Manufacturing for Nova is in full swing — upgraded Zenith complete, Andromeda’s base heat shield wrapped, Stage 2 structural testing commences. Progress everywhere you look from the rocket factory and beyond. 🚀🏭
A Soviet space launch system where a massive ekranoplan with 6 engines becomes the first stage for a (near-SSTO?) spaceplane.
#space#art by Andrei Stanavov.
https://t.co/1iAafzUMKL
50 years ago today, a US Apollo spacecraft and USSR Soyuz spacecraft docked during the first joint venture in space between the United States and the Soviet Union: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
🖼️: Artist rendering of the ASTP docking
After 53,000+ seconds of hotfire testing and 43+ design iterations, we’ve locked in the final Andromeda thruster for flight. From a backyard shipping container a few years ago to powering Nova to space — let’s go! 🚀