Nick Hansen

Pushing propulsion limits every day. To infinity and beyond! 🚀💫

[Elisar Priel @ENNEPS]

Latest Starship article: https://t.co/rdjTc5d2BP

[Daniel Pomarède @DanielPomarede]

Dragon departing

Fascinating footage captured from the spaceship as it backs up from ISS on its way home, on June 16, 2026.

Full video: https://t.co/tbuyEBAf8O

@Space_Station

[Tori Mae Fontana @LensOfMae]

We’ve been busy the last few days, but we still managed to squeeze in a little spotting this afternoon.

We caught an F-35C returning with a beautiful topside from Siren. I’ll have to get that one downloaded tomorrow.

Later, we had a good friend over for dinner and pulled some of the vermilion snapper we got in Galveston out of the freezer. After dinner, we took the boat out for a sunset cruise on the lake. To top it off, Roper, the local C-130J from the 136th Airlift Wing, put on quite the show overhead. Even after we made it back to the dock, they were still making passes.

Some days, it really hits us just how lucky we are to call Fort Worth home.

📸 My husband picked up a new hat last time we were in Galveston 😅😅😅
📸 Nothing beats the sunset on the water
📸 Roper making a pass on Runway 18
📸 Roper on base, and my husband pulling in a blue catfish. Just one of the many reasons we love this house. 😍

[David T Phung 🇺🇸 @davidtphung]

was just 2 minutes from the hill when the jellyfish effect just started from the starlink mission.

[Space Vulture ⚡️ @slvulture]

After so many years, we’re finally getting better re-entry effects in JNO 🥹

[Laser Wars @laserwarsHQ]

Tired: Next Generation Glide Body

Wired: Lenticular Reentry Vehicle https://t.co/SLkNPuWoxu

[Janes @JanesINTEL]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received four solar-powered Triton unmanned underwater and surface vehicles from the United States to strengthen its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

👉https://t.co/mqXa27YDXt

#DefenseNews

[TheSpaceEngineer @mcrs987]

@ClaudiusNDX Would it be at all possible to fly @AdamCuker over McGregor (assuming he's got his new lens), or Gary if he's around, ideally within the next few days? Especially trying to maximize the fidelity we can get here, so you're ideally flying over the site at 1-2pm where the sun is best positioned , and ideally not shooting through the plexiglass as I previously mentioned but not sure what sort of developments there have been on that subject. I'm specifically looking for these shots around the Large Site Components Stand. tight, as front-on as possible shots of gasifier bays 1 and 2 (red), tight shots from different angles around the south of bay 3 (green), which is not enclosed, shots of the pipework on the back of those bays from the northwest, and shots of the tankfarm of the site from the northeast. The most important ones to me are of Bay 3 and of course doing multiple passes is an option. From that point it's just the regular rounds of the facility I don't have specific requests for the other sites right now.

[Space Investor @SpaceInvestor_D]

$SATL: Satellogic and SynMax Partner to Bring Persistent Global Intelligence to Defense Customers

Satellogic and SynMax, a multi-intelligence applied-AI analytics company, today announced a strategic collaboration to develop and deliver AI-powered geospatial intelligence products for defense and intelligence customers.

The strategic collaboration pairs SynMax's agentic intelligence layer with Satellogic's growing constellation, including its existing high-resolution satellites, on-satellite AI, and the forthcoming Merlin constellation, which is designed to deliver comprehensive global coverage at one-meter resolution as the network expands, beginning with its first launch in October 2026.

[Michael Seeley @MikeSeeley]

This was, for the record, an attempt at a solar transit, but trees, power lines and, for 2 mins before and 3 mins after the launch, clouds would all conspire to prevent the shot. The riverfront location was in a condo complex, and I opted for this more inland location to shoot on public property.

