SpaceX Starship Flight Test Liftoff

Starship, SpaceX’s vehicle that will be the first to take people back to the moon, has an orbital test tomorrow! See the full details here.

a window starting at 9:28am EDT (13:28 UTC) tomorrow (April 20) is the current goal for the second attempt

Artemis 1. Nov 16, 2022.

Jared Sanders

Artemis 1 is launching tomorrow morning 8:33 am EDT (12:33 UTC). Want a quick lowdown on the mission and how and where to launch (also details if you want to see in person or go to a watch party)? Check out my blog post.

Here we go again! Now launching at 1:07 am EDT (6:07 UTC) on 11/16 with the converage starting that night 10:30 pm EDT 11/15 (3:30 UTC 11/16). All info on the blog post has been updated accordingly.

IMPACT!

(sped up)

the DART mission has collided with the asteroid Dimorphos!

Dimorphos, a small asteroid orbiting the larger Didymos, has been hit at 4 miles/second (6.4km/s) by nasa’s DART spacecraft, in order to test our planetary defense systems.

(an important note: neither of these two asteroids have any chance of collision with earth, this mission was simply to try and redirect an asteroid in case it’s ever needed)

next, scientists will train their telescopes on the asteroid system, hoping to notice differences in Dimorphos’ orbit, meaning we’ve successfully changed its orbit by a spacecraft!

While we all wait nervously for the SLS launch, there is another exciting NASA mission happening within shooting distance. This Monday, DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will strike asteroid Dimorphous. You can read more about the mission and how to tune on my blog post here.

Today is the day!!!!!

Artemis 1 is launching tomorrow morning 8:33 am EDT (12:33 UTC). Want a quick lowdown on the mission and how and where to launch (also details if you want to see in person or go to a watch party)? Check out my blog post.

We got a scrub. Next Opportunity is Friday 12:48 pm EDT (16:48 UTC)

NASA officially changed the next targeted date to Saturday which means the launch window opens at 2:17pm EDT (18:17 UTC). all details are updated in the link above.

Scrub again… next opportunities are Monday and Tuesday before a big gap but I will wait on the announced next targeted attempt to update yall

Artemis 1 is launching tomorrow morning 8:33 am EDT (12:33 UTC). Want a quick lowdown on the mission and how and where to launch (also details if you want to see in person or go to a watch party)? Check out my blog post.

We got a scrub. Next Opportunity is Friday 12:48 pm EDT (16:48 UTC)

NASA officially changed the next targeted date to Saturday which means the launch window opens at 2:17pm EDT (18:17 UTC). all details are updated in the link above.

SLS

Starliner is gonna take another shot at reaching the ISS tomorrow after 2 years since its last failed attempt. This is a crucial step toward launching more astronauts from the US. Are you gonna watch?

Check out my blog post with the details here

TODAY IS THE DAY!

Crew-3 on the Way Home Aboard SpaceX Dragon Endurance via NASA https://ift.tt/0Nsj3vo

The Comet and the Rocket

This amazing image was taken by Matipon Tangmatitham, just as the Ariane V rocket that carried the James Webb Space Telescope was launched and heading into space.

The comet is still a naked eye object for those in more southerly latitudes, just after Sun set, but to capture the rocket along side was once in a lifetime shot !