RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115583359207158388 🚀 #newglenn 9×4 carries over 70 metric tons 🦾 to #leo and will feature a larger 8.7-meter 📏 fairing. #BlueOrigin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115587628401027815 During the pre-dawn hours on Friday morning, #SpaceX’s next-generation #starship first stage suffered some sort of major damage during pre-launch testing

📊 #asteroids ☄️ which came closer to Earth than the #moon 🌙 in 2025 by time of discovery 🔭 • After closest approach: 17 (37.0%) • < 24 hours before: 8 (17.4%) • up to 7 days before: 20 (43.5%) • > one week before: 1 (2.2%) • > 7 weeks before: 0 (0.0%) • > one year before: 0 (0.0%) […]

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115584278224875714 We currently know slightly more than 2500 potentially hazardous #asteroids ☄️. Approximately one-third of the 40,000 known near-Earth asteroids have a diameter of 30 to 100 meters, which is likely only about two to three percent […]

New Glenn 2 stage GS2 now in parking orbit. Does anyone know if the 'miles' on the webcast altitude are statute or nautical? Assuming statute, orbit around 160 x 400 km? AFAIK Blue has not reported perigee/apogee

The NewGlenn GS2 stage has been tracked by astronomers in a 315 km perigee hyperbola with C3=0.23 which (preliminary estimate) will send it to a 0.98 x 1.08 AU x 0.1 deg heliocentric orbit (Further observations will refine this assessment)

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115548066964110002 I know that I know nothing #astronomy

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115547060329639521 #newglenn can transport approximately twice the payload into near-Earth orbits compared to #spacex's #Falcon9. The recovered first stage is intended for at least 25 launches 🚀

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115527434921935355 "Whether #astronauts will actually find the protein powder a tasty addition remains to be seen"

#exolaunch* has flown 477 #satellites 🛰️ with #spacex and 595 across all launch providers. Transporter-15 will bring the company past the 650 mark, and next year, it plans to deploy hundreds more. It has positioned itself as the most experienced and reliable for getting customers to #space—no […]

#3iatlas passes #mars 🔴, the closest distance will be 30 million km on 📆 3 October 2025. #ESA’s #marsexpress and #exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will observe 🔭 the comet with several instruments https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/3i-atlas-mars-october-2025 #interstellar #astronomy

#starship flight 11 📆 Monday, October 13 6:15 p.m. CT (1:15 AM CET) https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11 #spacex

#spacelaunch boasts that “it has supported the successful deployment of more than 150 satellites across 12 different launch vehicles.” However, according to public records, it does not appear that the company itself has supported a single launch. Instead, the claim seems to credit SpaceLaunch […]

The share of investment to Chinese 🇨🇳 companies reached 24%📈 in 2024 The #us 🇺🇸 investment share went down 📉 from 2023 Page 12 https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/start_up_space_2025/BryceTech_Start_Up_Space_2025.pdf 📊 https://brycetech.com/reports #brycetech #spacestatistics

#ufo transparency hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu9mw6GHPEM #uap

The #soyuz5 vehicle does not stand out. It has been a decade ⏳ in the making and is fully expendable, unlike a lot of newer medium-lift rockets coming online in the next several years. The Soyuz-5 booster is a slightly larger copy of an older rocket manufactured in Yuzhmash, #ukraine 🇺🇦 […]

#starship Flight 10 📆 Tue Aug 26 (We 01:30 MEST) https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7885 #spacex

#starship Flight 10 📆 Mon Aug 25, 2025 23:30 UTC (Tu 01:30 MEST) https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7885 #spacex

@erdayastronaut talking with @rookisaacman about #nasa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvaVxHkynY4

BTW, I sent a message to the #iau executive and asked them to think about how to secure critical science data infrastructure and databases. Not sure, they can do much on short notice, but I hope there will be more strategic planning. We will need redundant services and mirrors around the world […]

#honda has successfully tested an experimental #reusable ♻️ #rocket 🚀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jjxqpC0aY #rocketscience

Latest news about #spaceflight (spoiler : nobody knows, even @sciguyspace) • #nasa hour-long discussion : "a more unstable, shaky #political environment" https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/ars-live-recap-where-does-nasa-go-from-here • #BlueOrigin / #newglenn : expectation 8 launches 2025 […]

Just to celebrate 2001 followers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXZf0Q9ulo #2001spaceodyssey

#starbase #spacex #mars update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nMfW7T3rx4

