Long March 7 rolled out for China area station launch(Image credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office)Chinas Long March 7 rocket emerges from its assembly structure and rolls towards its pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan. Complete story: China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou 3 cargo objective ahead of Monday launch (pictures) 2019-2020 Australian fire season(Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel information (2019 ), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)This satellite view taken by the European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission a little bit more than two years ago shows Australian wildfires burning in the Yuraygir National Park and Shark Creek area. Complete story: Jupiter simply got smacked by a space rock and an amateur astronomer caught it on cameraInspiration4 crew prior to launch(Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus)The four Inspiration4 team members quickly before boarding their Crew Dragon pill called Resilience. The Inspiration4 crew includes billionaire Jared Isaacman, who paid for the flight, and Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski.Full gallery: Relive SpaceXs historic Inspiration4 launch with these fantastic photosCancer survivor delights in space views from Dragons cupola (Image credit: Inspiration4)Cancer survivor and civilian astronaut Hayley Arceneaux can be seen drifting inside Dragon Crews dome window, delighting in magnificent views of Earth during the first-ever all-civilian space objective Inspiration4.Hayley is one of the 4 amateur astronauts on the historical three-day space trip.– Tereza PultarovaItaly at night – from space(Image credit: NASA/Meghan McArthur)NASA Astronaut Meghan McArthur took this photo of Italy at night from area.
The Inspiration4 team sends views from space back to Earth, an asteroid smacks Jupiter and an Earth-observing satellite peers at the moon. These are some of the top images this week from Space.com. Long March 7 rolled out for China area station launch(Image credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office)Chinas Long March 7 rocket emerges from its assembly structure and rolls towards its pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan. On Wednesday (Sept. 15), Chinese area officials revealed that the rocket emerged with the robotic Tianzhou 3 freight spacecraft atop. Tianzhou 3 is expected to launch as much as the core module of Chinas new spaceport station, Tianhe, on Monday (Sept. 20). Complete story: China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou 3 cargo objective ahead of Monday launch (photos) 2019-2020 Australian fire season(Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019 ), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)This satellite view taken by the European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 objective a little more than 2 years earlier shows Australian wildfires burning in the Yuraygir National Park and Shark Creek area. The Sept. 8, 2019 scene became part of the remarkable 2019-2020 fire season, which launched twice as much co2 than anticipated. New research studies are utilizing information from that ravaging fire season to comprehend how Earth continues responding to climate change. Full story: Satellites view Australian wildfires activate CO2 booms and ocean algal bloomsAsteroid smacks Jupiter(Image credit: José Luis Pereira)On Monday (Sept. 13), Brazilian observer José Luis Pereira caught the aftermath of an asteroid striking Jupiter. The intense radiance seen left-of-center on Jupiters face is the area where a large area rock smacked into the giant worlds environment. Pereira made his observations from São Caetano do Sul, in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. Complete story: Jupiter simply got smacked by a space rock and an amateur astronomer caught it on cameraInspiration4 crew prior to launch(Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus)The 4 Inspiration4 crew members quickly prior to boarding their Crew Dragon pill called Resilience. The SpaceX mission launched Wednesday night (Sept. 15) from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending an all-private team into Earth orbit for the very first time ever. The Inspiration4 crew includes billionaire Jared Isaacman, who spent for the flight, and Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski.Full gallery: Relive SpaceXs historical Inspiration4 launch with these remarkable photosCancer survivor enjoys area views from Dragons cupola (Image credit: Inspiration4)Cancer survivor and civilian astronaut Hayley Arceneaux can be seen drifting inside Dragon Crews dome window, taking pleasure in incredible views of Earth throughout the first-ever all-civilian space objective Inspiration4.Hayley is one of the four amateur astronauts on the historical three-day space trip. A physician assistant at the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, where she herself used to be a client, 29-year-old Hayley is the youngest American ever to fly in area. She is also the very first space tourist with prosthetic body parts.– Tereza PultarovaExoMars orbiter records tectonic cracks on Mars(Image credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS)Europes ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter caught this picture of a young volcanic region in the Elysium Planitia on Mars revealing 2 parallel cracks that in the past had generated a frozen sea near the worlds equator. The image, handled April 14, shows the 2 1.2-mile (2 kilometer) wide Cerberus Fossae trenches, crossing the volcanic area at about 10 degrees north. The flooring of the almost 620-mile-long (1,000 km) trenches is covered with coarse-grained sand that appears blue in the false-colored image, captured by the orbiters CaSSIS cam. Geologists expect the sand inside the cracks, which are numerous hundred meters deep, to be made from basalt, a common volcanic rock that can also be seen in little effect craters that punctuate the plain.– Tereza PultarovaItaly at night – from space(Image credit: NASA/Meghan McArthur)NASA Astronaut Meghan McArthur took this photo of Italy at night from area. The image was submitted to her Twitter account on Sept. 9 and viewers can see the contrast in between the darkness of the seas at night and the brightness of Italy and some of mainland Europe, in specific the cities of Rome and Naples. McArthur took the photo on board the International Space Station and in the exact same tweet composed that she is: “starting to discover night photography from our local ISS experts, Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough.”– Alexander CoxSatellite catches record low ice extent in Arctic sea (Image credit: Copernicus)The Laptev Sea in the Arctic can be seen totally devoid of ice in this image captured by the European Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on Monday (Sept. 13). The Laptev Sea, in the Russian northeast, is among the coldest regions of the Arctic Ocean. With temperatures listed below 0 ° С (32 ° F) for the bulk of the year, the Laptev Sea is among the significant ice-forming areas worldwides oceans. August 2021, however, saw the most affordable sea ice protection in the region because measurements began in 1980, according to the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). According to climate scientists, the Arctic region is on typical experiencing faster warming than the rest of the world, an effect that contributes to the quick melting of ice sheets and the increase of water level.– Tereza PultarovaNew Earth-observation satellite trains its eyes on the moon (Image credit: Airbus)This spectacular picture of the moons surface area has actually been captured by the recently launched Earth-observing satellite Pleiades Neo. The satellites operators utilized the Earths natural buddy to calibrate its sensing units so that it can subsequently acquire best images of our home world. The moon is obviously a terrific object for such checks because its surface area looks almost smooth and shows sunlight in a rather constant way. Both Pleiades Neo satellites that are currently in orbit can look at the moon at about the same time, which allows the operators to guarantee their images are of the very same quality.The image was launched by the European Aerospace company Airbus, which developed and runs the 2 Pleiades Neo satellites, last week.– Tereza PultarovaFalcon 9 shooting up the sky with Inspiration4 crew members atop(Image credit: John Kraus)The plume of fumes created by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 4 civilian astronauts of the Inspiration4 mission on their historical orbital trip was captured by photographer John Kraus soon after the objectives lift-off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The plume, backlit by the setting sun, was noticeable to observers from dozens of miles away as the rocket with business owner Jared Isaacman, geoscientist Sian Proctor, physician assistant Hayley Arcenaux, and data engineer Chris Sembroski hurtled towards the sky. The crew, which is expected to conduct clinical experiments and even play and sing ukulele to raise money for charity, is anticipated to crash in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday (Sept. 18).– Tereza PultarovaJoin our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news pointer, correction or comment, let us know at: [email protected].