Holy moly...

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Falcon 9 B1062 makes its 20th flight to the stars, officially doubling the initial goal of flights for a Falcon 9 booster!

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser is moving closer to flight, but may now be targeting the end of the year.

Read more from Scarlet here: spacescout.info/2024/04/sierra…

April 12, 1961 6:07 AM UTC

'Poyekhali!'

Yuri Gagarin riding atop a Vostok-K rocket began his ascent. Just minutes later, he would become the first human to ever reach space.

Telephoto video of C2: Totality start
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📸: Space Scout

The vibes right now are immaculate.

Being in the vacuum chamber has us breathless 😲

The #Artemis II spacecraft is currently undergoing electromagnetic interference/compatibility testing inside one of the altitude chambers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, upgraded to test Orion in a vacuum environment that simulates an altitude…

LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS!

On April 9 at 12:53 p.m. ET, the Delta program, spanning 60 years, came to a close with the launch of the final ULA #DeltaIVHeavy rocket carrying #NROL70 for the NRO.

Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/3vQRUmh

A Total Solar Eclipse
The Final Delta

Only 26~ hours separated them.

FL -> IL -> FL

One unforgettable adventure with a crazy group of friends later...

Mission - Cape to Cape Escape:

C O M P L E T E

🥵🤯🫦

📸 Me for Space Scout

#Eclipse #SolarEclipse

Absolutely wild. So grateful to have been able to experience that.

📸: Me for Space Scout

Very happy with these! Didn't think I'd get these results to be honest. Very lucky with the weather, and very lucky to have been able to travel. I got to see it with my brother and his lovely girlfriend, it's something we'll never forget.

📸: Me for Space Scout

Totality.

I spent some time today reflecting on the events that took place over the past 72 hours. Multiple 20 hour drives, no sleep, and quite frankly, a lot of frustration. But in the end, we walked away with one of the most incredible experiences of our lives. Thanks y’all.

My composite image of the entire total solar eclipse, featuring Earthshine.
📸: Space Scout

I think what I’m going to miss most about seeing Delta IVs fly is hearing that RS-68 bark during ignition. Genuinely one of the best sounds in rocketry.

Fueled up! ⛽ Teams conducted a cryogenic simulation for the NASA Artemis II mission today inside NASA's Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center Firing Room 1. During this operation, the launch team practiced loading the super-cool liquid propellant on NASA_SLS.

This is a big deal. NASA and JAXA committing to a pressurized rover will enable exploration of areas significantly further away from landing sites than any prior lunar expedition. I can't wait to see this come to fruition.

SLS Block 1B development is continuing quite swiftly! The payload adapter, which will hold spacecraft attached directly to the Exploration Upper Stage, was recently completed and instrumented for its first round of full scale hardware testing.

📸NASA/Sam Lott

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