I'm a total space cadet and a writer for @NASASpaceflight. Have attended a number of launches, rocket tests, and NASA Socials. Astronomy/model building/aviation
Utah/Arizona
Joined April 2011
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And my book is now out! One Light-Day is about the Voyager 1 mission and its journey to one light-day out of Earth. That’s an important occasion that I think needs to be celebrated.
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Ship at the double!
Starship Flight 16: Ship 43 returning from Massey's.
Starship Flight 15: Ship 42 taking its place.
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Good morning. Ship 42 is now out at Masseys for testing, Ship 43 is back in the hangar for flight preps. Booster 22 is in the Megabay also, with a road delay starting in a few minutes. Let’s see what happens.
We’ll end up with a taller SLS soon, hopefully with performance that allows the Orion spacecraft to achieve a low lunar orbit like Apollo did. And I’ll build a model of this in due course, after its config is final.
I mocked up SLS Block 1 vs SLS-Centaur vs SLS-Centaur with a kickstage
The aesthetics are... interesting. But I'll take the performance to low Lunar orbit!
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Well folks guess what? White Knight 2 flew today to Mesa, Arizona and Gateway Airport. Might the first Delta class ship be finished and ready to fly back for testing?
Good morning! B22 static fired while I was asleep. I watched the replay and it looked good.
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Good to see New Glenn second stages being built and tested. By the way, a CZ-8A successfully launched from China about 90 minutes ago. Next launch is a Starlink F9 from Vandenberg on Monday. Goodnight!
Blue Origin's New Glenn GS-2 is being loaded into NASA's Pegasus Barge for the trip to NASA Stennis for testing.
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A lot of the things we take for granted now had their start in the years immediately after World War II. Pictures of Earth from space are among them, as the Army launched captured V-2s from White Sands, New Mexico.
80 years ago today, the first images of Earth from space were taken. A 35mm camera mounted on a captured V-2 rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This photo is a frame from the rocket's journey to 65 miles (105 km) above Earth's surface.
ALT A grainy black and white photo of a small portion of Earth seen with the blackness of space, taken on October 24, 1946. White clouds are visible over the gray of the Earth's surface.
The launch tower at Pad 36 is back up, now they’ll be reinstalling systems, piping, etc. When New Glenn returns to flight it won’t be using a horizontal launch erector, rather will be assembled vertically on the pad.
Final segment of the Launch Complex 36A tower being lifted into place
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Good morning! Booster 22 is on the pad at Starbase for an upcoming static fire test. There were three launches yesterday, the last Chinese one got moved to this evening. Next F9 launch is Monday from Vandenberg.
Live look at Ship 43 at Masseys. It’s being tested prior to preps for Flight 16, the first flight out of KSC.
