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#4876 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Third launch in around 36 hours coming up for SpaceX in a few minutes. Amazing the pace at which they operate these days.
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#4877 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 29 for launch of SES-22 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET, 21:04 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, June 30 with the same window.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission previously supported the launch of one Starlink mission. After stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff. |
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#4878 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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T-18:30
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#4879 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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#4880 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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T-10:00
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 9:11 a.m. ET (13:11 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on Friday, July 8 at 8:49 a.m. ET (12:49 UTC). The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3, and seven Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Earth and land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff. |
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#4881 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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Here we go...
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#4882 |
"Think BOOM!"
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W
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Bad landing?
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#4883 |
(Sir/Yes Sir/Aye Aye Sir)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Diving
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#4884 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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First image from JWST is in!
They'll be doing a more formal announcement with other images tomorrow, but this is pretty stunning: "This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground." |
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#4885 |
Here We Go Again
Join Date: May 2002
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American exceptionalism.
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Posts: 14,677
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#4886 |
Mahomes or GTFO
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: KC
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Funny how insignificant in scale we are to the rest of the universe and we spend our time squabbling over a few pieces of ground.
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#4887 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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Neil Degrasse Tyson explained that the things that look like...well...stars are stars in our own galaxy (and really aren't very interesting). Everything else in the image is a galaxy.
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#4888 |
Kind of a mod
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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More images! The one in the bottom left shows five galaxies interacting...
Here's the official press release with some explanations: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...nseen-universe |
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#4889 |
New and Improved
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Springfield, Mo.
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#4890 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Gravity strong enough to bend light. Crazy shit out there. |
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