🛰 Thanks to the trust of European Commission and 🇪🇺 EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme, Arianespace will launch the first four second-generation satellites for the #Galileo constellation aboard two #Ariane6 vehicles.
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The #AxEMU entered the water for the first time this week at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). Testing was conducted with an unoccupied spacesuit, adding weights to accurately simulate the lunar environment, where gravitational forces are 1/6th of Earth's.

Ready, Aim, PREFIRE 🚀 Next up on Electron will be the first of two launches for NASA's PREFIRE mission, a climate change focused mission to measure the heat lost from the Arctic and Antarctica.

Launching NET May 22, 2024.

WAI Orbit! Vandenberg pt. 2!

What do you know about Vandenberg SFB?

SpaceX & ULA lease these pads.

SpaceX uses SLC-4 for Falcon 9 launches.
ULA uses SLC-3 for Atlas V and, in the future, for Vulcan Centaur!

In collaboration with SkyFi! app.skyfi.com/explore 🛰️

Interesting: I seem to have caught #Space #Falcon9 entirely shrouded by vapor as it transitioned to supersonic this afternoon. There is only one frame that looks like this.

The only processing I did was auto-tone and a wee bit of sharpening. Nikon Z8 for the win.

Recent 29th #Starlink launch of this year via #Space X 's #Falcon9 vehicle

#Space

I just read a comment from someone asking, 'How do Rockets get through the firmament on their way up?'

What would be a good response to that? 🤷‍♂️

Recent launch of #Galileo (L12) mission via #Space X 's #Falcon9 vehicle

#Space #EUSPA

To the top, please! 😍

The view from the top of SpaceX's Mechazilla must be breathtaking, even on a hazy day like today! 👀

Watch live at wai.to/live

That is human-made space debris, an old rocket upper stage, orbiting Earth. The smart folks at Astroscale have just flown up next to it, proving their tech. Next time they'll grab & deorbit it, cleaning up a big piece. An excellent start!
(article: tinyurl.com/mr3t6k95)

A project worth following! ❤️ I'd sure love to play it!

This gives a nice perspective on how large these SpaceX Starship Chopsticks actually are.

See the tiny workers? 🔎

Watch LIVE at: wai.to/live

A very thorough run down by TheSpaceEngineer on the differences between Starship 1 & 2! 🔥

Falcon 9 B1060, seen launching in the background on its 14th flight, will support it's 20th, and final mission tomorrow. This will set a new record for the most flown booster to support a commercial mission, and tie the current flight mark of 20 launches currently held by B1062.

Not trivial but easier than one would think! Starship fueling plan according to SpaceX & NASA

Latest update: youtu.be/BzxQgTE8mjs