Space Contents Archive

Elon Musk: "SN10 engine was low on thrust due (probably) to partial helium ingestion from fuel header tank. Impact of 10m/s crushed legs & part of skirt. Multiple fixes in work for SN11."

With the assist from our good friend @ChandraXray, astronomers have discovered evidence for a long jet of particles coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe! The jet may help explain how the biggest black holes are formed: https://t.co/c7AWRkqQJG https://t.co/7N9qWJnCRE

The Exp 64 crew is gearing up for another spacewalk on Saturday. The station residents also spent time space gardening today. More... https://t.co/kcjxzD12tu https://t.co/603N1odcmz

SpaceX will launch its next Starlink satellite fleet tonight and you can watch it live https://t.co/rXAaKfZscK https://t.co/sM6qRRR3Vx

Falcon 9 B1049 returns after its 8th flight.

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was born on this day in 1934 near Moscow, Russia. In 1961, Gargarin became to the first human in space. After his historic flight, he never went to space again, but he helped train future cosmonauts. https://t.co/sCVAUon9gn

Today we remember aerospace engineer and 1st female astronaut of Indian descent, Kalpana Chawla. Dr. Chawla researched powered-lift computational fluid dynamics & enjoyed flying aerobatics. She died as a result of the space shuttle Columbia accident in 2003. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/5CSNWXrAXU

At 1/6 that of Earth, the gravity of the lunar surface provides one of the many challenges that come with testing technologies that will perform well on the Moon. A collaboration with @BlueOrigin will make lunar gravity testing more accessible. Read more: https://t.co/JKfhXK7LAq https://t.co/DLhfC3aEqR

SpaceX awarded two individual firm-fixed-price task orders totaling $159,721,445 to provide the basic launch services and mission integration for USSF-36 and NROL-69.

Taken Feb. 22, 2021, this image from the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover shows the first target for analysis by the rover's SuperCam instrument.

Here is a photo of the Curiosity rover of a magnificent sunset over Mars.

Question: when there is a picture of the Milky Way I understand it to be one of the spiral arms. If that is correct, where does the Ortt cloud live in our area of the Milky Way?

I am trying to visualize where our solar system is within the MW and where the Ortt cloud (the paths of the voyagers specifically) fits in that area.

In this image of Hubble the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Beautiful new images of our neighboring planet, Mars! The China National Space Administration released its first high-definition images from the Tianwen-1 mission last week, including this gorgeous view of the North Pole of Mars. https://t.co/VaAd0vJd9D

Nagler, Baadar, Orion... which short focal-length, wide-field eyepiece?

I'm new to this subreddit, so apologies if a similar question gets asked ad-nauseum! I'm looking to buy a significant upgrade to the supplied plossl eyepieces on my ancient TAL 2M (6inch Newt reflector). It's for planetary observation so I want a short focal length- 3-6mm I reckon. I have shortlisted Teleview Nagler, Orion LHD 80-Degree Lanthanum Ultra-Wide Eyepiece, or Baader Morpheus 76° . I am resigned to spending £2-300 but I see that the Morpheus is just under £200 so happy to spend less if the differences are minimal. Has anyone experience of one or more of these eyepiece ranges or coming from a standard plossl will I be blown away with any of these?! Thank you in advance; I'm normally very good at researching purchases for my other hobbies, but I'm a bit stuck here as there seems to be a lack of astronomical equipment comparison reviews online, compared to things like photographic or audio equipment, for example.