Astronomy 🔭 (other space stuff too)

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Italian astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace spent 10 years capturing these 48 colors of the Moon.

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This was the seventh flight test of starship, the biggest rocket ever to fly in history. For this flight a new version of the second stage, called ship block 2, was supposed to deliver dummy satellites to orbit to test a satellite delivery system for the new generation of starlink satellites, unfortunately something went wrong with the new prototype moments after the booster got caught by the mechazilla tower (yes that’s how they call the tower that catches the booster). This footage shows the remains of the second stage burning through the atmosphere

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Catching that booster is pretty impressive. As for the second stage, I suppose this is a good reminder of the reason for testing!

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more camera angles

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Heres a better image of the original