Quote:
<div class="tenor-gif-embed" data-postid="24372114" data-share-method="host" data-aspect-ratio="1.13074" data-width="30%"><a href="https://tenor.com/view/dunno-lloyd-dumb-and-dumber-gif-24372114">Dunno Lloyd GIF</a>from <a href="https://tenor.com/search/dunno-gifs">Dunno GIFs</a></div> <script type="text/javascript" async src="https://tenor.com/embed.js"></script> |
Success! (For real.)
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After troubleshooting communications, flight controllers have confirmed Odysseus is upright and starting to send data. <br>Right now, we are working to downlink the first images from the lunar surface.</p>— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) <a href="https://twitter.com/Int_Machines/status/1760838333851148442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Odysseus lander appears to be on its side, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus says. <a href="https://t.co/iyr2ecs9KQ">pic.twitter.com/iyr2ecs9KQ</a></p>— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1761151267324272976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
https://i.postimg.cc/28kk6czV/ezgif-7-e8db20ef90.gif |
Quote:
Hope they can still complete at least some of the objectives. Bummer it fell over. |
This is a pretty thorough overview of the causes for Odysseus ending up sideways but the quick engineering that has made it a resounding success despite not going perfectly.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I visited Intuitive Machines on Tuesday wondering whether the Odysseus mission was a success or a failure. I left without any doubts.<a href="https://t.co/VwQrkgpzWN">https://t.co/VwQrkgpzWN</a></p>— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1762598026193870874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Lots of action tonight...
Kennedy Space Center, Florida: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Space, please. The crew is taking the tower elevator to the access arm to board Dragon <a href="https://t.co/vIyBeMjNNx">pic.twitter.com/vIyBeMjNNx</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1764455416665350500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qe_1qo6teZs?si=rbDPiUjbzUbx3YTd" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Spoiler!
Starbase, Texas: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D1Eg_FltUZk?si=15DNuR09MzHW2OBl" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
T-10 minutes
|
2 Attachment(s)
I have a friend who I used to teach Scuba with here in KC who moved to Florida about a year ago and this was her view of this event. I hope to make a bike ride from KC to the Keys this summer (with some stops to see friends along the way), and I hope to time the stop at her house with a launch.
|
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch Starship's third flight test <a href="https://t.co/1u46r769Vp">https://t.co/1u46r769Vp</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1765037578343121372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|
Pleasant night at Starbase for some cocktails, and to have a look at the fully stacked Flight 3 Starship.
https://i.postimg.cc/76w5dyv2/temp-Imagek04-XJT.avifhttps://i.postimg.cc/rsYzD0D1/temp-Image-Nvb-CM0.avif And some great shots from last week's wet dress rehearsal... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship completed its rehearsal for launch, loading more than 10 million pounds of propellant on Starship and Super Heavy and taking the flight-like countdown to T-10 seconds <a href="https://t.co/1px7nyzhqQ">pic.twitter.com/1px7nyzhqQ</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1764697392128156144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Spoiler!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">#52<br><br>~S T A R S H I P~ <a href="https://t.co/Dr5yvZGyiy">pic.twitter.com/Dr5yvZGyiy</a></p>— Fabian Ramirez (@texas_lizard) <a href="https://twitter.com/texas_lizard/status/1764855471284883685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Spoiler!
|
Starship Flight 3 as soon as tomorrow. Lots of excitement in the air down here around South Padre Island and Starbase.
Anybody in town for a Spring Break launch? <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have been notified that Village evacuation is a GO for launch attempt tomorrow! 🔥🚀🔥<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASASpaceflight</a> <a href="https://t.co/NHIfFIpLJ2">pic.twitter.com/NHIfFIpLJ2</a></p>— Mary (@BocaChicaGal) <a href="https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/1767952292567716212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BDByivmrVuM?si=ELHwMPIKaji3tgku" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Has the FAA given the green light?
|
Quote:
The thing that makes me wonder if perhaps we're really looking at Friday or Saturday, is Elon's post yesterday (coupled with the fact he then flew from Austin to Europe, rather than Brownsville/Starbase). <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Flight 3 end of week, pending weather <a href="https://t.co/DLGD6Vj7SB">https://t.co/DLGD6Vj7SB</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767643699016544300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Trying to decide if this is worth getting up at 5:30am...
