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SpaceX Starship full stack (i.imgur.com)

submitted by mikenigger to spaceflight 3.7 years ago (+10/-5)

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Pure coincidence (files.catbox.moe)

submitted by mikenigger to spaceflight 3.7 years ago (+1/-0)

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"Moving rocket to orbital launch pad" - Elon (twitter.com)

submitted by mikenigger to spaceflight 3.7 years ago (+3/-2)

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VIrgin Galactic Completes First Suborbital Hop with Ful l Contingent of Passengers (youtu.be)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3.8 years ago (+3/-0)

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Crossed the US definition for the boundary to space, but not the FAI's Karman Line. Still, passengers experienced around 3 minutes of zero G.

SpaceX B3 Booster Boilerplate/Pathfinder Moved from High Bay to Test Stand (2 More Images in Text Section) (files.catbox.moe)

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Two US Probes Selected for Venus Exploration - an Orbiter and a Lander (www.jpl.nasa.gov)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3.9 years ago (+2/-0)

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Unconfirmed report suggests Branson may try to beat Bezos into space (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3.9 years ago (+1/-0)

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https://www.businessinsider.com/rumor-suggests-richard-branson-racing-to-launch-before-jeff-bezos-2021-6

In Blue Origin's case, they cross the Karman line (100 km). Virgin cross 50 miles, which is the US standard threshold space, but not the Karman line. Regardless, both are suborbital hoppers.

SpaceX launches new solar arrays to space station, nails rocket landing at sea (www.space.com)

submitted by veo to spaceflight 3.9 years ago (+2/-1)

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Virgin Galactic's First Full Suborbital Flight From Their New Mexico Base (youtu.be)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3.9 years ago (+4/-0)

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https://youtu.be/juBHUqB9A74

Probably feeling the pressure from Blue Origin's New Shepard. Both of course pale next to SpaceX's progress.

SpaceX Set to Launch Six Commercial Moon Landers after Latest Win (www.teslarati.com)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3.9 years ago (+3/-1)

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https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-secures-six-moon-lander-launch-contracts

If such a demand continues it might soon be cost effective to do ride shares for lunar missions.

Rocket Lab Electron 2nd Stage Failed - Loss of Payload (twitter.com)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 4.0 years ago (+3/-0)

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https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1393531340188913665

From the live stream, it appears that the 2nd stage motor started, then stopped a couple of seconds later. If so, I'm guessing a sudden loss of power to the electric propellant pumps.

ETA: Appears to have spun hard shortly after staging.

Summary Video of SpaceX Starship SN15's Successful Flight (www.youtube.com)

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 4.0 years ago (+4/-0)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfrWFB9lYJI

There was a methane leak at the base after landing, but there were no catastrophes. Clearly the flip maneuver works.

Huge rocket looks set for uncontrolled reentry following Chinese space station launch (spacenews.com)

submitted by veo to spaceflight 4.0 years ago (+4/-0)