Slide show 2021

Earth - Meteor

001-syracuse_meteor.png 12:08 PM on 12/2/2020, between Syracuse and Rochester Article

003-england_meteorite.jpg Febuary 28 - Meteor falls on Winchcombe England article

004-upsolla.jpg Nov 7, 2020, landed in Uppsala Sweden. Article

Earth - Weather

020-siberia_at_100f.jpg Verkhoyansk in siberia made it to 100F on June 19, 2020 Article

024-Sahara_dust2.PNG Dust from the Sahara flowing into America. article

026-california_vir_2020275_lrg.jpg California wild fires 10/1/2020 article

028-port_of_beirout.jpg August 5th port of beirut explosion, before and after article

030-hurricane.jpg Hurricane Laura from ISS Aug 27. article

035-a68a.png Iceberg A68A approaches South Georga Island article

036-iceburg_68a.jpg Iceberg A68A breaking up, December 2020 article

037-iceburg2.png Iceburg A68A breaks up, Feb 11, 2021 article

040-iceburg_a76.jpg Now we have another big one, A-76 article

Earth - Telescopes

050-Lick_obs_fire.jpg Forset fires at Lick observatory, August 19. article

054-arecibo_obs_crash.jpg August 10th, one of the supporting cables at Arecibo broke article

055-arecibo_1280p_0.jpg December 1st, another support snapped. article Arecibo now

060-pia24163.jpg The Deep space network adds a new 34 meter (DSN-56) antenna at Madrid spain article

061-DSN.PNG DSN live DSN live

Earth - Launches

100-launch_graph.png Launcher per year WikiPedia article

101_final-15.jpg Atlas 5 launch 11/13 (NRO launch) article

103-space-plane-1.jpg Dream chaser is coming back. article

104-LD2-Ignition-2.jpg Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, first orbital flight (second try) article

112-spacex-starship-sn9-exlarge-169.jpg SpaceX StarShip prototype SN9 Blew up on landing

113-spacex-starship-sn10-landing.jpg SpaceX StarShip prototype SN10. Landed just fine.

114-spacex-starship_sn10_explode.jpg Blew up 15 minutes after landing. article

116-sn15_landing.jpg SpaceX StarShip prototype SN15. Landed and didnt' explode article

120-spaecx_launch.jpg July 20, falcon 9 launchs South Korean military satellite (same booster that launched to ISS) article

122-falcon_up_down.jpg Falcon 9 lauch from vanderburg Nov 21 (composit) article

123-10thluanch.jpg Falcon launcher B1051 after it's 10th trip to orbit and back. article

124-spacex_dragon_crew3_launch.jpg Composit of the SpaceX Dragon crew launch 3.

125-f9_crew1_return1.jpg Falcon 9 booster that took astronauts to space station almost got washed overboard by a strom article

128-SpaceX-Crew-Dragon-Endeavour-Spacecraft-Splashdown.jpg SpaceX crew 1 splash down article

131-comparison_of_rockets_-2x_640-nc.png Size compare of launch vehicals article

ISS

150-iss.jpg Nov 2, 2020 marked 20 years of life for the ISS article

155-dragon_crew_2020.jpg Dragon crew docked with ISS, 4 people aboard.

156-iss-arm.jpg May 12 - Space junk hits ISS (last strike was 8 years ago) article

158-bishop_airlock.jpg New Bishop airlock, designed to move bulky objects into space article

160-iss063e031761_June2020ase.jpg Partial eclipse on June 21st, from ISS Article

Orbit

200-james_web_sunshield.jpg James web space telescope, current launch data October 31, 2021 JWST page

210-roman-beauty.jpg Roman space telescope, due to launch in 2025. Trump tried to kill it article

220-imagesearth20201112C_2020SO_fast_oblique-16.width-1024.jpg 2020 SO, probably the lunar surveyer's booster rocket article

230-visorsat-867px-634x600.jpg StarLink, Deployed 60 at a time, 1,578 already active, 12,000 approved.... Wikipedia

250-where-we-are-dec-2020.png Where everything is in the solar system article

Moon

300-vikram_ejecta_1100px_scalebar.png From 2019, the crash site of the Vikram lander found by LRO article

310-moon_mile_stone.jpg Chang'e 4 Yutu 2 rover on it's 27th lunar day on the dark side of the moon it drives by a mile marker. article

314-change5.jpg China Chang'e 5 landed on the moon Landed on the moon December 2nd. article

315-china_moon_lander.jpg China Chang'e 5 sample return mission lands on moon. article

316-china_moon_return.jpg China Chang'e 5 sample return mission lifts off from moon. article

317-change5_dock.png Chang'e 5 docks with orbiter article

318-CE5-recovery-16dec2020.jpg Soft landed on December 16, 2020. First moon samples in 40 years. article

Sun

350-image_8648_1e-Solar-Orbiter.jpg ESO solar orbiter, camp fires on the sun article

