🚀 **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: Solar physicists discover long-hidden source of gamma rays unleashed by flares Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-01-solar-physicists-hidden-source-gamma.html Summary: Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.

Latest Space News: Astronomers discover the earliest, hottest galaxy cluster in the universe, and it breaks all the rules Link:

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Astronomers discover the earliest, hottest galaxy cluster in the universe, and it breaks all the rules

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of gal...

Summary: The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form.

🚀 **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: Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-01-lunar-spacecraft-exhaust-obscure-clues.html Summary: Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of Earthly life, according to a recent study. The pollution could unfold rapidly regardless of a spacecraft's touchdown site; even for a landing at the South Pole, methane molecules may "hop" across the lunar surface to the North Pole in under two lunar days.

Latest Space News: 'Tron Ares' debuts on streaming today: Here's how to watch Jared Leto's sci-fi AI blockbuster Link:

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'Tron Ares' debuts on streaming today: Here's how to watch Jared Leto's sci-fi AI blockbuster | Space

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Summary: Jared Leto's sci-fi flick hits the Disney+ streaming grid starting January 7.

🚀 **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