🌕🪐Did you know that Saturn has 146 moons, ranging from larger than Mercury to as small as a sports arena? ⁠ ⁠ Some of Saturn's moons are so bright that they can be seen from Earth through a telescope! Imagine looking up at the night sky and being able to spot Titan, Rhea, Tethys, Dione, Enceladus, Iapetus, or Mimas. It's truly a remarkable sight to behold! ⁠ ⁠ Saturn is in constant competition with Jupiter for having the most moons. As of early 2024, Saturn has the most moons of any planet in the Solar System.⁠ ⁠ In this picture, you can see some of Saturn’s moons. 📱To explore all of them, use the stargazing app Sky Tonight: https://vitotechnology.com/apps/sky-tonight⁠ ⁠ #saturn #moons #solarsystem #titan #starwalk

SpaceX Starship Second Launch: Image Collection | SpaceX Starbase in Texas FriendsofNASA.org | View full-size images: https://www.friendsofnasa.org/2023/11/spacex-starship-second-launch-image.html | SpaceX: "Starship successfully lifted off under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster and made it through stage separation." For the second flight test of a fully integrated Starship, SpaceX used a Super Heavy rocket booster to launch a Starship upper stage, from Starbase in Texas, on November 18, 2023, at 8am EST. According to SpaceX, Starship is a fully reusable transportation system, designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket—collectively referred to as Starship—represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry up to 150 metric tonnes to Earth orbit reusable, and up to 250 metric tonnes expendable. "Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program." Key Starship Parameters: Height: 120m/394ft Diameter: 9m/29.5ft Payload to LEO: 100 – 150 t (fully reusable) Capabilities: Satellites: "Starship is designed to deliver satellites further and at a lower marginal cost per launch than our current Falcon vehicles. With a payload compartment larger than any fairing currently in operation or development, Starship creates possibilities for new missions, including space telescopes even larger than the James Webb." Raptor Engine Parameters: Diameter: 1.3m/4ft Height: 3.1m/10.2ft Thrust: 230tf/500 klbf Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF): https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Release Date: Nov. 18, 2023 #NASA #SpaceX #Space #Earth #Moon #ArtemisIII #Mars #Starship #SuperHeavyBooster #ElonMusk #GwynneShotwell #Science #SpaceTechnology #Engineering #HumanSpaceflight #CommercialSpace #Starbase #BocaChica #Texas #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

Uranus has never looked better. NASA recently released the most detailed image of Uranus with bright atmospheric features and dramatic rings. The James Webb Space Telescope captured 11 of the ice giant’s 13 known rings and 27 known moons. Uranus is characterized as an ice giant because its core is surrounded by “icy” materials of water, methane, and ammonia. Photos of Uranus’ rings had only previously been captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it flew past the planet in 1986. #Uranus #nasa #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #voyager2 #astronomy #solarsystem #spaceexploration #universe