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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Earth-Moon-Earth Communication” & Constellation “Sagittarius the Centaur” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Checkin HOTLINK: https://forms.gle/3ukhnUXQApYK1pS86 Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “They Came From Beyond Space” (1967) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. “Earth-Moon-Earth Communication” Earth-Moon-Earth Communication (Wiki) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%E2%80%93Moon%E2%80%93Earth_communication Operation Moon Bounce https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/operation-moon-bounce Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays July 25, 1932: Paul Weitz (Skylab 2, STS-6) July 25, 1957: Daniel Bursch (STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, Exp 4) July 26, 1949: William Shepherd (STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Exp 1) July 26, 1951: William McArthur (STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Exp 12) July 27, 1961: Daniel Burbank (STS-106, STS-115, Exp 29/30) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Sagittarius the Centaur” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ The FAA has cleared SpaceX Falcon 9 for flight. While investigation into the accident which prevented the second stage from firing on a recent mission is still under investigation the FAA found no danger in NET July 28 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-4 Launch time: Window opens approx. 12:13 a.m. EDT (0414 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pending FAA approval. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 25 July 30 Atlas 5 ? USSF 51 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-101, will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This mission will launch an undisclosed payload for the military. Updated: July 25 July 30/31 Electron ? ‘Owl for One, Owl for All’ Launch time: 4:15 a.m. NZST (12:15 p.m. EDT, 1615 UTC on July 30) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a StriX synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite on behalf of the Japanese Earth observation company, Synspective. Following the deployment of the satellite, Rocket Lab said the rocket’s kick stage “will perform an advanced mid-mission maneuver… to shield the satellite from the sun and reduce radiation exposure.” Updated: July 24 TBD Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: July 15 NET July Falcon 9 ? ASBM Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, consisting of two satellites owned by Space Norway. The Falcon 9 will launch the two Northrop Grumman-built satellites into a highly elliptical orbit that lingers over the Arctic region. The satellites carry communications payloads for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, and Inmarsat. Updated: July 12 NET August Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legio

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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, July 20, 2024 12:00am to 9:00pm (UTC-06:00) America/Belize Where: W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL View Event Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “8 Cool Destinations That Future Mars Tourists Could Explore” & Constellation “Draco, the Dragon” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. 8 Cool Destinations That Future Mars Tourists Could Explore Mars Moons https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T94xwew7fRccGFs6d6azUV-970-80.jpg Olympus Mons https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XNRcoHujh5mZHmPQZzYbgH-970-80.jpg Tharsis volcanoes https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DKavvKEEdrtRJhfKXndKeW-970-80.jpg Valles Marineris https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vpZLAKQca68wDX7zb3AnpG-970-80.jpg The North and South Poles https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e7rBPzuby9LJnzPHZRZagU-970-80.jpg Medusae Fossae https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8LTqBJyx6pdA5dKk5cNosb-970-80.jpg Recurring Slope Lineae in Hale Crater https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oQagT9pJXc9bdNNcgzR27X-970-80.jpg 'Ghost Dunes' in Noctis Labyrinthus and Hellas basin https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VDWEBupoEHTkKcPbznUh8M-970-80.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News NASA rolls giant Artemis 2 moon rocket core off the factory floor for astronaut mission https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Illustration_of_Orion_over_lunar_surface_with_Earthrise_%2832125696615%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Illustration_of_Orion_over_lunar_surface_with_Earthrise_%2832125696615%29_%28cropped%29.jpg NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MoJwdBZFvo7DWzJnssQ2tm-650-80.jpg.webp Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they've found a solution https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r3NnKg3rHQKyj2knQiRzeQ-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Robert F. Overmyer July 14, 1936 STS-5, STS-51-B https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Overmyer_robert_4.jpg/220px-Overmyer_robert_4.jpg Jessica Meir July 15, 1977 Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Jessica_Meir_portrait_in_a_WB-57_flight_suit_%283%29.jpg/220px-Jessica_Meir_portrait_in_a_WB-57_flight_suit_%283%29.jpg Janet L. Kavandi July 17, 1977 STS-91, STS-99, STS-104 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/JanetLKavandi-NASA.jpg/220px-JanetLKavandi-NASA.jpg John Glenn July 18, 1921 Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/John_Glenn_Low_Res.jpg/220px-John_Glenn_Low_Res.jpg Josh A. Cassada July 18, 1973 SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 68) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Josh_A._Cassada_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Josh_A._Cassada_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg Roy D. Bridges Jr. July 19, 1943 STS-51-F, STS-61F (never flew) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Roy_Bridges.jpg/220px-Roy_Bridges.jpg Scott D. Tingle July 19, 1965 Soyuz-07 (Expedition 54/55), Boeing Starliner-1 (Expedition 72/73) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Portrait_of_Scott_Tingle_in_the_Blue_Flight_Control_Room_at_NASA%E2%80%99s_Johnson_Space_Center_in_Houston_on_September_8%2C_2020_%28NHQ202009080002%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Scott_Tingle_in_the_Blue_Flight_Control_Room_at_NASA%E2%80%99s_Johnson_Space_Center_in_Houston_on_September_8%2C_2020_%28NHQ202009080002%29_%28cropped%29.jpg This Week in Space History July 17, 1962: X-15 breaks altitude record https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/X-15_flying.jpg/300px-X-15_flying.jpg July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launch First Moon Landing! https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/451760979_1006454908154327_2754829177348916777_n.j

