This is how liquid fuel booster from Soyuz rocket looks like after "landing".
This strap-on booster is a complete liquid fuel rocket engine. It has incredibly sophisticated turbine pumps, multiple types of al…
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Took a picture of Mars, Saturn, and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Fun fact: Antares name comes from the fact that it's bright and red like Mars (Ares to the ancient Greeks), but it's not Mars. It'…
My picture of the Copernicus crater vs NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's picture
Hey reptilian, stay away from my planet! Seriously though, amazing pic. Ever try to capture the space station on a flyover? Or any…
I bought a stack of historical newspapers recently. Some monumental space moments included.
What missions do "Riskiest Space Flight Hailed" and "Perilous Moon Flight Ends in Safe Linkup" refer to? I'm gonna guess Apollo 8 …
My first successful attempt at a panorama of the Milky Way
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I woke up late at night two summers ago to try and capture the milky way's core- needless to say, it paid off
I'm trying to do these long exposures that capture heaps of stars, but with the stars' trail. I've got a Canon 6D, f2.8, think the…
Stop the astronomy trolls
Dude. Would be fun to see how annoyed or disappointed people would be when Saturn didn't turn up. What they should have done, was …
To show that astronomy can be done under light pollution, I took this picture of the whirlpool galaxy from the Phoenix metro area with a population of more than 4.5 million
I wonder how much of an effect local humidity has? I have a feeling light pollution in Phoenix may not be as bad as say a coastal …
Cassiopeia A, from the NASA Instagram
Okay, I'm confused. I looked at the wikipedia page, and it said that it's about 11,000 lightyears away. It also says the supernova…
Cool comparison of the Buran and the Shuttle
Whenever I see the Buran, I think of how it must have been for the engineers and scientists who developed this plane and the Energ…
