Engr student, SF writer, & space nerd. My favorite person is @veejericaodd ❤ The universe is probably littered with the one planet graves of cultures... - R.M.

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The MMX spacecraft carries two pieces of NASA hardware: The MEGANE instrument will be key to revealing the origin of Mars’s moons by measuring their elemental composition. The P-Sampler demonstration will advance capabilities for surface material acquisition in low gravity. ½
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LAUNCH! JAXA's H3-24L launches MMX to Phobos. Overview: nasaspaceflight.com/2026/10/… Live: youtube.com/watch?v=Fn6gzuGa…
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That was the 10th post in my “Every single rocket launch in history” series, so here is a poster with the first decade of spaceflight:
Every single rocket launch in history: 1966 Luna 9 makes the first soft landing on the Moon, and Luna 10 becomes the first spacecraft to orbit it. Gemini 8 performs the first docking in orbit, and Surveyor 1 and the Lunar Orbiters scout landing sites for Apollo.
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it takes a team to make liftoff happen 🚀🤘 #HookEm | @FireflySpace
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It's getting real!
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.
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Stellaris mentioned
flags of interstellar mankind
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From the downcomer going into the stage 1 tank to stage 2 completing its wet dress rehearsal at Stennis, September brought progress across every discipline. 🔩 Build: The downcomer was installed into the stage 1 flight tank. The interstage completed drilling and was passed off to the Tender Loving Crusher ahead of structural testing. Engine production continues to ramp, with articles for flights 2 and 3 well into manufacturing. 🧪 Test: With all 13 engines installed, the thrust structure transitioned into integrated gimbal testing. At Stennis, stage 2 completed a wet dress rehearsal on the A2 stand, building towards the first hot fire test. 🏗️ Launch: The east lightning protection tower reached its full height of 530 feet, the east launch table structural steel is complete, and permanent 480-volt power has been energized at the pad.
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This is really cool
After 18 months of work, FlightAtlas.org now has a drawing for every rocket launch in history. To celebrate I'll post 70 visual launch overviews over the next month, one for every year from 1957 to 2026 (~2 per day). Hope you guys enjoy!
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>Europe building a reusable rocket
Study validates feasibility of European heavy-lift reusable rocket spacenews.com/study-validate…
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Ship 40 watching workers with plasma cutters walk towards it at masseys after surviving for 3 months post flight:
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🆕 Our ESA/Webb Picture of the Month features a glowing and evolving star cluster ✨ Webb has peered through layers of dust to reveal the young stars hidden in NGC 7129, a stellar nursery just 3,300 light-years from Earth. 1/3
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Ship 40 pulling up to the rocket garden after spending 75 days in the ocean:
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and booster RTLS from the Crew-13 launch!
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On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched the first-ever human-made object to orbit the Earth. Sputnik 1 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and remained operational for 21 days, sending an easy-to-track radio signal. The spacecraft burned up on January 4, 1958, when it re-entered Earth's atmosphere.
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Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 52m 52s of light travel time from Earth (2026:277:120000:1L)
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HAPPY FIRST DAY OF WORLD SPACE WEEK!!! SPACE IS SO BEAUTIFUL
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They're pretty much the definition of being in the right place at the right time.
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Clean. The kind of thing you'd have on a poster.
meow graphical design is my passion
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