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SpaceX

Last post by Boac « Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:38 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed May 27, 2020 3:54 am
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Demo-2 will mark SpaceX's first launch of a Crew Dragon capsule carrying astronauts — a major moment for NASA's human spaceflight, which has been...

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They are down. Fantastic.
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Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:38 am
ISS Pass Tonight

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:49 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:43 am

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Nice 6 1/2 minute pass of the ISS tonight. -2.8 M. WSW-NNE.
I waved and raised my wine glass to them.
Don't know if they noticed.

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I use this app: ISS Detector

It will alert to ISS, Chinese Space Station, and Iridium flares.
It has a compass feature that shows the start and end...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:49 pm
Bad News for Boeing Starliner

Last post by OFSO « Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:47 pm
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by 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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The thrusters that failed were, I believe, on the service unit which was jettisoned after leaving the ISS and which burned up on re-entry. But I'm...
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:47 pm
Blue Origin

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:06 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:12 am
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Blue Origin aims to fly first passengers into space as early as April

Blue Origin aims to fly first passengers into space as early as April
The...

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Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will launch on Aug. 29

The NS-26 crew includes a college student who will become the youngest woman to...
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Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:06 pm
SLS Roll-out

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sat Aug 24, 2024 5:51 pm
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by Boac » Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:32 pm
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Expected to move tomorrow with a dummy launch procedure on 17th.

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NASA says astronauts stuck in space will not return on Boeing capsule, will wait for SpaceX craft
The Starliner drama has been a major setback for...
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Sat Aug 24, 2024 5:51 pm
Rocket Explodes at Saxavord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:43 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:43 pm

Rocket explodes during spaceport test

BBC video captured a large explosion at the Saxavord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands in Scotland.

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:43 pm
China’s Long March 6A Rocket Broke Up in LEO, Creates Massive Debris Cloud

Last post by llondel « Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:38 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:16 am

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Chinese rocket breaks apart in low-Earth orbit, creating a cloud of space debris, US Space Command says

One of China’s Long March 6A rockets has...

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Perhaps they've figured it's easier to take down the SpaceX constellation with a debris cloud than put their own up?

Those Boeing astronauts might...

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Last post by llondel
Sat Aug 10, 2024 3:38 am
A “New Star” Coming to the Milky Way Soon

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed Aug 07, 2024 7:03 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:29 pm

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Stellar explosion will create a ‘new star’ in the night sky

Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between...

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Here's Neil to explain:

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Wed Aug 07, 2024 7:03 pm
China Shoots For The Moon

Last post by llondel « Sun Jun 30, 2024 11:31 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri May 03, 2024 6:03 pm

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China launches Chang'e 6 lunar probe, revving up space race with U.S.
The first-of-its-kind mission aims to bring back samples from the far side of...

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Nothing wrong with the power output of the rocket booster. I'd say they need to tie the next one down with thicker string.

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Last post by llondel
Sun Jun 30, 2024 11:31 pm
Duck and Cover

Last post by Karearea « Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:28 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:04 pm
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Out-of-control Russian rocket part set to enter Earth's atmosphere within 24 hours

(CNN)Space experts are tracking a Russian rocket part that is...

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I'd be pretty irritated if that landed in my living-room [-X
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Last post by Karearea
Fri Jun 28, 2024 11:28 pm
Hubble Space Telescope fixed

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:53 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:48 pm

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Hubble Space Telescope fixed #:-S :YMAPPLAUSE: :-bd

Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science
Engineers successfully switched to the...

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Equipment failure on NASA's Hubble space telescope means fewer observations, officials say
NASA said Tuesday that attempts to fix a malfunctioning...

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Tue Jun 04, 2024 9:53 pm
Polaris Dawn

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue May 14, 2024 3:48 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Tue May 14, 2024 3:48 pm

Interesting find related to The Ghost Squadron incident reported on by Juan.

Polaris Dawn
No earlier than summer 2024, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket...

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Tue May 14, 2024 3:48 pm
ISS

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:54 pm
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by OFSO » Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:45 pm

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ISS snapped from my phone tonight, around -3.4.

