China has successfully established the world's first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon region of space, laying a foundation for the exploration and utilization of space, and for future crewed deep-space exploration.
DRO is a unique type of orbit, and the Earth-moon space refers to the region extending outward from near-Earth and near-lunar orbits, reaching a distance of up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.
India has just unveiled 'QPiAI-Indus', its first "full-stack quantum computing system that integrates advanced quantum processors, next-generation Quantum-HPC software platforms, and AI-enhanced quantum solutions". This a 25 superconducting qubit system developed by QPiAI, a @IndiaDST funded startup under the National Quantum Mission.
ISRO's Advanced Landing Gear Drop Test Facility has been made operational at VSSC.
This facility will used for the testing and qualification of the deployable landing gear of orbital-class Pushpak (RLV Orbital Reentry Experiment).
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Spadex undocking captured from both SDX-1 & SDX-2! 🛰️🛰️🎥
Watch the spectacular views of this successful separation in orbit.
Congratulations to India on this milestone! 🇮🇳✨
#Spadex#ISRO#SpaceTech
There are honestly some decent and common questions about the Apollo program’s moon landings that I figured we should check out ourselves. Because there’s no denying things from the Apollo program look unusual and are quite literally foreign to us in all other contexts.
Enjoy 10 months of research, work, dozens of animations, 9 hours of 6k dialogue that took up 3.1 terabytes of hard drive space and MOUNTAINS OF LOVE covering the most incredible journey in all of human history (so far), the Apollo Program.
Send this to anyone who watched the Bart Siebrel video on @joerogan, and maybe @elonmusk, you should make Joe watch this so he has answers to his questions.
00:00:00 - INTRO
00:04:40 - APOLLO 17 LIFTOFF FOOTAGE
00:19:05 - WHY DON'T WE SEE STARS
00:25:40 - LUNAR SHADOWS
00:32:00 - CROSSHAIRS BEHIND OBJECTS
00:34:10 - WHY DID THE FLAG WAVE
00:38:00 - ASTRONAUTS ON WIRES
00:47:15 - FOOTPRINTS / PROP ROCKS
00:49:05 - MOON ROCK OR WOOD
00:51:35 - VAN ALLEN BELT RADIATION
01:12:55 - LOST APOLLO 11 TAPES
01:07:55 - DID NASA FAKE FOOTAGE
01:19:30 - LOST SATURN V PLANS
01:23:00 - THE LUNAR LANDER'S THIN SKIN
01:27:50 - LUNAR ROVER DUST
01:29:30 - OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE 01:37:20 - DID ANYONE ELSE TRACK THE MISSIONS 01:40:15 - THE SOVIETS' REACTION TO APOLLO 01:42:10 - ORBITAL MECHANICS OF APOLLO
01:51:15 - DELTA V OF APOLLO
02:04:30 - WHY HAVEN'T WE GONE BACK
02:14:30 - SUMMARY
Earth rise, Earth set, repeat! Blue Ghost's third and final lunar orbit maneuver is complete! Early this morning, our #GhostRiders performed a 16-second burn with our RCS thrusters to enter a near-circular low lunar orbit. Up next, we'll perform a 19-second Descent Orbit Insertion at our 100-km perilune to begin our descent to Blue Ghost's final destination, Mare Crisium, on March 2.
Footage below captured by Blue Ghost shortly after our second lunar orbit maneuver. More to come soon! #BGM1
SpaDeX Docking Update:
Post docking, control of two satellites as a single object is successful.
Undocking and power transfer checks to follow in coming days.
#SPADEX#ISRO
The SpaDeX Docking scheduled on 7th is now postponed to 9th.
The docking process requires further validation through ground simulations based on an abort scenario identified today.
Stay tuned for updates.
Leaves have emerged! 🌱 VSSC's CROPS (Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies) aboard PSLV-C60 POEM-4 achieves a milestone as cowpea sprouts unveil their first leaves in space. 🚀 #ISRO#BiologyInSpace#POEM4
🌟 PSLV-C60/SPADEX Mission Update 🌟
Visualize SpaDeX in Action!
🎞️ Animation Alert:
Experience the marvel of in-space docking with this animation!
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Looks like as Elon mentioned, the Outer 20 Raptor engines seems to have not taken the entry & aerodynamic loads well (He tells the fix is easy though).
And the entire engine bay and it's thermal protection panels are glowing red hot from the entry heating.
I’m equal parts blown away by what @SpaceX accomplished this morning but also with THIS LIVE 4K PRODUCTION the Everyday Astronaut / @considercosmos team produced! These shots live… unbelievable 🤯 just wait till we get our slow mo compilation up 👀 #starship#flight5#IFT5