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Bad News for Boeing Starliner
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:16 pm
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Crucial test for Boeing's Starliner, built to carry humans, delayed until 2022
Boeing's long-awaited spacecraft, called Starliner, is still...
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And from a different source Back in June, Boeing announced that the crewed launch of its many-billion-dollar Starliner — a privately-built spacecraft...
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Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:48 am
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NASA briefly loses contact with the ISS
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OneHungLow » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:16 am
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Somewhat embarrassing when you have to rely on your arch enemy for comms methinks!
A power outage at Nasa’s building in Houston disrupted...
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NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence
Voyager 2 has been hurtling through space since its launch in...
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:04 am
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Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:29 pm
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Sir Dr. Brian May Helps NASA
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:55 pm
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Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission, new book reveals
Asteroid Bennu proved a trickster for NASA's OSIRIS-REx...
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Brian May went to the same school in Leicester (Oadby) that my 3 English half sisters attended, but not a lot of people know or care about that! ;)))
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:51 pm
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India To the Moon Redux
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:26 pm
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Watch India launch Chandrayaan 3 moon rover and lunar lander on July 14
By Mike Wall published about 10 hours ago
Chandrayaan 3 is set to launch at...
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I was on shift (Status Officer) in the MCR when India's first geostationary spacecraft was launched by Arianespace. Calm was not a word I'd used to...
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:31 pm
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The wingspan of an Airbus 320 and weighs 150kg...
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OFSO » Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:35 am
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The wingspan of an Airbus 320 and weighs 150kg...
On 24 June a BAE Systems Phasa-35 solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) made a 24hr...
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Thanks for the news, OFSO. Some more info
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Last post by Boac
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:59 am
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3 For Mars
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PHXPhlyer » Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:20 pm
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Mars traffic jam: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession
Mars traffic jam: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession
China and United Arab...
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Very interesting OHL. Thank you and to our friend.
Thanks passed on Ex-Ascot.
As a South African I am very proud of my countryman (South...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:45 am
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The Hermit Kingdom's spy satellite launch fails.
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OneHungLow » Wed May 31, 2023 5:32 am
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North Korea’s first spy satellite launch has ended in failure after its second stage malfunctioned, sending the projectile plunging into the sea, the...
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Shoot a satellite down ? That's media speak. Damage sensors with a laser or proton beam, maybe, but deorbiting it takes rather more.
There are...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:21 am
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First Commercial Moon Landing
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:37 pm
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Japan’s Ispace attempts world’s first commercial moon landing
A Japanese lunar lander, carrying a rover developed in the United Arab Emirates,...
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I find the failure to run any simulation after the change in designated landing site incredible, especially since there were apparently 'numerous'...
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Last post by Boac
Mon May 29, 2023 9:05 am
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Fri May 26, 2023 4:26 pm
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Virgin Orbit
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PHXPhlyer » Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:38 am
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Virgin Orbit launches rocket off a 747 aircraft, puts nine satellites in space
Virgin Orbit launches rocket off a 747 aircraft, puts nine...
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Virgin Orbit ceases operations months after failure of UK space mission
California-based company will fold after selling off its assets and filing...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Wed May 24, 2023 5:50 am
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Apollo 13 recovery anniversary, Saturn 5 and other stuff.
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OneHungLow » Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:29 pm
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Commemorating the miraculous recovery of Apollo 13 this week, we take a look at how NASA kept the giant Saturn 5 booster precisely in the center lane...
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I used to show the movie 'Apollo 13' a couple of times.
To the Third Year, where we did the basic equations of motion, plus the heat transfer you...
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Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:17 pm
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Juice Prejudiced Reporting
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OFSO » Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:33 pm
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Reporting today's launch of the ESA JUICE mission to Jupiter's moons, the ITV newsreader said at last it got off the ground. At last meant after 24...
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Europe successfully launches JUICE mission to study Jupiter's icy moons
By Mike Wall published about 6 hours ago
But be patient: JUICE won't get to...
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Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:05 pm
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Four planets will line up in the sky this month
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PHXPhlyer » Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:22 pm
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Four planets will line up in the sky this month
Here’s how to spot them.
Looking east at a flat horizon, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn will appear...
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Last night was nice and clear so went out and took a look at the line-up of planets.
All listed but Uranus were very visible as well as Sirius and...
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Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:18 pm
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Batten Down the Hatches
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:32 pm
Strongest solar storm in nearly 6 years slams into Earth catching forecasters by surprise
By Daisy Dobrijevic published about 4 hours ago
The...
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Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:32 pm
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3D Printed Rocket Set To Launch
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Mar 08, 2023 5:45 pm
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World's first 3D-printed rocket set to make inaugural flight
If successful, the test flight would mark a new milestone for the space industry....
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They didn't seem too surprised at the outcome and didn't schedule any payload on this launch.
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Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:28 pm
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Mark Your Calender
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:16 pm
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NASA tracks asteroid that could hit Earth on Valentine’s Day 2046
(CNN) - NASA is tracking a new asteroid that has a small chance of hitting...
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I'm getting you a big rock for Valentine’s Day Dear.
It's out of this world.
It will knock you out!
:ymdevil:
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Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:44 pm
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Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:40 pm
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Not Quite "Space" Balloon
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:42 pm
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Japanese startup reveals balloon flight space viewing tours
A Japanese startup announced plans Tuesday to launch commercial space viewing...
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I hope they don't drift into North American airspace...
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Last post by llondel
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:05 pm
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Dust to dust - The Girl from Barry
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TheGreenAnger » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:54 am
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I also thought, by the headline, that the grim reaper had called for her.
I had the pleasure of her once (so to speak) when working in Air UK ops at...
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Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:30 pm
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...
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TheGreenAnger » Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:31 pm
Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to ten different asteroids, visiting two main belt asteroids as well as eight Jupiter trojans,...
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Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:31 pm
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Green Comet
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm
Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be closest to Earth on Feb. 1. Here's how to see it.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn't been so close to Earth for 50,000...
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Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm
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Asteroid 2023 BU Close Shave
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TheGreenAnger » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:58 am
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will pass Earth in one of the closest such encounters ever recorded – coming within a tenth of the distance...
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Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:58 am
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Rocket Lab
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:09 pm
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Helicopter misses rocket booster in wild attempt to recapture it after flight
Rocket Lab, a start-up building small orbital rockets, kicked off...
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Rocket Lab has had an impressive launch history and while the company is registered in the USA, it has a deep connection with New Zealand (CEO Peter...
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Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:12 am
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You Go Buzz
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PHXPhlyer » Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:51 am
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Buzz Aldrin, moonwalker and former astronaut, ties the knot on his 93rd birthday
Buzz Aldrin, one of three astronauts to set foot on the moon in...
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Buzz Aldrin, one of three astronauts to set foot on the moon in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, tied the knot with his longtime love on his 93rd...
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Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:16 am
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