The liftoff of the Starship Super Heavy on its 7th flight from Starbase, Texas. While Mechazilla performed a flawless catch, recovering the Super Heavy booster, Starship itself was lost.

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The stunning first liftoff of the New Glenn rocket from LC-36 captured by remote pad cameras and shared by Blue Origin

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Early this morning at 2:03 AM ET, Blue Origin launched the inaugural flight of their New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on the company's 100th flight from historic LC-39A in Florida, carrying Firefly Aerospace and ispace inc lunar landers to orbit. Captured by @jennyhphoto.com for Supercluster.

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Don Pettit: One photo with: Milkyway, Zodical light, Starlink satellites as streaks, stars as pin points, atmosphere on edge showing OH emission as burned umber (my favorite Crayon color), soon to rise sun, and cities at night as streaks. Taken two days ago from Dragon Crew 9 vehicle port window.

To Glimpse the Contours of Star Lore, Look to the Pleiades

Read our latest feature on how scientists are weaving a tapestry of astronomy, archeology, and mythology to tell the story of ancient peoples and cultures.

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The city lights of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area at approximately 3:30 a.m. EST (local time) contrast with the Atlantic coast and the Hudson River in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Newfoundland.

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin uses the European robotic arm during a 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk on Dec 19. Alongside Ivan Vagner, he installed an X-ray experiment and removed hardware outside the ISS. Track human spaceflight with the free Supercluster App for iOS/Android. Linked in bio!

Blue Origin is set to launch the Blue Ring Pathfinder spacecraft on the inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket, a heavy-lift vehicle that will support upcoming critical NASA Artemis missions.

Happy New Year! This was shot at sunrise at Stonehenge.

Jimmy Carter 🤝 Voyager

A galaxy cluster in formation 10 billion light years away that is composed of more than 100 known galaxies, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. With Webb discovering some new galaxies.

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Our interactive Astronaut Database (ADB) is the most detailed record of every living thing to launch to space. For deep dive browsing and sorting we recommend utilizing the desktop version at Supercluster.com/astronauts.

Several manatees swim in the turn basin of LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Nov 26, 2024. Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife National Refuge and is home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals on 140,000 acres.

Photo: Ben Smegelsky, caption: NASA.

SpaceX performed a single engine static fire, demonstrating a flight-like startup for Starship's in-space engine burn.

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The Expedition 72 crew is celebrating Christmas aboard the ISS, using excess hardware, cargo bags, and Santa hats to turn the Unity module into a festive reindeer.

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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, Expedition 72 Flight Engineer, gazes out the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour window as the ISS orbits 267 miles above the Pacific near Chile. Outside is the Dragon Freedom spacecraft. 💫

Shot Oct. 22, 2024.

Bullying and harassment remain prevalent in Europe’s space sector, with 44% of respondents in an RAS survey reporting incidents like overwork pressure, inappropriate comments, and sexual advances. Many employers failed to act, protecting harassers.

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The International Space Station is seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft by a member of Crew-8 shortly after undocking. The orbital laboratory was soaring 272 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile at the time of this photograph.