|
Quote:
But me too. Lol |
Quote:
I'm looking at a 2am or 3am start to the day, getting to the Island ahead of as much traffic as possible. And then watching from a boat. Sleep for a few hours. And then afterparty at Starbase. 🤩 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SpaceX's Starship stack completed ✅<br><br>Launch NET March 14 (pending regulatory approval).<br><br>We still have spots available on one of the boats to see the most powerful rocket in history, launch from the closest and clearest publicly-available location 🙌<br><br>We will position the boats… <a href="https://t.co/NpGc8MpvE2">pic.twitter.com/NpGc8MpvE2</a></p>— Star✦Fleet Tours (@StarFleetTours) <a href="https://twitter.com/StarFleetTours/status/1766889954733351283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
...also want to head to the beach before I leave the Island and see if I can't recover any detached Starship tiles.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look what <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTegtmeyer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeTegtmeyer</a> found on the beach!!! Starship heat shield tile from world’s largest rocket! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/starship?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#starship</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#spacex</a> <a href="https://t.co/FibIUtIah3">pic.twitter.com/FibIUtIah3</a></p>— Ellie in Space 🚀💫 (@esherifftv) <a href="https://twitter.com/esherifftv/status/1649194620838879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
LFG! 🚀☘️
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Targeting Thursday, March 14 for Starship’s third flight test. A 110-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT → <a href="https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK">https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK</a> <a href="https://t.co/hFq1L4w9et">pic.twitter.com/hFq1L4w9et</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768004039680426406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <div style=overflow:hidden;resize:none;max-width:100%;><div id=embed-google-map style="height:100%; width:100%;max-width:100%;"><iframe allowFullScreen="allowFullScreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/97GOcZ08tc4?ecver=1&iv_load_policy=1&yt:stretch=16:9&autohide=1&color=red&width= 560&width=560" width="560" height="315" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> |
FAA just granted the launch license. Saw it on the NSF app.
:) |
Quote:
Fortunately, I got no sleep last night so should be out early… |
The wind is being monitored. And Elon Musk is en route from London to Teterboro, NJ, hopefully just for a fueling pitstop and then onward to Brownsville/Starbase. Everything else in place for tomorrow morning.
|
|
Still drives me nuts that they still only broadcast on Twitter. I'll watch Everyday Astronaut instead I guess.
|
Liftoff!! 33 good engines
|
Crazy seeing those huge grid fins on SH moving
|
And there went SH!! LMAO
|
Quote:
Crazy seeing the ship in orbit. |
Opening the Pez door on Starship
|
The music....
LMAO |
I've been in elevators with better.
|
Quote:
|
That doesn't look... right.
|
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma <a href="https://t.co/HEQX4eEHWH">pic.twitter.com/HEQX4eEHWH</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768279990368612354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|
That makes me sooo dizzy.
|
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy birthday to <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a>! What a day!<br> <br>HUGE congratulations to the entire team for this incredible day: clean count (glad the shrimpers could get out in the nick of time!), liftoff, hot staging, Super Heavy boost back and coast (and likely a couple engines making mainstage… <a href="https://t.co/D3YUPIgKNH">pic.twitter.com/D3YUPIgKNH</a></p>— Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1768291595160605109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
|
Wonder if they'll tell us what happened with the ship at the end. If it's a control issue, that seems like something software could fix. I know they've had some trouble figuring out the heat shield, though - seems like that could be tougher if that's the problem.
|
LOL. Artemis is picking through parts from the space shuttle program on a cost-plus contract meanwhile Spacex is launching 100 flights a year and filming mind blowing Starship re-entries with their 5 thousand satellites. Big space is struggling.
|
Starship Flight 3 yesterday was unreal. I was afraid it was going to be pushed, with the big guy's "..Thursday maybe..." posts earlier in the week, and then the fact it was the first Starship launch in which he was not in attendance.
