Space transportation general. Since spaceflight is increasing exponentially, since we are up to at least a launch per week and since we are days away from an industry revolutionizing fully reusablesuper heavy lift launch vehicle.Upcoming launches:>https://www.spacelaunchschedule.com/2024-launch-schedule/SpaceX livestreams on Twitter/X:>https://x.com/SpaceXUpcoming NASA operations:>https://www.nasa.gov/launchschedule/SpaceX Mars goal>https://youtu.be/921VbEMAwwY>https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/mars/Starbase 24/7 streams>https://www.youtube.com/live/mhJRzQsLZGg>https://www.youtube.com/live/60YnbafD6vYStarbase tour >https://youtu.be/t705r8ICkRw>https://youtu.be/SA8ZBJWo73E>https://youtu.be/9Zlnbs-NBUI>https://youtu.be/3Ux6B3bvO0w
https://www.youtube.com/live/qBBhzkNzcYQRocketlab-Prefire and Ice lauch happening in 10 minutes!!
>NASA announces they are moving Hubble into single-gyro mode to extend its life after one of three remaining gyros has suffered continuing problems.>A disadvantage of this single-gyro mode: lower efficiency since it takes longer to shift from some targets, and unable to track moving objects closer than Mars.>NASA's Marc Clampin says that the change to single-gyro ops won't affect the Operations Paradigm Change Review NASA announced in March to look at lowering ops costs of Hubble and Chandra. That review is complete and being reviewed, with an update this summer.>NASA's Marc Clampin says that the change to single-gyro ops won't affect the Operations Paradigm Change Review NASA announced in March to look at lowering ops costs of Hubble and Chandra. That review is complete and being reviewed, with an update this summer.>Clampin: after reviewing commercial options for rebooting Hubble (like NASA/SpaceX study), we have elected not to pursue any at this time; concern about risks of premature loss of science. Could revisit it in the future.-Jeff Foust>https://x.com/jeff_foust/status/1798083444007985263
Well do we think the Starliner is actually going to launch tomorrow? Its kind of now or never...
>>2001552Prefire and ice is a pretty interesting mission
>>2001559And it has a really cool logo
Ship 26 did a static fire at the new Massey's test stand / flame trench. Purpose of Ship 26 still unknown.
Targeting Thursday, June 6 for Starship’s fourth flight test. A 120-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT spacex.com/launcheshttps://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798099582473429352
>>1962012Previous thread
The FAA has given SpaceX the launch license for Starship Flight 4!
>>2001557I'm going to bet that they scrub again.
>>2001572If they do I wonder what happens. This is a pretty significant embarrassment as it is.
>>2001552>>2001559>>2001560SUCCESS. Love Electron launches. It's like a pencil
>>2001563How'd it look with the new trench?
>>2001583Due to the site's isolation there isn't great camera coverage of it. There are several videos in the second half of this update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NasUiJSsups
>>2001598Thanks, it seems like it helped quite a bit
>>2001557It launched!
>>2001654>>2001557That makes 2 launch vehicles for the US and access to them by western allies.
Stream!https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1798689697184764071
Booster managed to hover over the ocean.
>>2001765I didn't see it reach 0km/h just to 10.
That's no moon!
>>2001769Excellent test so far! Good booster landing and solid reentry so far
Managed to make it to landing with a chunk burned out of a flap.
That flap was incredible
Holy shit, perfect flight from start to finish, also the flaps still survived reentry despite starting to melt.Holee phuck
>>2001776It was absolutely beautiful
>>2001775It was a true survivor
>>2001776Right? Can't wait for better images to emerge
Booster landing
One of the most kino moments.
Musk on the burnt up flap!
