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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

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How to Watch a Live Launch
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Where to Learn More
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Glossary
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DaFace 03:34 PM 06-25-2024
Ended up being a beautiful day.
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GeorgeZimZam 03:38 PM 06-25-2024

Falcon Heavy’s side boosters land on Landing Zones 1 and 2 pic.twitter.com/5RDbTGNnSq

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 25, 2024


Wait for it... (sonic boom warning)
This is what it would be like to stand next to Falcon Heavy boosters coming in for a landing 🎥 pic.twitter.com/EOkMEcRQiz

— Cosmic Perspective (@considercosmos) June 24, 2024

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Donger 10:31 AM 06-26-2024
Amazing shot of the boost back:


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GeorgeZimZam 11:09 AM 06-30-2024

Some shots from this morning at Starbase. Segments of the second Orbital Launch Integration Tower prepped at the production site, ahead of their final destination at the Starship Orbital Launch pad a few miles down Highway 4.









New mural along Highway 4 route to Starbase, based on infamous, shitty Elon sketch:




Tried drawing Elon Musk. I'm fairly new to drawing portraits and would appreciate any advice/criticism!
byu/Watchieboy indrawing





New Elon Musk meme mural catches eyes near Starbase. 'Push the craziness,' its creator says.

archived 30 Jun 2024 16:50:13 UTC


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4th and Long 11:46 AM 06-30-2024
China won't be headed to space with this particular rocket.

Chinese rocket crashes after accidental launch during ground test



A Chinese rocket crashed after being accidentally launched during a ground test Sunday, its company Space Pioneer said in a statement.

The crash happened when the first stage of the Tianlong-3 rocket detached from its launch pad during a test, due to structural failure. It landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China.

“Due to the structural failure of the connection between the rocket body and the test platform, the first-stage rocket was separated from the launch pad,” Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology, said.

“After liftoff, the onboard computer was automatically shut down, and the rocket fell into the deep mountains 1.5 kilometers [0.9 miles] southwest of the test platform. The rocket body fell into the mountain and disintegrated.”

There were no injuries as a result of the crash, the company said, as people in the area were evacuated in advance of the rocket test.

Space Pioneer, a leading company in the commercial rocket sphere, specializes in liquid-propellant rockets.

In April 2023, it successfully launched its Tianlong-2 rocket, making the company China’s first commercial launch operator to send a liquid carrier rocket into space and successfully enter orbit, according to state media.

Tianlong-3, the rocket that crashed on Sunday, is a large liquid carrier rocket. It was made to help construct China’s satellite internet network.

The rocket’s product performance is comparable to SpaceX’s Falcon 9, according to Space Pioneer, adding that it will be capable of launching the rocket over 30 times per year after the rocket’s first successful flight.

The accident comes just days after China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module returned to Earth from space, where it collected the first ever samples from the far side of the moon.

The mission was a key milestone in China’s “eternal dream” – as articulated by Chinese leader Xi Jinping – to establish the country as a dominant space power and comes as a number of countries, including the United States, also ramp up their own lunar exploration programs.


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GeorgeZimZam 11:54 AM 06-30-2024
Originally Posted by 4th and Long:
China won't be headed to space with this particular rocket.
LOL oopsies

Barely a week ago they did this...

#China dropped another booster stage full of hypergolics on a local village. Debris from a Long March 2C rocket that fell on a village in China today.

They give literally a shit on his own people's safety. pic.twitter.com/WI6MsS36cT

— Asgard Intel 🛡️ WW3.INFO (@AsgardIntel) June 23, 2024

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4th and Long 11:56 AM 06-30-2024
Originally Posted by GeorgeZimZam:
LOL oopsies

Barely a week ago they did this...

Yikes. Imagine the backlash if something like that happened here.
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GeorgeZimZam 10:56 AM 07-04-2024
Despite not bothering to do a Starship pre-Flight 4 hype video (much to my chagrin!), SpaceX did just release a post-Flight 4 highlight video...

The fourth flight of Starship brought us closer to a rapidly reusable future pic.twitter.com/maSky0Rsjy

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 4, 2024


...and even remembered their YouTube password.


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Donger 07:29 AM 07-07-2024
"Flight 5 in 4 weeks," Musk said Friday (July 5) via X, the social media platform he owns.

Flight 5 will feature an exciting new twist, if all goes according to plan: SpaceX has said it aims to bring the giant booster back for a pinpoint landing on Starbase's launch mount, an effort that will be aided by the "chopstick" arms of the facility's launch tower.

This bold strategy will increase Starship's flight cadence, allowing the booster to be inspected, refurbished and relaunched more rapidly, Musk has said.
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Shiver Me Timbers 08:03 PM 07-11-2024
Boeing get them space travelers back yet?
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DaFace 09:32 AM 07-12-2024
Well, SpaceX's success streak ends at 334 launches. That's a crazy good streak, but it still sucks. We'll see how quickly they can move through the investigation and get launching again. It'll almost certainly delay things for a little bit at least.

During tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink, the second stage engine did not complete its second burn. As a result, the Starlink satellites were deployed into a lower than intended orbit.

SpaceX has made contact with 5 of the satellites so far and is attempting to have them…

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 12, 2024


"The FAA is requiring an investigation" of the Starlink 9-3 mission inflight failure, the agency says in a statement: https://t.co/CaV6vZVXjz pic.twitter.com/uoD2weFIk1

— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) July 12, 2024

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Donger 09:46 AM 07-13-2024

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GeorgeZimZam 03:36 PM 07-13-2024

Footage of Starlink sats reentering: (and probably Stage 2 as well) https://t.co/8njxBV2i6k

— Florida Man (@FLman747) July 13, 2024

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GeorgeZimZam 08:37 AM 07-15-2024
Starship Flight 5 booster testing underway, static fire likely in about 1 hour:


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GeorgeZimZam 01:51 PM 07-15-2024

Photos from static fire pic.twitter.com/WZMVwklWtO

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 15, 2024

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