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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️

"SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster" by @arstechnica - First test-firing of a previously-flown #SuperHeavy booster (1st stage of #Starship) indicates preparation to re-fly it. No word on which flight it's intended for, or if that decision has been made yet. arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/ #NewSpace #SpaceX #spacegeek #business

Ars Technica · SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy boosterBy Stephen Clark
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"A private European aerospace startup completes the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle" by @AssociatedPress - European rocket startup Isar is declaring victory after an initial test launch of its Spectrum orbital rocket only got 30 seconds into the flight. Flight experience and flight data are very useful for engineering. Though maybe they shouldn't sound so excited that they "even got to validate our Flight Termination System". apnews.com/article/space-launc #NewSpace #Europe #business

AP News · A private European aerospace startup completes the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicleA rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later. The Isar Aerospace startup headquartered in Munich said Sunday that it had successfully completed the first test flight of its orbital launch. The Spectrum rocket launched from the island of Andøya in northern Norway. The 92-foot-long Spectrum is a two-stage launch vehicle specifically designed for small and medium satellites. The rocket lifted off from the pad and flew for about 30 seconds before falling into the sea. Sunday’s launch followed a week of poor weather conditions including a scrubbed launch on March 24 because of unfavorable winds.
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"NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Splashes Down Off Coast of Florida" by #NASA Space Station blog - Safe splashdown confirmed off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Boats with NASA & SpaceX crews will recover it from the water. nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/20 #Crew9 #SpaceX #CrewDragon #NewSpace

NASANASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Splashes Down Off Coast of Florida - NASANASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT.  Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since  Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on June 6. This...
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"Private lunar lander, with help from Columbia Sportswear, touches down on moon, but status is unknown" by AP via KGW News (NBC Portland) - Second lunar probe landing attempt by #IntuitiveMachines sent no telemetry so far after touchdown. Portland OR area watching again because insulating covers are made by Columbia Sportswear using space blankets they adapted from spacecraft tech for winter jackets, now back to use in space. kgw.com/article/tech/science/a #NewSpace #Moon #space #science #business #PNW

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"Bahamas to host SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster landings" press release by government of The Bahamas - International agreement between US and Bahamas will allow #SpaceX to position its landing platform ship in Bahamian waters and use their airspace for #Falcon9 1st stage landings. This allows booster landing options farther out in the ocean when launching on trajectories to the southeast from SpaceX's launch pads at Cape Canaveral, Florida. bahamas.com/pressroom/the-baha #NewSpace

The Islands of The BahamasThe Bahamas First International SpaceX Landing - The Official Website of The Bahamas NASSAU, The Bahamas ( 12 February 2025) – In a landmark moment for both The Bahamas and the global space tourism industry, SpaceX will make history with its first international rocket landing, set
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"SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California" is #NASA #astronomy picture of the day (APOD), photo by Martin LaMontagne - Picture taken Feb 10 from Phoenix, Arizona looking west at a #SpaceX #Falcon9🚀 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is a great example of why rocket enthusiasts really like launches soon after sunset or before dawn when the rocket climbs into sunlight that illuminates the plume at altitude. 🤩 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250217.ht #NewSpace #photography

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) 2025-02-17 NASA caption: SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California Image Credit & Copyright: Martin LaMontagne < martybkfd at Hotmail dot com > Explanation: What's happened to the sky? Last Monday, the photogenic launch plume from a SpaceX rocket launch created quite a spectacle over parts of southern California and Arizona. Looking at times like a giant space fish, the impressive rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, was so bright because it was backlit by the setting Sun. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered to low Earth orbit 23 Starlink communications satellites. The plume from the first stage is seen on the right, while the soaring upper stage rocket is seen at the apex of the plume toward the left. Venus appears at the top of the frame, while a bright streetlight shines on the far right. The featured image was captured toward the west after sunset from near Phoenix, Arizona.
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"SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says" by @Spacecom - Fuel and oxidizer both leaking into a confined area would only need a flame or spark to explode. And "to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity" means it exploded. space.com/space-exploration/pr #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Space · SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk saysBy Mike Wall
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️

"Videos on social media show Starship debris streaming across the sky" video by NBC News - NBC anchor and expert where being correctly cautious about concluding the video was of Starship. But they also pointed out the video of debris fall matched the time Starship telemetry was lost on ascent and where it should have been at the time. youtube.com/watch?v=D0vRGkPsbY #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

YouTubeVideos on social media show Starship debris streaming across the skyBy NBC News
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️

"Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7" by @Spacecom - It didn't take long to get an answer where Starship 33 debris came down. People posted videos from the Turks and Caicos Islands. So it made it past Florida to the Atlantic. Dramatic explosion and debris fall captured on several of them. space.com/space-exploration/pr #SpaceX #Starship🚀 #NewSpace

Space · Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)By Brett Tingley
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Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️

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

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