#nasa #mars https://www.youtube.com/live/uw6LFc34CEg

Because #europa has an extremely thin atmosphere that doesn’t provide any insulation, the temperatures 🌡️ on top of its ice shell are estimated to vary between minus-160° Celsius ❄️ during the daytime maximum and minus-220° C ❄️❄️ during the night, which means the #ice the lander would be there […]

Upcoming : • 🇺🇸 57th #Falcon9 flight of 📆 2025 • 🇨🇳 4th #cz2d flight of 📆 2025, the fifth launch of a #zhuque2 vehicle • 🇦🇺 #gilmourspace's #eris • 🇳🇿 #RocketLab's second of an eight-launch contract for flights in 📆 2025 and 2026 for #iqps • 🇮🇳 #isro's second mission of 📆 2025, first uncrewed […]

#brycetech 📆 2025 • While broadband smallsats 🛰️ have dominated the market since 2020, earth observation 🌏 and remote sensing smallsats are steadily increasing 📈 • Recent years have shown market interest with new entrants consistently deploying smallsats • 85+ #academic operators launched […]

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"We expect to return to flight in late spring and will attempt to land the booster again", the landing failure was "due to our three #be4 engines not reigniting properly" […]

@framonauts 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 launch 🚀 Tue Apr 1, 2025 03:46 CEST https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7615

An overview of #spaceflight and related #aerospace values in #openstreetmap https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aerospace

The world's first liquid-fueled #rocket 🚀 was successfully launched on 📆 March 16, 1926 https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7717931893 #rocketscience

Richard Moissl, head of #ESA’s #planetarydefence office, 54:00 : We have a blaringly obvious blind spot. Something like #chelyabinsk ☄️💥 could happen any moment right now, we wouldn't have any prewarning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8njR4413hok #asteroidthreat

24/7 live 4K video 📹 of Earth and space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9e9jnhYK8 #iss

#nasa's #curiosity spotted twilight clouds on #mars 🔴. The original recording was 16 minutes https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26519-curiosity-views-twilight-clouds

"How #nasa will protect #astronauts from #spaceradiation". Spoiler alert : #luggage 🧳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpNa4u997xA #humanspaceflighthealth #radiationprotection #artemis #lunargateway

The #minorplanetcenter is the globally accepted authority on handling observations 🔭 and reports of new #asteroids ☄️, comets, and other small bodies 🚗 in the #solarsystem : discovery of an unusual asteroid, 240,000 km from Earth […]

Here's my plot of the estimated Ship trajectory

Ship 33 had numerous design changes relative to the previous flight, so loss of the vehicle is not super astonishing. Congrats to SpaceX on the successful tower catch. (5/5).

@CCC @pistonminer https://www.heise.de/en/news/38C3-Hacker-hijacks-and-repairs-Beesat-1-satellites-from-the-ground-10221522.html

📆 2025 preview : • #moon 🌙 deliveries by #astrobotic, #intuitivemachines and #firefly Aerospace. • #spherex will create a map of the universe 🌌 • #esa's 🇪🇺 #spacerider #spaceplane orbital test flight • #japan's 🇯🇵 lunar lander and micro-rover • #tianwen2 🇨🇳 collects samples from […]

#parkersolarprobe endured temperatures of up to 980C 🌡️. It was protected by an 11.5cm 📏 thick carbon-composite shield 🛡️, but the spacecraft's tactic was to get in and out fast. It moved at 690000 km/h - the equivalent of flying from #london to #newyork in less than 30 seconds […]

#earthobservation data can • Capture #images 📷 • Measure natural and human made #objects • Delineate shorelines and measure soil #moisture content • Assess #atmospheric conditions • Measure #temperature and detect heat sources • Classify land coverage and use • Identify and […]

The 37th #spacestudies Program will take place in #seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷 from 📆 30 June to 22 August 2025 https://www.isunet.edu/ssp #internationalspaceuniversity

The first part of #aos 🛰️ program will offer real-time satellite-based surveillance services to support and secure #norwegian 🇳🇴 national interests and sovereignty at sea 🌊 […]

@ast_spacemobile's launch campaign will be in 📆 2025 and 2026 and involve the deployment of roughly 60 next-generation Block 2 #bluebird satellites 🛰️ . #BlueOrigin said #newglenn will launch "multiple" such satellites but did not say how many missions are involved […]

The sixth flight test of #starship is targeted to launch 📆 Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at ⌚ 4:00 p.m. CT (23:00 CET). https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6