>We intentionally placed one thin heatshield tile and removed two tiles completely from the Ship to measure how hot things get without tiles in those locations, while also testing some thermal protection options-SpaceX
Booster landinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUoCmIYvF3U
The images from OFT-4 are incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/live/hnRdIMklPowStarliner tour
The core and upper Ariane 6 stages that have crossed the Atlantic Ocean on board the Canopée. The unboxing will be one of this year's big events! After they're joined together these stages will become the very first Ariane 6 to soar into space!
https://www.stokespace.com/stoke-space-completes-first-successful-hotfire-test-of-full-flow-staged-combustion-engine/Syoke going ham
I know people are speculating on Starship a lot but the biggest aspect that people are missing is that now the starship is basically a falcon 9. The booster surving means that the US just took a leap in capabilities. Also can you believe pic related? If starship demonstrates refueling this year then we are on track.
>>2002808Elon on the timeline
Holy shit Archimedes too. >https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1800649850305851498Busy day
>>2002850Just as I posted this I realize Europe did a hotfire test.https://x.com/rfa_space/status/1800558612835922275
>Technicians at a Thales Alenia Space industrial plant in Turin, Italy, guide Gateway’s HALO module to its stress testing location. Image courtesy of Thales Alenia Space
>The FAA is not requiring SpaceX conduct a mishap investigation of Starship's 4th flight test, per regulator's statement.>SpaceX's previous three test flights resulted in multi-month investigations, but "all flight events" were "within the scope" for the most recent launch.-Michael SheetzPretty big deal in my opinion. That means turn around time is gonna be quick.
Armenia has now signed the Artemis Accords
>>2002869What are those cute little green plastic streamers?
>>2003280unsure, maybe they're there to show airflow, although I doubt it.More like that they're part of some kind of tag around part of the engine structure.
>>2002869using TEA-TEB for ignition?based.
The new Starship tower base is being put together differently. There will be metal box section panels and metal corner columns that will act as leave in place forms. Should make it easier to weld on extra plate steel protection without exposed concrete.
>>2003679Yeah it's quite interesting
>>2003280Probably inducators for phenomena near the engine
>>2003845Makes sense. I assume the towers will be iterative as well.
>>2002911I just don't understand why we are making gateway so small
The Starliner is getting some good images. Which is good because I fear its lifespan will not be long
>>2004073Still not as kino as Dragon
>>2004073Crazy radioactive leak, fuck Boeing.
>>2004146Its sad honestly, the leadership killed that company. It would be nice to have more than just SpaceX
>>2004146I thought it was just helium?
Rocketlab's 50th launch! Crazy how time has passed.
>>2004206It was just helium. Sometimes I think Airbus shills cover the boards..
>>2004206Helium doesn't leave a glowing green exhaust trail.
>>2004392That's an aurora in the background.
>>2004070>I just don't understand why we are making gatewayftfy
>>2004458True.
>>2004392Jesus Christ you are retarded
Stubby booster on the OLM, presumably to test the booster catching hardware.
Starliner departure delayed until at least after a July 2 space walk. They want to study the service module issues before it gets jettisoned and burns up.
New GAO report for artemis. Looks like everything is running behind. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106767
>>2004947the part with the PPE module is funny: looks like the engineers are worried about whether gateway will be able to maneuver with a big heavy starship attached.
>>2004951I'm not docking with you, you're docking with MEEEEE!
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16b37eTEGZ/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.clickCross-posting this from the /sci/ thread.
>>2004951Which is hilariously sad.
>>2005083Just post the actual video https://youtu.be/aFqjoCbZ4ik
>>2005088>>2004947Interesting that Musk thinks orbital refueling wont be difficult.
>>2005088>>2005083https://x.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1804530882528661588
>>2005088>the actual videoAnon, the thing I cross-posted is the follow up part 2, not the first look video which acts as part 1.
The videos are pretty short when you skip past Elmo's muttering.
>>2005103Yes that bootleg chink shit isnt wanted here.
>>2005112The whole point is Musk's insights.
Team in SaxaVord Space has successfully installed all 9 Helix engines to the first stage of RFA ONE. There have never been so many engines on a European rocket before! A historic moment.
Blue Origin trying to get in the way of SpaceX again.
>>2005187
>>2005189
>>2005113https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InJOlT6WdHcFine, have this.
https://youtu.be/F6B8n7Jg7Zo Huge interview with ex SpaceX engineer and founder of nuclear company Radient Doug Bernauer. The significance of this interview in my opinion is that it sheds light into SpaceX's work on the Mars plan internally. There is definitely work being done in SpaceX on the Mars colony that is unseen by the public
>>2005214
Starship's apparently selected to decommission the ISS.by transporting it to an unstable orbit.Why the ISS couldn't do this on its own, with its own thrusters, is beyond me.https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/
Also, speaking of Starship, we've got some footage of slaps.https://youtube.com/watch?v=P8jkRfGA6XENothing too impressive, but still worthwhile to post.They're at 45:59, 1:20:21, 1:36:20 (live view), and 5:47:31.
>https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/SpaceX won an $843 million contract to develop a de-orbit vehicle to bring the International Space Station safely back to Earth.
>>2005468And I was worried it would burn up.
>>2005455>>2005468>>2005469Absolutely insane that they are doing this. This is absolutely fantastic
>>2005469>>2005471"Safely" in the sense of "be carefully crashed into the south pacific without hitting anyone"
>>2005490Well that sucks , I assumed it would be put into starships and brought down
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806444569107865825Tower getting ready for the catch
>>2005985This isn't really confirmation that the tower is gonna catch the booster yet, but it's nice that they're testing it.>>2005983Unfortunately, part of it is still owned by a now belligerent country. They would never agree to recovering their tech via US means.
>>2006017Well their part is incredibly insignificant desu
>>2006045>>2006017Also I am pretty sure Russia's only option to stay in space is to keep their part in orbit.
>>2006048One of the main problems with the ISS is the cracks that are slowly expanding in one of the old soviet modules. I'm not sure how long a russian only ISS could last.
>>2006045teehee cute little canadarm :3
China sets new static fire altitude record. Booster with no second stage attached.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WhVbcIV1k0
Hurricane forcing a Starbase shutdown this weekend.
>>2007298Hurricane missed by a wide margin, back to work.
>>2006058Of course but they don't have other options.>>2006085It was a nice way to be part of something.
>https://www.youtube.com/live/B0oFpOJaIYcAriane 6 maiden flight in 1 hour!
Load spreader setup for first tower B segment lift. Was supposed to be last week but they had issues shimming out the base connection points.
>>2007739https://youtu.be/uCf-mN7ABWkHere is the highlights
>>2007858Well at least its happening now. How long will it take to compete?
>>2007863The tower should go faster since they pre-installed a lot of components including cryo pipes, stairs etc. The tower should go up quick but I wouldn't expect the pad to be ready for launches until early next year. The OLM seemed to take a lot longer to setup than the tower. Though the first OLM had a lot of modifications made after in was installed including months of installing shielding. All that should be pre-installed on the second OLM.
>Humanity is returning to the lunar surface, and NASA Gateway will help us stay there! >Here's a look at Gateway's HALO—one of four modules where teams of astronauts will live and conduct science as they orbit the Moon. -Bill Nelson go.nasa.gov/462pwvd
>>2007871Will they be producing starships on site? I cannot fathom SpaceX transporting Superheaivies.
>>2008102They do have a gargantuan factory there. Elon has said they will launch from both Florida and Texas. I'm not sure what their Florida factory plans are. They built a factory but then all Florida work stopped and the factory got used for Starlink. They could probably fly ships to Florida from Starbase, I'm not sure a booster could make it. Maybe they'll build booster modules at Starbase and transport them by barge to Florida for stacking until they decide if they want to kit out an entire second factory.
SpaceX second stage engine failure, first in over 300 launches.
>>2008252and they're halting all flights indefinitely...damn.
Successful pre burner ignition and run. We will probably play for a week or so tuning propellant timings before we open the main valves for a full stage run. These engine cycles are very sensitive to start up transients and timings so correct characterisation of all the transients and operating points is important to understand.
The first of 3 NASA analog missions is done! Personnel lived in a 3d printed habitat for a year under a simulated martian lifestyle. >https://youtu.be/mNezVXznaHQhttps://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/nasa-researchers-end-one-year-mars-habitat-mission/7694318.html
>>2008118It really will be interesting to see their logistical plans for everything.
spacex leaving commiefornia and moving to texas
>>2008764
>>2008767Classic, I've already made a decision but am going to link it to something unrelated to make it seem like I'm taking a principled stand. Keeps talking about the collapse of society as need to go to Mars while actively enabling the agents of chaos.
>>2008778>Do exactly what we say we want at all times or you're going to cause the collapse of civilizationWhy are leftists like this
>>2008779Only the right is campaigning on taking away freedoms and creating a kleptocracy.
>>2008781Believe it or not, "letting people take whatever they want, whenever they want, and do whatever they want, whenever they want, to whoever they want" is not freedom.
Have the Falcon 9 launches resumed yet? Spaceflight Now hasn't updated if they haven't.Below is a diatribe, ignore it if you're not the guy I specifically responded to.>>2008781Really? I don't recall ever advocating for any of that.I can, however, recall others advocating to take what little hard earned wealth I've managed to achieve in the name of redistribution to the poor, many of said poor who do not want to hang out in the many shelters available in my town because they do not want to get off the streets.I don't recall asking for prices to be hiked depending on income brackets, but I know who passed the laws that allow the electric bill to be fucking insane just because my dad's a pilot who is considered upper middle class. My dream electric vehicle is now unaffordable to fuel, thanks guys.I don't recall asking for a bunch of zoning restrictions that prevent new housing from being built, and price restrictions to prevent others from trying to make the ends meet so they can do maintenance on their properties,, but I know who did.I also don't recall advocating to take older cars off the streets, hell I don't even recall wanting to ban internal combustion engines. I remember my green classmates being belligerent towards me because I wasn't getting rid of my inherited Mustang(which is also my only car,) simply because it's an older less fuel efficient car.I don't recall demanding that we start a program that buys old cars to junk them, but I succulently remember such a program which DESTROYED the second hand car market and left the poor who needed a car without the capacity to get one.I don't recall advocating that we waste 35 billion on a bullet train that few would use. I do know who let said bullet train run overbudget by at least a hundred billion though.I also don't remember forgetting that the pen that breaks monopolies is the very same pen that created them.But hey, I want to create a kleptocracy and take away freedoms...
>>2008816Leftists always project the failures of policy as sabotage or declare that the Right intends to do the equal and exact opposite of whatever they're already doing to try and scare people away from looking at and realizing the Democrat party does nothing but fuck people over for their own enrichment and has demonstrated no interest in doing anything but that for at least 60 years. Remember the economy getting completely fucked by Clinton's trade agreements? I sure do.
>>2008817Unfortunately, the Republican party isn't much different, sans some exceptions like the Tea Party revival we've been having with Trump. They're both statists in the end, just one is based on the European style of state-craft and the other one is new world.I just want liberty and the right to protect myself damn it.Anyways this is REALLY off topic. I had to go out of my way to throw in some transportation related follies in order to at least make it look like /n/ material and not just /pol/ material. Let's stick to spaceflight, shall we?
Interested to see maritime launch services finish construction of their facility
>>2008781Delusional
>>2008881>>2008863Its about time the UK entered the game.
Holy shit!! New Glenn landing legs!!>https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1813690261387817177We recently completed New Glenn’s first stage test of its six landing legs—a key area for reusability, which lowers the cost of access to space. The landing gear stow inside the rocket during flight, deploying as the booster gently touches down on our landing vessel at sea.-BLue orgin
>>2008891The map is in Nova Scotia
>>2008767No way, I never thought I'd be able to use this meme again
3rd tower segment stacked. Not sure how high they can go before they need to reconfigure the crane.
>>2008895
>>2008996>incelKek get better at memes
>>2008894Oh sorry. I guess I mean india.
>>2008892
What the fuck is this!https://spacenews.com/nasa-cancels-viper-lunar-rover/
>>2009039What
We're coming in hot (fire) with an update on our third stage: We have completed a full duration hot fire of the fully integrated Redshift OTV, qualifying it for flight.As always, our approach for this hot fire was to get as close to the real thing as possible. So it included a nearly 600s (10 minutes!) burn after an assumed stage separation, followed by a 40 minute coasting phase simulation, and a 30s orbit circularization burn. Welcome to LEO!The team will now prepare the fully qualified Redshift OTV for its shipment to SaxaVord, where it will be integrated with the payloads for the first test flight later this year.-RFAhttps://x.com/rfa_space/status/1813605098943041840
It's pure sulfur. (And no, it doesn’t smell.) Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet-curiosity rover
>>2009114Now we just need to find saltpeter and carbon and that Gorn won't know what hit him.
Ship 30 heatshield upgrade complete, next stop Masseys for a static fire. Next launch could be just 2 weeks away.
https://spacenews.com/nasa-and-esa-complete-agreement-for-cooperation-on-mars-rover-mission/Older news buy significant about European Mars mission
First V2 Starship getting stacked.
New Glenn’s forward module was spotted moving through KSC earlier this morning, presumably on towards LC-36.
>>2009124Fuck gorn
Artemis 2 getting ready
>>2010247
>>2010247Isn't it still at least a year before it's launched?
actual TRANSPORTATION news: FAA has returned Falcon 9 to flight status, and they have three more launches scheduled before the end of the month, all Starlink.
Theres white people and there's everybody elseWhere there is no one there to stop you and keep you in checkyou'll burn all the resources until we're all dead
I could have built 10o ebike batteries from the lithium cells in your white man's tesla.His father made money from apartheidhe make money from making black people dig for lithium cells right now.you are the Americans after all.
>>2010245Looks like its made out of vinyl plank flooring.
>>2010342Yes, well its obvious that once they removed the leaky line it would be approved
>>2010362I don't understand why they haven't painted it yet..
Starship just did a full duration static fire in the new flame trench
>>2010344>>2010346Okay chang, noone cares about your ebikes. You just dump them in the river anyway.
>>2010342Already back in the air
First Raptor 3.
>>2011688>it's realHoly fuck it is so clean. How do you even improve upon this for Raptor 4? I really miss the green bells though ngl
>>2011688Quite different.
>>2011690Its absolutely insane. I miss the green bells too but this is unbelievable.
>>2011688It’s so clean
Crew 10 announced!NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi
>>2011820Its honestly one of the most impressive pieces of engineering ive ever seen
6 tower B segments stacked, crane being lowered to reconfigure for the last 3 sections. More height but less lifting capacity.
SpaceX finally appears to own the small plot of land that has been cock blocking the factory for the past year. They had been building around it.
>>2012772Thank fuck. That was so annoying. >>2011998Height is probably more important.
Crane back up. They broke it on Friday while trying to raise it and spent the weekend fixing it.
>>2005189Blue employee here to give you some context. Every time slaveX launches we have to stop work and evacuate our nearest building. Same with the other nearby rocket companies. That’s costing all of us money and productivity. They want bigger launches more frequently which disrupts their competitors even more. Keep that shit in Texas
>>2013274Well right now your work hasn't been beneficial to the US. Once you start launching then we can talk about the disruption to your operations. I do understand thats got to be a bitch to deal with though. Hopefully you guys have some good things cooking over there. This EDA interview is a good step
A New Glenn Second Stage was outside of the Blue Origin factory this morning with a convoy assembled around it, likely planning to head to Launch Complex 36 soon.
RFA posted a new photo from the payload pov.
ITS HERE!!! EDA VIDEO OF BLUE ORIGIN TOUR BY JEFF BEZOS(JORGENSON) HIMSELF!!!Lets see if Blue Origin is up to some real shit.https://x.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1824137266299601004https://youtu.be/rsuqSn7ifpU
>>2010362>Looks like its made out of vinyl plank flooring.EA tour indicated that is unpainted thermal protection material, but was implied that it would be painted.
Mod 7 stack
>>2013737Interesting, i wonder how much weight the paint will add.
Foot print for a very large 4 leg object at the Sanchez site. Possible that the next OLM will be mobile. Probably for swapping it out for repairs rather than using it to transport boosters.
If it's Boeing, I'm not going.
IFT 5 when
>>2014204Maybe two weeks. Its really looking like they are going to attempt a catch so FAA probably has a lot of questions / feedback. Stick working on chopsticks mods. FTS explosives hut moved away from the launch site. Probably not worried about a crash detonating them so much as potentially having explosives in a collapsed building or scattered amongst debris after a potential crash. Explosives or not the tank farm could make a very big boom.
In just 1 week
Final tower segment lifted.
Starliner is returning EMPTY. 2 week trip turning into 8 months for the demo mission crew. Probably not bad for them, but sucks for the 2 crew 9 members who just got bumped off their mission.
Beefing up all the welds on the chopstick arms. Ground off the paint and are adding extra plates all the way around the tubes at each of the joints.
>>2014931Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,A tale of a fateful tripThat started from this tropic portAboard this tiny ship.
>>2015154The mate was a mighty space woman,
>>2015156The skipper brave and sure
>>2015157The two lifted off that dayFor an eight day test, an eight day test
>>2015159If it's Boeing, I'm not going (home)
>>2014931Absolutely embarrassing for Boeing. May be a death blow
New Polaris photo with the EVS suits
>>2015253Key mission points
>Polaris Dawn gets scrubbed last minute due to helium leakActually embarrassing
Falcon 9 kablooey, falling over after landing.
>>2015643The absolute state
>>2015746That seems odd since landing isn't a critical part of the missions. Maybe if the booster landed way off course there could be a concern for a RTL landing, but it hit the bullseye and a leg collapsed.
>>2015253The new EVA suits look so god-damn good
>>2015253It’s crazy how light those look while being airtight.
What sorts of plans are in place to start scooping space junk? We've basically got supercomputers dedicated to tracking where it all is now so we can get things into orbit without destroying them, but we can't have that many more decades before launches become untenable.
Star Hopper getting moved to it's new home on the other side of the street. Its in the way of the tank farm expansion.
Its happening!!!! Holy shit, Mars plan is moving forward!!! Its happening for real, no more speculation. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1832550322293837833
>>2016822RIP. Glad it got to move again.
>>2017397He can go first.
>>2017404Stay mad leftyfaggot. He will be remembered, you wont.
Its happening
>>2017397I doubt that we’ll have people on the way 4 years from now, that definitely sounds like Elon time. But I am hopeful.
>>2017646Tonight
>>2017868Skywalker unveiled
>>2017869Starlink router inside
>>2017712Its definitely ambitious but this definitely means its doable in 4 so probable in 6. As long as they send the unmanned ones in 2 years it'll be a very big step.
Less than 2 hours til Polaris Dawn launches. Evens and nothing bad will happen.
HERE WE GO!
>>2017884Nice. We need this to go well
>2.30 hour delay.What a cocktease. Gonna have to see if this shit succeeded or failed tomorrow.
>>2017888Well its a 5 day mission anyway so youll have more time. Go to bed now so you wake up only 6 hours into the mission
Types of Dragon
>>2017891
Damn where are the pictures or vids? Are they gonna release it after the mission or some shit. Thread died the moment it launched.
>>2018071They are trickling out>>2017999Checked and keked
New mars render dropped!
>>2018199>1 million robotaxis by 2017.
https://youtu.be/KFAFY3_930IAX-4 on-boarding from Axiom
>>2018313Its happening no matter how pathetically pessimistic your attitude becomes.
Truly incredible imagery
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>>2018322
>>2018317Not pessimism there is just ample evidence and string of broken promises to show Musk is full of shit.
>>2018325Your challenge is to name something other than Hyperloop that isn't a missed date and is not still actively being worked on in some way.
>>2018325Name one other than hyperloop that isn't currently an active project. I'll wait
Comparison to Gemini
>>2018329Boring company went full retard.
>>2018355They're still making successful tunnels
Polaris reentering as seen by the ISS
And they're back
https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1835640597631103173
>>2018745One way tunnels that move a fraction of the people of a shuttle bus. Any time savings is killed by having to shut down traffic in one direction to send vehicles the other way. Also they still haven't figured out how to do driverless vehicles in a fucking tunnel!
Ship and booster moved to launch site. ETA for license revision to do a catch is late November, so it looks like they might just repeat the last launch with upgraded heatshield rather than waiting.
>>2018759You may want to check the numbers on the vegas loop
>>2019307Its stacked
SpaceX went fishing for B4
>>2019506I wish we didn't have to wait till November.
Leidos replaces Lockheed Martin on Artemis rover teamhttps://spacenews.com/leidos-replaces-lockheed-martin-on-artemis-rover-team/
The crew 8 dragon pics just got released with the extra seats.
They grounded falcon 9 again
View from Falcon 9's second stage during the Hera mission
>>2020544They need to be investigated
Rocketlab awarded sample return mission!!https://spacenews.com/nasa-awards-rocket-lab-study-contract-for-mars-sample-return/
>>2021348>Rocketlab awarded sample return mission!!Study.
FTS explosives being installed. I guess they are doing a repeat of the last flight or giving the FAA the middle finger gambling that Trump wins.
>>2021487WE GAAN
>>2018755Those girls looked much cuter in space. They seem way older down the gravity well.
>>2021501
is it true that this thread is single-handedly run by that collage spammer?
SpaceX actually got FAA approval for a catch attempt tomorrow morning.
>>2021754winWIN!!,,,ifit BOOM!,ill chear!,,,,ifit catchs illoseit!,,,,,gethe smelling salt ready!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
>>2021760I kind of want it to hit the tank farm.
https://mechazilla.io/post how far you managed to reach. I got to 17.
>>2021795not working for me for some reason.I'd get to 20 tho
>>2001551CATCH ON FIRST ATTEMPT!!!HOLY SHIT!!! BOOSTER CAUGHT ON FIRST ATTEMPT!!!!!
Very accurate ship landing too as buoy cam caught the explosion after the ship fell over.
Please tell me that Thundercope made a seethe stream again.
>>2021844I'd like to assume it's right on because the ship is smack dab in the middle of the camera shot framing
>>2021851JUST
>>2021851I'm honestly glad he found an outlet and a somewhat happy place to be himself. But people really have no idea how to live without milking lols and hating others
good webm?
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NSF has some good landing angles with the sonic boom shockwave propagating through some nearby clouds.
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>>2021933If you are going to compare Starship to Saturn rockets, there were 13 Saturn prototype launches before Saturn V's first launch with Apollo 4. You can compare the Starship flights to the Saturn prototypes rather than the Saturn V, the future versions of Starship would be more like the Saturn V missions. First launch of Saturn I was 1961, first launch of Saturn V was '67, a six year time period of prototype testing. Starship flight 1 was in April 2023, test 5 was today, so that leaves 4.5 years and 8 more test flights compared to the Saturn rocket prototypes.I would be willing to bet that SpaceX could make a working Starship capable of going to the Moon in 4.5 years. They are already planning LEO and technology demonstration launches by the end of next year.
>>2021588Thatll be a new trend for women i think
>>2021933So much seethe
Nice RGV did a photo flight over the launch site 1 hours after the catch.
>>2021831Was absolutely incredible! I can't believe that worked
Also because the earlier poster didn't post any of the launch
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>>2021946Really? How was it?
>>2021874Man it is rough it burned through like this, they were so close yo perfection.
Was definitely looking crispy near the end.
>>2021955Also the explosion was kino.
>>2021947I wonder if anyone in the aircraft making that contrail was able to see the return
>>2021988That was the NASA WB-57, so yes.
>>2021988Yes that was what that aircraft was doing actually
Today Elon posted an explanation of why the booster catch was advantageous.>The strong gravity of Earth makes the physics of a fully reusable rocket with positive payload margin extremely difficult to solve, which is why it has never been done before.>Removing the mass of landing legs from the booster and ship by making the tower do the work of final velocity attenuation greatly improves payload margin.>This architecture also simultaneously substantially increases launch cadence, because the same arms that lift the booster and ship onto the launch stand also catch them, allowing immediate placement of the booster back on the launch stand and the ship back on top of the booster.
>>2022123>Achieving materially positive payload margin to a useful orbit with a fully & rapidly reusable rocket has eluded prior attempts. Many have tried to embark upon this path only to give up when it became clear that their design would have negative or negligible payload margin.>This is an extremely difficult problem to solve, given the strong gravity of Earth, whereas it is easy on Mars and trivial on the Moon. In the early years of SpaceX, I was not sure that success was even in the set of possible outcomes!>Fortunately, it just barely is, but requires doing unusual things like shifting the mass needed for final velocity attenuation and post-landing stabilization of the rocket (so it doesn’t tip over in wind) to the ground, rather than carrying heavy landing gear on both stages.-Elon Musk on X
OOOoook,,imup!,,,breathin,,,WEW!,ok.,,,,panting heavy,,,DEEP breath,,,wew,,,,,,,giberishbanned?,,,true.,,OK! timetogetbusy!,ladders,brushs,,new decals,,lets gethathing ready to go Tommorow!,,,,,backin the SKY!,,,turnaround time?,,3 hours?!,,,,,comeon Musk,,,getowork!
I cannot get over how amazing this flight was.
>>2022212why are you obsessed with collages?
>>2022281Why are you obsessed with collages?
new sloss video on Europa Clipper and its political connection to the SLS.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDpc9ERitTE
>>2022323kyplanet is better
>>2022594who?
Hot staging ring recovered from the ocean, and booster 13 rolled out to the launch site / lifted onto OLM.
>>2022281Because these threads have image limits and there are multiple stages to a launch.
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Cropped but great
>Blue Origin took another significant step toward the launch of its large New Glenn rocket on Tuesday night by rolling the first stage of the vehicle to a launch site at Cape Canaveral, FloridaWell well well. They finally reveal themselves.
https://x.com/tobyliiiiiiiiii/status/1852137127213244557Big day, SpaceX has developed HLS Starship crew cabins, sleeping quarters and science lab mock-ups in prep for the Artemis III Moon landing mission in 2026
>>2023860More revealed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-targets-starship-s-1st-orbital-refueling-test-in-march-2025/ar-AA1txD6NSpaceX targets Starship’s 1st orbital refueling test in March 2025!!
Denmark joins the Artemis accords and Berger says the SLS may be canceled
Getting excited for the flight today. Y’all think they can go 2-0 for booster landings
We live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjJUM-eMis
ITS OFF! Hotstage separation complete as well and catch is a go!
Wtf no catch
>>2025724swimsback,,,to breedinground onitsown,,,,
>>2025724It seemed almost intentional. The splashdown was damn near perfect
SpaceX tested heatshield materials in a simulated Martian atmosphere!!!
>The chart below is due for an update, but is roughly accurate. >Flight 6 liftoff thrust is ~7500 tons and mass is ~5000 tons. >The tanker version of Starship V3 will weigh over 7000 tons.Musk on chart related
Weird the ship suffered fewer burn throughs. For this launch they didn't add ablative material under the tiles AND they removed 1300 tiles.
>>2025782They're definitely zeroed in on the heatshield. I bet they'll remove as much as possible
New HLS renders
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Okay now for the videos.Launch
>>2025810Stage separation
>>2025811Booster landing
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>>2025719Fuck off with that cringe stream
