Starlink Group 8-8 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-06-08 12:58 UTC, or 2024-06-08 05:58 local time (PDT). Booster 1061-21 to land on Of Course I Still Love You....
ESA and Vast signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) June 6 during the ILA Berlin air show, agreeing to study collaboration on the commercial space stations that Vast plans to develop, starting with the Haven-1 station Vast plans to launch in the second half of next year....
TL;DW: Zack posits that the additional mass of the hot stage ring pushes the total mass of the booster close to (or over) the limit of what the booster can land with, based on the amount of propellant which can be stored in the current design of the landing tanks....
After a drama-filled day, Boeing’s Starliner finally finds its way (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX’s Starship took a beating but held on for first return from space (arstechnica.com)
Where droneship? (pbs.twimg.com)
Source: Daily Hopper, 2021...
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders dies in plane crash (www.bbc.com)
Could there be a more “Brady” news story?...
Rocket Report: Starliner soars to space station; Starship’s wild flight (arstechnica.com)
When your job is to dock Starliner but Starship is launching (pbs.twimg.com)
Source: x.com/YellowstoneTen/status/1799088123835773368...
Starlink 8-8 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 8-8 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-06-08 12:58 UTC, or 2024-06-08 05:58 local time (PDT). Booster 1061-21 to land on Of Course I Still Love You....
ESA and Vast to study cooperation on future commercial space stations (spacenews.com)
ESA and Vast signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) June 6 during the ILA Berlin air show, agreeing to study collaboration on the commercial space stations that Vast plans to develop, starting with the Haven-1 station Vast plans to launch in the second half of next year....
Starlink 10-1 launch bulletin
First launch into a new shell!...
The little fin that could (pbs.twimg.com)
Source: daily_hopper
Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight (spacenews.com)
Boeing’s Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks (arstechnica.com)
Starliner CFT docking to ISS
Docking Scheduled for (UTC)...
Starship Integrated Flight Test 4 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
Well folks, it’s time for Starship IFT-4!...
Last minute change of plans (sh.itjust.works)
Fake tweet by u/extracterflux in The Other Place.
The US installed more solar in Q1 2024 than it did in all of 2018 (electrek.co)
The US is putting enough solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites (electrek.co)
Why SpaceX Plans To Jettison The Interstage On Flight 4 (www.youtube.com)
TL;DW: Zack posits that the additional mass of the hot stage ring pushes the total mass of the booster close to (or over) the limit of what the booster can land with, based on the amount of propellant which can be stored in the current design of the landing tanks....
Starship Gets Ready to Launch for a Fourth Time - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Third time’s the charm for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Firefly Aerospace inks multi-launch deal with Lockheed Martin for Alpha rocket rides (spacenews.com)
Thomas Edison's birthplace is now powered by solar (electrek.co)
We know Starship can fly—now it’s time to see if it can come back to Earth (arstechnica.com)
Starliner CFT Launch Thread! (Third time's the charm?)
Another go at the first crewed flight of Starliner. Third time’s the charm?...
Falcon 9 Launch Anniversaries calendar by u/jnpha (i.redd.it)
Infographic by u/jnpha in The Other Place, reposted with permission....