Space records

The moon is peeking out from behind the Earth.

This image was taken by the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-9.

NASA telescopes have found traces of a rare intermediate black hole.

NGC 6099 HLX-1 is a bright X—ray source hiding in a compact star cluster on the outskirts of a giant elliptical galaxy 450 million light-years away.

— The Chandra telescope has detected powerful X-ray bursts.
— And Hubble showed the neighborhood where a black hole is tearing apart a star.

Thanks to the collaboration of the telescopes, we are one step closer to unraveling how black holes grow and evolve.

🚀 Rocket launch from orbit.

Cosmonaut Kirill Peskov captured the moment of the rocket launch directly from the ISS, a view that opens only from orbit.

The Ptolemaic Universe 🪐

In ancient Greece, they knew about the existence of planets and other stars. But it was believed that they all revolve around the Earth. This is what the Solar System looked like in Ptolemy's mind. This model was abandoned only in the 16th century. The Ptolemaic Universe 🪐

In ancient Greece, they knew about the existence of planets and other stars. But it was believed that they all revolve around the Earth. This is what the Solar system looked like in Ptolemy's mind. This model was abandoned only in the 16th century.

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flying past the Sun.

The footage was captured approximately 13 km from the launch site in Florida.

Free flight in space.

In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner made one of the most daring spacewalks — completely without a safety rope.

Using an MMU jetpack, he got close to the malfunctioning Westar VI satellites and captured it, opening a new page in the history of space operations.

🪂 Future parachutes for Mars.

NASA is testing new technologies for supersonic parachutes that will be used in future missions to Mars and other planets. In June, at NASA's Armstrong base, engineers tested a parachute with flexible sensors that measured the load on the canopy in real-time without interfering with its deployment.

The data obtained helps to refine computer models and create more reliable landing systems that can deliver scientific instruments and payloads directly to the surface of the Red Planet.

In the photo, a white parachute canopy is deployed in a clear sky, holding a capsule that was dropped from the AltaX throne in California.

🛸 When modules come to life in zero gravity.

Former astronaut Garrett Reisman showed an unusual effect during the delivery of a module to the ISS. In zero gravity, even small movements can lead to unexpected vibrations and displacements of massive structures.