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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

SpaceX: "Flight 3 Starship completed a full-duration static fire with all six of its Raptor engines"

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Everyday Astronaut is live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZpBOxMopc

NASASpaceflight.com is now scheduled to go live at the bottom of the hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzixV3s

Upcoming ...
Rebroadcast of SpaceX's livestream by Space Affairs is live (quality may vary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIde9hGPy18

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Propellant loading is in progress for both stages.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Rebroadcast of SpaceX's livestream by Space Affairs is live (quality may vary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIde9hGPy18

Already live ...

NASASpaceflight.com:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzixV3s

Everyday Astronaut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixZpBOxMopc

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

T-00:02:00.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
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Liftoff!!!

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

All 33 booster engines are running.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
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Hot staging looks successful.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
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Booster boostback burn completed.

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Booster "landing" burn started.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

The booster "landing" burn was apparently not successful.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Starship burn completed with nominal orbital insertion!!!

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Payload door is opening.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Payload door open and close was successful.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Propellant transfer demo was completed.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

It sounds like they skipped the on-orbit engine relight test.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
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Starship reentry is starting.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
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Those heat shield tiles are getting a real workout!

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Still waiting to see if the ship is still alive through the plasma communications blackout.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

Per the SpaceX timeline, the ship landing in the Indian Ocean should have just happened.

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SpaceX - Starship Integrated Flight Test #3
SH10/SS28 from Starbase TX

SpaceX has made the call that the ship has been lost.

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ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

NASA blog post:
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Mission

https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2024/04/22/nasas-boeing-crew-flight-test-astronauts-enter-quarantine-for-mission/

#LaunchInformation #ULA #NASA #ISS #Boeing #Starliner #CFT

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ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

With SpX-30 Cargo Dragon having vacated the Harmony module zenith port and returned to Earth, this morning the Crew-8 Crew Dragon relocated from the Harmony module forward port to the zenith port. This frees up the forward port for the CFT Starliner.

NASA blog post:
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Makes Room for Boeing Starliner at Space Station

https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2024/05/02/nasas-spacex-crew-8-makes-room-for-boeing-starliner-at-space-station/

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ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

The NASA/Boeing/ULA Launch Readiness Review is 'Go' for a launch attempt on Monday as scheduled.

The weather forecast is currently 95% 'Go' for Monday.

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ULA - Boeing Starliner CFT
Atlas V N22 from CCSFS LC-41

ULA: "The joint ULA, @BoeingSpace and @Commercial_Crew team completed all of today's planned activities for rollout day and powered down the rocket. The next event will be starting the countdown Monday morning."

ULA live updates:
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-starliner-cft

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