FreeCAD: It IS Rocket Science!
In full disclosure the author of this post is involved in model, amateur and high power rocketry so forgive their over excitement! This blogpost highlights a fabulous video from #NARCON around using #FreeCAD for #Rocket design analysis using #CFD #rocketry
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/04/03/freecad-it-is-rocket-science/
#Xinhua:
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A flight test of China's Tianlong-3 Y1 private commercial carrier rocket failed on Friday after the rocket's launch from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.
Having blasted off at 12:17 p.m. (Beijing Time), the commercial rocket experienced an anomaly during flight, resulting in the failure of the mission.
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https://english.news.cn/20260403/7d8607d147634a0483140c1993ea02e3/c.html
3.4.2026
#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3
#SCMP:
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China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It fails
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"Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations"
".. lifted off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi desert at 12.17pm on Friday"
3.4.2026
#China #JSLC #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocket #rocketry #SpaceFlight #SpacePioneer #Tianlong3 #TL3
#CSA:
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To the Moon: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen lifts off for Artemis II
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".. Mélanie Joly congratulated ..CSA astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen as the first Canadian to venture to the Moon aboard Artemis II,... He is joined by NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch on this nearly 10-day mission. .."
https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2026/03/april-1st-2026--longueuil-quebec.html
1.4.2026
#Artemis #ArtemisII #Canada #KSC #LC38B #Mond #moon #NASA #Orion #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly congratulates Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Colonel Jeremy Hansen as the first Canadian to venture to the Moon aboard Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972.
#ESA:
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Europa treibt die Artemis-II-Mission zum Mond voran
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Das Herzstück der astronautischen Artemis-II-Mission ist das Europäische Servicemodul der ESA, das das Orion-Raumschiff und seine Besatzung auf ihrer Reise um den Mond und sicher zurück zur Erde mit Energie versorgt, antreibt und versorgt. .."
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Europa_treibt_die_Artemis-II-Mission_zum_Mond_voran
2.4.2026
#Artemis #ArtemisII #ESM #KSC #LC38B #Mond #moon #NASA #Orion #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
#ESA:
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Artemis II mission begins
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"At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off .. carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft .."
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Artemis_II_mission_begins
2.4.2026
#Artemis #ArtemisII #ESM #KSC #LC38B #Mond #moon #NASA #Orion #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.
Solarzellenausleger von Orion sind ausgefahren und verriegelt.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #KSC #LC38B #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
ICPS Düsenverlängerung ausgefahren.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #KSC #LC38B #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
Core-stage abgetrennt. Im (ersten) Orbit. ICPS wird gleich das Perigäum anheben.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #KSC #LC38B #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
LAS abgeworfen.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #KSC #LC38B #Rakete #Raumfahrt #rocketry #SLS #SpaceFlight #USA
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