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I guess it's time for some #Starship Booster aft analysis !
Here is a model showing the internal plumbing of Booster 18.
Note: Most of the plumbing is represented, but due to the lack of views under the transfer tube, the lines feeding the 3 engines at the center are missing.
Stage 2 has officially left the rocket factory for the last time. 😢🫡
Now in Moses Lake, WA, it will undergo cryo proof testing and then a hotfire campaign with its Andromeda engine before shipment to our launch site in Cape Canaveral, FL.
ALT Stage 2 at Kent, WA rocket factory
ALT Stage 2 shipping from Kent to Moses Lake test site
ALT Stage 2 delivered to Mose Lake test site
ALT Stage 2 mounted on test stand to being final testing
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Stage 2 has officially left the rocket factory for the last time. 😢🫡
Now in Moses Lake, WA, it will undergo cryo proof testing and then a hotfire campaign with its Andromeda engine before shipment to our launch site in Cape Canaveral, FL.
ALT Stage 2 at Kent, WA rocket factory
ALT Stage 2 shipping from Kent to Moses Lake test site
ALT Stage 2 delivered to Mose Lake test site
ALT Stage 2 mounted on test stand to being final testing
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The first Starship to return to its launch site, Ship 40's journey took it across air, space, and sea. Now that it is vertical alongside three other Starships in a Megabay at Starbase, it will provide first-of-its-kind data on a flown Starship heatshield, Raptor engines, avionics, and more.
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🚀 Après 237 jours dans l’espace, Sophie Adenot est de retour sur Terre !
Elle a marqué l’histoire avec :
🏆 Un record européen du plus long vol spatial continu
🧑🚀 3 sorties extravéhiculaires
🔬 Près de 200 expériences scientifiques à bord de l'ISS
L'espace est une aventure collective.
🌍 Bon retour, @Soph_astro !
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Today, Pioneer Labs is announcing our first step towards terraforming Mars. 🚀🌼
With equipment that fits in just a single rocket launch, we can convert Martian dirt, water, and air into enough building materials to construct a small city on Mars.
To do it, we made the first microbe for Mars. We found the best microbe on Earth and used evolution to teach it how to source all of its nutrients directly from Martian materials.
The first astronauts will be greeted with safe shelter already filled with water, oxygen, and rocket fuel for the return journey.
This is the first step toward using biology to make Mars a friendly place for life. It lets us live off the land and helps us build the next great frontier.
It's the first of five organisms we need to green Mars ⬇️
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One launch is a milestone. This is just the beginning.
We're building the foundation for reliable, scalable access to space, enabling independent access to the infrastructure that modern economies, security and innovation depend on.
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We have established a Lunar Programs division.
By leveraging our commercial space station and satellite development capabilities, we are creating a scalable path toward lunar infrastructure to advance NASA’s vision for a permanent Moon Base. vast.news/4d1qWL9
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Starship is preparing to go to orbit. Flight 14 is targeting to launch as early as Tuesday, September 22, pending regulatory approval → spacex.com/launches/starship…