CheckRideAir

Space nerd, INTP, amateur astrophotographer, Tracker of RocketShip (no affiliation with ULA, Keystone shipping, RocketShip, SpaceShip, or any company.. yet)

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

Coming soon to a tracking network near you!

✨ SpaceShip ✨

📸 credit: @BollingerShip on instagram.

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

little bit of 727 flying in MSFS24, been having a ton of fun for once in an airliner... keeps ya on your toes a bit more than a modern 73 or 320. cant turn the autopilot on and go have lunch 😅

[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.

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@WordsMustFlow @ulalaunch @Amazonleo im sure thats something ULA is thinking about, but until its proven to be a cause, no point in stopping all Vulcan ops.

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@ulalaunch @Amazonleo 😮
its so tiny! just an itty bitty lil guy!

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.

I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.

We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@SCSsoftware Very much so!

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@TurkeyBeaver @_abbie_watson_ sure a more through inspection could have been done, but id bet even if they did that, this still would have happened, either now or later down the line and possibly even during a launch. so im glad it happened now during a static fire than later on a launch

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@TurkeyBeaver @_abbie_watson_ spaceflight is notoriously difficult, Ive seen quite a few people, including those in my friend group bashing Blue for "letting this happen..." this is a NORMAL failure, theres nothing Blue could have done to really prevent this until it happens...

[Scott Schilke @SchilkeScott]

Just a stunning change of events one day makes! Sad!

The importance of stay out zones during static fire testing & launches is so important!🔥🚀🔥 #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #SLC36
Pilot followed all FAA & Military restrictions for this 800mm shot above Port Canaveral May 29th.

[selina is ᐸcuteᐳ and ᐸpopᐳ @inkblotPrincess]

we're about to see the worst announcement of all time

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

I have returned from my vacation and will resume tracking ULA's RocketShip and NASA's Pegasus (once I find her that is...)
RS is still in Decatur and presumably getting maintenance and other projects done while waiting for the next batch of rocket goodies

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@MCO Made it back ok! Slight delay in getting to our gate but it looked like a fairly decent storm had come through... Id imagine a ground stop was done right before we landed

[C.W. Lemoine @CWLemoine]

New video of UPS 2976 from the latest NTSB Hearings plus excerpts from the CVR transcript.

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@MCO Fr 😭
But it'll be nice to be back at MCO

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

@SLDelta45 I fear for how many will touch debris and take them home 😭

[Space Launch Delta 45 @SLDelta45]

Do not touch or attempt to recover suspected debris. Report debris to the Blue Origin Wreckage Management Hotline: [phone] or [email protected]

If the debris poses an immediate public safety hazard, call 911 and the hotline.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Debris from our recent hotfire anomaly may wash ashore in the coming days/weeks. If you encounter any debris, do not touch or approach it for your safety.

Please report the location immediately:
Call: 1-321-222-4355 
Email: [email protected]

[CheckRideAir @CheckRideAir]

And for the record. New Glenn was NOT a nuclear explosion. I've heard people comparing it to a nuclear explosion and no.. not even close. Sure it's yield might have been close or similar to that of a very small nuclear detonation but no... No fission or fusion event happened.