Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the final flight of the DC-X rocket (it ended in a💥), the first vehicle to execute vertical takeoff and landings.
View of Starship in space from a Starlink V3 satellite on Flight 13.
This composite is made of imagery from four separate cameras on a single satellite. Six of the satellites were equipped with cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions
B20’s abort telemetry with video from SpaceX and audio from NSF.
This is probably the best I can personally do with this, but I know someone else can create a better version than mine.
Our astronaut Luca Parmitano is assigned as pilot of NASA’s #ArtemisIII mission.
With Europe powering Orion with the European Service Module, this mission will test the critical operations preparing for humankind's return to the Moon.
A strong step forward for ESA–NASA partnership.
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the liquid propellant rocket made by Robert H. Goddard
A century later, we’re still going on with astronomical progress influenced and powered by liquid propellant engines