A huge thanks to 47 Sqn @RAFBrizeNorton for facilitating an airdrop to our blue ice runway at SkyBlu today, providing important logistical support to our operation. Thanks for the flyby at Rothera a few hours later too! 👋🏻 @RoyalAirForce@BAS_News
This is incredible! I can’t begin to count the number of hours we spent in this simulator just in training for one flight. Looking forward to seeing it fully restored and to listen to those conversations as we trained for STS-135. Huge thanks to @BonnieJDunbar and the LSFM!
Our Liquids team successfully completed a full-duration, full-stack hotfire. Data looks great, vehicle is healthy and we will release after we take some time to cleanup and celebrate tonight🎉 Thank you all for the support and watching our livestream! Next stop: FAR 🚀
One week ago myself and my wingwalker Kirsten were being discharged from Poole Hospital A and E Dept after our controlled ditching in the entrance to Poole Harbour. 1/3
This is some of the best piloting advice I ever received. I haven’t always stuck to it as well as I should have but I do try, however it is still valid advice. Al was my course officer when I went through JEFTS and I was lucky enough to fly with him a couple of times. #legend
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It’s been almost two years since the #RedArrows last performed at a UK airshow - but today the team’s been told we’re ready to return. Public Display Authority has been granted for the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team 2021. We can’t wait to see you again! Sound on for this film...
Using the vertical. Flying with @RAFRED8 on this morning’s first training flight - a sneaky peak of how he transitions between a 4 jet opposition pass with 6,7,8,9 straight into a 6 jet opposition pass with 1,2,3,4,5&8 (The Goose) He uses the vertical. #RedArrows#Precision
I'm amazed to be able to witness this. Congratulations are truly in order for the entire @SpaceX and @SpaceXStarship Teams. What a time to be an astronaut and a test pilot - although, @elonmusk, you kinda took the fun out of landing... ;)
The Ever Given is about 400 meters long, and the ISS is 400km up, which means the angular size is a few arc minutes. That means under the right conditions it should be resolvable to the human eye.
In case you’re wondering whether this debacle could be seen from space.
Let’s begin the countdown! 5...days until #UKSpaceCmd stands up. On 1 Apr, the newest Joint Command will bring a renewed focus for @DefenceHQ on to the capabilities & operations required of the Space Domain. Stay tuned here for future updates & the countdown to launch!
Count those jets! First nine-ship sortie of the year carried out today by the 2021 #RedArrows team. Also, the first to be led by @RafRed1. Always a significant moment in the team’s training, for air and ground crews alike. #BuildingTheTeam
An exciting future for #DefenceSpace. With the release of the CP411 ‘Defence in a Competitive Age’, £1.4bn will be given to establish a new Space Command, a National Space Ops Centre, an ISR constellation & a Space Academy. Counting down the days until the launch of #UKSpaceCmd