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  September Equinox By Ramesh S Krishna What's an Equinox? The equinox happens when the earth passes through Sun's geomagnetic center. An equinox happens twice a year around March 20 & September 22. The movement of the sun directly passes on the Equator.  On September 22,  the day and night will be almost equal in most locations. September Equinox.[Northern hemisphere]   Say goodbye to summer: Yeah, Say bye-bye to Summer in Northern Hemisphere. Now the Fall[Autumn] Starts today.Then on December Solstice, Autumn ends, Winter starts!  Welcome Back Spring![Southern hemisphere] In the Southern hemisphere, spring[vernal] begins! Astronomers consider it as the 1st day of spring in the Southern hemisphere. Some Amazing Facts: In 2021, the Sun will cross the celestial equator from north to south on September 22, at 19:21  UTC . Because of  time zone  differences, the equinox will take place on September 23, 2021, at locations that are at least 4:30 ho...

   Facts about our moon By Ramesh S Krishna Check out the picture of today's beautiful moon at the end. Moon is the only permanent natural Satellite from earth's formation (though there are various theories to contradict it). It is about 1-quarter of the size of the earth and It's the largest of all inner planets' satellites. It's the 5th largest satellite in the solar system just after Ganymede, Titan, Callisto,  IO. Facts: More humans visited the Moon than the people who touched the surface of Marina Trench The earthquakes also happen on the moon but with a different name: Moonquakes Moon's surface is actually dark There's water on the moon Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon The next set of  humans could land on the moon with  the SLS rocket in the mission ARTEMIS USA went to the moon to win the SPACE RACE & successfully landed. The Soviet Union also made a rocket which is named N1. But all the 4-launches were big failures.  In the sky,...

  Inspiration 4 By Ramesh S Krishna Nasaspaceflight Image credit Inspiration 4 Inspiration 4 is a mission by SpaceX.  It marks the first orbital crewed mission in which astronauts are civilians. Jared Isaacman funds this mission.  This mission got its name INSPIRATION 4   to Inspire people & 4 important Poles:  Leadership, Prosperity, Hope & Generosity. This marks the first private crew of SpaceX. This mission isn't going to dock with anything so instead of a docking port, There's a big transparent dome.  Crew Just like Nasa sending the crew to ISS on Dragon, In this mission also only a crew of 4 will be going.  The Crew members are:   Mission Commander & representing Leadership: Jared Issacman Mission Specialist & representing Generosity: Christopher Sembroski Mission Pilot & representing Prosperity: Dr. Sian Proctor Chief Medical officer & representing Hope: Hayley Arceneaux The image of the crew: Image credit :...

Starlink Group 2 Launch By Ramesh S Krishna Image credit: SPACEX What's Starlink? Starlink is a constellation of powerful Satellites. It owned by SpaceX for providing  High Speed Network  to remote areas around the globe.  The 1st phase of constellation consist of 5 Shells.  Elon musk says that once 42000 Satellites are launched, The Starlink Goal is finished. After completion, It will make a profit upto 30-50 billion dollars  You would have a question that how many launches would we need for 42000 Satellites?  See this! The image of Starlink Satellites before staking in the rocket.  SpaceX is launching 60 satellites at a time using Falcon 9. After Starship comes into action from  2-years from now, Starship will launch up-to 300+ Satellites in a single launch. Image credit: SPACEX Mission details: Launch date & time : September 14th 3:55 UTC Booster name: B 1049-10 Launch location : Space launch complex 4 East [SLC-4E] Payload mass:13260KGS Th...

  Spotting the Comet C/2020 T2 By Ramesh S Krishna It was a clear Morning & I was looking at the sky. Then randomly I spotted a Comet-like thing. I took a photo of it. Then it disappeared below the Horizon. The timing I spotted it was around 9:56AM IST.  First, when I spotted it, I thought it was a cloud shaped thing like a comet. Though I did some research on it, I couldn't know what it was. I sent it to my Favorite Priyadarshan Sir. He did research on it  & said it was the comet 'C/2020 T2'. This is how it looked. After reading this, You would also think to spot the comet. So here are the steps to spot a comet. Keep regularly checking Stargazing apps & Websites Look at the sky accordingly Take a photo if at all you spot something strange. Research on it A comet may appear in any direction & any time Thanks for reading! Please keep supporting me and share it with others.                         ...

Fire in STARBASE By Ramesh S Krishna Boca chica ( better known as STARBASE) is a large area that belongs to SpaceX. It was a dirt field 2 years back. Now SpaceX has colonized it, but still there is plenty of unused land. The fire occured near the launch table[Stage 0].  Would it affect the 1st starship and superheavy launch? Hopefully, it wouldn't be, as the fire is a bit away from the launch table. Image credit: Labparde Even though it's near Stage 0's  Fuel Farm, its tough for the wind to destroy Stage 0's vital equipment for launch.  Awsome info about Starship's launches! Elon replied: Thank you! Please share this with everybody & Keep me supporting!                                                       😊😊😊😊😊😊