🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-13T15:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-12T04:47:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: PSLV-DL 📖 **Details**: Small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an "Indian strategic user", details TBD. This launch will also carry 18 other ride-share payloads. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-11T13:09:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-10T18:34:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-96 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-08T18:29:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

Latest Space Breaking News: Sandblasting on Mars: Camera reveals how prevailing winds shape elongated landforms in volcanic zone Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-01-sandblasting-mars-camera-reveals-prevailing.html Summary: Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic sandblaster, carving out intriguing grooves near Mars's equator.

Latest Space News: January belongs to Jupiter: See the king of planets in the night sky this month Link:

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January belongs to Jupiter: See the king of planets in the night sky this month

Jupiter reaches opposition on Jan. 10, but it provides a good sky show through the entire month.

Summary: Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. You really should catch the show.

🧑‍🚀 **Astronaut Spotlight** 🌟 **Name**: Nick Hague 🏷️ **Status**: Retired 📖 **Bio**: Tyler Nicklaus Hague is a retired American Flight Test Engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. Selected to be a flight engineer of Expedition 57 / 58 to the International Space Station, he launched on board Soyuz MS-10, which aborted shortly after launch on October 11, 2018. He flew again on Soyuz MS-12 and SpaceX Crew-9, completing two stays and four spacewalks at the International Space Station. #Astronauts #SpaceHeroes

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-13T15:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-12T04:47:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: PSLV-DL 📖 **Details**: Small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an "Indian strategic user", details TBD. This launch will also carry 18 other ride-share payloads. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-11T13:09:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-10T18:34:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-96 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-08T18:29:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

Latest Space Breaking News: Stars that die off the beaten path Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-01-stars-die-beaten-path.html Summary: Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, opening a new window into how exploding stars shape the cosmos. Focusing on M33, a spiral galaxy about 2.7 million light‑years away, this research combined new maps of cold atomic hydrogen gas from the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) with millimeter‑wave observations of molecular gas from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

Latest Space News: Astrophotographer captures rare footage of the Hubble Telescope crossing the sun (video) Link:

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Astrophotographer captures rare footage of the Hubble Telescope crossing the sun (video)

The Hubble Telescope appears as a tiny silhouette during a perfectly timed solar transit captured from Puerto Rico.

Summary: The Hubble Telescope appears as a tiny silhouette during a perfectly timed solar transit captured from Puerto Rico.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 8A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-13T15:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 8A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-12T04:47:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: PSLV-DL 📖 **Details**: Small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an "Indian strategic user", details TBD. This launch will also carry 18 other ride-share payloads. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-11T13:09:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-10T18:34:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-96 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2026-01-08T18:29:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience