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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast.YAOGAN-30-08
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast.YAOGAN-30-08
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still be TACRL-2 | PEGASUS XL | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH PREVIEW First Stage. The first stage of Pegasus XL is equipped with the Orion-50SXL solid rocket motor. The engine runs on hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and produces ~284 kN (63,800 lbf) of thrust. The first stage does not have any thrust vector control (TVC) systems, and instead has a wing and tail to provide lift and attitude control.STARLINK 19
Falcon 9 Booster B1059. The booster supporting Starlink 19 is B1059. This booster has already flown 5 times, making it the third most mature booster in the fleet. Its maiden flight was launching the CRS-19 mission, which launched on December 5th, 2019. The booster’s second flight was launching the final first generation Cargo Dragon,CRS-20
STARLINK 21
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Starlink 21 will mark the 21st operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,325, of which ~1,200 are still in orbit around the Earth. In filings with the FCC this mission is also knownas Starlink RF
SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system. NROL-111 | MINOTAUR I | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH PREVIEW First Stage. The first stage of the Minotaur I launch vehicle is the M55A1 stage, which uses the Thiokol solid rocket engine. The Thiokol engine can produce 792 kN (178,048 lbf) of thrust and has a burn timeof just 59 seconds.
BEIJING-3 | LONG MARCH 2D | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH First Stage. The first stage is 27.91 m in length, and uses four YF-21C engines. YF-21C is the name given to the engine when it is part of a module comprised of four YF-20C engines.SIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs. MINOTAUR I | NROL-111 ARCHIVES | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT The National Reconnaissance Office will be launching their next mission, NROL-111 on a Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle from Wallops,Virginia.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast.YAOGAN-30-08
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast.YAOGAN-30-08
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 2 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) SpaceX. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Wed Jun 23 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-15 days 20:26:53. Window starts 24 Jun UTC.STARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still be TACRL-2 | PEGASUS XL | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH PREVIEW First Stage. The first stage of Pegasus XL is equipped with the Orion-50SXL solid rocket motor. The engine runs on hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and produces ~284 kN (63,800 lbf) of thrust. The first stage does not have any thrust vector control (TVC) systems, and instead has a wing and tail to provide lift and attitude control.STARLINK 19
Falcon 9 Booster B1059. The booster supporting Starlink 19 is B1059. This booster has already flown 5 times, making it the third most mature booster in the fleet. Its maiden flight was launching the CRS-19 mission, which launched on December 5th, 2019. The booster’s second flight was launching the final first generation Cargo Dragon,CRS-20
STARLINK 21
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Starlink 21 will mark the 21st operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,325, of which ~1,200 are still in orbit around the Earth. In filings with the FCC this mission is also knownas Starlink RF
SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system. NROL-111 | MINOTAUR I | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH PREVIEW First Stage. The first stage of the Minotaur I launch vehicle is the M55A1 stage, which uses the Thiokol solid rocket engine. The Thiokol engine can produce 792 kN (178,048 lbf) of thrust and has a burn timeof just 59 seconds.
BEIJING-3 | LONG MARCH 2D | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH First Stage. The first stage is 27.91 m in length, and uses four YF-21C engines. YF-21C is the name given to the engine when it is part of a module comprised of four YF-20C engines.SIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs. MINOTAUR I | NROL-111 ARCHIVES | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT The National Reconnaissance Office will be launching their next mission, NROL-111 on a Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle from Wallops,Virginia.
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017.STARLINK 25
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 25 will mark the 25th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,565, of which 1,495 will still beSIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs. CRS-22 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH CRS-22. The ISS is a lab like no other, so are dozens of new experiments that were delivered there by SpaceX’s Dragon. Moreover, this mission brought new solar arrays to the ISS and deployed a soleELaNa 36 CubeSat.