[Space innovation @All_inspace]

Left: Saturn V

Height: 110.6 m vs N1’s 105 m. Taller but narrower. 10.1 m diameter

Stages: 3 stages. S-IC first stage = 5x F-1, 3,500 tons thrust, kerolox. S-II = 5x J-2, hydrolox. S-IVB = 1x J-2, hydrolox

Thrust: 7.6M lbf = 3,447 tons = 34 MN. 5x huge engines. Gas-generator cycle, 263 sec ISP sea-level

Payload: 140 tons LEO, 48.6 tons to TLI. Carried Apollo CSM + LM. 3 astronauts to Moon

Record: 13 launches 1967-1973. 0 failures. Apollo 4, 6, 8-17, Skylab 1. Most powerful rocket until Starship 2023

Design: Vertical integration at VAB. Full-duration static fires for every stage. Conservative, expensive, worked

Right: N1-L3

Height: 105 m. Wider base = 17 m diameter. Conical shape = more drag, less efficient

Stages: 5 stages. Block A first stage = 30x NK-15, 4,620 tons thrust, kerolox. Blocks B, V, G, D = upper stages

Thrust: 10.2M lbf = 4,620 tons = 45.3 MN. More than Saturn V. 30x small engines. Staged combustion, 331 sec ISP — better efficiency than F-1

Payload: 95 tons LEO, 23.5 tons to TLI. Carried LK lander + Soyuz LOK. 1 cosmonaut to Moon surface

Record: 4 launches 1969-1972. 0 successes. All blew up. Cancelled 1974, classified until 1989

Design: Horizontal integration MIK-112. No static fire of 30x engines together. Rushed, underfunded, complex

[Efstathios Karypidis @K_Sta8is]

🎉Re2Pix accepted at #ECCV2026!

💡Should a world model predict future dynamics and render pixels simultaneously? Re2Pix says no. Forecast in VFM semantic space first 🧠, synthesize pixels second 🎨

Updated Paper and code coming soon. Details👇

[Unmanned Systems Technology @UnmannedSystem]

CRFS examines how the increasing use of unmanned surface and ground vehicles is driving the need for broader counter-RAS capabilities beyond traditional counter-UAS operations.
Read more: https://t.co/tvswww3TUA

[SaxaVord Spaceport UK @SaxaVord_Space]

Delighted this week to welcome, in conjunction with our partner @rfa_space, a delegation from German government, industry and academia to SaxaVord Spaceport. They were impressed by progress so far towards RFA's first test flight and plans for the future at Lamba Ness

[F111Driver @F111Driver]

Move Along…
Nothing to see here 😶‍🌫️
#GoLikeStink🪲
📹 sactownavphoto

[Novariv @Novariv_]

$HOVR The Cavorite X7 has a 50 foot wingspan, about the size of a regional turboprop. But 14 electric fans⚡️are hidden inside that wing and the forward canards.

They open for vertical takeoff, then the wing surfaces slide shut and it flies forward on a single Pratt and Whitney turboprop at 450 km/h, almost double the cruise speed of a typical helicopter. 🚁

[DefPost @defpostmedia]

🇺🇸 U.S. Air Force awarded Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) mission autonomy production contracts to a pool of six vendors, establishing a competitive marketplace for the program. @usairforce

The baseline, six-year contract vehicle provides the framework for continuous competition and rapid software development. The vendors selected for this baseline contract pool are Anduril, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Collins Aerospace and Shield AI. @anduriltech @GeneralAtomics @LockheedMartin @northropgrumman @RTX_News @shieldaitech

The mission autonomy software will equip General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) FQ-42 Dark Merlin and Anduril FQ-44 Fury uncrewed fighter aircraft selected for the CCA Increment 1 program. @GenAtomics_ASI

Additionally, the Air Force has competitively awarded production options to Anduril, RTX Collins Aerospace, and Shield AI, to accelerate the delivery of critical mission autonomy software. This targeted award, based on the vendors’ ability to meet aggressive schedule and affordability requirements, will fund the first of two six-month competitive phases designed to speed the fielding of operational software.

While the baseline contract establishes a continuous competitive arena, the competitive awards are awarded to deliver capability faster. Following the initial six-month period, the Air Force will evaluate the vendors’ progress and execute a second competitive award period. This performance-based competition will culminate in the selection of a primary mission autonomy provider for CCA Increment 1, with award planned for selection by summer 2027.

#USAirForce #CCA #CCAIncrement1

[Tyler Gray @TylerG1998]

A year ago today, Ship 36 infamously went up in a ball of flame.

You can see the exact moment it happened courtesy of mine & @DavidJDPhotos’ reactions. 😅

Life comes at you fast.