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The Space Chronicle Cosmic News and Views. We will keep you up to date on the most important happenings in the universe and show you awe inspiring images!

This page was started because of the thousands of people looking up through funny paper glasses as the sky darkened to an eerie dawn like state complete with 360 degree sunset. Social media made this possible. The fervor over this celestial event spread like wildfire across the internet as people realized a wide felt desire to know more about our place in the cosmos. We are here to help quench thi

s desire for outer space. We will curate the best info and most beautiful images as mankind takes the second step away from the cradle of earth over the next decade.

12/04/2021

🚀 1961 humanity would forever be changed!

Yuri Gagarin, aboard the Vostok 1, would be the first human to leave the cradle of humanity and enter the vastness of space. He made one orbit before coming back to earth, ejecting from his pod 7 miles from the surface for a leisurely parachute ride back down to earth.

Gagarin, sadly, would never fly in space again. he was forced to become a walking, talking symbol for humanities future.

09/03/2021

🎂 Happy birthday to the first man in space!

Yuri Gagarin, born 1934, was the first man inn space and orbited earth aboard Vostok 1.

27/01/2021

American Heroes, the Apollo 1 Crew that lost their lives in the race to the moon.

Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967.

On Jan. 27, 1967, the three astronauts were preparing for what was to be the first manned Apollo flight. The astronauts were sitting atop the launch pad for a pre-launch test when a fire broke out in their Apollo capsule. The investigation into the fatal accident led to major design and engineering changes, making the Apollo spacecraft safer for the coming journeys to the moon.

02/01/2021

🎂Happy Birthday to Isaac Asimov who would have been 101 years old today; January 2nd 2021!

Asimov is known as one of the greatest writers of science fiction but, was also a professor of biochemestry, founder of the American Humanist Association, and has a asteroid and a crater on Mars named after him!

28/12/2020

🎂Happy Birthday to Nichelle Nichols AKA Lieutenant Uhura! Nichols not only was an icon in space exploration community because of her role in Star Trek, but she also worked as a recruiter for NASA for many years.

25/12/2020

Pluto gets into the holiday spirit, decked out in red and green.

This image was produced by the New Horizons composition team, using a pair of Ralph/LEISA instrument scans obtained at approximately 9:40 AM on July 14, from a mean range of 67,000 miles (108,000 kilometers). The resolution is about 7 kilometers per LEISA pixel. Three infrared wavelength ranges (2.28-2.23, 1.25-1.30 and 1.64-1.73 microns) were placed into the three color channels (red, green and blue, respectively) to create this false color Christmas portrait.

Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

24/12/2020

In what had to be one of the greatest Christmas presents ever, the iconic “Earthrise” photo was taken by the crew of Apollo 8 fifty years ago on Christmas Eve!

18/12/2020

🌎Astronaut Ronald E. Evans is performing a spacewalk during the Apollo 17 missions return to Earth.

👨‍🚀During his EVA, command module pilot Evans retrieved film cassettes from the Lunar Sounder, Mapping Camera, and Panoramic Camera on Sunday, Dec. 17, 1972.

17/12/2020

Light Echo From Star V838 Monocerotis - December 17, 2002

16/12/2020

🎂Happy Birthday to Arthur C Clarke who would of been 103 this year. Clarke was known as a master of science fiction for publishing important works such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous with Rama, and Childhoods End.

Clarke had a degree in mathematics and physics and served as President of the Brittish Interplanetary Society. One of the hallmarks of Clarkes work was his ability to translate his own knowledge of mathematics, physics and science to his books.

15/12/2020

📷This picture of the Gemini VI spacecraft was taken through the hatch window of the Gemini VII spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of 160 miles above the Earth on December 15th, 1965!

🚀With these missions, NASA successfully completed the first rendezvous of two human spacecraft. This photograph, taken by Gemini VII crewmembers Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, shows Gemini VI in orbit 160 miles (257 km) above Earth.

14/12/2020

🛰️This little craft, the Mariner 2, made its historic flyby of Venus on this day in 1962. This was the first time that humans have sent a spacecraft to another planet!

07/12/2020

🚀The final Saturn V rocket sits ready for its December 7th 1972 launch.
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✨The Apollo 17 mission was the final moon landing of the Apollo era and we have not been back since.

04/12/2020

🛰️22 Years ago, Dec. 4th 1998 the USA launched its first node of the International Space Station. The "Unity Node" was launched aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and connected to the Russian Zarya module!
📷Photo Credit: NASA

30/11/2020

Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean climbs down the lunar module Intrepid, joining Pete Conrad on the moon, November 19, 1969.

The second lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 proved the astronauts could make a precise landing. It also gave the crew a chance for a unique rendezvous with the robotic explorer Surveyor 3, which had been on the Moon since 1967. Conrad and Bean spent more than 31 hours on the surface before rejoining crewmate Dick Gordon orbiting overhead in the command module Yankee Clipper.

25/11/2020

🚀Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, anchored to the foot restraint on the Remote Manipulator System, approaches the tower-like Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) device while floating over the Atlantic.

This spacewalk was part of STS 51-D which flew the Atlantis Space Shuttle and launched on November 25th, 1985

20/11/2020

🚀 Gherman Titov (left), Nikita Khrushchev (center) and Yuri Gagarin (right) at Red Square in Moscow, 20 November 1961.

Titov became the second man in space on August 6, 1961 when he orbited Earth aboard Vostok 2. The first man in space was non other than Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 doing so inside of Vostok 1.

Championing this feat was NIkita Khrushchev in the midst of the Cold War and the Space Race.

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📷🌎The first photos of earth from space were shot on this day in 1959! We dug up a little newsreel with some great launch footage of the THOR Able 3 rocket!

📷🌎The first photos of earth from space were shot 60 years ago today in 1959! We dug up a little newsreel with some great launch footage of the THOR Able 3 rocket!

Toyota to visit Moon!

Japan is sending a Toyota to the moon! It looks like in 2029 a Lunar SUV capable of doing 10,000 kilometers with two astronauts will be driving around doing some sightseeing on the moon! The vehicle will be able to drive itself around the lunar surface and will potentially drive to 4 different areas to meet different groups of astronauts!

One of the most important discoveries Cassini made was the hydrogen in the plume of gas and icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The discovery means the small, icy moon — which has a global ocean under its surface — has a source of chemical energy that could be useful for microbes, if any exist there. The finding also provides further evidence that warm, mineral-laden water is pouring into the ocean from vents in the seafloor. On Earth, such hydrothermal vents support thriving communities of life in complete isolation from sunlight. Enceladus now appears likely to have all three of the ingredients scientists think life needs: liquid water, a source of energy (like sunlight or chemical energy), and the right chemical ingredients (like carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen). . Cassini is not able to detect life, and has found no evidence that Enceladus is inhabited. But if life is there, that means life is probably common throughout the cosmos; if life has not evolved there, it would suggest life is probably more complicated or unlikely than we have thought. Either way the implications are profound. Future missions to this icy moon may shed light on its habitability. . White smoker video courtesy of: NOAA-OER / C.German (WHOI)

First interplanetary drone! NASA is sending a helicopter to MARS!

Looks like the Mars 2020 rover will have a friend along for the ride; the #marscopter! NASA is sending a #drone as a test to see how well they work in #mars thin atmosphere

Lagoon Nebula in visible and infraed light!

These Hubble Space Telescope images compare 2 views of the roiling heart of the Lagoon Nebula, a vast stellar nursery. One visible & the other in infrared light, they help astronomers find vast clouds of gas & dust in the cosmos; penetrating them to see hidden gems

Zero G basketball skills

Does your #FinalFour team have moves like @Astro_Sabot? Use Newton's Third Law STEMonstration to show your students the connection between #MarchMadness, physics, and the @Space_Station: (link: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations) nasa.gov/stemonstrations. #STEMonStation

Falcon Heavy Launch Animation

Tomorrow is the day! As Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will become the most powerful operational rocket in the world! The Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. This is an animation that shows how SpaceX envisions the launch happening, complete with Musk's own Tesla Roadster! Musk jokingly said it will be a great show no matter what the outcome. The launch is planned for 1:30PM EST at Kennedy Space Center.

Jan 31, 2018 SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON Lunar Eclipse

Australia is the best place to view a total eclipse feom. In the USA the west coast is the best position to view this amazing phenomana. Set your alarms early tommorw!

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sings IMAGINE | UNICEF

Yesterday we posted a story about Astronauts from the last Space Shuttle Columbia mission waking up to John Lennon's "Imagine". Today we are posting ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti singing the song aboard the International Space Station as part of the UNICEF campaign to end hunger for children. This week there is so much tragedy in space flight history, between Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Columbia and Space Shuttle Challenger, this feels much needed.

Michigan Meteor Jan 16 2018

Did you catch the midwest USA meteor tonight!? Incredibly bright. Video courtesy of Mike Austin

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This page was started because of the thousands of people looking up through funny paper glasses as the sky darkened to an eerie dawn like state complete with 360 degree sunset; The Great American Eclipse. Social media made this possible. The fervor over this celestial event spread like wildfire across the internet as people realized a wide felt desire to know more about our place in the cosmos. We are here to help quench this desire for knowledge. We will curate the best info and most beautiful images as mankind takes our second step away from the cradle of earth over the next decade.