Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace
Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. Likes rockets. Author of the best-selling book on the Falcon 9 and Dragon, REENTRY.
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Kiko Dontchev of SpaceX just said at the UP.Summit that the company is targeting Friday, Nov. 13, for the launch Starship Flight 15.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, and talking to people about a post-Falcon world. Why sunset the world’s best rocket? Can Starship replace it? What about Artemis? Why are SpaceXers flocking to Memphis? Grab a coffee, this is a long one.
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Good night, sweet princes.
This is brilliant: @Dr_ThomasZ is coming to Blue Origin to work on advanced concepts.
I've been fortunate to fly to space on three different vehicles, and I'm often asked which one I prefer. It depends on the phase of the flight. For launch thrill, nothing beats the Shuttle. For a smooth ride uphill, I'd take Dragon, then Soyuz. Dragon wins on cockpit displays and docking — the softest docking I've ever felt. For landing, a Shuttle runway is still the most civilized way home. That said, I'd be happy to ride any one of the three any day of the week!
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Falcon Heavy launch coming up in less than 10 minutes (payload for National Reconnaissance Office), and there probably aren't all that many left. Watch:
SpaceX's "hot work" on the Dragon prop system kept its latest crew mission pretty much on schedule.
LIVE: After lifting off this morning, Crew-13 is arriving at the @Space_Station. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the station at 7pm ET (2300 UTC), with hatches opening around 8:45pm ET (0045 UTC Oct. 2).
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Some interesting things in launch are happening north of the border.
Russia plans to conduct a launch abort test of its next-generation crew spacecraft next year? I'll believe that when I see it.
Today, we’re announcing Varda’s $250M Series D raise, bringing the total amount of capital raised to $598 million with a $1.6B valuation.
This funding will help us build more vehicles, grow pharmaceutical partnerships, and advance toward the first medicine manufactured in space for patients on Earth.
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Answering some of the big questions about the future of a low-Earth economy that NASA has spent decades trying to establish. Is it all going poof?
We’re going vertical! The first module is placed on the vehicle access tower. We’ve added two floors and guard rails for access, along with cryo control skids and environmental control system piping and filter boxes. Five more modules to go as we work toward returning to flight this year.
A lot of hard work behind this. Couldn’t be prouder of the team.
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All the SR-71s were demilitarized before being sent to museums and that included cutting their main wing spars, rendering them unflyable. NASA kept #844# at Dryden (now Armstrong) and it was basically towed across the street, never undergoing the demil process.
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Boeing’s price for keeping Starliner flying? $359 million.
NASA will pay Boeing $359 million to facilitate Starliner's return to flight, and help certify the Vulcan rocket for future missions in the 2030s.
A senior official from Boeing is participating in a Starliner media call for the first time in two years.
NASA's Jared Isaacman says the next Starliner crewed mission will fly no earlier than 2028.
In 18 years SpaceX has gone from orbiting Falcon 1 to orbiting Starship. What do you think they are most likely to have accomplished in 18 more years?
“It’s worth it.” @blueorigin CEO @davill addressing State and NASA leaders gathered here at Rocket Park.
“It’s going to 10,000.” (Launches a year)
