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Learn About The Ground-breaking Futuristic Dawn Spacecraft!

VanguardIndustries Learn About The Ground-breaking Futuristic Dawn Spacecraft!2020-01-07T16:49:34+00:00
Orbiting Protoplanets Vesta And Ceres Learn Fun Facts about the groundbreaking Dawn Spacecraft and its mission to explore the two largest asteroids Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Learn about…
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MARVEN | The Martian Atmosphere Probe

VanguardIndustries MARVEN | The Martian Atmosphere Probe2020-01-07T16:49:24+00:00
Who Killed Mars’ Water Cycle?! NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission (affectionately known as MAVEN for short) was conceived to investigate the processes occurring throughout Martian history which lead…
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Viking 1 & 2 | The Twin Martian Orbiter And Lander Spacecraft

VanguardIndustries Viking 1 & 2 | The Twin Martian Orbiter And Lander Spacecraft2020-01-07T16:49:15+00:00
Mars’ Trailblazing Twins Viking 1 & Viking 2 were a pair of spacecraft as part of the Mars Viking Program. Each spacecraft was composed of an orbiter & lander. The…
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NASA’s Futuristic Dragonfly Drone Mission To Saturn’s Moon Titan!

VanguardIndustries NASA’s Futuristic Dragonfly Drone Mission To Saturn’s Moon Titan!2019-07-23T14:39:56+01:00
Dragonfly Drone Buzzes Around Alien Moon It sounds like science fiction, but NASA is sending a nuclear powered robotic quadcopter to fly over the dunes and craters of an alien…
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Spacecraft 101 | Power Sources And Propulsion ☢

VanguardIndustries Spacecraft 101 | Power Sources And Propulsion ☢2019-04-28T04:19:28+01:00
No Gas Stations In Space! Ever wondered how the space probes that explore the solar system power themselves when there are no gas stations to refuel in space? Well, they…
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Lucy Spacecraft – Deep Space Traveller To Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids

VanguardIndustries Lucy Spacecraft – Deep Space Traveller To Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids2019-04-28T03:43:49+01:00
First Mission To The Trojans! Lucy is a planned NASA mission to fly-by 5 Jupiter Trojan asteroids, along with a main Asteroid belt object, and is set to launch in…
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Space Probes | Exploring The Solar System! 🛰

VanguardIndustries Space Probes | Exploring The Solar System! 🛰2019-07-23T14:44:37+01:00
Mankind's Robotic Explorers! Shortly after the beginning of the Space Age, humans started sending robotic space probes into space. First, they were sent to the Moon then shortly after on…
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Sojourner Rover | The First Little Martian Rover

VanguardIndustries Sojourner Rover | The First Little Martian Rover2019-04-28T04:17:06+01:00
Mars Exploration NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission was an exploration mission to the Red Planet which delivered the Sojourner Rover - the first rover to be used on another planet! The…
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Surveyor Program | Preparing For Manned Landings

VanguardIndustries Surveyor Program | Preparing For Manned Landings2019-04-28T04:17:54+01:00
Surveyor Mission's (1 - 7) The Surveyor program followed NASA’s Ranger lunar missions and was designed to prepare for the upcoming manned Apollo missions by developing and testing technologies for…
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Europa Clipper’s Journey To A Frozen Ocean World

VanguardIndustries Europa Clipper’s Journey To A Frozen Ocean World2019-04-28T02:29:15+01:00
Destination Europa! The NASA Europa Clipper mission plans to orbit Jupiter performing at least 45 flybys of the moon Europa, carrying out a detailed investigation to determine whether the icy…
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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!
Mid 2022  -  NASA's Orion Journey to the Moon!
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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Launch of NASAs HUGE SLS Rocket

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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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