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Interesting Fun Facts About The Asteroid Belt’s Vesta

Interesting Fun Facts About The Asteroid Belt’s Vesta2019-04-27T01:13:14+01:00
The Last Remaining Protoplanet! Vesta is believed to be the only remaining rocky protoplanet (with a differentiated interior that was once common in the early inner solar system) which likely…
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Haumea – The Football Shaped Dwarf Planet!

Haumea – The Football Shaped Dwarf Planet!2019-04-27T01:13:01+01:00
The Goddess Of Childbirth Discovered in 2004, Haumea was classified as a dwarf planet that orbits beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. It's unique for it's fluctuating brightness due in…
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Centaurs –The Half Asteroid, Half Comet Creatures

Centaurs –The Half Asteroid, Half Comet Creatures2019-04-27T01:10:24+01:00
The Frozen Asteroids Wandering Amongst The Gas Giants! Centaurs are classified as being minor planets (basically frozen asteroids) that orbit amongst the outer planets between Jupiter and Neptune. Their orbits…
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Minor Planets | The Solar System’s Building Blocks That Survive

Minor Planets | The Solar System’s Building Blocks That Survive2019-04-27T01:10:35+01:00
The Solar System’s Small Bodies The name ‘minor planet’, also referred to as ‘small solar system body’, is basically defined as any natural physical body/object that is in direct orbit…
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Planet Neptune | The Dark Blue Ice Giant

Planet Neptune | The Dark Blue Ice Giant2019-04-27T01:17:51+01:00
God Of Water And Sea! Neptune orbits thirty times further from the Sun than Earth, making it the most distant of the 8 known planets! Known as an ‘Ice Giant’…
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Planet Uranus | The Planet Lying On Its Side

Planet Uranus | The Planet Lying On Its Side2019-04-27T01:18:33+01:00
Orbiting The Sun Like A Rolling Ball! Uranus is one of the most distant planets from the Sun and unique as it orbits on its side! Known as an ‘Ice…
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Planet Jupiter | The Solar System’s Gas Giant

Planet Jupiter | The Solar System’s Gas Giant2019-04-27T01:17:18+01:00
God Of The Night Sky! Jupiter is the king of the planets. Fifth from the Sun, but containing 2 ½ times the mass of all the others combined! If it…
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Project Gemini Insignias

Project Gemini Insignias2019-04-27T01:42:59+01:00
10 Cool Mission Patches From The Space Race! Project Gemini was the 2nd NASA human spaceflight program, it was conducted with a spacecraft that could carry a two-astronaut crew. There…
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Planet Mars | The Red Planet

Planet Mars | The Red Planet2019-04-27T01:17:28+01:00
Space’s Frontier For Manned Exploration! Mars is located just beyond Earth making it the 4th planet from the Sun. It is the 2nd smallest planet and was named after the…
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Planet Earth | 3rd Rock From The Sun 🌎

Planet Earth | 3rd Rock From The Sun 🌎2019-04-27T01:17:09+01:00
Our Blue Oasis In Space! You’ve come to the right place to check out some cool space facts about Planet Earth! Our home planet is the 3rd terrestrial planet from…
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Cool Future Space Missions And Launches

Early 2022 -  2nd Test Flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner!
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Mid 2022  -  Launch The Space Launch System Rocket!
August 2022  -  Launch Psyche Spacecraft - Journey to 16 Psyche!
Aug-Sept 2022  -  Launch of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Late 2022 -  First Crewed Flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner!
Early 2023  -  Launch of the New Glenn Rocket!
Mid 2023  -  SpaceX's Starship 'Dear Moon' Mission!
10th October 2024  -  Launch Europa Clipper - To Jupiter's Moon
December 19th 2024  -  Parker Solar Probe's closest approach to The Sun
December 2025  -  BepiColombo Enters Mercury Orbit
Mid 2026  -  SpaceX launches the Starship with crew bound for Mars (hopefully)
11th April 2030  -  Europa Clipper Enters Jupiter's Orbit
Early 2030  -  The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Enters Jupiter's Orbit
In the 2030's  -  NASA plans to send Orion and Astronauts to Mars

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Psyche Metal World Probe Launches - August 2022!

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Launch of Europa Clipper to Jupiter!

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Cool Future Astronomy Events!

May 15-16th 2022 - Total Lunar Eclipse Across America's
December 8th 2022 - Mars at opposition (Closest to Earth)
April 20th 2023 - 1 min 16 sec Total Solar Eclipse!
October 14th 2023 - Annular (Ring of Fire!) Solar Eclipse!
April 8th 2024 - Total Solar Eclipse in Mexico & the USA!
May 6th 2025 - Saturn at equinox (the Rings disappear!)
August 2nd 2027 - 6 min 23 sec Total Solar Eclipse!
November 13th 2032 - Transit of Mercury
July 28th 2061 - Halley's Comet Returns!
December 10th 2117 - Next Transit of Venus
July 26th 69,163 AD - A simultaneous transit of Venus and Mercury!

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