Starkess Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I really hope Blue Origins doesn't get the second contract with the bitchfit they threw the first time around. Alas I know they're not allowed to take that into account, and Bezos has a lot of people in Congress pushing for him, so...we'll see. SpaceChampion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 .. DireWolfSpirit and Spockydog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 (edited) Transporter-4 mission from last week, a rideshare to carry 40 small/micro/pico sats to orbit. Edited April 5 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 The Axiom-1 mission to the ISS on Crew Dragon / Falcon 9 launched this morning: Video cued to the launch. Timestamps for other points in the lead up:Crew walking out of the Falcon Support Building > 22:19 Cars heading to the pad > 25:37 Crew arrives at the pad > 28:13 Crew walking down the crew access arm > 38:00 Crew ingressing the capsule and strapping in > 40:14 Crew strapped in and ready > 55:26 Seats rotating to vertical position > 1:05:00 Hatch closure #1 > 1:27:28 3:26:56 launch 3:36:35 first stage landing 3:38:56 Dragon separation from second stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 3/18/2022 at 7:33 PM, Spockydog said: *applause emoji* Such a brilliant star image, seems criminal that someone thoughtlessly, needlessly, smeared captions across it, as it appears on my screen while the audio is clear in the background (again making the caption pollution totally unneeded). Just because we can, doesn't mean we should 101. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 NROL-85 mission: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 (edited) So the Boeing/Northrup Grumman-made SLS rocket has failed to carry off it's third attempt at a "wet dress rehearsal". Essentially a full fuelling and procedural iteration of everything just short of initiating launch. After a propellant problem, seems to be about a one week delay at least, unless else is uncovered. https://www.inverse.com/science/nasa-artemis-mega-moon-rocket-wet-dress-rehearsal-third-fail The Artemis 1 mission to swing an uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon was anticipated in NASA's ever slipping schedule to launch late next month, with crewed Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 and 3 missions aspirational for 2024. Meanwhile, NASA has issued an request if anyone with existing contracts wants their Lunar cargo contract to Lunar Gateway be adapted to alternatives they have that might be both cheaper and deliver more. This appears to be directly to give SpaceX an opportunity to switch to using Starship for cargo missions to the Lunar Gateway instead of the current contract for using the in-development Dragon XL. No one else with cargo contracts for Gateway have anything they could propose. There appears to be a limit on how big a ship can dock with the Gateway, and Starship is much too big for that. But I can see Starship carrying a third stage as a payload inside it that would be released in order to ferry cargo to the Gateway from just meters away. It would have to have little thrusters for manoeuvring between Starship and Gateway, but that should be no problem. However, is this mass limit actually real or is it an artificially imposed limit that can it be waved to allow docking Starship directly to Gateway? Not clear yet. Edited April 18 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 20 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: NROL-85 mission: So was it carrying the newest Space Force "laser" weapon? SpaceChampion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Rather good video of a solar eclipse. On Mars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKK7vS2CHC8 horangi, Ser Scot A Ellison and Rhom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 13 minutes ago, A wilding said: Rather good video of a solar eclipse. On Mars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKK7vS2CHC8 Pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Another Starlink mission: Meanwhile the U.S. DOD is gaga for how SpaceX was quickly able to counteract a jamming attack by Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 4th Crew Dragon mission to the ISS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 Another Starlink mission... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 Quite a turn for Nelson... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 SpinLaunch shoots a camera skyward in a test flight of their first stage system using kinetic energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, SpaceChampion said: SpinLaunch shoots a camera skyward in a test flight of their first stage system using kinetic energy. That's brilliant. I had no idea such a thing existed. SpaceChampion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 (edited) The Everyday Astronaut tours Starbase again and gets an update on the latest developments. Edited May 14 by SpaceChampion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 Spockydog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 I hadn't realized the National Team has disbanded. I expected it, but missed the news on that. But unfortunately looks like Blue Origin took the same design and just slapped their logo on it. Dynetics looks like the best option for a 2nd lander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Starliner actually launched to the ISS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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