AlrightyDave

KSP stock/mod enthusiast, Shuttle 2 mastermind, Elon coolade skeptic, aerospace vehicle design fanatic, upcoming aerospace engineer

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck. @NASA and @USSpaceForce have both been extremely helpful.

This team. Never tell them the odds.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

We’re excited for Falcon Heavy to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as early as this August from pad 39A in Florida

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

NASA head urges new launcher for Blue Origin’s moon landers to meet Artemis mission deadlines

📰: https://t.co/uxFxp46ifU

[Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow]

SpaceX is now fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-43 mission is scheduled for 6:26:30 a.m. EDT (1026:30 UTC), about a minute after sunrise.

Watch live: https://t.co/7fa0IkGyMh

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

A Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a launch pad as part of a static fire test in Florida ten years ago. What can Blue Origin learn from this?

https://t.co/aglS3E2SY5

[MattZ @wvmattz]

Earlier today, a brand new expendable Falcon Heavy center core booster, B1106, arrived in McGregor for its testing campaign. A short while later, it was raised to vertical, as SpaceX often wastes no time.

@NASASpaceflight | https://t.co/YbGzPpnUhT

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Blue Origin seeks to resume New Glenn launches by year’s end https://t.co/SWiTDE2hKj

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

One week to go! 🚀

@NASA will announce the Artemis III crew on June 9 at 11am ET (1500 UTC). Get ready to meet the four astronauts who will help advance the technologies needed to return humans to the Moon.

More: https://t.co/AbNqKsLcvh

[Amazon Leo @Amazonleo]

Behind the scenes as prep continues for Leo Vulcan 1 (LV-01), the first of 38 Vulcan missions on contract with @ULAlaunch.

Teams have completed integration of the first LEO-optimized Centaur upper stage with Vulcan inside Amazon's dedicated Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-A), allowing ULA to begin the next phase of testing ahead of upcoming Leo Vulcan launches from SLC-41.

[ULA @ulalaunch]

The first low Earth orbit (LEO)-optimized Centaur upper stage is now integrated atop the Vulcan rocket at ULA's @AmazonLeo Integration Facility!

Integrating the vehicle with the new LEO 85K Centaur upper stage allows the team to perform first time procedures, validate stage and ground support equipment interfaces with a planned Wet Dress Rehearsal to validate new technologies in advance of the first Vulcan Leo mission.

Learn more in our blog:
https://t.co/thnd65wusQ

[Marcia Smith @SpcPlcyOnline]

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp with "a bit of good news" and vowing "we will fly again before the end of this year."

[Marcia Smith @SpcPlcyOnline]

NASA is dropping its proposal to build a govt module to dock with ISS as a first step for cmrcl space stations. Industry didn't like it and NASA now agrees: "The industry position will now shape the path forward as NASA proceeds with the original commercial strategy."

[Lukas C. H. @GewoonLukas_]

In the past couple hours, two cranes have appeared at Launch Complex 36 and started working in the area around the integration facility, so it appears some initial cleanup is underway!

📸 https://t.co/E4TJKH1qFS

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

SpaceX and Chinese launches dominate this week’s launch manifest, which features six missions from five launch sites worldwide.

By Haygen Warren (@haygenwarren).

https://t.co/WazkViMIjv

[Amazon Leo @Amazonleo]

Look back at Leo Atlas 7 (LA-07).

With 300+ satellites on orbit, we're continuing to grow our constellation ahead of an initial service rollout this year.

Leo will be back on the pad soon for LA-08, our final launch on Atlas V before transitioning to @ULALaunch's new heavy-lift Vulcan rocket.

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

Great news for European Human Spaceflight:
"Thomas Pesquet will serve as Commander for Vast’s private astronaut mission to the International Space Station".

Pending who will command Ax-5, Pesquet could become the first Non-former-NASA Astronaut to Command a PAM mission (this used to be a requirement under the previous administration).

"ESA Reserve Astronaut Arnaud Prost is intended to serve as a flight test engineer on the first crewed mission and flight acceptance test for Haven-1".

[Ace of Razgriz @raz_liu]

The engine bay of the CZ-12B

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

This Week In Spaceflight with Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal)

https://t.co/VCcu6p74vQ

[NASA Aeronautics @NASAaero]

NASA’s X-59 is preparing for upcoming flight tests at speeds faster than the speed of sound! 🤫

The X-59 team continues evaluating its performance across a range of flight conditions and is preparing for first supersonic flight.

More X-59: https://t.co/YfTlWUtAw6

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

New Glenn RUD aftermath, Starship, and perhaps an Atlas V launch - The Flame Trench https://t.co/EWjKO6yK4l