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[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Archimedes second stage engine full duration burn - complete ✅ (and what a thing of beauty).

The AVac (Archimedes Vacuum) engine produces 1.2x lbf of its Stage 1 variant and stands ~2.5m taller thanks to its extended nozzle optimized for the vacuum conditions of space.

Recent AVac testing included a stub skirt for the nozzle. Since full length vacuum nozzles at ground level risk flow separation and instability, stub skirts are used to anchor our engineers' analysis for how the engine will perform with the full nozzle in vacuum conditions - all critical preparation for Neutron's first flight.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Archimedes full mission duration hot fire. Enjoy.

[julia edey @EdeyJulia]

Such a great run. Love those boys and their fight to the end. And the class of OUR coach.

Forever a Boiler.

[Did Purdue Win? @DidBoilersWin]

You’re god damn right

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Eight years ago today, SpaceX successfully landed an orbital class rocket for the first time. Since that time, SpaceX has landed Falcon rockets more than 250 times and counting

[Purdue Men's Basketball @BoilerBall]

Up 2️⃣ to Number 1️⃣.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship liftoff through successful hot-stage separation

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship liftoff in slow motion

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

The team is launching on average every 4 days

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Sunset at the pad

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Views from drone of Booster 7's static fire test

[Supercluster @SuperclusterHQ]

Annnnnd touchdown!

The Falcon Heavy side boosters have landed at Cape Canaveral

[Purdue Space Program: A SEDS Chapter @purdue_seds]

This past weekend, Liquids team launched again in Mojave, this time in the DPF (Dollar Per Foot) Competition!

[Purdue Space Program: A SEDS Chapter @purdue_seds]

Launch is TOMORROW‼️Team has been enjoying the last few days in LA, and now we’re headed back out to the FAR site to launch Sunday morning. Livestream link is now LIVE so please share with friends, family, and anyone else that is a rocket enthusiast!! https://t.co/QWgBGWT9tp

[Purdue Space Program: A SEDS Chapter @purdue_seds]

However, we have a surprise up our sleeves. This isn’t the end for BZB. #tobecontinued

Credit to @bps_space Joe Barnard for the tracking videos. We will post more content soon!

[Purdue Space Program: A SEDS Chapter @purdue_seds]

Our Liquids team successfully completed a full-duration, full-stack hotfire. Data looks great, vehicle is healthy and we will release after we take some time to cleanup and celebrate tonight🎉 Thank you all for the support and watching our livestream! Next stop: FAR 🚀

[Purdue Space Program: A SEDS Chapter @purdue_seds]

Video of full test. We had an auto-abort after 1.3s of burn due to a malfunctioning pressure sensor in our engine. We are eager to analyze the data we collected and we expect to hotfire again after break. Huge kudos to this AMAZING team. Proud beyond belief.

[Inspiration4 @inspiration4x]

The #Inspiration4 Crew Makes Evening Splashdown, Completing World’s First All-Civilian Orbital Mission to Space: https://t.co/NB4dV6DYgA

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Ready for launch @NASA