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Yeah it would have been an awesome site to see in Tassie. I’m trying to talk my wife into a northern lights cruise.
I was cycling on Beach Rd on the Sunday night when tons of people were out looking for the aurora. It took me a while to realise why the traffic was so crazy. Someone else took this photo of Beach Rd, Ricketts Point at about 10pm!!! And it was cold
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China lands on the far side of the moon in an unmanned craft and plans to return to earth with 2kg of rock and soil samples. It's not clear what scientific knowledge will be discovered by this journey.
www.abc.net.au
Footage shows China's spacecraft landing on far side of the Moon
Footage of China's uncrewed spacecraft landing on the far side of the Moon has been released by Chinese media.
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Boeing Starliner finally launched atop an Atlas V rocket after a number of delays. They have found a number of helium leaks en route to the ISS. Pressurised helium is used by the navigation thrusters of the craft. NASA are saying these are not dangerous or mission killing.
IIRC this is the 100th consecutive successful Atlas V launch, there are only 16 flights left before ULA change to the Vulcan rocket.
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Starship successfully completed several critical tests then demonstrated some of the rocket’s reusable technology by performing a “soft” landing at sea of its Superheavy booster in the Gulf of Mexico. It's a significant achievement.
www.forbes.com
SpaceX Launches Starship’s Fourth Test Flight—Here’s How To Follow Along
The previous test flight ended as the spacecraft broke apart while reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
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Yes it is a real significant achievement. Largest rocket ever launched. Good few days for NASA.Starship successfully completed several critical tests then demonstrated some of the rocket’s reusable technology by performing a “soft” landing at sea of its Superheavy booster in the Gulf of Mexico. It's a significant achievement.
SpaceX Launches Starship’s Fourth Test Flight—Here’s How To Follow Along
The previous test flight ended as the spacecraft broke apart while reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
For the moon landing it doesn't need the heat resistant tiles or fins. This variant of Starship is called Starship HLS (Human landing system) I'm not sure there are any precise plans what to do with Starship HLS after it's returned crew to Artemis. Left in orbit it could be turned into am orbital station, if it was refueled it could be landed on the moon as a base or even return to Earth orbit.
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Goosebumps when the booster completed its soft landing and all the people who had worked on it were cheering.
What's next for the Starship program?
Musk was suggesting they might try to catch the booster with the chop sticks next time. They have the block II ships coming through which are lighter and carry more fuel, though I think they have a couple of block I already built which will be used in the next test. The first deadline is the 2026 when the first Artemis mission is scheduled and Starship becomes a very, very large lunar lander. They need to nail landing starship, orbital refuelling and docking before that, so I expect later missions will incorporate tests of those