355-eso_solar_orbiter.jpg No cameras, observing the solar wind article

Mercury

360-BepiColombo_images_Venus_during_close_approach.jpg BepiColombo passes Venus on its way to Mercury 2020/10/15 article

Venus

370-VenusClouds_Akatzuki_960.jpg Phosphine (PH3) biomarker found in the atmosphere of Venus article

375-venus_rover.jpg Proposed Venus rover. Mostly pure mechanical. article

Mars

Mars Surface

400-mars_landers.png Things are busy on the surface of Mars article

410-mars_insight_mole.jpg Mars Insight giving up on the mole. article

414-Mole-buried-1.jpg Mole buried itself, then stopped. article

418-china_mars1.jpg China's Tiawan-1 probe got to Mars in February article

420-ma_0626_MarsRover_China_1280x720.jpg China Mars lander and rover article

421-china_rover.jpg China's rover Zhurong landed on Mars article

425-china_mars_lander.jpg China mars Zhurong rover article

440-Curiosityroute.gif Path of Curiosity rover article

445-PIA24544-full.png Rafale Navarro Mountain article

448-pia24543-1-16.jpg The view from the top article

460-Persav_mro.jpg Perseverance rover coming in for a landing from MRO Article

461-persev_from_mro.jpg Perseverance from MRO article

462-PIA24333_fig1.jpg Context image, MRO. Perseverance landing site

465-rover_drop.png Perseverance about 2 meters above Mars. Article

468-mars_bluff.jpg Bluff in Jezero crater, first objective article

469-25790_First_selfie-1200.gif First Selfie from Perseverance

470-ingenuity_second_flight.jpg Second flight of Ingenuity

472-mars-ingenuity-color-image-0422-exlarge-169.jpg Will be used as a scout

Asteroids

500-hayabusa2-earth-landing-exlarge-169.jpg Hayabusa 2 reentry with one gram of materal from asteroid Ryugu article

505-hayabusa2_earth.jpg Landed on Austrailia article

510-BennuEjecting_OsirisRex_1169.jpg Asteroid Bennu is ejecting gravel into space. article

512-d_tag-2-frames.jpg Grabbing some rocks from the surface of Bennu article

520-DART_impact.jpg DART impact mission article

550-NeowiseAlps_salzgeber_4000.jpg Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the Alps. Article

Jupiter

600-jupiterandsaturn.jpg Juper and Saturn conjunction, 2020/12/21

610-heic2017a.jpg HST image of Jupiter and Europa, taken 8/25/2020 red spot changing color again article

615-PIA24041_hires.jpg Jupiter's clouds pop up. Article

616-PIA23983_hires.jpg Shadow lightning on Jupiter from Juno. Article

620-Juno-Ganymede-body-image-2.jpg Juno Detected a 5 second FM radio transmission from Ganymede article

Saturn

650-STScI-H-p2043b-d-1280x720.png Saturn, HST image, July 4, 2020 article

660-ensalidus_ice.jpg Map of the fresh ice on Enceladus article

Uranus and Neptune

680-STScI-H-p2059b-d-1280x720.png New transient dark spot detected on Neptune, HST article

Pluto

690-nh-proxima-centauri-parallel.jpg New Horizons is far enough out that the stars are different. Alphy and Porxima centauri Article

Galaxy

710-Proxima-Centauri-Flare.jpg On May 1, 2019 Proxima Centarui flared, putting out 100x more UV than sun for 7 seconds article

720-exoplanet.jpg TYC 89980760-1 b and c 300 light years from earth article

730-orion_hst_context.png Context image. The yellow dots are HST images article

731-young_stars.png Young stars in Orion, HST article

Deep Space

810-IC5063_hst.png Dusty ring or IC 5063, 36,000 ly away article

820-image_8652e-NGC-4848.jpg NGC 4848 faint arms. HST image article

830-frb_hst.png HST tracks down fast radio burst article

910-darkmatter.png Dark energy and dark matter Dark matter measured

Movies

Launch to ISS from orbit 1:37

Arecibo telescope collapse 1:38

SpaceX Falcon heavy Flight 2 14:41

SpaceX Starship test flights 11:36

SpaceX starship SN15 flight test 16:05

SpaceX Dragon first launch 17:15

SpaceX Dragon Crew 2 animation 55:35

SpaceX Dragon Crew 2 docking 3:23:45

StarLInk satellite deployment 1:06

Meteor video 0:30 June 15 2020 over barrow island austraila

Chang'e 5 moon landing 0:46

Perseverance landing video 3:25

Mars Ingenuity flight 2:45

Asteroid Bennu from OSIRIS-REx 4:43

Jupiter Juno 5:07

Pillars of Createion 3D 1:48

planet J1407b 3:31 Exoplanet for kids

Strangest exoplanets 6:48