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Space Exploration megathread

Since a number of cool things are happening in space exploration these days, we'll widen the scope of this thread a smidge. Conversation about all things space exploration are welcome, whether it be from NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin, or anyone else. Chances are most of the discussion will still be about SpaceX since they love to make things public and fun, but nothing's off limits. I'll eventually get around to modifying the OP to include resources for other companies too, but in the meantime, feel free to post any cool stuff you run across.

Lists of Upcoming Missions



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Old 11-15-2020, 07:08 PM   #3541
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They do a number of burns en route. Plus some orbital mechanics.
Ah, I thought they would at least set cruise control at a speed that was closing the gap.

Oh well.
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Old 11-15-2020, 08:32 PM   #3542
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Old 11-16-2020, 05:19 AM   #3543
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When are they gonna test fly the new Saturn 5 type heavy lift star ship rocket?
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Old 11-16-2020, 10:35 AM   #3544
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When are they gonna test fly the new Saturn 5 type heavy lift star ship rocket?
They're still working on it and doing ground tests (static fires). They were hoping to do a 15km hop with it soon-ish, but they ran into an issue with one of the engines in the last test.

It's tough to predict when a test flight will happen since they're constantly testing and iterating, but hopefully by the end of the year.
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Old 11-16-2020, 10:39 AM   #3545
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They're still working on it and doing ground tests (static fires). They were hoping to do a 15km hop with it soon-ish, but they ran into an issue with one of the engines in the last test.

It's tough to predict when a test flight will happen since they're constantly testing and iterating, but hopefully by the end of the year.
Has SpaceX even begun physical work on Super Heavy, or whatever the first stage is called now?
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Has SpaceX even begun physical work on Super Heavy, or whatever the first stage is called now?
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To clarify, they're hoping to "hop" Starship (the second stage) soon. Super Heavy SN01 is being built, but there hasn't been any timeline given for flying that one.
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Just checked in. WTF is that?

https://www.spacex.com/launches/

Long distance shot of Resilience from the ISS?
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They're still working on it and doing ground tests (static fires). They were hoping to do a 15km hop with it soon-ish, but they ran into an issue with one of the engines in the last test.

It's tough to predict when a test flight will happen since they're constantly testing and iterating, but hopefully by the end of the year.
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They're still working on it and doing ground tests (static fires). They were hoping to do a 15km hop with it soon-ish, but they ran into an issue with one of the engines in the last test.

It's tough to predict when a test flight will happen since they're constantly testing and iterating, but hopefully by the end of the year.
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