Sounds like today's issue was with a card in the ground support equipment. It's crazy that they've now had separate launches scrubbed for the service module, rocket, and GSE.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Flight 4 of Starship is now targeted to launch as early as June 6, pending regulatory approval<a href="https://t.co/XjreI7nQOp">https://t.co/XjreI7nQOp</a> <a href="https://t.co/Pgg0IqlP24">pic.twitter.com/Pgg0IqlP24</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1796950124838736021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Starship is just about ready for Flight 4!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship is ready to fly <a href="https://t.co/3PIb5FhHaR">pic.twitter.com/3PIb5FhHaR</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1797499471632519491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



Ship 29 and Booster 11 are currently being destacked for final prep/installation of Flight Termination System.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Destack. Ship 29 is being destacked from Booster 11 for final prelaunch work.<a href="https://t.co/e3xbqPo4OD">https://t.co/e3xbqPo4OD</a> <a href="https://t.co/UuvCFT1qlw">pic.twitter.com/UuvCFT1qlw</a></p>&mdash; Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1798007846799626446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ship 26 conducted the first static fire at the Massey's test site on Monday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday afternoon, SpaceX fired up Ship 26’s engines at the Massey Outpost, making use of their flame trench for the first time.<br><br>🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASASpaceflight</a> <br>📺 <a href="https://t.co/EbISSFkuPN">https://t.co/EbISSFkuPN</a> <a href="https://t.co/HccBYabuca">pic.twitter.com/HccBYabuca</a></p>&mdash; D. Wise (@dwisecinema) <a href="https://twitter.com/dwisecinema/status/1797958071890887022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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SpaceX's next Starship rocket test gets FAA go-ahead

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/space...202812627.html

Checklist items are falling into place.

Anticipating the release of SpaceX's pre-Flight 4 hype video this evening, or certainly by tomorrow evening.

Starship | Preparing for Second Flight Test
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Starship | Preparing for Third Flight Test
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Great news:

After each Starship launch test, the FAA conducted time-consuming failure investigations and made recommendations that SpaceX had to address before each subsequent launch attempt. For Starship Flight 4, SpaceX and the FAA have agreed on a different approach.

"As part of its request for license modification, SpaceX proposed three scenarios involving the Starship entry that would not require an investigation in the event of the loss of the vehicle. The FAA approved the scenarios as test induced damage exceptions after evaluating them as part of the flight safety and flight hazard analyses and confirming they met public safety requirements," FAA officials said in the statement. "If a different anomaly occurs with the Starship vehicle an investigation may be warranted as well as if an anomaly occurs with the Super Heavy booster rocket."

Well, will Starliner finally get off the ground today? T-30 minutes, and all looks good so far at least. (Sadly, I won't be able to watch live due to a coffee date with some friends, but godspeed.)

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Hoping to be able to view from my backyard across the state in Bradenton, FL (I can see these launches at night).

Looks like a hold at 5:34...

Nope. Darn.

It flew after all?

LMAO

Booooo!!! Too early!!

SpaceX is targeting an 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) launch for its Starship Flight 4 test flight of the Starship and Super Heavy megarocket from the company's Starbase facility in South Texas. While that time could change a bit ahead of launch, it's a great target to time your watch party.

SpaceX will offer a free live webcast of the Starship Flight 4 launch beginning at about 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). You can watch the livestream here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX. Here's a look at exactly when and how to watch Starship's next launch.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/miss...rship-flight-4

The fourth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Thursday, June 6 from Starbase in Texas. The 120-minute test window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT.

A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. The launch window will open as early as 7 a.m. CT. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to stay tuned to our X account for updates.

Starship’s third flight test made tremendous strides towards a future of rapidly reliable reusable rockets. The test completed several exciting firsts, including the first Starship reentry from space, the first ever opening and closing of Starship’s payload door in space, and a successful propellant transfer demonstration. This last test provided valuable data for eventual ship-to-ship propellant transfers that will enable missions like returning astronauts to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis program.

The fourth flight test turns our focus from achieving orbit to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and Super Heavy. The primary objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and achieving a controlled entry of Starship.

To accomplish this, several software and hardware upgrades have been made to increase overall reliability and address lessons learned from Flight 3. The SpaceX team will also implement operational changes, including the jettison of the Super Heavy’s hot-stage following boostback to reduce booster mass for the final phase of flight.

Flight 4 will fly a similar trajectory as the previous flight test, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This flight path does not require a deorbit burn for reentry, maximizing public safety while still providing the opportunity to meet our primary objective of a controlled Starship reentry.

