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Really good video on the Rocketdyne tripropellant engine.
** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **
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It's alive! JAXA's SLIM moon lander sends home new photos after surviving frigid lunar night
'Yesterday I decided to communicate for a while and then take a break again.'
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It's interesting they included sound. The difference between upper atmosphere then as it starts thickening up is quite cool. Enjoyed the pilot not sure I'd watch the series 
It's interesting they included sound. The difference between upper atmosphere then as it starts thickening up is quite cool. Enjoyed the pilot not sure I'd watch the series
I believe MCU were thinking of running with it.
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For us space nerds...
Starship IFT 3 - 14th March 110-minute Launch Window Opens 12:00 UTC
NOTAM's and maritime notices have been posted, hopefully it'll launch. But the weather is supposedly looking a little ropey (visibility/cloud coverage)and i don't believe SpaceX has yet to receive final approval nor launch licence, so i would think there's a good chance of a scrub especially as the weather is meant to massively improve next week.
Streaming on Xitter
but Everyday Astronaut's stream -
NSF's -
Edit - As @Wardyp mentions, FAA launch license (for IFT 3) has been granted and SpaceX are targeting 1200UTC (0700 CT) for the launch window -
Edit 2 - SpaceX Trailer for IFT 3 -
Starship IFT 3 - 14th March 110-minute Launch Window Opens 12:00 UTC
NOTAM's and maritime notices have been posted, hopefully it'll launch. But the weather is supposedly looking a little ropey (visibility/cloud coverage)
Streaming on Xitter
but Everyday Astronaut's stream -NSF's -
Edit - As @Wardyp mentions, FAA launch license (for IFT 3) has been granted and SpaceX are targeting 1200UTC (0700 CT) for the launch window -
Edit 2 - SpaceX Trailer for IFT 3 -
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Bugger I'm going to be working 
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Launch window opens at 1200UTC for 110 minutes and others are planned for 15th and 16th in case of scrubs. Forecast is still overcast, 70%-ish cloud coverage, with ~12mph winds, but it looks to be the better day before a storm now rolls in next week.
Hopefully it launches...
NSF 'Significant Changes: Starship Flight 3 Will Not Be The Same', good video discussing changes for IFT 3 -
'Fin' 'wiggles' -
Hopefully it launches...
NSF 'Significant Changes: Starship Flight 3 Will Not Be The Same', good video discussing changes for IFT 3 -
'Fin' 'wiggles' -
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And now with prop loading, launch is set to be 1325UTC (0825CT) -
Now pushed back to 1310UTC (0810 CT) -
Looks like prop load, so it's being rumoured it'll be more likely 1320UTC for launch (usually 1hr before launch).
Pushed back to 1302UTC (0802 CT) -
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Be careful there are a lot of unofficial YT accounts that claim to be SpaceX. If it doesn't have a tick its fake. To my knowledge SpaceX no longer STREAMS on YT, just X/twitter now.
Just checked, the real SpaceX channel hasn't posted a live stream for over 6 months...
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Thx for that, I'm on a bitcoin seminar !!!!