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Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

• 📆 2018, #ISS became the first facility to produce #BECs ⚛️ in #space 🌌
• In #space, so-called cool flames 🔥 can burn for minutes
• #ISS water 💦 purification system deployed across #India 🇮🇳, #Mexico 🇲🇽, #Pakistan🇵🇰
• #StemCells regenerative medicine ⚕️ could repair/replace failing organs and cells
• Higher quality protein crystals
• #Microbes 🦠 can extract metals from #regolith
• Tissue/organ-on-a-chip effects faster in #microgravity
• #3Dprinting
• Organ growth
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/13-science-breakthroughs-experiments-iss

#NASA

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

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“The case for sending humans into #space gets weaker and weaker every year as #robots 🤖 get cleverer and more sophisticated,. They can do the #science ⚗️ 🔬 and assemble large structures in space and are much, much cheaper 💵 📉 to operate in space. We don’t need humans 👨‍🔬 to do #research in space.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/29/international-space-station-25-years

#SpaceRobot #HumanSpaceflight

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@spacey.space · last year

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#NASA

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@techhub.social · last year

📆 October 18, 2023 Steve Jurvetson, an early investor in #SpaceX and #Planet, claimed that many #investors* in #startups working on small #LaunchVehicles were unaware of the scope of competition, many thinking there were no more than 10 other companies in the field. https://spacenews.com/small-launch-companies-struggle-to-complete-with-spacex-rideshare-missions/

#LaunchVehicle 🚀 manufacturers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies#Launch_vehicle_manufacturers

4️⃣4️⃣ #aerospace companies producing #rockets 🚀 in #OpenStreetMap 🗺️ https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aerospace%3Aproduct=rocket

Cargo 📦 Transportation & Landers https://www.factoriesinspace.com/cargo-transportation

* 📊 422 investors invested $8 billion 💰 in 123 start-up #SpaceCompanies in 📆 2022 https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/Bryce_Start_Up_Space_2023.pdf

#SpaceCompany #SpaceMarket

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@techhub.social · last year

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#Space 🌌 is undergoing a revolution* comparable with the growth of the #internet 🌐 20 years ago, and like the internet, this will affect all domains of life.

Our society is now utterly dependent on the #satellites 🛰️ that orbit #Earth. The #communications 📶 and #navigation 🧭 services that they make possible are so interwoven in our everyday lives that in the #UK 🇬🇧, #space is classed as one of 13 critical national #infrastructure sectors. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/26/europe-moon-space-race-esa-india-russia-china-japan

* Report of the High-Level Advisory Group on Human and #Robotic #SpaceExploration for #Europe 🇪🇺 https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/h-lag_brochure.pdf

#ESA #SpaceRace

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@techhub.social · 2 years ago

🤔 Why isn't the #ISS (partially) recycled (by #SpaceRobot) and parts ⚙️ or raw material used for the #LunarGateway (maybe for #RadiationProtection instead of #luggage 🛍️)? The #BBC article doesn't cover this https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-is-the-iss-being-retired-and-what-will-happen-to-it

The #LaunchCost 💰 were very high to bring this material to #orbit 🚀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

Spaceflight 🚀 @spaceflight@techhub.social · 2 years ago

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#DW 📆 07/27/2022 "whoever it is and no matter what they do in the future, everyone in the industry knows how hard it is to transport heavy #materials into #space. It's likely that at least some of these companies are hoping to #salvage parts of the #ISS" https://www.dw.com/en/therell-be-many-more-space-stations-in-future/a-62615228

#SpaceDebris #recycling ♻️

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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[STARSHIP IFT-7 THREAD 🧵]

Just under T-4 hours until Starship flies for IFT-7.
According to SpaceX, systems and weather look good!

This is the first of the V2 ships, so I'm personally looking forward to seeing how the new and more leeward front flaps perform during re-entry. Fingers crossed for less burn through!

📸: SpaceX

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

V2 Starship at the launch tower, Boca Chica, TX.

Light cloud cover is visible in the background. The reflective side of the ship (non heat shield side) is the side facing the camera. Small sections of the heat shield are visible. — V2 Starship at the launch tower, Boca Chica, TX. Light cloud cover is visible in the background. The reflective side of the ship (non heat shield side) is the side facing the camera. Small sections of the heat shield are visible.

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Ship 33 will also be used to test the deployment of 10 payload dummies. These are similar weights and sizes to the upcoming next generation Starlink sats.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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"A block of planned upgrades to the Starship upper stage will debut on this flight test, bringing major improvements to reliability and performance. The vehicle’s forward flaps have been reduced in size and shifted towards the vehicle tip and away from the heat shield, significantly reducing their exposure to reentry heating while simplifying the underlying mechanisms and protective tiling" -SpaceX

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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"Now targeting 4:37 p.m. CT for liftoff of Starship" - SpaceX

That's 22:37 UTC

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Ship 33: This is the first Block 2/v2 upper stage of Starship, it features various improvements over previous ships. The item to watch is the new forward fins. Many changes are internal and/or software so won't be visible.