The fourth flight of Starship will aim to bring us closer to the rapidly reusable future on the horizon. We’re continuing to rapidly develop Starship, putting flight hardware in a flight environment to learn as quickly as possible as we build a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Nah, it is perfect timing. Sets the stage for after launch party to kick off before sunset down here at Starbase. A helluva morning capped off with a helluva night of celebrating. But lots to cover in between.

I still need to figure out where I'll be positioned for this launch.

IFT1: Isla Blanca, South Padre Island

IFT2: State Highway 48, Port Isabel

IFT3: South Bay in charter boat

IFT4: ?

Outside chance I will be at Starbase for the launch. But I don't have my hopes up. I will be there for the afterparty.

Spoiler:

https://i.redd.it/4bi7imr1tr4d1.jpeg

Whichever one gives you the best shot of the launch and the sunrise. Looks like Port Isabel from those pics but I don't know the area well enough.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now targeting 7:50 a.m. CT for launch of Starship’s fourth flight test. Weather conditions are 95% favorable. The webcast will go live ~30 minutes ahead of liftoff → <a href="https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK">https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK</a> <a href="https://t.co/Qf8bnsvysd">pic.twitter.com/Qf8bnsvysd</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1798673089410294067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://www.spacex.com/launches/miss...rship-flight-4

Coverage starts at 7:10am CDT

SpaceX feed, T-32:00

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Almost a million people watching on the tweeties. Crazy.

Lost one engine right away.

Holy shit. The booster at least is gonna work. What a view.

And nominal orbital insertion. Now to see if it survives reentry.

Wow. Landed that sucker.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Super Heavy has splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico <a href="https://t.co/hIY3Gkq57k">pic.twitter.com/hIY3Gkq57k</a></p>— SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1798701489097183286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Holy shit!

No visibility down here. Could hear but not see from Port Isabel. Even from on site at Starbase, same thing per Mrs. ZimZam.

But those onboard views are niiiiiiiice!

I feel like this thread should be renamed as the space exploitation thread. None of these private sector actions are exploring.

That's not really accurate. You're aware NASA is paying for a lot of this, right? Starship will hopefully be a moon lander and, theoretically, Mars some day.

Crazy plasma build up. Love those views.

Seems much more stable this time. Now to see if that lasts into the heavy atmosphere.

Incredible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship coasting in space <a href="https://t.co/kphbuXuEMr">pic.twitter.com/kphbuXuEMr</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1798710087869153446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh no. Lol

Well...I think it got hot. ROFL

Always wondered how they'd protect the flaps.

OMG I think that was a near successful landing, at least based on the telemetry. What a test!

Wow, amazing test. Closer and closer.

While RainMan pretends the Shuttle program is something other than defunct, the rest of us can appreciate some remarkable milestones from this flight. Both Booster and Ship have splashed down.

Not so crazy to think a Booster catch just may happen in the next flight test or two.

Almost as important as the test itself: that shouldn't trigger a mishap investigation, so hopefully FAA approval won't be a holdup for the next one.

I wonder if they'll try to recover either vehicle? Super Heavy isn't that far off the coast. Lol

At this point the licensing is increasingly streamlined. They’ll probably soon have approvals that cover multiple flight tests.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations and a huge thank you to our extraordinary <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> team! <br><br>Successful Super Heavy launch and landing, “orbital” ship (that’s one tough cookie!) entry, engine relight and splashdown. I hope you enjoyed the views, the music and see you back soon for our next flight!</p>&mdash; Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gwynne_Shotwell/status/1798720396721864717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And NASA is excited, as expected.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> on Starship&#39;s successful test flight this morning! We are another step closer to returning humanity to the Moon through <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Artemis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Artemis</a>—then looking onward to Mars. <a href="https://t.co/0NAouIpbxq">https://t.co/0NAouIpbxq</a></p>&mdash; Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillNelson/status/1798719358816186391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Starliner docking is coming up in about an hour. It'll be on NASA's channels, though I'll admit that docking isn't exactly riveting to watch.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See these views of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starliner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starliner</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Space_Station</a> as commander Butch Wilmore and pilot <a href="https://twitter.com/Astro_Suni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Astro_Suni</a> approach for docking operations during the Crew Flight Test. <a href="https://t.co/3K6s4AwMHD">pic.twitter.com/3K6s4AwMHD</a></p>&mdash; Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1798731895976624348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It sounds like they've had a couple more helium leaks, but the system is super redundant, so they're proceeding with the test as planned.

They''re experimenting. They're not exploring, at least not in a physical context. I'm not saying it's not valuable, but the designers of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria weren't explorers.

Are people on ISS explorers? How about space probes?

Probes are explorers. People on the ISS are workers.

Rain Man being autistic. The only part of this back and forth that adds up.

https://y.yarn.co/7dcc05cc-42bb-4066...fa569_text.gif

That seems extremely myopic to me. At worst, these kinds of tests are aimed at ENABLING exploration even if you want to be pedantic about what "exploration" entails.

Careful, or we're in for a sperg out.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/7a3f5150...vqp6o2_500.gif

"SpAcex DoeSN't ExplORe, GuiSE! DORa DOes!"

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/b9...388ba769f7.gif

So the person who designs a hydraulic valve in upstate New York that helps to open an ISS solar panel is an explorer?

Of course not. Enabling exploration is not exploration. Queen Isabella was not an explorer. The merchants who sold supplies to Jim Bridger were not explorers. Explorers are the tip of the spear. They're the ones who see new places with their own eyes and bring back stories of Bigfoot and giants, and no one can question them because no one else has been there.

The ISS workers are just workers whose jobs require them to be in an unusual workplace.

By your definition, there hasn't been a space explorer since Neil Armstrong. Again, that's fine if your goal is to be pedantic, but that's a pretty gross misrepresentation of everything we've accomplished since.

It is telling how your argument is changing along the way. First, singling out the entire private sector space industry, without any consideration for the fact there is virtually NO public sector space industry to speak of in the United States. You were basically saying, "SpaceX (short for SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.) doesn't explore space." Now you are trying to drag Queen Isabella into it. It was over the moment you committed to the Submit Reply button on your original post:

Also, "I feel like..." should never be uttered by a man. It is best reserved for some dumb broad, just before she says the dumbest shit ever.

No, no, no. It doesn't have to just be the first person in a category.

The 12 guys who landed on the moon are all clearly explorers. I could potentially call the first people who identified explanets explorers, though obviously their physical risk is low. I could call the first space walkers explorers. If I really stretched it, maybe I could think of a few other space things like the people who spend a year in space to see what it's like, though that's coming pretty close to being a worker.

Exploration is becoming less common as we learn more about the world, but it can still occur. A person doing experiments with spider webs and low-gravity manufacturing isn't an explorer. They're an innovation worker at best.

I loved the white-hot flap actuating. Incredible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a video of Starship Flap getting roasted by plasma, thanks to amazing broadcasting by Starlink <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#starship</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IFT4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IFT4</a><a href="https://t.co/ru6lMQjifU">pic.twitter.com/ru6lMQjifU</a></p>&mdash; Science Simplified (@SciSimpAAG) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciSimpAAG/status/1798717825407975557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ship 29 makes it through re-entry, minus part of a flap, and does a bellyflop! <br><br>And...............no way! It looked like a flip and burn and soft splashdown?! <a href="https://t.co/9akZzG3V6M">pic.twitter.com/9akZzG3V6M</a></p>&mdash; Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1798715853128733127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The night before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Starship</a>&#39;s 4th flight, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> described one of the main concerns about Starship&#39;s heat shield. He turned out to be right as it was the exact spot that burned through. More video to come! <a href="https://t.co/NTfw9Cw944">pic.twitter.com/NTfw9Cw944</a></p>&mdash; Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1798839719964618998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Starship IFT4 afterparty…but NDA obligated ahhhhhhh!

https://i.postimg.cc/j2wBSXhg/IMG-2666.jpg

Any further posts from me tonight: pls delete mods thank you.

Ha, have fun, man. I'm jealous.

Speaking of dumb broads, these reaction videos are incredibly cringe.

It’s the Space Exploration Megathread, wtf do you want? Some hookers from Matamoros, Mexico? Give me a couple hours. I got my passport card. I’m on it, @Joe****ingCool.

I don't think you're really grasping what just happened with SpaceX...Based on what I'm seeing they flew a structure the size of a football field into space and then rapidly flung it back towards the ocean at a rate of descent that was 8 kilometers to 1 kilometer in under 20 seconds and then hovered it above the ****ing ocean. That's impressive.

Pretty good debrief with Elon. Key things that stood out to me: the booster landing was "precise" while Starship was about 6km off target. He thinks there's a chance they'll try to catch it for IFT-5.

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Met a SpaceX employee from Kansas City. Pitched on the Blue Valley Northwest HS baseball team. Big Chiefs and Royals fan.

Most of the employees are likely sports agnostic. But they do have enough Chiefs fans throughout the company for a ChiefsX group chat on Microsoft Teams.

