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High res pictures now being uploaded on NASA's image and video library of the Core Stage 3 being lifted and integrated with the Solid Rocket Boosters. images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-… images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-… images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-… images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-…
‘Taking Flight’ (nearly).  Our beautiful Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage left the surface of the earth (briefly) today as it ‘flew over the hump’ via a giant crane in the Vehicle Assembly Building to be mated between our 2 already assembled Solid Rocket Boosters on the Mobile Launcher.  Spectacular job by our SLS, Exploration Ground Systems,and  @NASAKennedy team! Go @NASAArtemis III!
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 today at 2pm Central Time for another Raptorside Chat on Starbase Live 24/7! It's been a VERY busy few days at Starbase, so there is much to talk about. We'll also answer your questions on air! nsf.live/starbase | @NASASpaceflight
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Behold: The US Defense Intelligence Agency has released a report on challenges to security in space, including an NEI image of China’s spaceplane from Maxar, taken in 2024.
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Space freighters. Scenes from this morning at the Kennedy Space Center turn basin, where NASA’s Pegasus and SpaceX’s Marmac 31 "You’ll Thank Me Later" barges are docked. This is the first occasion they've been seen together in such close proximity, offering a rare opportunity to witness two vessels purpose-built to transport large spaceflight hardware. 📸 - @NASASpaceflight nsf.live/spacecoast
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Capping off a busy two days at Starbase, Ship 43 is back on the ground after catch-related testing similar to what Ship 42 did. Here's a timelapse of its day. I bet it had a nice view of the Ship 42 static fire from up there! 🎥: nsf.live/starbase | @NASASpaceflight
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LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 veteran B1082-26 launches Starlink Group 15-16 from SLC-4E, Vandenberg.
Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1mGPaZgYg…
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And Booster touchdown.
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A COPV appears to have RUDed at @SpaceX's McGregor facility at approximately 11:26:22 PM CT. @NASASpaceflight's live cameras watched as the stand became fully engulfed in the minutes after. (50x speed) Watch live: nsf.live/mcgregor
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FIRE! SpaceX has conducted a single-engine static fire of Ship 42 at Massey's this evening. Is a full 6-engine test next in the cards? @NASASpaceflight dedicated stream is still going, showing replays. youtube.com/live/t8RZHIfgQ3A
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This Week In Spaceflight with Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal) youtu.be/udys8It4_ps
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Incredible things are happening at Starbase @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase
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Meanwhile at Starbase: Ship 42 single-engine static fire at Massey's Ship 43 catch testing on the tower. They really are doing everything everywhere all at once. @NASASpaceflight
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Cowboy Space Corp. unveils their launch vehicle, and it's a familiar story. They claim a first launch in 2028... but if every single other launch company is anything to go by, I'm saying next decade. Methalox & Steel. 9x engines Stage 1, 1x engine Stage 2. Slightly wider & taller than Falcon 9, same height as Terran R. The first stage booster is reusable. After launch, it plans to conduct a downrange landing on an ocean platform, just like Falcon 9 and New Glenn. The upper stage of the rocket turns into an Artificial Intelligence data center satellite. The fairings turn into radiators, the electric propulsion propellant (ammonia) is used as coolant. Engine is called Clydesdale, advertised 1,334kN thrust, about half Raptor 3's advertised thrust. Targeting multiple launches daily. It's very early days for this company, but the second-stage-is-a-satellite is unique in the AI era. Will be interesting to see how they evolve.
What you’ve been waiting for: Big Iron. Our rocket.
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Starship Flight 15: Ship 42 conducts a single-engine static fire test at SpaceX Massey's. youtube.com/live/t8RZHIfgQ3A
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Ship 42 is setting up for a single-engine static fire shortly. Ship 43 is practising what it's like to be caught. youtube.com/live/t8RZHIfgQ3A
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