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MY TOP STORY FOR 2025: 2025 has been a banner year for space observation

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 Hey, Space Placers! My Fave 2025 pic - Shadow Selfie on the Highway to the Heavens Greg Redfern iPhone Here is my top story for 2025 .  It has been a banner year in some respects space-wise but also a terrible year with the grotesque DOGE fiasco, and current administration decimation of science funding, all types of science and medicine research curtailments and the onslaught of Dark Ages regression regarding vaccines. May we do better in 2026. Sky Guy in VA
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NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew

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 Hey, Space Placers! Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems integrate the SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket core stage with the solid rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1 inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in March 2025. Artemis II is the first crewed test flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign and is another step toward missions on the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future human missions to Mars. NASA/Frank Michaux NASA has announced the launch window for Artemis II as February 1 to April 30, 2026. The Artemis II stack - the Orion spacecraft and SLS -  are scheduled to roll out to the pad sometime in January. The EXCITING NEWS is that I will be there for the roll out and launch of Artemis II. I was selected by NASA to participate in the media events for these two evolutions.     Get the full story here about the stack. Sky Guy in VA
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A Maryland astronaut achieves his childhood dream of traveling to space

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 Hey, Space Placers! Astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. (Robert Markowitz/NASA) Here is a feel good story for everyone to enjoy. Sky Guy in VA
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NASA’s Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets

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 Hey, Space Placers! This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. It spans nearly 400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system. Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Kristina Monsch (CfA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Get the whole story here. Sky Guy in VA
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A great image run on the longest night of the year.....

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 HEY, SPACE PLACERS! Orion Nebula Flame Tree and Horsehead Nebulas Crab Nebula Flaming Star Nebula Hubble's Variable Nebula A wonderful time imaging last night - the longest of the year - in my own backyard...... Sky Guy in VA
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Cosmic trifecta: Winter Solstice, meteors from The Little Bear, ‘Alien’ comet passes by Earth

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 Hey, Space Placers! COMET 3I/ATLAS was approximately 169,150,000 miles away traveling at approximately 125,000 mph when I imaged it early morning 12/20/25 . It was one day past its closest point of approach to Earth.  (Greg Redfern) Winter arrives at 10:03 am EST today. There is also a meteor shower tonight and Comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving the solar system forever. Get all the details here! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!! Sky Guy in VA
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NASA Announces Plan to Map Milky Way With Roman Space Telescope

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 Hey, Space Placers! Full Story here. Sky Guy in VA
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