There is a company plane that flies free and direct between Brownsville and Los Angeles (which is a godsend: the Valley sucks for flights). Gives the Mrs. and me little excuse to miss the Chiefs-Chargers game this year at SoFi.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico <a href="https://t.co/lnjCSk2Cz6">pic.twitter.com/lnjCSk2Cz6</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1799458854067118450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="853" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Super Heavy landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico <a href="https://t.co/lnjCSk2Cz6">pic.twitter.com/lnjCSk2Cz6</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1799458854067118450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WOW!!!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starship reentering like a meteor <a href="https://t.co/YjfVIHLLCl">pic.twitter.com/YjfVIHLLCl</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1798837571226657001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Engine ignition and liftoff of Starship on Flight 4 as seen from the launch tower <a href="https://t.co/4UmeAmKxRT">pic.twitter.com/4UmeAmKxRT</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1800709666382770304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



Flight 5 as soon as early to mid July?!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Elon Musk talks about Starship during his gaming stream on 𝕏<br><br>-Flight 5 in about a month, after replacing the heatshield on the ship with a new tile twice as strong.<br>-Ablative protection underneath will act as secondary heatshield layer.<br>-Starship to Mars in 3 years. <a href="https://t.co/hw16ycvzSI">pic.twitter.com/hw16ycvzSI</a></p>&mdash; See You On Mars (@SeeYouOnMars_) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeeYouOnMars_/status/1799962142910960112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It will be bonkers down here for the inaugural Mechazilla catch of a Starship Booster stage. Fingers crossed for Flight 5/Booster 12.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sometime in the very near future, the Mechazilla launch pad will catch Starship’s Super Heavy booster — 230 feet tall and 440,000lbs — with mechanical arms. The arms are called “chopsticks” and it’s going to glorious. <a href="https://t.co/ahQSRf9hw3">https://t.co/ahQSRf9hw3</a> <a href="https://t.co/mHyg0nVLly">pic.twitter.com/mHyg0nVLly</a></p>&mdash; Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1799829053006115144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think they should try an actual landing before trying the chopsticks...

LMAO

Hadn't heard this until today:

Next would come a ship engine cutoff and a nominal Suborbital insertion, Meaning Ship 29 hit the correct trajectory. Shortly after, Booster 11 would start up the inner 13 engines for an initial landing burn before switching to the inner three.

However, just after ignition, Engine 8 in the inner ring of 10 exploded, but the booster kept on going.

On one of the feeds, I saw a bunch of crap flying up from SH. Guess it was engine bits.

Booster can't land, it doesn't have legs. It's either pretend land over the ocean (which it just did), or chopsticks.

Oh crap yeah. I forgot.

Because Boeing.................
 

Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at International Space Station as engineers on Earth race against time to fix multiple problems

“Boeing Starliner literally falling apart in space right now,” wrote Captain Coronado.

https://nypost.com/2024/06/22/us-new...iple-problems/

That's pretty over the top. They're working on understanding some issues, and it would be better if those issues weren't happening, but they've insisted that they could come home today if they had to. In theory at least, they're just taking this time to try and understand the issues now since the trunk would burn up on the way down.

Maybe it ends up being more than that, but they've been pretty firm that it's not.

Saw this and thought of you peoples

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FH launch today!!!

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, June 25 for launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. ET. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Wednesday, June 26 at the same time.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on NASA’s website about one hour prior to liftoff.

The GOES-U satellite will orbit above the Earth's equator at approximately 35,700 km (22,236 mi) observing weather patterns in the contiguous USA, Central and South America, and Atlantic Ocean. GOES-U is part of NOAA's most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) series and will assist weather forecasters and climate researchers with real-time high-resolution imagery, earlier detection of severe weather that could save lives, and tropical cyclone forecasts. The weather satellite also carries a suite of space weather instruments that will be used to detect solar storms early and help predict their possible impacts.

Following booster separation, the two new side boosters supporting this mission will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Hopefully weather permits.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Less than two hours until today’s Falcon Heavy launch of <a href="https://twitter.com/NOAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NOAA</a>’s GOES-U satellite from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. ET. Teams continue to monitor weather for liftoff, which is 30% favorable → <a href="https://t.co/bdfqFpPbAX">https://t.co/bdfqFpPbAX</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1805686581547934039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">10th liftoff of Falcon Heavy! <a href="https://t.co/Qf1mHwBKk5">pic.twitter.com/Qf1mHwBKk5</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1805714304899105166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Crap missed all of it, but just joined:

https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide...lscreen-player

Great video of the booster cutoffs and return burn!!!!