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Starship booster catch brings NASA, SpaceX closer to Artemis 3 Moon landing (spaceflightnow.com)
 

Chojnacki said SpaceX is looking at March 2025 to begin that fueling campaign and “hoping (the) first half of ’25 to be able to see that work.” He said two launch towers at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach will be needed to do that work.

In order to make this work long-term, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will need to come into the picture. Chojnacki added that the pace of launch will have to greatly increase, potentially to a bi-weekly cadence.

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Starship preparations to return to the Roberts Road facility (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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NASA panel calls on SpaceX to “maintain focus” on Dragon safety after recent anomalies (spacenews.com)
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Chinese launch startup Cosmoleap secures funding for rocket featuring chopstick recovery system (spacenews.com)
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NASA updates list of Artemis 3 landing sites (spacenews.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27445874

B1090 completes static fire at McGregor in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Works on Boost for Android!

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Space Force opens national security launch contracts to new players (spacenews.com)
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Shenzhou-19 spacecraft arrives at Tiangong for crew rotation (spacenews.com)
China selects 2 proposals for crewed moon rover in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Can't wait to see the final designs! These might be the next human-driven vehicles on the moon.

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While ULA studies Vulcan booster anomaly, it’s also investigating fairing issues (arstechnica.com)
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The New Glenn rocket’s first stage is real, and it’s spectacular (arstechnica.com)
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ExoAnalytic observes 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e breakup (spacenews.com)
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For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret (arstechnica.com)
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NASA astronaut Don Pettit is a giant nerd, and we’re all luckier for it (arstechnica.com)
If you thought Astra was going to go away quietly, you were wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They just won't die lol. Best of luck

International spaceports seek to collaborate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That was a fun read! I really like the Spaceport Readiness Level scale. Makes me excited for the future.

NASA “really looking forward” to next Starship test flight in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I keep thinking that it must have been half a meter and there was a mistake somewhere, but that's what the source tells us! Insane.

Europa Clipper has been encapsulated inside its Falcon Heavy fairing in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's so cool!!

ULA Vulcan Cert-2 launch thread! in c/[email protected]
NASA, SpaceX conduct prelaunch activities as Tropical Storm delays Crew-9 mission – Spaceflight Now in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

First crew dragon launch from SLC40!

One company appears to be thriving as part of NASA’s return to the Moon in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I wish them best of luck! These are big projects which could truly transform our exploration around the earth/moon system.

Second ispace lunar lander planned for launch in December in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

So excited for attempt number 2!

FAA to complete orbital debris upper stage regulations in 2025 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's time to start taking this stuff seriously. Glad to hear it's in the works.

Anyone planning to play along? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Bill Nelson jump scare is so real lol. Can't wait.

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