Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected]

#space #aerospace #astronomy on this acct
software engineer, pilot/CFI, Ham, rocket/balloon tracker, #spacegeek
co-founder of Stratofox
Also me: @ikluft @KO6YQ

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

20 years ago, Oct 4, 2004: SpaceShipOne won the $10M X-Prize for a spacecraft to make two crewed space launches above 100km altitude in 2 weeks. I was there at Mojave Air & Space Port #KMHV to witness the #history. Some of my pictures. #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

Trivia: Texas is among the states that require an excuse to vote by mail. But since all #NASA astronauts live in Houston, they have an automatic excuse granted to astronauts in orbit. (PD image from Wikipedia) #space #Election2024

[Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell]

Eclipse of the Sun. By the moon Phobos. From the surface of Mars.

Captured by the @NASAPersevere rover on September 30. I'm still amazed that we can see such things.

https://t.co/U6R5YJdUWg

[Space Telescope Science Institute @SpaceTelescope]

Combining the power of Hubble and #NASAWebb, astronomers revisited the giant “pancake” of dust encircling the hot young star Vega. Surprisingly, the disk is very smooth, without evidence of large, forming planets: https://t.co/XFWbSsZ1nh

[Gizmodo @Gizmodo]

Jaw-Dropping Report Reveals Causes of Arecibo Telescope Collapse https://t.co/ADhxllPtPm

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"Disposal" by @XKCD comic - You wouldn't even have to dig the hole if you find a real estate listing for a decommissioned missile silo. https://t.co/oKCFmBR4iw #space☄️ #rocketry🚀 #WTF🤪

[Alan Boyle 👽 @b0yle]

.@StarfishSpace and two other companies win contracts to help @NatReconOfc advance capabilities for space operations: https://t.co/3acssEtYiq H/T @cognitive_space @GoToImpulse

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"Disposal" by @XKCD comic - You wouldn't even have to dig the hole if you find a real estate listing for a decommissioned missile silo. https://t.co/oKCFmBR4iw #space☄️ #rocketry🚀 #WTF🤪

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

@SPACEdotcom @NASAArtemis @NASA @arstechnica @SciGuySpace @StephenClark1 "NASA Identifies Root Cause of Orion Heat Shield Char Loss" by Marcia Smith @SpcPlcyOnline - Not saying what it is, they claim to now know root cause of #Orion heat shield issue. Problem: #Artemis2 heat shield is already built. https://t.co/86LCo0cW7k #Artemis🚀 #NASA🇺🇸 #Moon🌘

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"NASA to reveal Artemis 2 moon astronauts on April 3" by @SPACEdotcom / @michaeldwall - Four astronauts will be named to #NASA #Artemis2 #Moon mission - 3 from US🇺🇸 and 1 from Canada🇨🇦, currently planned for launch Nov 2024 https://t.co/CdpYbFlxId #space

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

@SPACEdotcom @NASAArtemis @NASA @arstechnica @SciGuySpace "NASA wants clarity on #Orion heat shield issue before stacking Artemis II rocket" by @ArsTechnica / @StephenClark1 - #Artemis2 #SLS rocket stacking may be delayed to wait for decisions and work on crew capsule heat shield. https://t.co/IgEROoVgkK #Artemis🚀 #NASA🇺🇸 #Moon🌖

[Ars Technica @arstechnica]

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is a giant nerd, and we’re all luckier for it https://t.co/LzEJE6xZSq

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

A shining light against the darkness

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"Astronaut hospitalized after returning from 235-day space mission" by @ArsTechnica / @StephenClark1 - Though #NASA is withholding info for privacy, there has been history of long-duration astronauts hospitalized to adapt back to 1G gravity. https://t.co/HkhcUrjyta #SpaceX #Crew8

[David Masten @dmasten]

OK. What-if. What if I could raise the money or in some manner make myself CEO of the new Boeing Space? Does it come with 50% of ULA or does that stay with the airplane company? If I'm doing it, I want ULA and I want control. It is a necessary part of the package. 1/n

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"Astronaut hospitalized after returning from 235-day space mission" by @ArsTechnica / @StephenClark1 - Though #NASA is withholding info for privacy, there has been history of long-duration astronauts hospitalized to adapt back to 1G gravity. https://t.co/HkhcUrjyta #SpaceX #Crew8

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"NASA & SpaceX Adjust Crew-8 Undocking Date" by @NASA @Commercial_Crew - Tue or Wed? #NASA #Crew8 #SpaceX #CrewDragon re-entry has been waiting on #HurricaneMilton & several fronts for good #weather forecast at any of 7 Florida splashdown sites. https://t.co/Qz5cMdb6B5 #NewSpace

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"NASA Provides Update on Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Health" by @NASA @Commercial_Crew - #NASA disclosed one of their 3 astronauts (not the Russian) was hospitalized after splashdown for a medical issue, which is not being disclosed for privacy. https://t.co/rmiZxqmfAc #SpaceX #Crew8

[Ars Technica @arstechnica]

Why is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX? https://t.co/bHGNQogK1J

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

Asteroids pass near Earth every day, not all detected. For example, today asteroid 2024 UT was discovered and named after it had already made its nearest pass just above the altitude of the geosynchronous satellite belt. #Intelsat33E #space

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

Though media have been quick to point out #Intelsat33E was built by Boeing, even in their headlines, there is not yet enough info (in public) to conclude whether the satellite failed or was struck by a meteoroid/asteroid. #space

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

Asteroids pass near Earth every day, not all detected. For example, today asteroid 2024 UT was discovered and named after it had already made its nearest pass just above the altitude of the geosynchronous satellite belt. #Intelsat33E #space

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

"Boeing-built communications satellite breaks up in orbit. 'Total loss,' operator says" by @SpaceDotCom / @howellspace - Unexpected explosion of geosynchronous #Intelsat33E #commsat with debris cloud. Unknown if internal failure or meteor collision. https://t.co/tvwBa4fLoG #space

[Astro Hawk 🚀🌒 /Ian Kluft @[email protected] @AstroHawk]

Though media have been quick to point out #Intelsat33E was built by Boeing, even in their headlines, there is not yet enough info (in public) to conclude whether the satellite failed or was struck by a meteoroid/asteroid. #space