James Thorpe

Scientifique en chef à Inspiration4 - Suivre les étoiles 🌌✨🚀

[Xplora @XploraSpace]

☀️🌌 Le Soleil met 225 à 250 millions d’années pour orbiter autour de la Voie lactée. Âgé de 4,6 milliards d’années, il a déjà accompli près de 20 révolutions.

👉 Il ne lui en resterait qu’une vingtaine avant d’épuiser son hydrogène et de basculer vers la phase de géante rouge !

[Siege @Siege4570]

Circa 2031: A 105m-tall, methalox-powered beast, ISRO's reusable NGLV, thunders skyward from the Third Launch Pad at SDSC Sriharikota. Built to return, refuel and fly again, powering Bharat's next era of spaceflight. 🚀🇮🇳

[rory 🍁 @rory_mg]

big ups to Core Memory for amplifying NordSpace's mission of sovereign launch in Canada

without a doubt the episode contains the most factory footage we've ever seen, including how the Hadfield engine is built

[ToughSF @ToughSf]

Apparently EpiPens degrade in space due to cosmic radiation, making them ineffective or even toxic:
https://t.co/H0epNIO0QJ
13% of the epinephrine sent up into orbit by an *elementary school* program turned into "extremely poisonous benzoic acid derivatives".

[🚀conspiracy_slayer🌕 @conspiracyslyr]

view of the payload

[Astro @astronautnr7]

Got a really cool gift from my parents for completing school.

[indianspaceflight.in🇮🇳 @ispaceflight_in]

Skyroot has released the official digital brochure for Vikram-1 Test Flight-1, “Mission Aagaman.” We have archived it here:
https://t.co/TZP0iPCTDp

The brochure also includes the mission’s flight profile, which we need for our flight simulator.

Explore the simulator here:
https://t.co/Rj3WnvJ3rE

#SkyrootAerospace #Vikram1 #MissionAagaman #IndianSpaceflight #NewSpaceIndia

[Kitt Peak National Observatory @KittPeakNatObs]

Photographer Sean Parker captured these dramatic images from NSF @KittPeakNatObs in June 2026, saying, “We were treated to a spectacular sunset, incredible views of the Milky Way, and even a distant monsoon lightning show dancing across the horizon.” ⛈️

📷@seanparkerphoto

[Defense News @defense_news]

The U.S. Navy’s expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind schedule. https://t.co/6rsWulX83H

[Blaze @Blaze_R935]

It's insane that they are planning to have 37A ready for flight operations early next year. SpaceX really loves beating everyone's expectations.

[Firehawk @FirehawkAero]

BREAKING: Today Firehawk successfully demonstrated a static fire of the Hydra-70 rocket.

With Hydra-70 seeing increased use in the APKWS counter-drone mission, Firehawk is building toward becoming a second source supplier, expanding domestic capacity to support the growing demand.

[🅰️pollosCurse @PolynikesAlive]

$ASTS SDA: Wow that’s incredible. Let’s do 4B…oh btw we need the latest survey on your level 1 security facility to sign off. AST: …..gimme a minute….

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Scenes from Pad 2 this evening following the aborted launch of Starship's 13th flight test in Starbase, Texas.

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

[indianspaceflight.in🇮🇳 @ispaceflight_in]

Two major milestones from India's private space sector:

1️⃣ Skyroot has received launch authorisation from @INSPACeIND for Vikram-1, Test Flight-1 — Mission Aagaman. India's first private orbital launch. #Skyroot #Vikram1 #MissionAagaman #INSPACe

2️⃣ Reliance Jio gets IN-SPACe approval for a 1,600-satellite LEO network. The technical evaluation was carried out in consultation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Reliance Jio had sought government assistance for filings with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and for securing orbital rights through coordination with other satellite operators. #INSPACe #ISRO #RelianceJio #IndianSpace #PrivateSpace #SpaceTech #LEO

[Yatharth Mann @yatharthmann]

All systems GO for Starship

[Euwyn @euwyn]

Today is Starship's 13th flight, and the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.

Starship is the spiritual successor to Saturn V.

[SpaceQ @CanadaInSpace]

Bell completes Quebec ground station for upcoming direct-to-device satellite service

The facility is the first of several ground stations designed to extend Bell's existing cellular network by routing data through AST SpaceMobile's low-Earth orbit constellation.

The commercial launch of the service has been delayed from 2026 to early 2027. Bell continues its capital expenditure with more ground stations under construction in Ontario, Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Read the full story here ⬇️
https://t.co/uAKjp8uWdY

#Telecommunications #SatelliteCommunications #B2B #Infrastructure #SpaceTech #SpaceQ

[Boeing in Washington @BoeingWA]

Today marks 110 years of taking flight, seeking the horizon, and exploring the world in new ways.

Founded in Washington state, Boeing’s story began in the Pacific Northwest and has grown into a legacy of innovation.

Thanks to #TeamBoeing, past and present, for helping us make history. 💙

Look back at some of our past anniversary celebrations: https://t.co/AeMQJq0s1t

[Tiago Nugent, Composer @TiagoNugent]

holy shit they added create mod to rocket engines

[Arianespace @Arianespace]

With MTG-I2, EUMETSAT's latest weather satellite, already in Kourou, all the key elements are now in place for the launch campaign to move into its next phase.

Step by step, VA270 is coming together ahead of launch later this summer.

2/2
#LaunchingAmbitions #Ariane6 #VA270
@eumetsat @esa @Thales_Alenia_S @ArianeGroup