After today’s launch, the Falcon 9’s upper stage experienced an anomaly that caused it to fail to place the Starlink satellites in their intended orbit. While we were watching the launch I commented to Chris that there was something weird happening and it looked...
The return capsule of the Chang’e-6 probe lands in China on June 25, carrying the world’s first samples collected from the moon’s far side. China’s government has made history by collecting rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, a feat...
Earth reaches Aphelion July 5 at 3:06 pm AEST. Earth reaches aphelion, which is the further point in its orbit around the Sun. At this time the centres of these two bodies are 152,099,968 km apart. Twice a year the Earth reaches and extreme point in its orbit. The...
