Every space probe is a story of patience, speed, and gravity’s help! 🔔Follow: @inspiredstarlab for more! Here’s how long some of humanity’s most iconic missions took to reach their targets: 🔹 Perseverance Rover (Mars, 2021) – ~7 months 🔹 Mariner 10 (Venus & Mercury, 1974) – ~5 months to Venus, ~5 months more to Mercury flyby 🔹 BepiColombo (Mercury, launched 2018) – Still en route, will arrive in 2025 after ~7 years and multiple flybys 🔹 Parker Solar Probe (2018) – Reached the Sun’s outer co

40K views · 1K reactions | The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA ) was used to observe the area imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope and it has revealed an abundance of star-forming dust and cold gas. https://goo.gl/6BDFol | Space.com | Facebook

10K views · 252 reactions | A Chinese Long March-2C rocket launched the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 9, 2024. The satellite will "monitor the X-ray sky to discover & characterise high-energy transients and variability in X-ray band," according to ESA. The satellite employs x-ray technology inspired by a lobster eye. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta | Space.com | Facebook

These droids have hunted Jedi and members of the Rebel Alliance across the galaxy. Sideshow presents an updated look at the Probe Droid™ Premium Format™ Figure. Limited to 1000 pieces, this STAR WARS™ collectible is available for pre-order now! #StarWars | Sideshow Collectibles

25K views · 1.3K reactions | NEW: Life-Size Star Wars Imperial Probe...