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Monday, December 7, 2020
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Parking Scarce at the International Space Station
With today’s Cargo Dragon docking, there are two Dragon spaceships parked at the International Space Station.
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) December 7, 2020
Including the Dragons, two Progress supply ships, a Soyuz craft, and a Cygnus cargo freighter, the space station’s mass measures 996,828 pounds.https://t.co/XY7SRBfONA pic.twitter.com/bvuzU29RLg
996,828 pounds is 452 tonnes in civilised units.
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Chang’e 5 Spacecraft Lands on the Moon and Returns Moon Rocks to Orbit
CONTINUITY: Paris Air Show 2021 Cancelled
The 2021 Paris Air Show cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic, via @FlightGlobal https://t.co/TS4BbJ97je
— Edward Russell (@ByERussell) December 7, 2020
CONTEXT: Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
The next time the planets will be this close is 2080, making the event a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle for most adults https://t.co/EW9RGwwhED
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) December 7, 2020