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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

"NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9: Crew Preparing for Splashdown" by #NASA Space Station blog - #SpaceX #CrewDragon "Freedom" with #Crew9 astronauts and #Starliner test pilots is de-orbiting for return to Earth. Splashdown is planned 1757 Eastern Time off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2025/03/18/nasas-spacex-crew-9-crew-preparing-for-splashdown/#NewSpace

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️ @AstroHawk@spacey.space · 4 weeks ago

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

Musing out loud... since Starship 33 didn't finish its climb to orbit, or actually a very high suborbital trajectory since they didn't plan a burn to circularize the orbit, how far short did the debris come down. Southern Africa was underneath the intended path. It could have been one or more of falling short into the Atlantic Ocean, falling on Africa or going past Africa to the Indian Ocean. #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

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

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

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

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

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

"SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test" by @AssociatedPress / Marcia Dunn - More details on what SpaceX hoped to achieve and what happened on Starship test flight 7. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-elon-musk-starship-e165e81ed2350ce684c7ed8d9357d7ba #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace #business

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

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

"SpaceX loses Starship mid-flight, but catches booster again after launch" by CNBC / @michaelsheetz - Second successful catch of the enormous 1st stage booster by the tower arms, which many doubted would work until the first catch. 2nd stage lost contact during boost, presumably breaking up, and did not reach orbit. The lost 2nd stage was a new Block 2 model flying for the first time. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/spacex-launch-starship-flight-seven-starlink-satellite-test.html #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace #business

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

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

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orbitalmayo @orbitalmayo@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

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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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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