Through a FOIA request to NASA, I’ve obtained extended onboard camera views from the Artemis II launch. This clip shows the vehicle going supersonic and passing Max Q.
Full ascent: https://t.co/aqRZQOIxL6
Module 9 done. Standing tall again at LC-36! The Vehicle Access Tower is fully assembled, with every module repaired and back in place. This was a monumental effort. Proud of Team Blue.
SpaceX scrubbed its launch attempt of the Starlink 15-15 mission for a third day in a row. This time, teams got through the fueling process and called off a launch attempt in the final minute. The scrub was called today due to poor weather at the launch pad.
High cadence launch needs high cadence testing. With more than 100 launches in backlog (and counting), we're building a new state-of-the-art test facility to accelerate static fire stack testing for Electron and HASTE rockets.
Check out the new test pad underway within our Propulsion Test Complex 🧵👇
We have completed breakover operations for the Neutron Stage 2 tank assembly, rotating the stage horizontal – a critical step in the handling of large rocket sections for integration and assembly.
Here’s a last look at Stage 2 on the Neutron Factory floor before it’s wrapped up (literally) for barge shipment to LC-3 on Wallops Island where its fluid systems will be tested and its Archimedes vacuum engine installed.
Exclusive: ESA has confirmed that a full-scale Space Rider test model was lost following a failed drop test earlier this month.
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