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Rocket Lab’s "A Data With Destiny" mission launched the 11th and 12th "Gen-2" satellites for a constellation operated by the company BlackSky. The Electron rocket lifted off on Dec. 8, 2021 from the company’s New Zealand launch site. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launches a pair of Earth-observation satellites from New Zealand // visit Source … Read moreRocket Lab launches a pair of Earth-observation satellites from New Zealand

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his production assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin docked with International Space Station aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2021. — Watch the launch: https://www.space.com/soyuz-ms20-maezawa-space-tourist-launch Credit: NASA Soyuz with Japanese billionaire aboard docks with space station // visit Source Channel of this content → 0 spacer randomly 👁️ing this

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his production assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurki entered the International Space Station a few hours after docking on Dec. 8, 2021. — Watch them launch: https://www.space.com/soyuz-ms20-maezawa-space-tourist-launch Credit: NASA Hatch open! Japanese billionaire enters space station with crew // visit Source Channel of this content → 1 spacer randomly 👁️ing this

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his production assistant Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin launched to the International Space Station aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2021. The trio lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos Blastoff! Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa heads to space station // visit Source Channel of this content … Read moreBlastoff! Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa heads to space station

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission on Dec. 7, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Full Story: https://www.space.com/atlas-v-rocket-launches-nasa-laser It was carrying a pair of demonstration satellites, including NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration satellite and a National Nuclear Security Administration payload designed to detect … Read moreLaser comms demo satellite & Space Force payloads launched atop Altas V

China’s Yutu 2 rover has transmitted back to Earth an image of an odd cube-shaped object on the far side of the the moon. Full Story: https://www.space.com/china-yutu-2-moon-rover-cube-shaped-object-photos Credit: Space.com | CNSA/Our Space/China Central Television | edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta) China’s moon rover spots cube-shaped ‘mystery hut’ on lunar farside // visit Source Channel of this … Read moreChina’s moon rover spots cube-shaped ‘mystery hut’ on lunar farside

Chinese astronauts Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu, and Zhai Zhigang, currently serving aboard the Tiangong space station, use a " multipurpose otoscope to examine each others eyes, ears, and skin," according to China Central Television. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) See China’s Shenzou-13 crew conduct ‘routine heatlh checks’ on one another in space // visit Source … Read moreSee China’s Shenzou-13 crew conduct ‘routine heatlh checks’ on one another in space

See the moment of totality over Union Glacier, Antarctica during the solar eclipse that occurred on Dec. 4, 2021. — The only total solar eclipse of 2021 creates dazzling sight over Antarctica: https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-2021-over-antarctica-video Credit: Theo Boris and Christian A Lockwood Total Solar Eclipse 2021 – See moment of totality in 4K! // visit Source Channel … Read moreTotal Solar Eclipse 2021 – See moment of totality in 4K!

An Arianespace Soyuz rocket launched two European Galileo navigation satellites on Dec. 4, 2021 from the Guiana Space Center launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: Arianespace Blastoff! Arianespace Soyuz launches Galileo navigation satellites // visit Source Channel of this content → 9 spacer randomly 👁️ing this

The total solar eclipse on Dec. 4, 2021 was captured from Union Glacier, Antarctica. — The only total solar eclipse of 2021 creates dazzling sight over Antarctica: https://www.space.com/total-solar-eclipse-2021-over-antarctica-video Credit: Theo Boris/Christian Lockwood /JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition/NASA | time-lapse by Space.com’s Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta) Watch 2021’s only total solar eclipse in this 1-minute time-lapse // visit … Read moreWatch 2021’s only total solar eclipse in this 1-minute time-lapse