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Space, science, tech and democracy enthusiast progressive. Following the meteoric rise of the company Rocket Lab, a disruptor of Musk's SpaceX launch monopoly. Not affiliated with the company. See feed "Rocket Lab Follower Feed."
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Rocket Lab is the only cost efficient space company credibly challenging Musk's other leg of wealth, SpaceX. Founder Sir Peter Beck is the only space billionaire not bending the knee to Trump. Many big customers of RL are not American and RL has received <2% US subsidies compared to SpaceX's $20B+.
SpaceX is clearly failing with Starship while Blue Origin is not great either, given the company is older than SpaceX and they only have 2 successful orbital launches. This leaves a clear window for Rocket Lab Neutron to take serious market share given it is the most promising F9 competitor.
This is not good news for either SpaceX or NASA's mandate to land astronauts on the Moon using 10+ launches of Starship to fuel the lander in LEO. Starship getting things into orbit: 0 of 11. New Glenn: 2 of 2. www.space.com/space-explor...
SpaceX's 1st 'Version 3' Super Heavy Starship booster buckles under pressure during initial tests
Looks like Starship V3 might need a little more work before launching to space.
www.space.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
SpaceX is clearly failing with Starship while Blue Origin is not great either, given the company is older than SpaceX and they only have 2 successful orbital launches. This leaves a clear window for Rocket Lab Neutron to take serious market share given it is the most promising F9 competitor.
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MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission.
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
MISSION SUCCESS! Payload deployment is confirmed for the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission.
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
✅ 2nd launch in 48 hours
✅ 18th launch this year
✅ 76th launch in total
✅ 100% mission success in 2025
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View from the pad of our latest launch from LC-2.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
View from the pad of our latest launch from LC-2.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
With HASTE, we're proud to be unblocking the hypersonic test bottleneck with regular commercial launches, lowering the cost and increasing the tempo of hypersonic test flights for the U.S. and its allies.
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🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
Angry Astronaut again with a thorough analysis shows how Elon's SpaceX is a key reason US moon ambitions are doomed to fail and why the Chinese will very likely win the manned moon race this time, underlining how Trump policies are killing US space leadership along with the rest of science.
@lorengrush.bsky.social @genejm1017.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Orion uses the same service module engine as Apollo. The Shuttle OMS engines were Apollo service module engines. This same engine was also used as a Delta II upper stage engine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_QP...
SpaceX has a new plan to land on the Moon! Will it work for NASA Artemis?
YouTube video by The Angry Astronaut
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November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Angry Astronaut again with a thorough analysis shows how Elon's SpaceX is a key reason US moon ambitions are doomed to fail and why the Chinese will very likely win the manned moon race this time, underlining how Trump policies are killing US space leadership along with the rest of science.
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L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
L-2 days until ESCAPADE launches! Soon, the twins will be on their way to Mars for NASA & UC Berkely to reveal how the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. Who’s ready to make history?
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It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
The Final Countdown | ESCAPADE Mission to Mars
YouTube video by Rocket Lab
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November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s official: We’re going to Mars! 🚀🛰️🔴🛰️
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
Our ESCAPADE mission with NASA and U.C. Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory will launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than Sunday, November 9.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpt...
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Electron has successfully launched its 16th mission of the year to deploy the latest iQPS satellite to orbit – our sixth mission for its QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. Congratulations and welcome back to space, iQPS!
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Electron has successfully launched its 16th mission of the year to deploy the latest iQPS satellite to orbit – our sixth mission for its QPS-SAR Earth-imaging constellation. Congratulations and welcome back to space, iQPS!
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Tucked in and ready for flight ✅
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tucked in and ready for flight ✅
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
Our two spacecraft for NASA & UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing. This is the last time they'll be seen on Earth before their mission to Mars.
Next stop: The launch pad. 🚀
40 million users on Bluesky, congratulations. Thanks to its business model far more are real thinking humans than in the bot hellscape on oligarch Musk's X. For the sake of America, may productive and effective activism organizing here bring us out of the current predicament of this country.
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
40 million users on Bluesky, congratulations. Thanks to its business model far more are real thinking humans than in the bot hellscape on oligarch Musk's X. For the sake of America, may productive and effective activism organizing here bring us out of the current predicament of this country.
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Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Mars isn’t easy. Orbit gaps could leave explorers out of contact. Power’s always a challenge. And reliable communication is in demand.
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
Rocket Lab’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter will change that. 🌎➡️🔴 bit.ly/41NH6lV
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Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Built. Integrated. Preparing to fuel the future.
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
Our Photon spacecraft for Eta Space & NASA's LOXSAT cryogenic fueling mission is complete ✅
🛰️ An end-to-end Rocket Lab mission
🌐 Tech demo to support orbital propellant depots
🚀 Launching on Electron in early 2026
Read more: bit.ly/4qmAl55
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📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
📣 It’s time for another Electron launch!
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
'The Nation God Navigates’ will be our sixth mission for iQPS.
Launch window opens:
⏰ 11:45 am Pacific, November 5
⏰ 2:45 pm Eastern, November 5
⏰ 19:45 UTC, November 5
⏰ 4:45 am JST, November 6
⏰ 8:45 am NZT, November 6
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Electron is vertical on the pad and operations are underway for today’s launch from Pad A at LC-1 with Synspective.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Electron is vertical on the pad and operations are underway for today’s launch from Pad A at LC-1 with Synspective.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
Liftoff is targeted for:
⏰UTC | 16:33
⏰NZDT | 5:33 a.m.
⏰JST | 1:33 a.m.
⏰ET | 12:33 p.m.
⏰PT | 9:33 a.m.
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We've signed a direct contract with JAXA for two dedicated launches on Electron!
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We've signed a direct contract with JAXA for two dedicated launches on Electron!
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
The first JAXA mission is scheduled to take place in December. Launch timing and further information to come.
ℹ️: bit.ly/48Vw6qD
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We’ve signed another Electron multi-launch agreement: three dedicated missions for Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (@iQPS_Inc)!
This latest bulk buy brings the total number of upcoming missions for iQPS to seven.
More info: bit.ly/4o7a2hd
This latest bulk buy brings the total number of upcoming missions for iQPS to seven.
More info: bit.ly/4o7a2hd
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We’ve signed another Electron multi-launch agreement: three dedicated missions for Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (@iQPS_Inc)!
This latest bulk buy brings the total number of upcoming missions for iQPS to seven.
More info: bit.ly/4o7a2hd
This latest bulk buy brings the total number of upcoming missions for iQPS to seven.
More info: bit.ly/4o7a2hd
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Rocket Lab knows Mars. The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter is where our heritage meets the future of Mars comms.
Our MTO is designed for speed AND value:
✅ Supporting Humans on Mars.
✅ Faster sample return.
✅ A firm-fixed framework.
✅ More exploration.
Learn more: bit.ly/41NH6lV
Our MTO is designed for speed AND value:
✅ Supporting Humans on Mars.
✅ Faster sample return.
✅ A firm-fixed framework.
✅ More exploration.
Learn more: bit.ly/41NH6lV
Mars Orbiter | Rocket Lab
The Mars Sample Return mission represents one of the most ambitious and scientifically valuable endeavors in NASA’s history. For the mission to be successful, NASA requires innovative and reliable ind...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Rocket Lab knows Mars. The Mars Telecommunications Orbiter is where our heritage meets the future of Mars comms.
Our MTO is designed for speed AND value:
✅ Supporting Humans on Mars.
✅ Faster sample return.
✅ A firm-fixed framework.
✅ More exploration.
Learn more: bit.ly/41NH6lV
Our MTO is designed for speed AND value:
✅ Supporting Humans on Mars.
✅ Faster sample return.
✅ A firm-fixed framework.
✅ More exploration.
Learn more: bit.ly/41NH6lV
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We've secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective – bringing the total number of upcoming missions with them to 21, the largest order of dedicated Electron missions with a single customer to date.
Learn more: bit.ly/46LT94K
Learn more: bit.ly/46LT94K
September 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We've secured a second multi-launch contract with Synspective – bringing the total number of upcoming missions with them to 21, the largest order of dedicated Electron missions with a single customer to date.
Learn more: bit.ly/46LT94K
Learn more: bit.ly/46LT94K
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⚡ Meet Lightning ⚡Our high-power, long-life spacecraft platform built for LEO & beyond.
Now in production at scale in Long Beach:
🔹 17 🛰️ for Globalstar’s next-gen constellation
🔹 18 🛰️ for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
When the mission calls for endurance, Lightning strikes.
🔗 bit.ly/3YlOEdK
Now in production at scale in Long Beach:
🔹 17 🛰️ for Globalstar’s next-gen constellation
🔹 18 🛰️ for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
When the mission calls for endurance, Lightning strikes.
🔗 bit.ly/3YlOEdK
September 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
⚡ Meet Lightning ⚡Our high-power, long-life spacecraft platform built for LEO & beyond.
Now in production at scale in Long Beach:
🔹 17 🛰️ for Globalstar’s next-gen constellation
🔹 18 🛰️ for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
When the mission calls for endurance, Lightning strikes.
🔗 bit.ly/3YlOEdK
Now in production at scale in Long Beach:
🔹 17 🛰️ for Globalstar’s next-gen constellation
🔹 18 🛰️ for SDA’s T2TL-Beta constellation
When the mission calls for endurance, Lightning strikes.
🔗 bit.ly/3YlOEdK
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Imagine astronauts calling home from Mars or scientists sharing discoveries in real time. 🌎➡️🔴
That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗https://bit.ly/41NH6lV
That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗https://bit.ly/41NH6lV
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Imagine astronauts calling home from Mars or scientists sharing discoveries in real time. 🌎➡️🔴
That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗https://bit.ly/41NH6lV
That future begins by implementing a modern Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, the communications infrastructure Rocket Lab is ready to build. 🔗https://bit.ly/41NH6lV
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⏱️150,000 hours 🛣️2,574 miles 🚚38 hours
That’s what it took to design, build, test & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from Long Beach to Kennedy Space Center. Next stop: 🛰️🔴🛰️ Mars to study its magnetosphere & unlock clues for future explorers. bit.ly/4mshUbK
That’s what it took to design, build, test & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from Long Beach to Kennedy Space Center. Next stop: 🛰️🔴🛰️ Mars to study its magnetosphere & unlock clues for future explorers. bit.ly/4mshUbK
ESCAPADE: Journey to Mars
The journey is just beginning! Rocket Lab's twin spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission have arrived at Kennedy Space Flight Center in preparation for their launch to Mars.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
⏱️150,000 hours 🛣️2,574 miles 🚚38 hours
That’s what it took to design, build, test & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from Long Beach to Kennedy Space Center. Next stop: 🛰️🔴🛰️ Mars to study its magnetosphere & unlock clues for future explorers. bit.ly/4mshUbK
That’s what it took to design, build, test & deliver our two ESCAPADE spacecraft from Long Beach to Kennedy Space Center. Next stop: 🛰️🔴🛰️ Mars to study its magnetosphere & unlock clues for future explorers. bit.ly/4mshUbK
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🌌🛰️ Our two ESCAPADE spacecraft will soon be added to the list of spacecraft and satellite components we design, build & deliver that push the frontiers of space exploration & science.
From Earth orbit to Mars — this is what end-to-end looks like. 🔗https://bit.ly/4fULfd9
From Earth orbit to Mars — this is what end-to-end looks like. 🔗https://bit.ly/4fULfd9
September 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🌌🛰️ Our two ESCAPADE spacecraft will soon be added to the list of spacecraft and satellite components we design, build & deliver that push the frontiers of space exploration & science.
From Earth orbit to Mars — this is what end-to-end looks like. 🔗https://bit.ly/4fULfd9
From Earth orbit to Mars — this is what end-to-end looks like. 🔗https://bit.ly/4fULfd9
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From cleanroom to countdown.
🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.
Every hardware and system check brings NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴
🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.
Every hardware and system check brings NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From cleanroom to countdown.
🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.
Every hardware and system check brings NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴
🛰️Blue & Gold 🛰️are finishing up testing in our Long Beach, CA clean room before shipment back to Florida for launch to Mars.
Every hardware and system check brings NASA & UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission one step closer to unlocking Red Planet science. 🔴
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To Mars from MARS? With Launch Complex 3 open and Neutron on its way, the future of launch from Virginia is all about assured access to space for the most important future missions.
September 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
To Mars from MARS? With Launch Complex 3 open and Neutron on its way, the future of launch from Virginia is all about assured access to space for the most important future missions.