hope for improved regulation of international government and international organization including those involved with the handling of health affairs Hope of improvement of radio industry's…Read more Happy New Year! Hope For 2021 & 2020 Revisited
First Day of Winter is Today
Today marks the first day of the winter season. Very ironic that it is in conjunction with another conjunction that happened today as well--the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, generally being referred by some as the Star of David Event. The shortest day is today and the sun is as far south as it will…Read more First Day of Winter is Today
Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – Extremely Rare #LIVE Event
Image © 2020 VersaTileer We are ready for the Star of David Event happening tomorrow during our daytime period, so we actually won't see the epicenter of pair being only 0.1 degrees apart here in the U.S. Peaking at 9:54 a.m. CST tomorrow, this will be a pair not to be missed! I am displaying…Read more Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – Extremely Rare #LIVE Event
SpaceX Crew 1 Falcon 9 Rocket NROL-108 Mission Launch Due Tomorrow
The launch window for the Crew 1 Rocket NROL-108 Mission launch of a Falcon 9 v1.2 rocket is pushed up to tomorrow 12/19/20 to start from 8:00 a.m. CST from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A CST from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Enjoy! NASA &…Read more SpaceX Crew 1 Falcon 9 Rocket NROL-108 Mission Launch Due Tomorrow
The 2020 Star of David – The Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Image © 2020 VersaTileer Get ready for the Star of David for the year 2020: the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn! Peaking at December 21, this will be a pair not to be missed! I am displaying a photo that I took early here, and it is already very brilliant. . .I can barely…Read more The 2020 Star of David – The Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Wrap-Up of the Recent Eclipse – Info On Future Eclipses
I'm posting these nice photos of the solar eclipse on Monday, which was visible across a narrow path of the South Pacific, Chile, Argentina and the South Atlantic. Photo courtesy of National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service Photo courtesy of National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service The 2020's Solar Eclipses Date Event December…Read more Wrap-Up of the Recent Eclipse – Info On Future Eclipses