I'm a total space cadet and a writer for @NASASpaceflight. Have attended a number of launches, rocket tests, and NASA Socials. Astronomy/model building/aviation
Utah/Arizona
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And my book is now out! One Light-Day is about the Voyager 1 mission and its journey to one light-day out of Earth. That’s an important occasion that I think needs to be celebrated.
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Progress MS-36 is the next Russian cargo launch to ISS, scheduled for Nov. 23. This is the first Progress mission affected by the permanent closure of the Zvezda docking port to crew members and cargo transfers. The aft port is only now usable for purposes that don’t require cargo transfers.
#ProgressMS36 cargo spacecraft will dock on November 26 to the #Rassvet module. Presumably From December 2026 to February 2027, it will be re-docked to the #Zvezda module.
A record number of orbital launches from Vandenberg. Virtually all of them - except for one Firefly (I think) were Falcon 9s. Most with Starlink, but other missions sprinkled in.
🚀 72 launches and counting!
Team V's Guardians and Airmen supported today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB, notching our 72nd launch operation for the calendar year - officially surpassing our modern record.
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Good afternoon. While I was asleep, a Falcon 9 launched from California w/Starlink v2 Mini satellites, and another is scheduled for later this week (Thursday). That’s the next launch, and a launch from India is scheduled on Friday.
The Swift observatory lasted much longer than planned and made great discoveries regarding high energy objects in the universe. Its science mission is over and it will reenter soon. The mission sent to reboost it ultimately failed, but it was good that it was attempted. And with that, goodnight.
As the sun sets on NASA's Swift mission, we celebrate more than 21 years of discoveries. Designed to catch gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the universe's most powerful explosions, Swift revolutionized our understanding of these high-energy events and showed how they can illuminate everything from the births of black holes to the history of the early universe.
But Swift's legacy extends far beyond gamma-ray bursts. Its rapid-response capabilities turned it one of astronomy's first responders, alerting observatories around the world to fleeting cosmic events and helping usher in the era of multimessenger astronomy. The mission leaves behind a remarkable scientific legacy and a wealth of data that will continue to enable discoveries for years to come.
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This Week In Spaceflight with Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal)
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Now let’s see when they do the six engine static firing. Once they get past that, Ship 42’s going back to the hangar for flight preps.
And we have a single engine static firing! The depress vent was smaller than everyone was expecting.
Flap test. They’ve been doing prop load, the flap test is about 10 minutes before test firing. They may fire one engine or six.
Ship 42 at the testing site. Preps underway, I think the liquid oxygen is being chilled. And methane too.
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Ship 42 is about to do a static fire at Masseys sometime within the next hour or two, and here’s a dedicated stream on the big screen.
