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Tiny Shuttle inspects the engines of a huge Soyuz

Map of the Solar System from Signalis

New results from our Juno mission suggest the planet is home to “shallow lightning.” An unexpected form of electrical discharge, shallow lightning comes from a unique ammonia-water solution. ⁣

⁣It was previously thought that lightning on Jupiter was similar to Earth, forming only in thunderstorms where water exists in all its phases – ice, liquid, and gas. But flashes observed at altitudes too cold for pure liquid water to exist told a different story. This illustration uses data obtained by the mission to show what these high-altitude electrical storms look like. ⁣

Understanding the inner workings of Jupiter allows us to develop theories about atmospheres on other planets and exoplanets! ⁣

Illustration Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Heidi N. Becker/Koji Kuramura⁣

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Snapshots of Earth, captured by Apollo 16 astronauts on this day in 1972.

Saturn’s moons, Enceladus and Tethys line up almost perfectly for Cassini’s cameras.

I say it was one of NASA's worst decisions. Really it wasn't their fault. They didn't have enough government funding to contract two companies to build landers, so they went with the bare cheapest bidder (SpaceX).

It's genuinely possible that Starship HLS might not be ready before Blue Moon MK 2 is.

Apollo X - Thomas Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young

 May 18 - 26, 1969

Atlas V I think :>

Challenger thrusting, STS-41B, 3-11 February 1984.