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Great Silence” & Constellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “At the Earth’s Core” (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Enter Topic Here Enter NCS Name and Call Here Discussion Topic of the Evening. The Great Silence Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens Galaxy Clusters https://1721181113.rsc.cdn77.org/data/images/full/32752/galaxy-clusters.jpg?w=820 Plate Tectonics https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Plate-Tectonics.png Plate Tectonics - Pacific https://i0.wp.com/datalab.marine.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Figure-3-3-Plate-Boundaries.png?ssl=1 Drake Equation https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/drank-equation1280.jpg?w=1536&format=webp Imagining ExoCivilizations https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/drank-equation1280.jpg?w=1536&format=webp Advanced Civilization https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*Q5tomoumQ1bqYCfmE-3FnA.png Underwater Civilizations https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Underwater-Civilization.jpg The Great Filter https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/73774/aImg/75537/the-great-filter-m.png Artist’s Concept of Ross 123b (11 Light Years from Earth) https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2018/lifebeyondea.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: July 7, 1960: Kevin Ford (STS-128, Exp 33/34) July 9, 1943: John Casper (STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77) July 11, 1950: Lawrence DeLucas (STS-50) July 12, 1957: Rick Husband (STS-96, STS-107) July 13, 1950: George Nelson (STS-41-C, STS-61, STS-26) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ GENERAL NOTICE: From the Orlando Sentinel (July 12th, 2024) For the first time since 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced a catastrophic failure after a liquid oxygen leak developed on the spacecraft’s second stage – an incident that will delay the company’s launches until investigations into the mishap are completed. The Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night and was on a mission to deliver 20 Starlink satellites into orbit when the problem occurred. NET July 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-4 Launch time: Window opens at 1:43 a.m. EDT (0543 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 13 NET July 30 Atlas 5 ? USSF 51 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-101, will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This mission will launch an undisclosed payload for the military. Updated: July 10 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: July 12 NET July Falcon 9 ?

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “De-Orbiting the ISS” & Constellation “Serpens, the Snake” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Space Ranger” (2024) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. NASA plans deorbit of ISS in 2030 using SpaceX vehicle Deorbit Profile https://earthsky.org/upl/2022/02/ISS-deorbit-plan-NASA-1.jpg ISS in Orbit https://media.upworthy.mattersmedia.io/brand-img/s75Z8pbEz/2160x1131/space3-1719614199046.jpg Starship at ISS (Artist’s Concept) https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-26-at-5.22.35-PM.jpg Space Station Comparisons https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0f9db18324d7f1d872d515486b8a858e.webp Waz Up Constellation “Serpens, the Snake” Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Chinese astronauts install space-junk shielding on Tiangong space station https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L44tbqqMz7MkrS9qAt8bW4-840-80.jpg.webp Astronauts' return home from the ISS delayed Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station — but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess. https://th.bing.com/th?id=OVFT._jyFmUNjconGJCSA96kqEC&pid=News&w=300&h=186&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90 NASA Reveals Images of Large Asteroids That Just Sailed Past Earth https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/VDOkaChZSq1gunBVeHd7Mg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyODQ7aD03MjI7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/sciencealert_160/e936c95f9db6acf13736b0aa68a62edd Space-Related Birthdays Stephen S. Oswald June 30, 1951 STS-42, STS-56, STS-67 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Stephen_Oswald.jpg/220px-Stephen_Oswald.jpg Ed Lu July 1, 1963 STS-84, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Tsang_Lu.jpg/220px-Edward_Tsang_Lu.jpg Wendy B. Lawrence July 2, 1959 STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Wendy_Lawrence_NASA_STS114.jpg/220px-Wendy_Lawrence_NASA_STS114.jpg Linda M. Godwin July 2, 1952 STS-37, STS-59, STS-76, STS-108 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Linda_Godwin.jpg/220px-Linda_Godwin.jpg Harrison Schmitt July 3, 1935 Apollo 17 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Harrison_Schmitt.jpg/220px-Harrison_Schmitt.jpg Norman Thagard July 3, 1943 STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21, Mir EO-18, STS-71 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Thagard-ne.jpg/220px-Thagard-ne.jpg Richard Garriott July 4, 1961 Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Richard_garriott_july_2008.jpg/220px-Richard_garriott_july_2008.jpg Terence T. Henricks July 5, 1952 STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Terence_T._Henricks_%28S85-41891%29.jpg/220px-Terence_T._Henricks_%28S85-41891%29.jpg Robert Michael White July 6, 1924 Flew the X-15 to an altitude of over 59 miles, qualifying him for USAF astronaut wings. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Robert_M._White.jpg/220px-Robert_M._White.jpg This Week in Space History July 6, 1938 Discovery of Lysithea https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Lysithea_2MASS_JHK_color_composite. Apollo 11 55 years ago, NASA was making final preparations for the July 16 launch of Apollo 11, the first moon landing. But how did they decide who would be the first man to walk on the moon? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg/260px-Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation Serpens, the Snake Space Launches For This Week Space Flight

