Ground system Launch Sequencer Repair is complete (replacement of power chassis). Retesting nearly complete. Engineering Review Board just finished up. Good to go pending successful finishing of the retesting.
I’d prefer if the exploration were done by more democratic countries, but I am hopeful that China’s advances will put pressure on NASA and ESA (and the governments that fund them) to step up their game.
China is definitely moving quickly, and sticking fairly closely to their announced timelines. I hope this can motivate NASA and ESA (and their respective funding agencies) to step up the pace.
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....
Blue Origin works towards New Glenn debut, ramps BE-4 deliveries - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
“Gradatim Ferociter”...
Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reaches 1,000 cumulative days in space – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
On Wednesday, he became the first person to reach 1,000 cumulative days in space....
Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit (spacenews.com)
Boeing's Starliner CFT ready for third launch attempt - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Astra consolidates facilities (spacenews.com)
How the mighty (aspirations) have fallen…
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 14th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 launch – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
We know Starship can fly—now it’s time to see if it can come back to Earth (arstechnica.com)
Thomas Edison's birthplace is now powered by solar (electrek.co)
[Chang'e-6] China's spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves the lunar surface (apnews.com)
China lands on the Moon again, taking another step toward human missions (arstechnica.com)
We're closer to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 than we look – IEA (electrek.co)
Do it for Aragorn's approval (lemmy.world)
I spent way too long updating this meme (sh.itjust.works)
Starship IFT-4 and Starliner CFT just can’t be separated....
Rocket Lab "PREFIRE And Ice" Launch Thread!
PREFIRE And Ice...
Starship Development Thread #56
SpaceX Starship page...