Booster 14: A Block 1 booster. Notably, Raptor #314 (Pi engine) from the recovered booster from IFT-5 will be reused on this flight.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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Ship 33 will also be used to test the deployment of 10 payload dummies. These are similar weights and sizes to the upcoming next generation Starlink sats.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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Some good coverage that doesn't require using X:

[4K] Everyday Astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Px_b5eSzsA

[1080p] Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCG1T06jlk

[1080p] NSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

[1080p] WAI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NupMFUk0Og

[1080p] LapPadre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Bn5BrZix8

As usual, be aware that "official" streams from SpaceX on YT are fake. SpaceX no longer broadcast to YT directly. Please report them.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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Booster 14: A Block 1 booster. Notably, Raptor #314 (Pi engine) from the recovered booster from IFT-5 will be reused on this flight.

#space #spacex #starship #ift7 #LaunchInformation #bocachica #texas #newspace #launch #rocket

Ship 33 (the first Starship v2) against a pale dusk sky. The launch tower catch arms are visible either side of the vehicle. The heat shield tiles are facing the camera.

The very top of the booster and some of the grid fins can be seen down the bottom of the image. — Ship 33 (the first Starship v2) against a pale dusk sky. The launch tower catch arms are visible either side of the vehicle. The heat shield tiles are facing the camera. The very top of the booster and some of the grid fins can be seen down the bottom of the image.

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 3 months ago

"Getting to orbit is hard. And we did it on our first go." True. They've earned the celebration we're seeing now. New Glenn is about 90% the size of a Saturn V, to point out how big this is. I noticed the shape of the shock diamonds in the rocket thrust looked like consistent stable combustion. Well done! #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn🚀 #NG1 #NewSpace #spacegeek

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 3 months ago

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"Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - Excellent first flight of the new heavy-lift rocket achieved it's primary goal of reaching orbit. The booster landing attempt should be viewed as good that they tried and got data from the attempt. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/blue-origin-reaches-orbit-on-first-flight-of-its-titanic-new-glenn-rocket/ #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn🚀 #NG1 #NewSpace #space #business #spacegeek

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist @sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe · 3 months ago

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Primordial black holes and dark matter, oh my! Hard SF writers will want to read this article.

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-gravitational-black-holes-quantum-effect.html

@orionkidder : if recollection serves me, this article will be of interest re one of your SF universes.

#BoostingIsSharing

#Writer #Author #ScienceFiction #SF #scifi #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #BlackHole #pbh #ligo #Science #Physics #Astrophysics #QuantumPhysics #QuantumMechanics #Space #BlackHoles #gravitywaves

Corey S Powell @coreyspowell@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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A sweet astronomy story, for a little break:

Earth & its Moon were forged from a violent collision. But Pluto and its giant moon, Charon, came together with a gentle kiss. A similarly soft process may have occurred all across the outer solar system.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-charon-moon-kiss #space #science #astronomy #love

Left: Time series of a simulated Charon-capturing collision. Right: Pluto and Charon (composite image from the New Horizons probe).

The Old Map Gallery @oldmapgallery@sciencemastodon.com · 3 months ago

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Holy cow...
So nice!!
When you get a minute to explore. It's amazing for showing our solar system, but also for the bigger context
https://atlasof.space/

#maps #space #map

ToughSF @toughsf@bird.makeup · 3 months ago

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A Mars-bound spaceship driven by Orion nuclear pulse propulsion. It must retract all radiators and sensor booms to operate its drive!
#space #art by Paul-Lloyd.
https://www.deviantart.com/paul-lloyd/art/In-orbit-736102483

Corey S Powell @coreyspowell@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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Newly discovered: A pair of supermassive black holes (40 million times as massive as the Sun) cuddling in a distant galaxy.

"Cuddling" in this case means they're about as far apart as Voyager 1 is from Earth...which is really close for such monster objects.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-studies-gas-churning-monster-black-holes/ #science #space #astronomy

ToughSF @toughsf@bird.makeup · 4 months ago

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The Geodyne G26 Series Modular spaceship, fitted out to prospect asteroids atop its DHe3 fusion engine.
#space #art by Josheua (@Josheua13)
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8BB4eG

ToughSF @toughsf@bird.makeup · 4 months ago

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The Vesta-class patrol corvette showing off its radiators and putting its point defences to work; part of @voyager212's EMEZ setting, which is an excellent example of hard-SF worldbuilding.
#space #art
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZaYA1w

SETI Institute @setiinstitute@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

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#PPOD: This image from ESA’s #Mars Express shows a beautiful slice of the #RedPlanet from the northern #polarcap downwards, and highlights cratered, pockmarked swathes of the Terra Sabaea and Arabia Terra regions. It comprises data gathered on 17 June 2019 during orbit 19550. This image was created using data from the nadir and color channels of the High-Resolution Stereo Camera. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

#science #space #scicomm

Detailed color photo of the middle third of Mars, from polar cap to polar cap. There are dark swaths of material below the ice caps. In the middle, the planet is covered in orange ground and marked with numerous craters of various sizes.

ToughSF @toughsf@bird.makeup · 4 months ago

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A tether-equipped spacecraft over Europa, using electrodynamic forces to accelerate or brake without propellant.
#space #art by Pat Rawlings.
https://www.patrawlings.com/art-gallery/planets#gallery-9