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Light” & Constellation “Hercules, the Strong Man” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Light 4. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Light Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: June 23, 1930: Donn Eisele (Apollo 7) June 24, 1946: Ellison Onizuka (STS-51-C, STS-51-L) June 24, 1977: Raja Chari (SpaceX Crew-3: Exp 66/67) June 24, 1983: Jasmin Moghbeli (Commander of SpaceX Crew-7: Exp 69/70) June 26, 1952: William Pailes (STS-51-J) June 26, 1956: Bernard Harris, Jr. (STS-55, STS-63) June 27, 1937: Joseph Allen (STS-5, STS-51-A) June 27, 1951: Sidney Gutierrez (STS-40, STS-59) June 27, 1977: Nicole Mann (SpaceX Crew-5/Exp 67/68 – Oct 2022, commander; Artemis; first Native American woman) June 28, 1946: John Lounge (STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35) June 29, 1955: Charles Precourt (STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91) June 29, 1962: George Zamka (STS-120, STS-130) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Hercules, the Muscle Man Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: June 10 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Updated: June 17 NET July 1/2 Alpha ? ELaNa 43 Launch time: 9:03 p.m. PDT (12:03 a.m. EDT, 0403 UTC) Launch site: SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket will launch a collection of eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s ELaNA 43 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites 43) mission. Also nicknamed ‘Noise of Summer’ by Firefly, this will be the fifth launch of an Alpha rocket to date. The launch is part of the company’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with NASA. Delayed from June 27. Updated: June 26 NET July 2 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 8-9 Launch time: Window opens at 2:24 a.m. EDT (0624 UTC) Launch site: Slc-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 27 NET July 7/8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florid

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration” & Constellation “Lupus, the Wolf” Net Control: Tony NT5TM Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Backward Faces" (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. ACS3 Solar Sail ACS Solar Sail https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/acs3-solar-sail.png ACS Deployment (Artist’s Concept) https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x434_crop_center-center_82_line/474201/solar_sail2.jpg.webp ACS’s 12-unit CubeSat Spacecraft https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/acs3-image2.png Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: June 9, 1946: F. Drew Gaffney (STS-40) June 10, 1929: James McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) June 11, 1944: James van Hoften (STS-41-C, STS-51-I) June 13, 1945: Ronald Grabe (STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Lupus, the Wolf Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June 18/19 Electron ? “No Time Toulouse” Launch time: 6:13 a.m. NZT on June 19 (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC on June 18) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the “No Time Toulouse” mission, the first of five dedicated flights on behalf of Kinéis, a French Internet-of-Things company, which also has financial backing from France’s space agency, CNES (Centre National d’?tudes Spatiales). The rocket will carry the first five Internet-of-Things (IOT) satellites of a 25-satellite constellation. Updated: June 10 June 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-1 Launch time: Window opens at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT, 0300 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ Delayed from June 13. Updated: June 12 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-6