The party at Rocket Garden last night was a banger. And the big guy quietly arrived before the end of the night, even circumventing jet tracking by his nemesis Jack Sweeney in the process. I also met another diehard Chiefs fan at the celebration. Eventually the red planet will be part of the Kingdom! <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship launching for the third time from the gateway to Mars <a href="https://t.co/nsoGmuFqu7">pic.twitter.com/nsoGmuFqu7</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768642869525725253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/YPfV3mlsOZ">pic.twitter.com/YPfV3mlsOZ</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1768693242894119188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Flight 3 liftoff as viewed from the top of the tower <a href="https://t.co/JPlXDBONAb">pic.twitter.com/JPlXDBONAb</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768745027231183184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Slow motion view of Starship ascending through clouds above Starbase <a href="https://t.co/QEvcMmsLtO">pic.twitter.com/QEvcMmsLtO</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768747417716101402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is the actual sign at Starbase, Texas <a href="https://t.co/0ceCPpxCi9">pic.twitter.com/0ceCPpxCi9</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1768753421027291337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> https://i.postimg.cc/Yqhtt0Z5/giphy.gifhttps://i.postimg.cc/ncgprZtC/1f680.gif |
<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@liannagaudier/video/7346213433395842350" data-video-id="7346213433395842350" data-embed-from="oembed" style="max-width:605px; min-width:325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@liannagaudier" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@liannagaudier?refer=embed">@liannagaudier</a> <p>the worker saying “its a rocket” like it was any other day 😭 <a title="spacex" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/spacex?refer=embed">#spacex</a> <a title="spi" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/spi?refer=embed">#spi</a> <a title="springbreak" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/springbreak?refer=embed">#springbreak</a> <a title="southpadreislandtx" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/southpadreislandtx?refer=embed">#southpadreislandtx</a> </p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Lianna" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7346213532416396078?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Lianna</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async onerror="var a=document.createElement('script');a.src='https://iframely.net/files/tiktok-embed.js';document.body.appendChild(a);" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
|
|
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, March 21 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-30) mission to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 4:55 p.m. ET with a backup launch opportunity available on Friday, March 22 at 4:29 p.m. ET if needed.
A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about 20 minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live. This is the sixth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Ax-2, ESA Euclid, Ax-3, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. CRS-30 is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-22, CRS-24, and CRS-27 to the space station. After an approximate 38-hour flight, Dragon will autonomously dock with space station Saturday, March 23 at approximately 7:30 a.m. ET. https://www.spacex.com/launches/miss...ssionId=crs-30 |
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ApMrILhTulI?si=f3e9t6LMOCO4yOH0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Flight 4 should be less than 2 months away (sometime in May). <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Super Heavy booster for Flight 4 moved to the pad at Starbase <a href="https://t.co/A3aYgdPt8V">pic.twitter.com/A3aYgdPt8V</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1775956032021495886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Getting ready for Flight 4 <a href="https://t.co/cylOfDi4rk">https://t.co/cylOfDi4rk</a></p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776413162444906841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Additional views from today’s Super Heavy static fire <a href="https://t.co/jSmw7UxKF8">pic.twitter.com/jSmw7UxKF8</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776412789768425751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zZNw5xSfqUY?si=0vN1snBnUyTlvZbb" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
|
The next Boeing Starliner test is coming up tonight finally (2 astronauts on board). Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly.
On NASA TV. |
Ha, well, that was timely. Scrubbed due to a stuck valve.
|
Any of you space nerds ever coming down here for a Starship flight test? IFT 4 should be within a month or so.
