** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

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That was odd!

someone posted a clip from the stream, one of the engines or an ancillary part exploded out of the side just before t-0.

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Could barely get out of its own way at launch, then got terminated and seemed to just cause it to tumble at Max-Q

Reminded me so much of the early years of US space flight.
 

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Never heard about the FM signal thing last year, interesting stuff. By 2030 it's almost certain signs of life will be detected from one of these moons especially since the hydrothermal vents theory appears to be very strong right now.
 
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Firefly Aerospace had an explosive start to their launches yesterday. Things seemed to be going quite well up until around MaxQ then it lost control by the looks of things. I'm amazed that it appears to have stayed intact with a lot of lateral forces before being terminated. Most rockets break up quite rapidly once they're going sideways.


And a new video from Cosmic Perspective. Not watched this yet, but they're typically very good.

 
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Yeah it did appear to take longer than expected to reach supersonic speeds. Maybe a lower than expected engine pressure or something.

Scott Manley will probably release a very good breakdown video soon as per usual. :p
 
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