🇨🇳🚀China always prepares a backup rocket for every manned space launch in case of emergencies that might require a rescue, ensuring astronauts do not get fatally stuck in space for months. The Shenzhou-22 just launched without astronauts inside, is actually the backup for

New photos of the damaged launch pad at Site 31 of Baikonur Kosmodrome were published in Telegram channels and on Novosti Kosmonavtiki forum. Sad to see it like this.

NOTAM Update: LANDSPACE has scrubbed the November 29 attempt for Zhuque-3. The new restriction points to a launch at the same time on December 01.

Yeah, that was totally us.

I just did some quick math on a napkin on my desk and it came out as $420.69. Can someone please check my math because this isn't my area of expertise.

Frank Gehry passed away today. Most people know him for the wild curves, crumpled paper inspiration, and metallic skins of his buildings, but there’s a more interesting story underneath. What most people don’t know is that his office was pushing form and fabrication so far that

Meanwhile Redmond, WA quietly builds 80% of world's satellites by mass.

“If China can air fry barbecue chicken on Tien Gong, should we reevaluate rigid NASA requirements?” >This was an air fryer. I had cold pizza in space!… We should challenge the way we do things, what we’ve done in the past is not necessarily a right approach to get to the future

SPACEX: The U.S. Space Force issued a request for information on December 29th, inviting commercial companies including SpaceX to develop and operate a new launch site at Space Launch Complex 14 (SLC-14) on the southern tip of Vandenberg Space Force Base. This is an undeveloped

The NYC Mayor’s Twitter account is now under Mayor Mamdani’s name, but unlike the White House accounts, prior tweets are not archived or clearly attributed to past administrations. As a result, there are tweets still visible that are jarring when they appear under Mayor

Zohran Mamdani walked off after his inauguration today to ‘Gaddi Red Challenger’ by Toronto-based Punjabi artist Babbulicious – a flex-heavy Punjabi pop track about cruising in a red Dodge Challenger, blasting speakers, and repping where you’re from. The song’s hook declares

Austin TX is now back to pre-pandemic apartment rents. Down 21% from peak in summer of 2022. $1,636/month --> $1,288/month (I'm now even seeing 2BRs in some apartments at sub-$1,000) This rental correction is due to a sharp drop in migration/demand, combined with a surge of

Fun fact, when the world sanctioned apartheid South Africa, Switzerland continued buying the gold, then melting it down and rebranding it as their own then selling it to the world giving the apartheid government a lifeline. The neutral Swiss.👍🏾

The PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage. A detailed analysis has been initiated.

One of the big summer infrastructure projects is digging of a new intermediate sewer outfall tunnel. Here is a pic from Rich Overbeck earlier this summer early on in the project. #Antarctica #soutpole U.S. National Science Foundation

BREAKING: The U.S. has ordered its citizens to "Leave Iran now. Have a plan for departing Iran that does not rely on the U.S. Government's help." Trump is reportedly deciding on military action tomorrow.

One of most common self sabotages in a workplace is constantly bringing up matters already decided upon Straight from the CIA handbook

I always forget that SpaceX actually got to the point of building carbon fibre test tanks for BFR.

Artemis II on the way to the pad. Still cool.

They tested this thing out in the ocean, can't think of any other time SpaceX has done that.