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Nzoner's Game Room>Space Exploration megathread
DaFace 09:40 AM 06-01-2014
Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions

Spoiler!


How to Watch a Live Launch
Spoiler!


Where to Learn More
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Glossary
Spoiler!

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GeorgeZimZam 09:13 AM 06-08-2024

Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico pic.twitter.com/lnjCSk2Cz6

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 8, 2024


Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico pic.twitter.com/lnjCSk2Cz6

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 8, 2024

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Donger 01:50 PM 06-08-2024
Originally Posted by GeorgeZimZam:


WOW!!!
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Donger 01:51 PM 06-08-2024

Starship reentering like a meteor pic.twitter.com/YjfVIHLLCl

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2024

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GeorgeZimZam 08:11 PM 06-11-2024

Engine ignition and liftoff of Starship on Flight 4 as seen from the launch tower pic.twitter.com/4UmeAmKxRT

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 12, 2024


Spoiler!


Flight 5 as soon as early to mid July?!

BREAKING: Elon Musk talks about Starship during his gaming stream on 𝕏

-Flight 5 in about a month, after replacing the heatshield on the ship with a new tile twice as strong.
-Ablative protection underneath will act as secondary heatshield layer.
-Starship to Mars in 3 years.
pic.twitter.com/hw16ycvzSI

— See You On Mars (@SeeYouOnMars_) June 10, 2024


It will be bonkers down here for the inaugural Mechazilla catch of a Starship Booster stage. Fingers crossed for Flight 5/Booster 12.

Sometime in the very near future, the Mechazilla launch pad will catch Starship’s Super Heavy booster — 230 feet tall and 440,000lbs — with mechanical arms. The arms are called “chopsticks” and it’s going to glorious. https://t.co/ahQSRf9hw3 pic.twitter.com/mHyg0nVLly

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) June 9, 2024

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Donger 11:18 AM 06-13-2024
Originally Posted by GeorgeZimZam:


Spoiler!


Flight 5 as soon as early to mid July?!



It will be bonkers down here for the inaugural Mechazilla catch of a Starship Booster stage. Fingers crossed for Flight 5/Booster 12.

I think they should try an actual landing before trying the chopsticks...

:-)

Hadn't heard this until today:

Next would come a ship engine cutoff and a nominal Suborbital insertion, Meaning Ship 29 hit the correct trajectory. Shortly after, Booster 11 would start up the inner 13 engines for an initial landing burn before switching to the inner three.

However, just after ignition, Engine 8 in the inner ring of 10 exploded, but the booster kept on going.


On one of the feeds, I saw a bunch of crap flying up from SH. Guess it was engine bits.
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MagicHef 01:50 PM 06-13-2024
Originally Posted by Donger:
I think they should try an actual landing before trying the chopsticks...

:-)

Hadn't heard this until today:

Next would come a ship engine cutoff and a nominal Suborbital insertion, Meaning Ship 29 hit the correct trajectory. Shortly after, Booster 11 would start up the inner 13 engines for an initial landing burn before switching to the inner three.

However, just after ignition, Engine 8 in the inner ring of 10 exploded, but the booster kept on going.


On one of the feeds, I saw a bunch of crap flying up from SH. Guess it was engine bits.
Booster can't land, it doesn't have legs. It's either pretend land over the ocean (which it just did), or chopsticks.
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Donger 01:58 PM 06-13-2024
Originally Posted by MagicHef:
Booster can't land, it doesn't have legs. It's either pretend land over the ocean (which it just did), or chopsticks.
Oh crap yeah. I forgot.
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Shiver Me Timbers 10:29 AM 06-23-2024
Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at International Space Station as engineers on Earth race against time to fix multiple problems

“Boeing Starliner literally falling apart in space right now,” wrote Captain Coronado.

https://nypost.com/2024/06/22/us-new...iple-problems/
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DaFace 11:02 AM 06-23-2024
Originally Posted by Shiver Me Timbers:
Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at International Space Station as engineers on Earth race against time to fix multiple problems



“Boeing Starliner literally falling apart in space right now,” wrote Captain Coronado.



https://nypost.com/2024/06/22/us-new...iple-problems/
That's pretty over the top. They're working on understanding some issues, and it would be better if those issues weren't happening, but they've insisted that they could come home today if they had to. In theory at least, they're just taking this time to try and understand the issues now since the trunk would burn up on the way down.

Maybe it ends up being more than that, but they've been pretty firm that it's not.
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Bowser 06:43 PM 06-23-2024
Saw this and thought of you peoples


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Donger 01:00 PM 06-25-2024
FH launch today!!!

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, June 25 for launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, June 26 at the same time.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on NASA’s website about one hour prior to liftoff.

The GOES-U satellite will orbit above the Earth's equator at approximately 35,700 km (22,236 mi) observing weather patterns in the contiguous USA, Central and South America, and Atlantic Ocean. GOES-U is part of NOAA's most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) series and will assist weather forecasters and climate researchers with real-time high-resolution imagery, earlier detection of severe weather that could save lives, and tropical cyclone forecasts. The weather satellite also carries a suite of space weather instruments that will be used to detect solar storms early and help predict their possible impacts.

Following booster separation, the two new side boosters supporting this mission will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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GeorgeZimZam 01:52 PM 06-25-2024
Originally Posted by Donger:
FH launch today!!!

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, June 25 for launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, June 26 at the same time.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on NASA’s website about one hour prior to liftoff.

The GOES-U satellite will orbit above the Earth's equator at approximately 35,700 km (22,236 mi) observing weather patterns in the contiguous USA, Central and South America, and Atlantic Ocean. GOES-U is part of NOAA's most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) series and will assist weather forecasters and climate researchers with real-time high-resolution imagery, earlier detection of severe weather that could save lives, and tropical cyclone forecasts. The weather satellite also carries a suite of space weather instruments that will be used to detect solar storms early and help predict their possible impacts.

Following booster separation, the two new side boosters supporting this mission will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Hopefully weather permits.

Less than two hours until today’s Falcon Heavy launch of @NOAA’s GOES-U satellite from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. ET. Teams continue to monitor weather for liftoff, which is 30% favorable → https://t.co/bdfqFpPbAX

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 25, 2024

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GeorgeZimZam 03:28 PM 06-25-2024

10th liftoff of Falcon Heavy! pic.twitter.com/Qf1mHwBKk5

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 25, 2024

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Donger 03:29 PM 06-25-2024
Crap missed all of it, but just joined:

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide...lscreen-player
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Donger 03:33 PM 06-25-2024
Great video of the booster cutoffs and return burn!!!!
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