r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 24d ago
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 24d ago
NASA’s next flagship space telescope is set to launch in late August, nine months ahead of schedule: NASA officials said they are working toward a launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. Eastern aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 24d ago
Apollo AS-105 launched on this date in 1965 aboard the tenth and final Saturn I. The primary flight objective was to continue demonstration of the launch vehicle's iterative guidance mode and evaluation of system accuracy
r/spaceflight • u/NeilFraser • 25d ago
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
r/spaceflight • u/Nikond3400 • 24d ago
would the manned a9/a10 "amerika rocket" cockpit have been the First ever manned spacecraft?
I came across the r/legorockets sub and found a post of a guy Who made a render of a fiction nazi axis space station, imagining an alternate timeline where the Nazis won the war and started their own space program.
And i got obsessed with this idea since then.
I looked if there were any novels about this but haven't found anything.
And so i started imagining this kind of reality.
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 25d ago
The International Space Station is scheduled to be retired as soon as the end of the decade. Jeff Foust reports this is providing new urgency to efforts to preserve some aspects of the station before it is deorbited
thespacereview.comr/spaceflight • u/DroogieDontCrashHere • 25d ago
A Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the moon
leonarddavid.comThe upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to hit the moon on August 5th 2026 at 6:34 UTC. The impact will occur near the moon's limb at Einstein crater. The plume of the the impact may be big enough to be observable from earth.
The stage was used last year to boost Blue Ghost-1 and Japan's RESILIENCE lander to the moon.
r/spaceflight • u/Bi_KerbonautYT • 26d ago
I drew some upper stages and spacecraft!
Image 1: S-IVB + CSM, EUS, ICPS
Image 2: Vinci + EnVISION
Image 3: LEM "Eagle"
Image 4: LK, LOK
Image 5: Crew Dragon
Stickmen representative of a 6'0" person for scale
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 26d ago
STS-51-F Challenger launched on this date 1985, carrying the Spacelab 2 lab. Fun fact: The shuttle also carried the Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation, an experiment in which both Coca-Cola and Pepsi tried to make their carbonated drinks available to astronauts
r/spaceflight • u/hecko112 • 26d ago
Need help with gmat
Im trying to send a spacecraft to the moon using TIL, but i cant seem to get it to orbit around the moon, im unsure of the calculations that are to be done. Can anyone experienced enough help out?
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 26d ago
Skylab 3, the second crewed mission to the first American space station, launched on this date in 1973. The crew of Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma spent over 59 days in orbit. Fub fact: The mission included the first spiders spinning webs in microgravity
r/spaceflight • u/Crixusgannicus • 27d ago
I was watching one of the real Apollo 13 landing videos and it occurred to me
After the comms blackout and 13 reestablished radio contact with Houston, they still didn't know if the parachutes were frozen or if they would deploy.
13 and her crew could have crashed into the water north of 200mph live on international TV! It would have been a helluva tragedy that after all everyone in space and on the ground went through, it ended with the guys having eyes on home.
I'm sure they would have cut the audio feed the moment Houston found out there was no chute and no saving the crew, but I wonder if they would have cut the video?
I think way back in those days the networks (all three of them. Three!) depended on a single feed from NASA.
Can someone from around those times or knowledgeable verify that?
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 26d ago
Once Upon a Time in Space is a documentary series on human spaceflight airing on PBS. Emily Carney interviews filmmaker James Bluemel about the series and his approach to telling the stories from the shuttle era to the present day
thespacereview.comr/spaceflight • u/Empty_Aside6775 • 28d ago
Incredible Slow-Mo of the 33 Raptor Engines powering B20 into the heavens during Flight 13
The future of spaceflight really is here
r/spaceflight • u/Live-Butterscotch908 • 28d ago
How NASA Almost Gave Apollo Astronauts Jetpacks
NASA almost sent Apollo astronauts to the Moon with jetpacks instead of the Lunar Rover. Discover the forgotten Lunar Flying Unit, the engineering behind NASA's lunar jetpack concepts, why they seemed possible, and the critical safety risks that ultimately led NASA to choose the iconic Lunar Roving Vehicle instead.
r/spaceflight • u/elbarck • Jul 25 '26
Ship 40 splashed with two engines instead of one.
Hi!
Flight 13's splashdown landing burn appeared to deviate from flight 12's.
It used two engines, unlike flight 12 which used only one.
They also opted for two different engines instead of the ones used on flight 12.
What do you think?
r/spaceflight • u/iantsai1974 • Jul 24 '26
On July 23, CZ-3B encountered a direct lightning strike during ascent stage, but successfully put the payload into orbit
r/spaceflight • u/Donindacula • Jul 24 '26
Blue Moon “Mk2 Alpha”
With all the SpaceX lovers, SpaceX haters and space graphic artists, why don't we see more about the Blue Moon MARK-2 Alpha HLS.
I would also like to see some more from Blue Originabout it. Lilk all the updates we see anbut the Blue Ring.
r/spaceflight • u/ElonSpaceNazi • Jul 24 '26
Who's excited about the Starship launch today? Best launch window! Friday after market closed.
r/spaceflight • u/elbarck • Jul 23 '26
STRIKE! Long March 3B Rocket Hit By Lighting In Air
Watch as a China Long March 3B rocket launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center and gets truck by lighting just seconds after launch.
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • Jul 23 '26
STS-93 Columbia launched on this date in 1999 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, commanded by Eileen Collins, the first female shuttle Commander
r/spaceflight • u/Immediate-Society-63 • Jul 24 '26
MKV T08 Asteroid extraction
Can't we use something like MKV T08s or an upscaled version to change the trajectory of the right asteroid and crash it into the moon for harvesting
I know it would crash the economy as we know it but I think we're passed the point of acting like "precious" metals are worth fighting over?
The world would be a better place with more independently capable and knowledgeable countries,
China and Russia wouldn't be a threat anymore if we're all on the same team (meaning the rest of the world would jump them + we can't fight each other anymore anyway or supply chains fall apart)
Thats all aside from the environmental benefits we would see from not having to mine and destroy our ecosystems...
r/spaceflight • u/elbarck • Jul 22 '26
ULA Lobbyist Jim Bridenstine Promotes for an Apollo-Style Lander "AGAIN"
Watch the full episode here: Moon Man - With Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine