<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The boosters have landed! Welcome back to earth for the second time! <a href="https://t.co/YfRpr1eDra">pic.twitter.com/YfRpr1eDra</a></p>&mdash; Space Frontier (@SpaceFrontier) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceFrontier/status/1143408670782427136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow, wow, wow!<br><br>SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched the STP-2 mission at 2:30am this morning. The two side cores, flying their second mission, returned to land successfully at Cape Canaveral. <br><br>It was incredible. Simply incredible. <a href="https://t.co/wCgj06k8sk">pic.twitter.com/wCgj06k8sk</a></p>&mdash; John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1143409786270232576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Yeah, if you look at it carefully, it fully-on tilts horizontal at the last second and pushes itself away from the drone ship. Wonder if that was a planned abort sequence to save the ship or if something went wrong with the landing sequence itself.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dual night booster landings.<br><br>Is it just me, or are the booms louder at night?<br><br>Full clip:<br>��<a href="https://t.co/Fau90RD3m6">https://t.co/Fau90RD3m6</a><a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASASpaceflight</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RocketJockeys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RocketJockeys</a> <a href="https://t.co/QkMqfQ32p2">pic.twitter.com/QkMqfQ32p2</a></p>&mdash; Kerbal Space Academy (@KSpaceAcademy) <a href="https://twitter.com/KSpaceAcademy/status/1143415544252641280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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OK, time to go back to bed.

Whoa, they finally caught a fairing half!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/uk9Hmxav3x">pic.twitter.com/uk9Hmxav3x</a></p>&mdash; Chris G - NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1143424878852399105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Damnit, couldn't stay up to watch this. Video is cool as hell.

The 2 boosters landing is pretty crazy footage

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Regarding the failed landing of the center core:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">High entry force &amp; heat breached engine bay &amp; center engine TVC failed</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1143690145255841797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In a follow-up, he says that the booster most likely aborted at the last second to save the ship. So we may have found the edge of what is really possible for the FH center core recovery.

Hey, I actually have some non-SpaceX news to report in this thread! Boeing is gonna test their abort system in a week.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Got plans Tuesday, July 2? We&#39;re testing <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASA_Orion</a>&#39;s launch abort system to verify that the crew capsule can be steered to safety if necessary. Watch the test flight that will help pave the way for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Artemis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Artemis</a> missions to the Moon and then to Mars: <a href="https://t.co/eoXd5kXhG7">https://t.co/eoXd5kXhG7</a> <a href="https://t.co/uxFhQQulsv">pic.twitter.com/uxFhQQulsv</a></p>&mdash; NASA (@NASA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1143915980080500737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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It'll be broadcast starting at 7am EST next Tuesday (7/2) if anyone is interested. Hopefully all goes well - I'd love to see a manned launch this year regardless of whether Boeing or SpaceX gets there first.

Four asteroids on COLLISION course with Earth
 

Not sure where else to put this so here goes nuttin

https://www.rt.com/news/463071-aster...rse-earth/amp/

"The United Nations fears that the possibility of an asteroid smashing into a densely populated area isn’t being taken seriously enough, so it designated June 30 as International Asteroid Day to raise awareness about the potentially catastrophic occurrence."

Yet I don't read about it until after the fact. Hope they didn't spend much on the campaign.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">View from the fairing during the STP-2 mission; when the fairing returns to Earth, friction heats up particles in the atmosphere, which appear bright blue in the video <a href="https://t.co/P8dgaIfUbl">pic.twitter.com/P8dgaIfUbl</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1146546495241371649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Landing on Ms. Tree <a href="https://t.co/4lhPWRpaS9">pic.twitter.com/4lhPWRpaS9</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1146574336205058048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Pretty cool. It's amazing that things like this were nothing more than science fiction not too long ago.

Bump. This starts tonight on PBS 8pm CT. Three part series. New footage, etc.