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
STARLINK 21
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Starlink 21 will mark the 21st operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,325, of which ~1,200 are still in orbit around the Earth. In filings with the FCC this mission is also knownas Starlink RF
SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system.SN15 ARCHIVES
LIVE UPDATES for the testing and launch of Starship SN15. SpaceX will be attempting to launch its next prototype on another test flight. by Austin DeSisto. on April 8, 2021. HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? Rockets can produce many different emissions. But here is the list of usual suspects: CO 2, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon monoxide (which pretty much will all bond and become carbon dioxide), NO x, chlorine, alumina and sulfuric compounds.. There are other trace gases that are literally insignificant compared to the main ones, therefore we will really just focus on these primary onesSTARSHIP SN15
Similarly to the previous prototypes, SN15 flew up to an altitude of around 10 kilometers (~6.2 miles) before performing its belly flop maneuver and falling back down towards the landing pad. Starship intentionally shut down its three Raptor engines PERSEVERANCE VS CURIOSITY Curiosity vs Perseverance. First of all, the rovers are almost identical in design, with Perseverance using some of Curiosity’s back up parts. Both rovers measure roughly 2.9m wide, 2.7m long and 2.2m tall, or about the size of a small SUV – It’s easy to forget how big these rovers are.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched.STARLINK 24
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida. Starlink 24 will mark the 24th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,505, of which 1,438 will still beSTARLINK 26
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 26 will mark the 27th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,677, of which 1,606 will still beSTARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017.STARLINK 25
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, United States. Starlink 25 will mark the 25th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,565, of which 1,495 will still beSIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs. CRS-22 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH CRS-22. The ISS is a lab like no other, so are dozens of new experiments that were delivered there by SpaceX’s Dragon. Moreover, this mission brought new solar arrays to the ISS and deployed a soleELaNa 36 CubeSat.
STARLINK 20
Block 5 is the final iteration of the Falcon 9; the goal is to apply all the lessons learned from 56 previous Falcon 9 pre-Block 5 flights into a human-rated reusable rocket. The Falcon 9 contains 3 main components: a reusable first stage, an expendable second stage, and areusable fairing.
STARLINK 21
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Starlink 21 will mark the 21st operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,325, of which ~1,200 are still in orbit around the Earth. In filings with the FCC this mission is also knownas Starlink RF
SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system.SN15 ARCHIVES
LIVE UPDATES for the testing and launch of Starship SN15. SpaceX will be attempting to launch its next prototype on another test flight. by Austin DeSisto. on April 8, 2021. HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? Rockets can produce many different emissions. But here is the list of usual suspects: CO 2, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon monoxide (which pretty much will all bond and become carbon dioxide), NO x, chlorine, alumina and sulfuric compounds.. There are other trace gases that are literally insignificant compared to the main ones, therefore we will really just focus on these primary onesSTARSHIP SN15
Similarly to the previous prototypes, SN15 flew up to an altitude of around 10 kilometers (~6.2 miles) before performing its belly flop maneuver and falling back down towards the landing pad. Starship intentionally shut down its three Raptor engines PERSEVERANCE VS CURIOSITY Curiosity vs Perseverance. First of all, the rovers are almost identical in design, with Perseverance using some of Curiosity’s back up parts. Both rovers measure roughly 2.9m wide, 2.7m long and 2.2m tall, or about the size of a small SUV – It’s easy to forget how big these rovers are.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Upcoming Launches - Here you can find a list of upcoming rocket launches and their missions. You'll find everything you need in our so-called Prelaunch Previews.STARLINK 28
What is the Starlink Satellite? Each Starlink V1.0 satellite has a compact design and a mass of 260 kg. SpaceX developed a flat-panel design, allowing them to fit as many satellites as possible into the Falcon 9’s 5.2 meter wide payload fairing.STARLINK 24
Orbital Shells Shell 1. The first orbital shell of Starlink satellites will consist of 1,584 satellites in a 53° 550 km low-Earth orbit. This is the shell that SpaceX is currently filling, and it is expected that this shell will be complete by June 2021. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use) FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Based on the SAST5000 satellite bus, Fengyun-4B will have a mass of around 5,380 kg (~11,800 lb). It measures around 3.4 x 2.2 m and utilizes monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and mixed oxides of nitrogen (MON-1) as on board propellants that Fengyun-4B can use to get intoits destined orbit.
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Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Upcoming Launches - Here you can find a list of upcoming rocket launches and their missions. You'll find everything you need in our so-called Prelaunch Previews.STARLINK 28
What is the Starlink Satellite? Each Starlink V1.0 satellite has a compact design and a mass of 260 kg. SpaceX developed a flat-panel design, allowing them to fit as many satellites as possible into the Falcon 9’s 5.2 meter wide payload fairing.STARLINK 24
Orbital Shells Shell 1. The first orbital shell of Starlink satellites will consist of 1,584 satellites in a 53° 550 km low-Earth orbit. This is the shell that SpaceX is currently filling, and it is expected that this shell will be complete by June 2021. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use) FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Based on the SAST5000 satellite bus, Fengyun-4B will have a mass of around 5,380 kg (~11,800 lb). It measures around 3.4 x 2.2 m and utilizes monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and mixed oxides of nitrogen (MON-1) as on board propellants that Fengyun-4B can use to get intoits destined orbit.
RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast. CRS-22 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH CRS-22. The ISS is a lab like no other, so are dozens of new experiments that were delivered there by SpaceX’s Dragon. Moreover, this mission brought new solar arrays to the ISS and deployed a soleELaNa 36 CubeSat.
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What is the Starlink Satellite? Each Starlink V1.0 satellite has a compact design and a mass of 260 kg. SpaceX developed a flat-panel design, allowing them to fit as many satellites as possible into the Falcon 9’s 5.2 meter wide payload fairing.SIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs.STARSHIP SN15
Starship Internals. Starship uses liquid methane (CH 4) as its fuel and liquid oxygen (LOx) as its oxidizer.When the vehicle is vertical, the larger liquid oxygen tank is on the bottom and the smaller liquid methane tank is on the top. HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? Rockets can produce many different emissions. But here is the list of usual suspects: CO 2, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon monoxide (which pretty much will all bond and become carbon dioxide), NO x, chlorine, alumina and sulfuric compounds.. There are other trace gases that are literally insignificant compared to the main ones, therefore we will really just focus on these primary ones PERSEVERANCE VS CURIOSITY We do an overview of NASA's Perseverance Rover (formerly Mars 2020), the rocket that will take it there, the timeline, and the landing sequence. All the while, drawing comparison to its older sibling, Curiosity, to see what’s changed and what has stayed the same.SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system. MARS 2020 | ATLAS V 541 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST Mars 2020 carrying the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter have successfully landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. APPAREL – EVERYDAYASTRONAUT The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)RAPTOR ARCHIVES
SpaceX's new raptor engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine and its so hard to develop, no engine like this has ever flown before!Now this topic can be really intimidating so in order to bring the Raptor engine into context, we’re going to do an overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocketEVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017. I-SPACE | HYPERBOLA-1 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) is i-Space’s first orbital class rocket consisting of three stages with a fourth stage for orbital attitude control. An aspect of Hyperbola 1, not seen on most orbital class rockets, is the use of solid rocket motors for all three stages. This means that there is no way to shut down any of the stages once theyare lit.
NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
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SpaceX's new raptor engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine and its so hard to develop, no engine like this has ever flown before!Now this topic can be really intimidating so in order to bring the Raptor engine into context, we’re going to do an overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocketEVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017. I-SPACE | HYPERBOLA-1 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) is i-Space’s first orbital class rocket consisting of three stages with a fourth stage for orbital attitude control. An aspect of Hyperbola 1, not seen on most orbital class rockets, is the use of solid rocket motors for all three stages. This means that there is no way to shut down any of the stages once theyare lit.
NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
RAPTOR ARCHIVES
SpaceX's new raptor engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine and its so hard to develop, no engine like this has ever flown before!Now this topic can be really intimidating so in order to bring the Raptor engine into context, we’re going to do an overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocketEVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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CRS-22 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH CRS-22. The ISS is a lab like no other, so are dozens of new experiments that were delivered there by SpaceX’s Dragon. Moreover, this mission brought new solar arrays to the ISS and deployed a soleELaNa 36 CubeSat.
STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
SIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs.SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system.RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast. HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? Rockets can produce many different emissions. But here is the list of usual suspects: CO 2, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon monoxide (which pretty much will all bond and become carbon dioxide), NO x, chlorine, alumina and sulfuric compounds.. There are other trace gases that are literally insignificant compared to the main ones, therefore we will really just focus on these primary ones NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
APPAREL – EVERYDAYASTRONAUT The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use) PERSEVERANCE VS CURIOSITY Curiosity vs Perseverance. First of all, the rovers are almost identical in design, with Perseverance using some of Curiosity’s back up parts. Both rovers measure roughly 2.9m wide, 2.7m long and 2.2m tall, or about the size of a small SUV – It’s easy to forget how big these rovers are.EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017. I-SPACE | HYPERBOLA-1 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) is i-Space’s first orbital class rocket consisting of three stages with a fourth stage for orbital attitude control. An aspect of Hyperbola 1, not seen on most orbital class rockets, is the use of solid rocket motors for all three stages. This means that there is no way to shut down any of the stages once theyare lit.
NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
RAPTOR ARCHIVES
SpaceX's new raptor engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine and its so hard to develop, no engine like this has ever flown before!Now this topic can be really intimidating so in order to bring the Raptor engine into context, we’re going to do an overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocketEVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
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Atlas V 551 | STP-3. United Launch Alliance. Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Tue Jun 22 2021 17:00:00 UTC-0700. T-23 days 21:20:39. Window starts 23 Jun UTC. Window ends 23 Jun UTC.STARLINK 28
The Falcon 9 will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, United States. Starlink 28 will mark the 28th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,737, of which 1,666 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT WEBSTORE The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use)STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
FENGYUN-4B | LONG MARCH 3B/E | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Fengyun-4B. The Fengyun-4B geostationary meteorology satellite is China’s 2nd generation of GEO weather satellites with a planned lifespan of 7 to 8 years. Fengyun-4A, its predecessor, was a tech demonstration satellite that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2018 after post-launch tests concluded on December 31, 2017. I-SPACE | HYPERBOLA-1 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT Hyperbola-1 (SQX-1) is i-Space’s first orbital class rocket consisting of three stages with a fourth stage for orbital attitude control. An aspect of Hyperbola 1, not seen on most orbital class rockets, is the use of solid rocket motors for all three stages. This means that there is no way to shut down any of the stages once theyare lit.
NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? The Titan II was 10 tonnes of CO 2 per tonne of payload to LEO, the Soyuz at 35, the Atlas V at 20, the Falcon 9 at 27 when reused or 19 when expendable, the Delta IV Heavy at zero, the Space Shuttle at 16, SLS at 6, and Starship at 27. Next, let’s see their water vapor toLEO payload ratio.
RAPTOR ARCHIVES
SpaceX's new raptor engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine and its so hard to develop, no engine like this has ever flown before!Now this topic can be really intimidating so in order to bring the Raptor engine into context, we’re going to do an overview of a few common types of rocket engine cycles then compare the Raptor to a few other common rocketEVERYDAY ASTRONAUT
Everyday Astronaut’s mission is to bring space down to Earth for everyday people. To celebrate and lift up those who are helping humanity explore the world we live on and our place amongst the stars. We believe the best way to get people excited about space exploration is through education. By breaking down complex topics, it helps givesome
CRS-22 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | PRELAUNCH CRS-22. The ISS is a lab like no other, so are dozens of new experiments that were delivered there by SpaceX’s Dragon. Moreover, this mission brought new solar arrays to the ISS and deployed a soleELaNa 36 CubeSat.
STARLINK 27
Starlink 27 will mark the 26th operational Starlink mission, boosting the total number of Starlink satellites launched to 1,625, of which 1,555 will still be in orbit around the Earth once launched. This launch will mark the first 10th flight of a Falcon 9 booster,achieving the
SIRIUS SXM-8
SXM-8 was built by Maxar Technologies and is based off of their SSL-1300 satellite bus; a satellite bus is simply a set of core components that all satellites need (such as avionics, power, communication) that customers can add to suit their needs.SIRIUS SXM-8
Falcon 9 landing on Of Course I Still Love You after launching Bob and Doug (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Fairings. The Falcon 9’s fairing consists of two dissimilar reusable halves. The first half (the half that faces away from the transport erector) is called the active half, and houses the pneumatics for the separation system.RUNNING OUT OF TOES
Mission Payload. Running Out of Toes is a dedicated mission to lift two 60 kg microsatellites for BlackSky’s global constellation. This is not the first time that Rocket Lab will provide launch services for BlackSky. Three of their Earth-observation satellites had already been successfully deployed by Electron across 2019 and earlier this year on the rideshare mission They Go Up So Fast. HOW MUCH DO ROCKETS POLLUTE? Rockets can produce many different emissions. But here is the list of usual suspects: CO 2, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon monoxide (which pretty much will all bond and become carbon dioxide), NO x, chlorine, alumina and sulfuric compounds.. There are other trace gases that are literally insignificant compared to the main ones, therefore we will really just focus on these primary ones NROL-82 | DELTA IV HEAVY | EVERYDAY ASTRONAUT | POST The Delta IV Heavy is a reliable heavy lift launch vehicle, meaning that it can take bigger and heavier payloads into orbit. It can launch up to 28,000 kg (61,000 lbs) to a 90 degree inclination Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs) to a 27 degree inclination geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). To accommodate payloads of allsizes
