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NASA/JPL is testing underwater robots for future ocean world missions. #SpaceSky
That is wonderful!
The blue origin new glen rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center
Blue Origin has achieved a major milestone by raising its first flight-ready New Glenn rocket into the launch position ahead of final testing.
This moment showcases the progress of their next-generation heavy-lift rocket, bringing them closer to participating in the NASA Artemis Moon Mission 🌖
A bright green aurora borealis streams above Earth's surface.
A bright green aurora borealis streams above Earth's surface as the International Space Station orbited 269 miles above a cloudy North Pacific Ocean, south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Saturn in black and white.
Saturn 🪐 Captured by the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft in 2004.
And Blue Origin was the best choice to be the second partner after SpaceX. If it wasn’t BO it would have been Boeing or ULA or one of the other existence launch providers which have not shown the ability to innovate cost effectively.
To be frank, the need for redundancy and two options is a major reason why Starliner hasn’t been canceled. Despite how badly Boeing has managed that product, the government needs them to solve it and starting over with another company would cost too much time and money.
The reason is the government can not be dependent on a single launch provider. Due to the importance of space for national security they require redundancy in access to space. No matter what they would have two launch providers.
NASA plans to assign demo missions to SpaceX and Blue Origin to advance their cargo lander designs after design certification.
This follows NASA’s 2023 request to develop cargo versions of the human landing systems for Artemis III, IV, and V.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
This is too real 😅
Catch the NS-28 webcast on the blue origin channel.
youtube.com/@blueorigin?...
Blue Origin’s NS-28 mission launches Friday, Nov. 22, at 10:30 a.m. EST, sending “Space Gal” Emily Calandrelli and five others to suborbital space!
You can watch it live via Blue Origin’s webcast starting 30 mins before liftoff. 🚀 #BlueOrigin
Does the Starship finally have competition?
China has unveiled their new space craft — the March Long 9 which aims to rival the SpaceX Starship, but there is one SMALL catch.
Starship Flight Update from SpaceX
“All systems and weather are looking good for today's flight test of Starship.
The live launch webcast on @X will go live ~40 minutes before liftoff, which is targeted for 4:00 p.m. CT → x.com/spacex/statu...
AST SpaceMobile has booked Blue Origin & other rockets to launch 45+ BlueBird satellites by 2026. This is to enable full text, voice, & 5G data for AT&T & Verizon users across the U.S. and beyond. It will keep subscribers connected even outside cell tower coverage. #Space #5G #BlueOrigin
The on going starship development is a critical piece to the next phase of human space flight.
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 2:00pm PT / 5:00 p.m. ET.
Created by still images from the Cassini spacecraft (not CGI).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill
Io & Europa Passing Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
NASA’s X-59 Ultra Quiet Supersonic Jet could revolutionize ✈️ air travel.
Supersonic commercial flights are banned by the FAA over us soil due to the sonic boom.
The X-59’s purpose is to demonstrate that it is possible to reduce the sonic “boom” down to a sonic “thump”.
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There will be new space based telescopes that will be better than anything we can possibly capture on earth, but our earth viewing from telescopes will no longer be what it has been ever again.
This is not an argument against progress, just a fact.
As satellite constellations 🛰️ providers such as OneWeb, Starlink, Echostar, and others continue grow: Our view of the night sky will eventually be lost.
That is beautiful
The Pillars of Creation. From the James Webb Telescope (NIRCam) 🔭
The Pillars of Creation. From the James Webb Telescope (NIRCam) 🔭
NASA’ mission with the X-59 is to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
