Space

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

Starship takeoff in slow motion

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.

NASA will build a railway on the moon FLOAT ("Flexible Levitation on Rails") will be a rail track made of magnetic robomodules hovering above a three-layer film track. Carriages will be able to move along it at a speed of 1.6 km/h and transport up to 100 tonnes of materials per day. Launch is promised as early as the 2030s

🌔 🚀 China has announced the successful landing of its Chang'e-6 probe on the back side of the Moon The apparatus is equipped with a drill and a robotic arm, and will collect soil samples on the moon after landing. Xinhua News Agency notes that if the mission is successful, China will become the first country in the world to deliver samples from the Moon's back side to Earth.

On the 3rd of June, you will be able to see the "big Planet Parade" At this time 6 planets will line up in a straight line and will be visible in the sky. Mars, Mercury and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye, and the rest - with a telescope. The key is to start observing an hour before dawn. Keep it for yourself so you don't forget

The winners of the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition have been announced. Capture the Atlas has summarised the results of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition, publishing a selection of the 25 best Milky Way images. The new collection features images taken in 15 different countries.

SpaceX launches 36th mission of the year, making the 295th successful landing of the first stage of an Orbital Class rocket 🚀

Incredible view of Earth from orbit

Flying over the boundary of day and night on the International Space Station