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Boeing Starliner” & Constellations “Bootes, the Shepherd, and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Quantum Cowboys” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Boeing Starliner https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Boeing%27s_Starliner_crew_ship_approaches_the_space_station_%28iss067e066735%29_%28cropped%29.jpg Starliner Particulars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5705dc13d210b8bf599dd4f1/1627406560680-FYS5GOA2EKBOS60S2OQ8/General+Graphic_OV.png?format=1500w Unmanned Orbital Mission https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fu2xUaHCnTdDmNSZiWCcdW-1200-80.jpg On Orbit https://www.airguide.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Boeings-CST-100-Starliner-capsule-space-1.jpeg Starliner Heat Shield https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGD73TZtxpsnFTBGHPJQswrW3M8IKUq4ExIQ&s Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Earthrise https://a.1stdibscdn.com/unknown-photography-40x50-apollo-8-earth-rise-space-photography-nasa-archival-print-photograph-for-sale/a_11302/a_144636521715963406376/50x60earthrise_master.jpg?disable=upscale&auto=webp&quality=60&width=700 AR3664 (with Jupiter Comparison) https://preview.redd.it/todays-massive-sunspot-ar3664-compared-to-the-size-of-v0-do7et01oebzc1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3793e1b2cf95f24e089c2617f3374728fbe0d22f Space-Related Birthdays Pete Conrad June 2, 1930 Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTC6Pk2GAXLERnpwgy6FZTUR3Shu8WC_0mpLnpXy6dBIjlY4LwW Mark L Polansky, June 2, 1956 STS-98, STS-116, STS-127 https://cdn.sanity.io/images/2vtv415l/production/f2163687ad8b0bc72654191abc7d2bd929cb6f16-1024x1280.jpg?w=1256&fit=max Shannon Walker, June 4, 1965 Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Shannon_Walker_official_portrait_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg Robert S. Kimbrough, June 4, 1967 STS-126, Soyuz MS-02 (Expedition 49/50), SpaceX Crew 2 (Expedition 65/66) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Shanekimbroughv2.jpg/1000px-Shanekimbroughv2.jpg Richard A. Searfoss, June 5, 1956 STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRG3hi0yjeWUm1uiL2wxcKFARzsU23F-R385Z8xh-pdmVJkOTVY David Scott, June 6, 1932 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 (He's 92) https://www.ju.edu/globalcitizen/img/honoree-scott-2023.jpg Jay C. Buckey June 6, 1956 STS-90 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jay_Buckey.jpg/220px-Jay_Buckey.jpg Anne McClain June 7, 1979 Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Anne_C._McClain_portrait.jpg/440px-Anne_C._McClain_portrait.jpg Bruce McCandless II, June 8, 1937 STS-41-B, STS-31 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bruce_McCandless_II_portrait.jpg/640px-Bruce_McCandless_II_portrait.jpg Stanley G. Love, June 8, 1956 STS-122 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9A2FCigNoEzn87fLSJf-ClB1PvfvFfjYvj2kKqFlwmnXOIfnq This Week in Space History On June 7, 1965, after a four-day mission and 62 orbits, NASA's Gemini 4 mission returned to Earth with an Atlantic Ocean splashdown. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Ed_White_First_American_Spacewalker_-_GPN-2000-001180.jpg/520px-Ed_White_First_American_Spacewalker_-_GPN-2000-001180.jpg Gemini 4 was NASA's 10th manned spaceflight. It included the first spacewalk by an American astronaut. Edward H. White II floated outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule by using a hand-held maneuver

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference” & “Libra, the Scales” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Moon Crash" (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays May 26, 1951: Sally Ride (STS-7, STS-41-G) May 28, 1944: Paul Scully-Power (STS-41-T) May 30, 1958: Michael Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK (STS-73, STS-92, STS-113, Exp 14, April 2022 - SpaceX Axiom Mission AX-1; has the most EVA time of all American astronauts) June 1, 1954: Jeffrey Ashby (STS-93, STS-100, STS-112) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Libra, the Scales Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June 5 Starship ? Flight 4 Launch time: Window opens 7 a.m. CDT (8 a.m. EDT, 1200 UTC) Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas SpaceX will conduct a fourth flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, a combination of the Ship upper stage and the Super Heavy Booster. About seven minutes after liftoff, the SHB will complete its landing burn and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ship upper stage will continue on until it performs a landing flip a little more than an hour into flight with a landing in the Indian Ocean shortly thereafter. Updated: May 24 NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: May 17 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 NET Summer Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 17 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstrat

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “5 of the rarest astronomical events” & Constellation “Virgo, the Maiden” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “It Came From Somewhere” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. 5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you’ll next see them https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13-8_The-Better-We-Know-the-Heavens_Lead.jpg?lb=1024,576 8 planets in the same night sky https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B8ypgZ9gvzWJmRbu3nRSGa-1920-80.jpg.webp Transit of Earth https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2022/02/earth-transit-from-Mars-94e8eee.jpg?w=1456&webp=1 Halley’s Comet https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Lspn_comet_halley.jpg Meteor procession https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Frederic_Church_Meteor_of_1860.jpg Blue supermoon https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/newscms/2018_14/2303731/180124-supermoon-micromon-mn-1005.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News NASA spacecraft found ‘dead’ robot on Mars surface: what is it and to which mission does it belong? https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVFT.NHLli2CqMOqCxeFj5i4aBi&pid=News&w=300&h=186&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90 We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VVzbeeQVyLLodd9wG9LFqR-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Dick Scobee 19-May-1939 STS-41-C, STS-51-L )Challenger disaster) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Scobee-fr.jpg/800px-Scobee-fr.jpg Pierre J. Thuot 19-May-1955 STS-36, STS-49, STS-62 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Pierre_Thuot.jpg/220px-Pierre_Thuot.jpg David M. Walker 20-May-1944 STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Walker-dm.jpg/220px-Walker-dm.jpg Thomas Akers 20-May-1951 STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Thomas_D_Akers.jpg/220px-Thomas_D_Akers.jpg Paul W. Richards 20-May-1964 STS-102 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Paul_Richards.jpg/220px-Paul_Richards.jpg Robert C. Springer 21-May-1942 STS-29, STS-38 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Robert_Springer.jpg/220px-Robert_Springer.jpg Ronald Parise 24-May-1951 STS-35, STS-67 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ronald_Parise.jpg/220px-Ronald_Parise.jpg Nathan J. Lindsay 24-May-1936 No flights. No photo available. John D. Olivas 25-May-1965 STS-117, STS-128 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_Olivas_v2.jpg/220px-John_Olivas_v2.jpg This Week in Space History Skylab 2 launch, May 25, 1973 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/40_Years_Ago%2C_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg/260px-40_Years_Ago%2C_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg May 18-26, Apollo 10 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Apollo-10-Lancering.jpg/170px-Apollo-10-Lancering.jpg Aurora 7, May 24, 1962 https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/aurora_7_9_liftoff.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Virgo, the Maiden” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ May 28 Falcon 9 ? EarthCARE Launch time: 3:20 p.m. PDT (6:20 p.m. EDT, 2220 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite to a sun-synchronous polar orbit at 393.14 km altitude and an inclination of 97.05°. This is principally a European Space Agency (ESA) missio

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “22 amazing facts about space and astronomy” & Constellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “From the Earth to the Moon” (1958) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Discussion Topic of the Evening. 22 amazing facts about space and astronomy From Skyatnightmagazine.com The Moon is lemon-shaped https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/lemon-moon-3951a4a-e1588671519977.png?webp=1&w=1200 Milky Way smells of rum, raspberries and booze https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/space-rum-raspberries-smell-5840ef7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Mercury-realistic-imgae-61c867c-e1571410840102.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 You could survive for a couple of minutes in a leaky spacesuit https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/tink-029adb3-e1588252892217.png?webp=1&w=1200 1 tsp of neutron star weighs the same as the human population https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Neutron-Star-2296c2d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Gamma-ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire life https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/gamma-ray-burst-07afa49-scaled-e1587559779552.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There are stars we will never be able to see https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/02/potw1703a-8eb608f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/White-hole-446829e-scaled-e1588669809182.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Jupiter’s magnetic field is bigger than the Moon https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Jupiter-magnetic-field-8965c7f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/neptune-with-hubble-feecb17-e1571902966676.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Planets can wander through space without a parent star https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Rogue-exoplanet-3af8a4b.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Sun loses a billion kilos per second https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/03/The-Sun-copy-7215236.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Exoplanet-orbiting-two-stars-6be0e0d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Vast amounts of water have been found in space https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Enceladus_Cassini_plume_dive-f5e7a4e.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There is gravity on the International Space Station https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/06/04-Scott-Kelly-fruit-982caf2.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Our days are getting longer https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/09/Galileo_Earth_Moon-de902b7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Moon is getting farther away every year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Moon-from-ISS-e3dea76.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Heat from the Big Bang is still around today https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/Planck_CMB-07a1b86-e1597141466232.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Venus spins backwards https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/03/venus-mariner-10-02b24b5.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/02/webb-uranus-2023-a068939.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes give off light https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/04/11-hubble-discoveries-triplicate-506d8ff.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 5 billion Suns could fit in UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2024/02/uy-scuti.jpg?fit=800%2C334&webp=1&w=1200 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space Hist