Then it should get even more interesting with IFT 5 and beyond. Catching the super heavy booster, a second Mechazilla Orbital Launch Integration Tower, etc. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
For the sake of having redundancy, I hope Starliner flies and flies well, but implying that Boeing deserves any sort of trust with it because of their decades-old track record completely ignores the debacle that company has been for the past 20 or so years. |
Ship 30 (IFT5 vehicle) set for static fire shortly. 🚀
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ship 30's time to shine (Flight 5 vehicle). Expected Static Fire test later today. Will be commented livestream later, Starbase Live for the meantime:<a href="https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5">https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5</a> <a href="https://t.co/RvJUEoM7Ny">pic.twitter.com/RvJUEoM7Ny</a></p>— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1787815422235996387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d7Ialipbgw4?si=j6mOMkJpQtrQSnBr" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Quote:
|
Quote:
I wouldn't trust Boeing to design a child's drone at this point. |
Quote:
|
T-12 Minutes for S30 static fire 🚀
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d7Ialipbgw4?si=1fqvNoX5cikW2m7B" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Ship 30 static fire attempt in roughly an hour.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ENxjR--cVHg?si=ZNg69ARvKB5nMr2l" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Quote:
Also, Boeing Starliner failed its first launch because the clock in the control program was wrong, causing the engines to fire early and use up their fuel too quickly, meaning that it could not reach its intended orbit. How the control program was allowed to go to launch without being fully tested is beyond me. If I had to choose a program to put me into space, I'd pick the one with the proven successful program. |
Quote:
More broadly, it's pretty clear that seamonster doesn't actually understand this stuff, so the debate isn't really worth the effort. |
For the record:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starliner?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starliner</a> launch update:<br><br>NASA, <a href="https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BoeingSpace</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ulalaunch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ULALaunch</a> are now targeting no earlier than 6:16pm ET May 17 for the launch of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Space_Station</a>, following a valve replacement on ULA's Atlas V rocket: <a href="https://t.co/NBSVcFQrnB">https://t.co/NBSVcFQrnB</a> <a href="https://t.co/ayQGXFSkKW">pic.twitter.com/ayQGXFSkKW</a></p>— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) <a href="https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1788184006007066799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From flying customer satellites, cargo and astronauts to orbit and deploying additional <a href="https://twitter.com/Starlink?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Starlink</a> satellites to connect millions of people around the world, it’s been an extraordinary year so far and we're not even halfway done yet!</p>— Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1790468333374214568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
On pace for ~135 Falcon launches in 2024. 🚀 🤯 Go SpaceX! Go Falcon! |
Chiefs Kingdom checking in from the Orbital Launch Integration Tower!
https://i.postimg.cc/mZdKr8LJ/temp-Image-Fh-Ir9w.avif Starship Flight 4 Wet Dress Rehearsal is underway. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_fIEFixUBw?si=pVHKq0B5Kc3D3qPL" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
You have to wonder if this thing will ever make it to regular service. It seems cursed.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s the latest from NASA on Starliner. The path forward is unclear for the Crew Flight Test, and there’s a real possibility of a longer delay. <a href="https://t.co/wHl2KeRCSS">pic.twitter.com/wHl2KeRCSS</a></p>— Stephen Clark (@StephenClark1) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1793093394002309165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fourth flight test of Starship could launch as soon as June 5, pending regulatory approval<a href="https://t.co/XjreI7nQOp">https://t.co/XjreI7nQOp</a> <a href="https://t.co/2tv2s1yJ5F">pic.twitter.com/2tv2s1yJ5F</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1794000049858597253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
https://i.postimg.cc/V6S1j8jw/Flight...692d0a4a6e.jpg UPCOMING LAUNCH STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST The fourth flight test of Starship could launch as soon as June 5, pending regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. The launch window will open as early as 7 a.m. CT. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to stay tuned to our X account for updates. Starship’s third flight test made tremendous strides towards a future of rapidly reliable reusable rockets. The test completed several exciting firsts, including the first Starship reentry from space, the first ever opening and closing of Starship’s payload door in space, and a successful propellant transfer demonstration. This last test provided valuable data for eventual ship-to-ship propellant transfers that will enable missions like returning astronauts to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis program. The fourth flight test turns our focus from achieving orbit to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and Super Heavy. The primary objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and achieving a controlled entry of Starship. To accomplish this, several software and hardware upgrades have been made to increase overall reliability and address lessons learned from Flight 3. The SpaceX team will also implement operational changes, including the jettison of the Super Heavy’s hot-stage following boostback to reduce booster mass for the final phase of flight. Flight 4 will fly a similar trajectory as the previous flight test, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This flight path does not require a deorbit burn for reentry, maximizing public safety while still providing the opportunity to meet our primary objective of a controlled Starship reentry. The fourth flight of Starship will aim to bring us closer to the rapidly reusable future on the horizon. We’re continuing to rapidly develop Starship, putting flight hardware in a flight environment to learn as quickly as possible as we build a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Spoiler!
LFG!!! |
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:45 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.