
Nicole Mortillaro
@nebulousnikki
Amateur astronomer, author, science reporter at the CBC. Deeply concerned about climate change. Editor at JRASC. Lover of all sci-fi. | @[email protected]
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Watch as our largest planetary spacecraft takes flight! NASA Europa Clipper is targeted to launch at 12:06pm ET (1606 UTC) on a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, beginning its journey to Jupiter’s ocean moon, Europa. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Try ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper on for size! This is our largest planetary spacecraft to date, but how does it stack up compared to things here on Earth? It's also our most massive, at about 12,800 pounds at liftoff (5,800 kg); 6,060 pounds (2,750 kg) of that is propellant.




Two days after B12 was successfully caught upon returning after launch, teams after removed it from the OLM, ahead of its rollback to the production site for post flight inspections. NSF - NASASpaceflight.com Starbase Live nsf.live/starbase




Dragon departing the International Space Station after undocking at 5:05 p.m. ET


Omg! I saw the most amazing Geminid! It was orange and stretched across about 75 degrees of the sky. It looked like a firework I could touch! So incredible! Peter Brown Institute for Earth and Space Exploration