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Enceladus | Cool Facts About The Active Icy World

Enceladus | Cool Facts About The Active Icy World2019-04-27T00:52:34+01:00
Fascinating Ice Ball Enceladus is the 6th largest moon of Saturn and despite its small relative size, has a varied surface from heavily cratered to young regions of fresh clean…
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Learn About Titan The Incredible Planet-like Moon

Learn About Titan The Incredible Planet-like Moon2019-04-27T00:56:28+01:00
Saturn’s Giant Discovered in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens, Titan is the 2nd largest moon in the solar system after Jupiter’s Ganymede! It is even larger than the Planet Mercury! Titan…
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Jupiter’s 64 Small Moons

Jupiter’s 64 Small Moons2019-04-27T00:40:22+01:00
The Irregular Shaped Moons! There have been 65 irregularly shaped small moons discovered to date, that orbit in three regions around Jupiter (as defined by astronomers). The moons are believed…
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Amalthea – The Largest Inner Moon Of Jupiter

Amalthea – The Largest Inner Moon Of Jupiter2019-04-27T00:38:37+01:00
The 5th Largest Moon Of Jupiter Amathea, also known as Jupiter V, is the third moon orbiting from Jupiter and resembles what you might think an asteroid from the asteroid…
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Fun Facts About Jupiter’s Frozen and Fractured Moon Europa

Fun Facts About Jupiter’s Frozen and Fractured Moon Europa2019-04-27T00:39:49+01:00
Europa And It’s Subsurface Ocean Europa is one of the smoothest and most reflective objects in the solar system on account of its young icy surface which scientists believe harbours…
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Callisto – Facts About The Oldest & Most Battered Surface

Callisto – Facts About The Oldest & Most Battered Surface2019-04-27T00:38:47+01:00
A Dark And Cratered Moon! Callisto is the 3rd largest moon in the solar system, yet shows no signs of any geological processes that have altered its surface since its…
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Ganymede – Facts About The Largest & Most Massive Moon

Ganymede – Facts About The Largest & Most Massive Moon2019-04-27T00:40:00+01:00
Jupiter’s Giant Icy Moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is even bigger than Planet Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto! Ganymede’s discovery in 1610 (along…
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Io – The Most Volcanic Body In The Solar System

Io – The Most Volcanic Body In The Solar System2019-04-27T00:40:10+01:00
The Fire And Ice Moon! Looking like a giant ball of moldy cheese and almost completely devoid of craters, Io is easily the most geologically active object in the solar…
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Fun Facts About Mars’ Small Lumpy Moon Deimos

Fun Facts About Mars’ Small Lumpy Moon Deimos2019-04-27T00:35:59+01:00
Learn All About Deimos! You’ve come to the right place to learn fun facts about one of Mars’ small moons - Deimos. It’s quite different from Earth's Moon and much…
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The Moon | Facts About Earth’s Constant Celestial Companion 🌝

The Moon | Facts About Earth’s Constant Celestial Companion 🌝2019-04-27T01:06:20+01:00
Learn About Earth's Only Moon Have you ever looked up at Earth’s Moon and marvelled at how cool it is? Did you wonder what it was made of? How it…
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Cool Future Space Missions And Launches

Early 2022 -  2nd Test Flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner!
Mid 2022  -  Launch of The Dream Chaser Spaceplane!
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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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May 15-16th 2022 - Total Lunar Eclipse Across America's
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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!)
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November 13th 2032 - Transit of Mercury
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