Nick Perella

Spaceflight and aviation aficionado. Interested in science, politics, sports, religion, and business. aspiring to be something great! pfp by @Z_nexxx

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Stacking Starship for Flight 13

[Nick Perella @Awesome_Sunset]

@groypernewsTV He knew all the hype was leading to this moment

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s thirteenth flight test is preparing to launch as early as Thursday, July 16 → https://t.co/Rp7VwBzpWx

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy V3

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

The path to launch is filled with obstacles and success is only possible through the tireless efforts of many working together towards a common goal. “Critical Path” continues the ongoing Starship series, following SpaceX engineers through the final days before launch of the first Starship V3 and the challenges that come with development of the world’s most powerful and fully reusable rocket.

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

15 years ago today, Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on STS-135, her final mission and the very last flight of the 30-year Space Shuttle era.

Sit back, crank the volume, and soak in every angle of this epic NASA JSC (SE&I department) vid.

[Nick Perella @Awesome_Sunset]

@CleonCosen @AFpost Kingdom of Jerusalem?

[Dave Limp @davill]

We're not rebuilding the same pad for New Glenn. We're moving to a horizontal/vertical hybrid configuration to get us flying again this year at 36A.  We were already working on something similar for 9x4 at 36B. Let me explain what that means. We mate the stages horizontally in the Integration Facility (IF). Then we bring the integrated vehicle out to the pad, use a crane to perform the vertical breakover, and mate the payload once New Glenn is vertical. This new ConOps has the added benefit of increasing our flight cadence as well.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: President Trump officially announces Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

USA USA USA! 🇺🇸

USA ADVANCES TO THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS OF THE WORLD CUP!

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

JUST IN: The U.S. and Iran have officially reached a peace agreement and the deal will be signed on June 19th in Switzerland, per Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Teams are go for launch with a $135 price per share for the SpaceX IPO → https://t.co/HlsF4GxRbI

[Kiko Dontchev @TurkeyBeaver]

37A tower stack is underway. The growth of the Cape skyline continues… exciting times!

[Nick Perella @Awesome_Sunset]

@Polymarket

[NASA @NASA]

Introducing Artemis III.

Four astronauts. Three launches. Two dockings. One splashdown.

In 2027, the Artemis III mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit — the capability we need to return humanity to the Moon’s surface.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.

I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.

We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

[Nick Perella @Awesome_Sunset]

@sebastian_trifa @schmi57 In East Asia

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Onboard views from Starship and Super Heavy V3, which are equipped with upgraded cameras capable of streaming 4K video through every phase of flight via @Starlink