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Answering the more obscure questions about all things space!
Apr 20, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
HOLD and recycling!!! Image Hold is at T-40 seconds.
Apr 19, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Starlink 6-2! 🚀 Max-Q!
Apr 16, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
Starship’s Previous Test Flights! 🚀

From Starhopper to SN5 to SN15’s landing, we have already seen numerous prototypes take flight. Let’s take a look back… Starhopper

After Starhopper completed its tethered flights, the vehicle hopped to 20m and 150m in 2019, creating quite the spectacle.
Dec 31, 2022 14 tweets 7 min read
Space in 2022! 🚀

From Artemis I and Webb photos, to DART impacting an asteroid, this year has been incredible for spaceflight.

(1/14) January

The first and only Atlas V 511 launched, delivering 2 GSSAP satellites to orbit.

Webb’s major deployment also occurred before the telescope reached L2 just before the end of the month.

📸: ULA, NASA

(2/14)
Dec 30, 2022 6 tweets 1 min read
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and EROS-C3! 🚀

This marks SpaceX’s 61st and final launch of 2022. Max-Q!