Official Space Thread

Blue Origin New Shepard unmanned crew capsule separation after “anomaly” 1 minute after launch.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket experienced an anomaly a little over a minute after an uncrewed launch from the company’s West Texas site on Sept. 12, 2022. The capsule can be seen blasting away from the booster after its crew escape system was engaged.

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Coverage of today’s fueling test.

Next target launch date was 27 September.

But issues again in today’s test may force even more delays.

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Artemis launch on hold while :cyclone: Hurricane Ian pass through Florida. No indication of next launch date yet.

Meanwhile,

The DART mission concluded successfully overnight. The spacecraft, travelling at +22,000km/h, impacted the Dimorphos asteroid as planned. We’ll know in about a month if the impact was large enough to have meaningfully altered its trajectory.

Hitting a 160 meter target from 10.5 million kilometres away is incredible. #AimBot #Hax

CNN live coverage of last few minutes before impact:

Full NASA stream:

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“to prevent Armageddon”. Oh CNN, you’ll murder us all… It’s that kind of arrogance that brings about destruction.

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Great success! Much movement! We are saved!

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Our planet and species are doomed, why do we delay the inevitable?

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on that note… when launch!?

But this NSF version though… damn!

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Awesome pics, thanks for sharing.

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NSFs Starbase Live feed suggests possible launch for Starship 24/7 could be today?

Will keep half an eye on the feed if I can.

After Hurrican Ian, NASA is going to skip the October launch window for Artemis and is now aiming for the 12 - 27 November window for the next launch attempt.

“Focusing efforts on the November launch period allows time for employees at Kennedy to address the needs of their families and homes after the storm and for teams to identify additional checkouts needed before returning to the pad for launch,” according to NASA.

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I’m sure the next step will be a full stack static fire. Plus we’re still waiting for the elusive 33 engine static fire.

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That makes a lot more sense. I just guessed that “Next possible closure Wednesday 8am” suggested a launch closure. :man_facepalming:

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:cry: nevermind
edit: nevermind pt2, was restacked again… lol, we wait.

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To The Moon! :rocket: :new_moon:

Third Fourth Fifth time’s the charm! Artemis I is getting another shot at the moon launch late tonight (US) / early tomorrow morning (SA).


NASA Launch broadcast starts at 05:30, but the launch window is only due to open at a little after 08:00 (1:00am EST).

Watch live as our mega Moon rocket launches an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a six-week mission around the Moon and back to Earth. NASA is targeting Wednesday, Nov. 16, for the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission during a two-hour launch window that opens at 1:04 a.m. EST (0604 UTC). During #Artemis I, Orion will lift off aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and travel 280,000 miles (450,000 km) from Earth and 40,000 miles (64,000 km) beyond the far side of the Moon, carrying science and technology payloads to expand our understanding of lunar science, technology developments, and deep space radiation.


Everday Astronaut broadcast scheduled to begin at midnight tonight.

NASA is set to launch the Orion spacecraft to a distant retrograde lunar orbit atop the Space Launch System (SLS) for its maiden launch known as Artemis 1. Launching from Launch Complex 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, the Artemis I mission will certify both Orion and the SLS Block 1 rocket for crewed spaceflight; its next mission–aptly named Artemis II–will be crewed, and bring a yet-announced crew to lunar orbit (but will not land on the lunar surface)


NASASpaceflight broadcast starts at 22:30 this evening

NASA is making its third attempt to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon. Liftoff is scheduled for a two-hour window that opens on Wednesday, Nov 16th 2022 at 1:04 AM EST (6:04 UTC) from LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=56782.0


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Fourth times the charm! Hopefully it launches successfully tomorrow.

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T - 5:00!

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Finally after all this time, she flies. :clap: :rocket:

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I so badly wanna experience this in real life!

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From inside or from outside?

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Yoh, from the inside would be bae… but the SpaceX one. That Dragon trip of Inspiration4 looked so fun, man one day when I’m big.

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