APPAREL – EVERYDAYASTRONAUT The coolest space shirts, hats, prints and other awesome merchandise. Best used in space (not yet approved for spaceflight use) PERSEVERANCE VS CURIOSITY Curiosity vs Perseverance. First of all, the rovers are almost identical in design, with Perseverance using some of Curiosity’s back up parts. Both rovers measure roughly 2.9m wide, 2.7m long and 2.2m tall, or about the size of a small SUV – It’s easy to forget how big these rovers are.__
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SpaceX will be launching 60 satellites on top of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. This will be the fifth operational launch of SpaceX’s near-global satellite constellation – Starlink, which aims to deliver a fast, low-latency broadband internet service.Continue Reading
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SpaceX will be launching its original Dragon capsule to resupply the ISS for a final time. The spacecraft will fly on top of the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral space Force Station, Florida.Continue Reading
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“One of Three” is Astra’s first orbital test launch of their “Rocket 3.0” launch vehicle. It will launch in early March 2020 from their launch pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. On board will be five payloads, which will be delivered to a sun synchronous orbit of 450km (280 miles). UPDATE: Mission scrubbed on March 2, 2020. Rocket 3.0’s maiden flight will be a new commercial mission to be announced mid-March 2020.Continue Reading
LONG MARCH 2D | XJS-C, XJS-D, XJS-E, XJS-F February 18, 2020 In Chinese Space ProgramNEWS
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China is sending a mystery payload somewhere to space on February 19/20 (depending on your time zone) on one of their Long March 2rockets.
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PRELAUNCH PREVIEW | LONG MARCH 3B/E | FENGYUN-4B February 16, 2020 In Chinese Space ProgramNEWS
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Fengyun-4B is the second geostationary meteorological satellite of the Fengyun-4 satellite family with it’s predecessor FY-4A launched on December 11th 2016. FY-4B will be launched by a Long March 3B/E rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.Continue Reading
FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | STARLINK 4 February 12, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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SpaceX will be launching 60 satellites on top of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This will be the fourth operational launch of SpaceX’s near-global satellite constellation – Starlink, which aims to deliver a fast, low-latency broadband internet service.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW | PSLV | AMAZONIA-1 February 11, 2020 In ISROLAUNCH NEWS
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) NET May 31, 2020 – TBD Mission Name and what it is Amazonia-1, Earth observation satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Customer (Who’s paying for this?)Continue Reading
LONG MARCH 3B/E | APSTAR-6D February 6, 2020 In Chinese Space ProgramNEWS
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) February 28, 2020 – TBD Mission Name and what it is APStar-6D, Chinese television, and cellular satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Customer (Who’s payingContinue Reading
SOYUZ 2.1B/FREGAT-M | ONEWEB 2 February 4, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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Introduced in 1966, Soyuz has been the workhorse of the Soviet/Russian space program. The first launch of the Soyuz 2-1a version on November 8, 2004 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome represented a major step in the Soyuz launch vehicle’s development program. Fregat is the upper (4th) stage of Soyuz 2.1, and it first flew in the year 2000.Continue Reading
SOYUZ 2.1A/FREGAT-M | MERIDIAN-M NO.19L January 28, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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Russia’s Federal Space Agency is launching a Meridian military observation satellite into a highly elliptical “Molniya” orbit in order to keep an eye on things back down here on Earth. Because it’s a military satellite, not a lot is known about this space vehicle. But where it’s going to in space is really interesting – so let’slook into this.
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H-IIA 202 | IGS OPTICAL 7 January 25, 2020 In JAXALAUNCH NEWS
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is launching the third in a sequence of three Intelligence Gathering Satellites (IGS), called Optical 7, on an H-IIA 202 rocket provided by Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries (MHI).
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ANTARES 230+ | CYGNUS CRS NG-13 (S.S. ROBERT HENRY LAWRENCE JR.) January 24, 2020 In LAUNCHMISSION
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Cygnus is returning to the International Space Station! Very soon, the Antares 230+ rocket will leap of the pad on Wallops Island located in Virginia in the United States. One of the only rockets to launch from there, it will soon be joined by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket!Continue Reading
ATLAS V 411 | SOLAR ORBITER January 23, 2020 In ESAPrelaunch Preview
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We are going back to our star!! Solar Orbiter is a spacecraft build by the European Space Agency to study the inner heliosphere and its overall effects on solar radiation. How’s it gonna get there? The launch provider, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has this job. Their mighty Atlas V rocket will soar into the Floridian skies propelling Solar Orbiter to on its 3.5 year journey to the Sun.Continue Reading
FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | ANASIS-II January 22, 2020 In LAUNCHNEWS
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SpaceX will be launching South Korea’s first dedicated military communications satellite on top of their workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9. The satellite was paid for by Lockheed Martin as part of an agreement when the South Korean government, who bought several fighter jets from the United States. This satellite (formerly known as KMilSatCom 1) will serve as a communications satellite for the SouthKorean military.
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ELECTRON | NROL-151 (BIRDS OF A FEATHER) January 22, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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After launching 6 times in 2019, Rocket Lab opens 2020 with their first launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)! This is potential for a future of launches for the NRO. Yet again launching from the beautiful, one-of-a-kind, Mahia Peninsula, Electron will soarhigh into the sky.
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FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | STARLINK 3 January 19, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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SpaceX will be launching 60 of their Starlink satellites on top of their work-horse rocket: the Falcon 9. The Falcon 9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), in Florida.Continue Reading
FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | CREW DRAGON IN-FLIGHT ABORT TEST January 6, 2020 In Commercial CrewNEWS
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SpaceX will conduct an uncrewed In-flight Abort (IFA)Test. This will validate Crew Dragon’s ability to pull crew away to safety in the event of a failure during launch. The capsule will fire its integrated SuperDraco abort motors at the point of maximum dynamic pressure (max q), on ascent, and pull itself safely clear of the Falcon 9.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – GSLV-F10 | GISAT-1 January 5, 2020 In ISROLAUNCH NEWS
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The Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) built and operated by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be launching the GISAT-1, a geostationary Earth observing satellite. It will operate in geostationary orbit above the Southern India region after being launched from Sriharikota, India.Continue Reading
ASTRO AWARDS 2019
January 3, 2020 In BLOGNEWS No Comment
Hello and good evening ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the 2019 Astro Awards! We will take this time to reflect on the exciting things that have happened throughout the year in spaceflight and spacediscoveries.
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LAUNCHERONE | TEST FLIGHT January 1, 2020 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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This is the first orbital flight for the brand new LauncherOne rocket which is air launched from a modified Boeing 747-400 dubbed “Cosmic Girl”. In mid-2019, Virgin Orbit did a drop test of the LauncherOne rocket, rehearsing all the events leading up to and actual launch. Now, it’s time to light this candle!Continue Reading
SOYUZ STA/FREGAT | CSG-1, CHEOPS, & OTHERS December 16, 2019 In ESAPrelaunch Preview
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ArianeSpace will be launching the CSG-1 satellite, plus CHEOPS space telescope for exoplanets and three other rideshare payloads, onboard a Soyuz / Fregat rocket from their equatorial launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, South America on December 18 (postponed from the 17th),2019.
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WHY STARSHIP WON’T HAVE AN ABORT SYSTEM… BUT SHOULD IT??? December 16, 2019 In BLOGFeatured SPACEX
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SpaceX’s upcoming megarocket, Starship, is quickly coming to life before our eyes. Starship will be the biggest, most powerful rocket to ever fly. Capable of taking 100 people to the surface of Mars AND just as important, back. Not onlyContinue Reading
ATLAS V N22 | CST-100 STARLINER ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST (UNCREWED) December 11, 2019 In BOEINGCommercial Crew
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An Atlas V rocket presented by the launch provider ULA for The Boeing Company to launch their CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its Orbital Test Flight (OFT) mission. This will be a test of the spacecraft and its systems before it launches humans.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – SOYUZ 2.1A | PROGRESS MS-13 (74P) December 3, 2019 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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ROSCOSMOS will be launching Progress MS-13 to the International Space Station. The capsule will be launched on a Soyuz 2.1A rocket from Launch Complex 31/6 in Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Procress MS-13 will carry 700kg of propellent for the ISS, 1,350kg of dry cargo, food, and water for the Rodnik system. This mission will also bring a new treadmill for the astronauts and cosmonaut at the ISS.Continue Reading
BEST SPACE GIFTS 2019! December 1, 2019 In FeaturedNEWS
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I put together a list of some of my favorite space things, AND to make it the super easiest thing for you, I’ve hyperlinked the photos in this article to take you straight to each thing.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 | JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 November 30, 2019 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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SpaceX will be launching the JCSat 18 satellite to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) on top of SpaceX’s work-horse rocket, the Falcon 9. The Falcon 9 will launch from Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) at Cape Canaveral AirForce Station, in Florida. The booster supporting this mission (B1056.3) flew on CRS-17 on May 4th, 2019, and again on CRS-18 on July 25th, 2019. The booster for this mission is going to be recovered on SpaceX’s droneship, Of Course I Still Love You. As of now, it is unclear whether SpaceX will attempt to recover the fairings with GO MS Chief and GO MS Tree.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – SPACEX | CRS-19 November 23, 2019 In NEWSPrelaunch Preview
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SpaceX will be launching their cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. The Dragon — which has flown twice — will be launched on a Falcon 9 (1056.3) from Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The booster supporting this mission flew previously on CRS-17 on May 3, 2019 and CRS-18 on July 25, 2019. After the booster releases the second stage and Dragon, it will perform a boost back burn, reentry burn, and landing burn. The booster will land on Landing Zone-1 (LZ-1).Continue Reading
HOW NASA WILL BAKE IN SPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WHY THAT’S A BIGDEAL!
November 20, 2019 In BLOGFeatured NASA
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On November 2nd, 2019, Northrop Grumman performed a spaceflight first, and launched an oven aboard their Cygnus Cargo Ship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft contained just over 3,700 kg of scientific experiments,Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – PSLV-XL | CARTOSAT-3 & OTHERS November 17, 2019 In ISROLAUNCH MISSION
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on a mission for ISRO itself, plus two USA rideshare payloads, from the FLP at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state, India. The three payloads for this mission are: Cartosat-3 – for ISRO itself, Meshbed – for Analytical Space Inc, USA, and SuperDoves × 12 (Flock 4p mission) – for Planet Labs, USA.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – SPACEX | STARLINK-2 November 15, 2019 In Prelaunch PreviewSPACEX
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Starlink is a satellite constellation operated and manufactured by SpaceX. This constellation aims to provide internet access to secluded areas around the world by forming an initial net of 12,000 satellites in three different orbits. About 1,600 will be in a 550km orbit, 2,800 Ku and Ka band satellites in a 1,150km orbit and about 7,500 V-band satellites will orbit the earth at an altitude of 340km. SpaceX may increase the number of their satellites by another 30,000 (cough 42-thousand cough) at some later point.Continue Reading
ARIANE 5 ECA | TIBA-1 & INMARSAT-5 F5 (GLOBAL XPRESS-5) November 14, 2019 In ESA NEWS Prelaunch PreviewNo Comment
Arianespace SA is a launch provider company, a combined undertaking between Airbus and the French group Safran . For this mission, in particular, Arianespace is getting paid by Inmarsat to launch their fifth Global Express satellite (GX-5) into a geostationary orbit only 35,786 km above the Earth.Continue Reading
ELECTRON | RUNNING OUT OF FINGERS November 13, 2019 In LAUNCHMISSION
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Rocket Lab will be launching its Electron rocket on a mission for Alba Orbital and ALE Co., Ltd (ALE), from Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The 14-day launch window for this mission is open beginning from November 25th at 01:00 NZDT. (November24th 10:00 UTC)
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PRELAUNCH PREVIEW // SPACEX // STARLINK-1 November 10, 2019 In Prelaunch PreviewStarlink
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SpaceX will be launching their Starlink satellites on their flight-proven 1 st stage B1048.4. This particular 1 st stage has already flown thrice and will become the first booster to fly for the fourth time. It has flown the previous missions Nusantara Satu in February of 2019, Saocom 1A in October of 2018 and Iridium-7 in July of 2018. The rocket will lift off at Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida at 14:51:00 UTC and at 09:51:00 local time.Continue Reading
ARE AEROSPIKE ENGINES BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL ROCKET ENGINES? October 18, 2019 In BLOG Featured 21 Comments Today we’re going to look at the history of aerospike engines, go over how nozzles work including things like overexpansion, underexpansion and even expansion ratios, we’ll look at the pros and cons of the aerospike, the physical limitations and problems, then we’ll compare the aerospike to some other traditional rocketengines.
But that’s not all, I obtained never seen before photos and videos of some aerospikes, we’ll get opinions from some people who have actually worked with aerospike engines, look at some promising prospects and compelling concepts and by the end of the video we’ll hopefully know whether or not the holy grail of rocket engines is just waiting to be utilized or if aerospikes just simply aren’t worth it.Continue Reading
EVIDENCE OF A VOLCANIC MOON BEYOND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM! September 4, 2019 In Astronomy1 Comment
In a far far away exo-planetary system astronomers found evidence of VOLCANIC activity on one of the Moons orbiting a Super Earth! Astronomers at the Physics Insitute of the University of Bern and the NCCR PlanetS, found evidence of volcanicContinue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW: ROCKET LAB | LOOK MA, NO HANDS August 18, 2019 In Prelaunch PreviewROCKET LAB
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) August 19, 2019 12:12 UTC (August 20, 2019 12:12 AM NZST) 1 hour and 40 minute launch window open daily from August 16 – 30, 2019 Mission Name and what it is LookContinue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW: ULA | GPS III SV02 August 18, 2019 In Air ForcePrelaunch Preview
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) August 22, 2019 13:00 – 13:27 UTC (9:00 – 9:27 AM EDT) Mission Name and what it is GPS III SV02. The second launch of a third generation GPS satellite Launch Provider(What rocket
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CAN ROCKET LAB REALLY CATCH A ROCKET WITH A HELICOPTER?! August 10, 2019 In FeaturedNEWS
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Rocket Lab just announced they plan to try and recover their Electron rockets using a parachute and a helicopter… Yeah, seriously.Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – SPACEX | AMOS-17 July 31, 2019 In Prelaunch PreviewSPACEX
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) August 6, 2019 23:23 – August 7, 2019 00:20 UTC (August 6, 2019 7:23 – 8:20 PM EDT) Mission Name and what it is AMOS-17. Communications Satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launchingContinue Reading
DOUBLETREE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE WILL BE THE FIRST FOOD BAKED FRESH INSPACE!
July 29, 2019 In BLOG 4Comments
One topic I get asked about often regarding long duration trips in space is food. If astronauts are away from home for 6 months, like when they are on the International Space Station (ISS), or for around2 years, like
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ALASKA IS HELPING SCIENTISTS MEASURE THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON TITAN July 22, 2019 In AstronomyBLOG
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One of the most interesting subjects to me lately is astrobiology. This is ironic because I was so bad at bio in school, but lately scientists have been finding so many forms of evidence showing that life can exist beyondContinue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – SPACEX | CRS-18 July 12, 2019 In NASAPrelaunch Preview
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) July 25, 2019 22:01 UTC (6:01 PM EDT) Mission Name and what it is CRS-18. A cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?)Continue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – ELECTRON | MAKE IT RAIN June 19, 2019 In Prelaunch PreviewROCKET LAB
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) Two hour launch window daily from 04:30 – 06:30 UTC (4:30 – 6:30 PM NZDT) from June 27th through July 10th, 2019 Mission Name and what it is Make It Rain. A rideshareContinue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – ATLAS V 551 | AEHF-5 June 19, 2019 In Air ForceLOCKHEED MARTIN
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) August 8, 2019 09:44 – 11:44 UTC (5:44 – 7:44 AM EDT) Mission Name and what it is AEHF-5. The fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite for the US Air Force LaunchContinue Reading
PRELAUNCH PREVIEW – FALCON HEAVY | STP-2 June 19, 2019 In Air ForcePrelaunch Preview
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Lift Off Time (Subject to change) June 25, 2019 03:30 – 07:30 UTC (June 24, 2019 11:30 PM – June 25, 2019 3:00 AM EDT) This is a 4 hour launch window Mission Name and what it is SpaceContinue Reading
WHY DO CYLINDRICAL ROCKETS ROLL? June 18, 2019 In FeaturedNASA
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Here’s a fun question that not only have I myself asked, but I get asked fairly often, why do we hear a call out like “roger roll” or “roll program complete” at which point we can see the rocket rotate or roll on its X axis… The best example of this was the Space Shuttle which had a very obvious and dramatic roll program. As soon as it cleared the tower, you can see it making a very impressive and sometimes scary lookingroll.
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THE ISS IS OPENING ITS DOORS TO TOURISTS! June 12, 2019 In Air ForceAstronomy
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YES-you heard that right. The International Space Station has announced that they will start allowing tourists to come onboard starting in 2020!! Hear that flat-earthers? This is your chance to answer your undying questions about the shape of our planet.Continue Reading
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