MattZ
@wvmattz
Rocket nerd. SpaceX fanboy. Huge MCU lover. Baseball (Orioles) and hockey (Caps) fan. SBL/SCL operator, socials team, and YT Moderator for @NASASpaceflight.
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Earlier today, the newest Falcon 9 booster (B1109) departed SpaceX's McGregor test campus destined for either California or Florida.
With the cadence of launches scaling back, and future operations transitioning to Starship, could this be one of the last new boosters we see? (Probably not, but stick with us to find out for sure!)
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🔥 Just another day at Stennis. Stage 2 successfully completed its first integrated hotfire!
The A2 test stand was originally built in the 60s to support Saturn V Upper Stage testing (S-II). It was later reconfigured to be a single engine test stand for Shuttle Main Engine testing and development.
The last Saturn V Stage test occurred October 30, 1970 on A2. It has been 55 years, 11 months, and 17 days since A2 supported stage testing capability.
As of this morning, it is now 0 days.
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Starbase Pad 1 taking shape as teams lifted a piece of the Flame Bucket. @NASASpaceflight
Blue Origin adds yet another section of 36A. Really picking up the pace on the rebuild now!
It may be hot in South Texas but Starship Booster 23 was nice as frosty over at Massey's, as it underwent an extended cryo test over the course of 12 hours yesterday, as part of its pre-launch testing campaign.
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Covering Rocket Lab's Neutron status and the battle with carbon fibre across various vehicles.
This timelapse of today's chopsticks catch testing reveals something interesting about how they work. Before each catch simulation, you can see the sticks seem to reset and prepare to move. And you can see it get refined each time.
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Hi there tower crew!
Dunno what the occasion is but a whole bunch of workers just did the wave for us on top of the Pad 2 launch tower.
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Another milestone day for the Starbase Gigabay project as one of the bridge cranes was lifted for installation. Thanks to @NASASpaceflight's Gage Telesz (@RoughRidersShow) for getting us the close up views.
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Ship completed its return journey by joining three future flight vehicles inside Mega Bay 2. Meanwhile, a pack of Coyotes took too much interest in some of our robotic cameras!
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.@RocketLab has officially delayed Neutron's debut to 2027, after defects arose during manufacturing.
It turns out making a really complicated vehicle out of a really complicated material is... really complicated.
Does carbon fiber just suck for rockets? →
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Super frosty Super Heavy!
Booster 23 is currently undergoing cryogenic testing at Masseys today. @NASASpaceflight |
Starship East Coast: The Ship Work Stand has been offloaded You'll Thank Me Later at the KSC turn basin.
Masseys is clearing ahead of testing! Do we think it’s Booster 23s time to shine? Booster 23 might potentially be the first Super Heavy to launch from LC-39A in Florida! @NASASpaceflight Watch live:
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Starship Update with Max Evans (@_MaxQ_).
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Artemis III progress ahead of SLS going to the 39B for initial pad testing.
Neutron's debut officially delayed to 2027. Peter explains issues with laying carbon fiber for the domes. They've now been addressed but that delayed this first flight. Q1 is target to finish and qualify first stage tank structures, then a more specific launch target will come.
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Merlin 1D Sea Level on its pure glory ❤️
This Merlin fired for 177 seconds, it isn't the usual 142 seconds of duration, with a clear view of the deluge starting and engine ignition, where we can see a green flash, thanks to the TEA-TEB, also known as triethylaluminum (TEA) and triethylborane (TEB), the pyrophoric mixture used to ignite it, all the way to the shutdown.
Enjoy this 177 seconds of kerolox roar, with a warning for the headphone users 😝
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Booster 24's LOX landing tank took a bit of a detour to get to Megabay 1 for installation just now.
The SIXTH Block 3 Super Heavy only has a few more sections left!
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And as YTML arrives into Port Canaveral, Blue Origin lifts the next section of 36A as the tower rebuild continues.
