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[Hermeus @hermeuscorp]

Supersonic. Mach 1.21.

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 is now the world’s first privately developed, unmanned supersonic jet and the fastest unmanned aircraft flying today.

This flight makes Hermeus the fastest company in aviation history to go from founding to supersonic flight - exactly 364 days after the maiden flight of our first aircraft.

Now, we fly faster.

A special thanks to @DIU_x, Director @OwenWest91, Maj. Gen. Joe "Solo" Kunkel, and Deputy Director Kyle Norman.

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

Overheard at Wallops: "That's a big plane!"

Wallops' teams supported the arrival of an Antonov AN-124, the heaviest operating cargo aircraft in the world, carrying cargo for a commercial customer.

[TOMCATCO @TOMCATCO71]

F-14D from VF-213 Black Lions, at AMARC. One the Tomcats slated for refurbishment under the Maverick Act. She will fly again.
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[EasternShoreSpaceflight @EShoreSpaceflt]

It has landed at NASA Wallops Island Flight Facility.

@NASASpaceflight

[fullmetel @ethanhatch28]

@RealConorOil

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s twelfth flight test will debut the next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, powered by the next evolution of the Raptor engine and launching from a newly designed pad at Starbase. The launch is targeted as early as Tuesday, May 19 → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Three years since the first flight of Starship, the next generation is here. New ship. New booster. New engines. New pad and new test site. SpaceX engineers are working to solve one of the most difficult engineering challenges in history: developing a fully, rapidly reusable rocket

[Vantor @vantortech]

Celebrating 36 years of discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope 🔭

Collected on April 23, 2026, by one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites, this remarkable non-Earth image showcases Hubble from just 61.8 km away—an incredible perspective of one of humanity’s most iconic scientific instruments. With a space sample distance of 4.0 cm, Hubble’s signature cylindrical body, gleaming thermal shielding, and extended solar arrays are clearly visible, along with the open aperture door at the front of the telescope.

For over three decades, Hubble has expanded our understanding of the universe—delivering breathtaking imagery and groundbreaking science that continue to inspire.

Proud to support the technologies and teams that make moments like this possible.

[Hermeus @hermeuscorp]

Wheels up for Quarterhorse.

On its latest flight, Mk 2.1 successfully deployed and retracted its landing gear, validating a critical system and helping the aircraft reach higher speeds.

We’re not slowing down. Stay tuned.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[lissy 🏳️‍🌈 @rylandsgrace]

the fact that rocky could hear everything grace was saying the whole time but just chose not to speak on it till the end 😭😭

[Today In History @historigins]

When a bomb squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

✅ NG-3 integrated hotfire complete.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First 33-engine static fire for Super Heavy V3

[webby 🪐 @_webbysworld]

the “grumpy, angry, stupid” fries me everytime

[Moshe @MosheDe_]

Spotted the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket second stage jellyfish effect passing by over New York City this morning 🚀🌃🗽

[Hermeus @hermeuscorp]

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to exceed Mach 1 speeds.

Hermeus is the second company ever authorized by the FAA to fly a civil aircraft supersonic and the first to do so with an unmanned system.

We’re grateful for a strong partnership with the agency and proud to be a part of aviation history.

[Combat Learjet @Combat_learjet]

Incredible video taken by my friend Preston.
IG: @ prestonmonoc

[fullmetel @ethanhatch28]

@VladTheInflator

[Dr Strangetweet or How I Learned to Love the RT @lone_rides]

“Japan and California switch places”