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- Stargazing: May Meteor Showers
This June, look up into the night sky for a stunning view of two bright, superlative planets.
Top skygazing picks, spring planet visibilities, meteor showers, excitement, and space news.
The next mission, Artemis III, taking place in 2027, plans to test integrated operations between the Orion spacecraft and commercial lunar landers.
Artemis II’s successful test flight and splash-down validated advances in spacecraft systems; however, that is not all.
A series of beautiful Moon-Venus pairings began early spring and will continue through the next months.
Make a wish on a shooting star this month by catching two bright, brilliant meteor showers in the Pittsburgh sky!
The Oort Cloud is a giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets and Kuiper Belt Objects. It's like a big, thick bubble around our solar system.
Thirty-six years after Hubble Space Telescope left Earth, on April 24, 1990, the innovative instrument will have a new telescope build on its success.