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FloSpacenerd retweeted
Yes I do! We built it mostly out of spare Falcon parts and off the shelf components (“scrappy not crappy” was our motto). The propellant tank was an old qual tank that had been lying around in a field, open and exposed to the elements (and the crickets) for a couple of years. I did not expect it to survive proof testing, but it did and ultimately survived the entire test campaign. In fact, Grasshopper is still standing proud at our test site in McGregor, TX.
FloSpacenerd retweeted
NG-3 Update: We have confirmed payload separation. AST SpaceMobile has confirmed the satellite has powered on. The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit. We are currently assessing and will update when we have more detailed information.
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Check out the first pictures of the #Artemis II launch from our remote cameras. Keep checking back for more! 📷 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCGHmm
ALT NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard launches on the Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. The quartet launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Die (vorerst) letzten Menschen auf dem #Mond 🌑
Ein kleines „Daumenkino“ von #Apollo17 – erstellt aus Originalaufnahmen der Magazine 134, 137, 140 und 145, aufgenommen mit einer Hasselblad 500 EL (70 mm).
Über ein halbes Jahrhundert ist seitdem vergangen.
Es wird Zeit, dass diese Geschichte durch die #Artemis-Missionen weitergeschrieben wird. 🚀
📸@NASA
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Heute vor drei Jahren startete Artemis I ❗️
Der perfekte Anlass, um einen aktuellen Blick ins #VAB der @NASA zu werfen 👀
Dort wurde das #SLS für Artemis II erst vor Kurzem mit der #Orion-Kapsel komplettiert – einer der letzten großen Schritte für den im Dezember / Januar geplanten Rollout
📸@NASAArtemis /Kim Shiflett
🔧 @FloSpacenerd
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Safety First: Shenzhou-20 Return postponed: The China Manned Space Agency has confirmed that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship may have been hit by a small orbital debris object. Officials are conducting impact assessments and risk analyses to evaluate the situation. Updates will follow.
FloSpacenerd retweeted
I will give away one of my 2026 Starship calendars to someone who reposts the post below! Winner will be drawn when I begin shipping orders next month. Good luck!
FloSpacenerd retweeted
This is the Effelsberg 100 m radio telescope in Germany, operated by the renovated @MPIfR_Bonn.
Inaugurated in 1972, it held the title for the largest fully steerable radio telescope until 2000, when the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), also 100 m, in West Virginia, USA, took over the title.
Video credit: @FloSpacenerd
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Psst… unter uns gesagt: 😎
Das #Raptor3-Triebwerk aus meinem Post ist kein Geheimprojekt von @SpaceX, sondern gibt’s derzeit bei eBay – für knapp 30 €!
Ein ideales Geschenk für alle, die beim Wort „#Starship“ leuchtende Augen bekommen 🚀
ebay.de/itm/406236199819?itm…
FloSpacenerd retweeted
More official renders of Starship including the tanker, depot and HLS lander just dropped! I still think HLS should drop anything not needed after TLI (Raptors / Tankage)... Source: ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/2025…
FloSpacenerd retweeted
An extra-slowed down and cropped view Ship 36's RUD tonight.
📺: youtube.com/watch?v=WKwWclAK…
📸: @NASASpaceflight
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Launch, learn, repeat.
#fromisartospace #goingfullspectrum
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Hier ein zeitlich synchronisierter Vergleich mit Bezug auf das #Starship zwischen Flug 7 (#Ship33) und Flug 8 (#Ship34) 👀
Ship 33 hatte den ersten Triebwerksausfall bei T+00:07:40, Ship 34 bei T+00:08.05..
Auch wenn Flug 8 rund 25 Sekunden länger durchgehalten hat, glaube ich, dass es sich wohl um das selbe Problem gehandelt hat.. 🤔
📸@SpaceX
FloSpacenerd retweeted
Starship's eighth flight test now targeting to launch as soon as Thursday, March 6 → spacex.com/launches/mission/…