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Russian Soyuz rocket suffers rare last-minute abort during launch of 3 astronauts to ISS (video)

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts...

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Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:54 pm
"Devil Comet" Coming into View From Your Planet

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:17 am

by PHXPhlyer » Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:17 am

A 'devil comet' is set to swing by the sun and could be visible during the eclipse
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was nicknamed the “devil comet” because an...

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Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:17 am
Retired RAF pilot recognised for capturing space image from back garden

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:51 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:50 pm

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Graham Hazlegreaves's picture of the Orion Nebula M42 has received a prestigious award from the Guild of Photographers.

STV News with video

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Very impressive.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:51 am
Japan’s Space One Kairos Rocket Explodes

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:38 am

by PHXPhlyer » Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:38 am

Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket explodes on inaugural flight
With the launch of the small, solid-fueled rocket, the start-up was trying to become...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:38 am
Two US Companies Shoot For The Moon

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:47 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:47 pm

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2 companies will attempt the first US moon landings since Apollo
NASA is supporting an effort to kick-start commercial moon deliveries, as the space...

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The Odysseus lunar lander is sideways on the moon, company that built it says

The Odysseus lunar lander is sideways on the moon, Intuitive...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:47 pm
Reentry ERS-2

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:48 pm
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by OFSO » Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:03 am

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Update just now:

Using data acquired on 19 February 2024, ESA’s Space Debris Office currently predicts that the reentry of ESA’s ERS-2 satellite...

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No damage reported after 5,000-pound satellite fell to Earth Wednesday

A European Space Agency satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the...

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Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:48 pm
Ed Dwight, the First Black Astronaut Candidate Recognized in New Documentary

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:26 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:24 pm

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Ed Dwight, who was to be the first Black astronaut, is finally getting his due
The new documentary “The Space Race,” chronicles the stories of Black...

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The tensions were also described in Tom Wolfe’s “The Right Stuff.”

“Every week, it seemed like, a detachment of Civil Rights Division...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:26 pm
More on Virgin Galactic...

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:14 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon May 24, 2021 9:38 am
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Good video of Virgin Galactic's 3rd Flight and 1st flight from Spaceport America.

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Virgin Galactic grounded after a small part fell off vehicle during latest space tourism flight

Virgin Galactic is grounded after the company...
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Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:14 am
Helicopter Ingenuity on its way to Mars soon!

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:29 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:38 pm

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Solar panel charges Lithium-ion batteries, providing enough energy for one 90-second flight per Martian day (~350 Watts of average power during...

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NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage
News
By Brett Tingley published about 8 hours ago
We couldn't be...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:29 pm
Japan’s Lunar Lander is Ready to Go

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:32 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:36 pm

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Japan’s space agency is about to launch a lunar lander and revolutionary satellite

A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects...

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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ robot explorer resumes operations on lunar surface

Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action, the country’s...

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Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:32 pm
India's involvement

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:53 pm
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by Boac » Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:45 am

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We definitely need a thread here as India seems to be powering mightily ahead in the space game.

Launched yesterday

(Yes, I know it will be...

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Module that powered historic moon mission has returned to Earth’s orbit

The propulsion module that powered India’s spacecraft to a historic moon...

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Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:53 pm
Jim LeBlanc - The man that survived space suit failure in a almost total vacuum.

Last post by Karearea « Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:28 pm
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by OneHungLow » Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:42 pm

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The biomedical aspects of space flight are many and varied, and generally negative for human health, both mental and physical. I was apt to wonder if...

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... this documentary about Jim Le Blanc who survived just such a failure in a vacuum chamber while testing a spacesuit in the 1960's. ...

That was...

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Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:28 pm
Tianhe, "Harmony of the Heavens"

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:02 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:17 pm
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'Divine Vessel' to mark China's first human spaceflight since 2016
Shenzhou-12 will be the third of 11 missions needed to complete China's space...

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China has sent its youngest-ever astronaut crew to the Tiangong space station

Gobi Desert, China
CNN
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When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei...
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Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:02 am

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