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NASA's X59 quiet supersonic test aircraft took to the skies this morning - it's now landed at Edwards presumably in preparation for the test flights.
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NASA's X59 quiet supersonic test aircraft took to the skies this morning - it's now landed at Edwards presumably in preparation for the test flights.
Vertical takeoff into hover, then transitioning into cruise flight in Pivotal's EVTOL
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Vertical takeoff into hover, then transitioning into cruise flight in Pivotal's EVTOL
Things are not looking good for Hakuto-R
June 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Things are not looking good for Hakuto-R
Randomly discovered that the only US Battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor - The USS Nevada - would be the primary target for the operation Crossroads nuclear test. But it survived because the bomb was too far off target.
June 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Randomly discovered that the only US Battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor - The USS Nevada - would be the primary target for the operation Crossroads nuclear test. But it survived because the bomb was too far off target.
Booster appeared to die at the moment it started engines
May 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Booster appeared to die at the moment it started engines
Booster went boom before landing:
May 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Booster went boom before landing:
MECO, Staging, Ignition and boostback!
May 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
MECO, Staging, Ignition and boostback!
Ground service equipment has a ground side issue
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ground service equipment has a ground side issue
Clock is rolling!
May 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Clock is rolling!
According to hosts, there's a booster engine that's not behaving as expected
May 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
According to hosts, there's a booster engine that's not behaving as expected
Less than 3 minutes to go, but planning to hold at T-40 to address an issue, remember this booster will not survive, it's testing the limits of its envelope. But the second stage is the thing we're really interested in:
May 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Less than 3 minutes to go, but planning to hold at T-40 to address an issue, remember this booster will not survive, it's testing the limits of its envelope. But the second stage is the thing we're really interested in:
Starship and Superheavy counting down and filling up
May 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Starship and Superheavy counting down and filling up
Dragon spacecraft reentering tonight:
May 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Dragon spacecraft reentering tonight:
Last night I was constantly posing for photos with people, and it was great, but I did manage to get time to get a photo for myself with Jeanett Epps. She gave a great presentation about her flight on Crew 8
April 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Last night I was constantly posing for photos with people, and it was great, but I did manage to get time to get a photo for myself with Jeanett Epps. She gave a great presentation about her flight on Crew 8
We got a second image from IM-2 on the moon - the Yaoki rover was not able to deploy, but returned an image, and if you brighten this you see the bottom of a landing foot. Which is only possible if the landing leg bent or broke. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...
March 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We got a second image from IM-2 on the moon - the Yaoki rover was not able to deploy, but returned an image, and if you brighten this you see the bottom of a landing foot. Which is only possible if the landing leg bent or broke. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...
The project to design a B-29 that would carry the atomic bombs was named Silver Plated, but to help cover up the true purpose of something that would carry Fat Man and Thin Man the explanation was that it was a rail car to transport Churchill and Roosevelt.
March 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The project to design a B-29 that would carry the atomic bombs was named Silver Plated, but to help cover up the true purpose of something that would carry Fat Man and Thin Man the explanation was that it was a rail car to transport Churchill and Roosevelt.
Starship reentry caught by GOES E
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Starship reentry caught by GOES E
Watch all the commercial airliners avoiding the Starship debris zones
March 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Watch all the commercial airliners avoiding the Starship debris zones
Engine failure on stage two - Activate DRA's now!
March 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Engine failure on stage two - Activate DRA's now!
Hot staging and boostback for flight 8 - booster catch is currently go!
two booster engines are down
two booster engines are down
March 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hot staging and boostback for flight 8 - booster catch is currently go!
two booster engines are down
two booster engines are down
And we have liftoff
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And we have liftoff
Holding at T-40
March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Holding at T-40
Someone hanging out in a helicopter to watch the launch
March 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Someone hanging out in a helicopter to watch the launch
Time to go again:
March 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Time to go again: