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March 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Your first post! And congrats on the landing!
Watch Firefly land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, #BlueGhost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium. A historic moment on March 2 we'll never forget. We have Moon dust on our boots! #BGM1

youtu.be/NpHhEybJdxg
Moon Landing - Firefly Blue Ghost Makes History
YouTube video by Firefly Aerospace
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March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Best first week ever. #BGM1
March 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Blue Ghost 🤜🤛 Moon

Congratulations to Firefly Aerospace for Blue Ghost’s successful landing on the Moon!

We’re proud to have supported Firefly’s mission with Rocket Lab’s MAX Flight and MAX Ground Data Software suites in addition to three high-efficiency solar power assemblies.
March 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Meet Flatellite - A scalable, long-life, high-power, stackable satellite that enables secure, low-latency, high-speed connectivity and remote sensing capability.

It's a bold, strategic move toward operating our own constellation.

More: bit.ly/41AS4LQ
February 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Day one 🚀🤠💪
February 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the agency’s upcoming Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission.

NEO Surveyor will search for asteroids and comets that could impact Earth using a 50-centimeter diameter telescope.

Launch is scheduled for Sept. 2027. ⬇️

www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract - NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe
www.nasa.gov
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Today’s The Flame Trench is on!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJI9...
Starship Launch Next Week! - The Flame Trench
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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February 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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I want off this ride. Now.
February 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Sound up!
February 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Big Dish Cams :)
February 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Mission success for our 59th Electron launch 🚀

Five new satellites are now in orbit for Kineis.

That’s mission 4 of 5 to build out Kineis’ internet-of-things constellation.

Missed the launch? Catch the replay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Al5...
February 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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At a time when the Internet is becoming less and less reliable, libraries and expertise like Jonathan's are irreplaceable. I've benefited so much from his knowledge that I threw $500 into the pot. If you love space exploration and accurate history, join in!
Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
Donate to Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition, organized by Jonathan McDowell
For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration w… Jonathan McDowell needs your support for Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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All this to say that I'm thrilled to be here (and to have packed my bags when there were only 100k of us here). I didn't spend two years managing the same account on SEVEN FRAKING NETWORKS for nothing.

Here we can chat and share, and that's all I'm interested in for a SOCIAL network.
January 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Some lovely Caspian Sea Monster footage.
January 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you need to zone out, i can recommend these audios, some good shuttle chit chat:
www.youtube.com/@RadioChatte...
Radio Chatter For Sleep
New uploads as I can swing it.
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity."

From EM on Vex... Starship #33
January 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Here you can see the moment Starship blew up 😱
Credit: x.com/FlyerXT/stat...
January 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Quick note: I was on a plane during the Starship flight so I won't be able to catch up and comment for a few hours yet.
Elon should know better than to launch when I'm not available!
January 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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He "got stuck" watching Seth Meyers? I guess Musk wouldn't let him have the remote.
January 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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📸 This NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope image shows protostar HOPS 150 (upper right) and a colourful outflow jet from nearby protostar HOPS 153 (out of frame left) - both of these objects reside in the #Orion Nebula. 🔭

🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
January 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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For those who wish to watch the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1 Launch attempt tonight ( Monday Morning ) Here's the link for the company's web cast - www.blueorigin.com/missions/ng-1
New Glenn Mission NG-1 | Blue Origin
New Glenn will launch for the first time from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
www.blueorigin.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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NEW VIDEO!!! What's new and different with the new Starship for Flight 7?! It's a very short and sweet video, enjoy!!! (posting a native X video here in a minute) - https://t.co/vUavIelN26 https://t.co/3sog568bxq
January 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM