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1·7 hours agoStarbase activities (2024-11-04):
- Not too much action reported today.
- Pad B: Concrete pouring for the flame trench. (ViX)
- Sanchez: More sections are delivered for launch mount B. (NSF)
- cnunez posts recent photos of launch mount parts (tweet 1, tweet 2), nosecone (S35?) in Starfactory, and S31 in the Highbay.
Other:
- Assembly animation of launch mount B. (Spacex 3D Creation Eccentric)
- Tweet thread from mcrs987 with selected Starship-related internal emails within the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, reportedly acquired by a Freedom Of Information Act request: Tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3, tweet 4, tweet 5, tweet 6, tweet 7, tweet 8, tweet 9, tweet 10, tweet 11, tweet 12, tweet 13, tweet 14.
- As the above tweet thread may have some bias against the FWS, I am including a link to the original FOIA here: https://www.fws.gov/media/doi-fws-2023-004473-2nd-reponse-records
Dragon nosecone deployment confirmed.
Dragon separation confirmed.
Stage 2 shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
Nominal booster entry burn.
MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and stage 1 boostback burn.
Liftoff!
Hosted webcast has started. Youmei Zhou is hosting.
This mission will be the first to demonstrate reboost capabilities from Dragon.
Hey, if the design works, it works.
CCP: “Cut, Copy, Paste”.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853432145479622790
Falcon 9 and Dragon vertical at pad 39A ahead of tonight’s launch of Dragon’s 31st commercial resupply mission to the @Space_Station
Images
6·22 hours agoIf it were still visible, I bet art students would pay extra to stay in that room. I wonder how Watterson would feel about that.
1·23 hours agoThis episode of Star Wars is brought to you by the letter E, and the number 2187.
Starbase activities (2024-11-03):
- Nov 2nd cryo delivery tally.
- Quiet Nov 3 Sunday.
- Pad B: CC8800-1 crane disassembly continues. (ViX)
- RGV Aerial post photos from Friday’s flyover: Office building, S33 at Massey’s prior to rollback, Pad B flame trench construction, Sanchez launch mount B construction (closeup).
Cape Canaveral activities:
He of course looks like Calvin’s dad
But with Uncle Max’s mustache. That’s a key difference.
TFA was decent. By the time TRoS came around, Rian had taken the story in a different direction and left JJ to pick up the pieces. If there was a consistent storyline planned from the start, things could have been much better.
6·1 day agoWhile I am sad that the squirrel was killed, I find the link to U.S. partisan politics somewhat tenuous, and question the motives of both the author of the article and OP’s family member who requested it be shared.
Mission Control Audio: “Launch director on countdown one, hold hold hold. Standing down for helium on Stage 1.”
Launch is scrubbed for the day.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853196467067900283
Standing down from today’s launch. Vehicle and payload are healthy
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853124800635605434
Targeting Sunday, November 3 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida
During the launch webcast, they mentioned that they will test boosting the ISS using Dragon’s thrusters. I suspect this is the reason they want to dock at the forward port.