Spaceflight 🚀• #KID separated from #PSLV ~18 minutes after takeoff, likely as a result of the flight anomaly
• The demo craft was able to withstand peak forces around 28 Gs
• KID’s thermal protection system was able to maintain a temperature of ~30 degrees Celsius, while external temperature readings showed ~85 degrees 🌡️ Celsius
• The vehicle successfully transmitted data, while screaming through the atmosphere at a non-nominal trajectory
65dBnoiseThe ultimate humiliation of the #US by the Chinese wouldn't be a confrontation over Taiwan. It'd be an offer to bring back the rock samples #Perseverance has been collecting around Jezero, #Mars, at ⅒ of #NASA's cost (#DeepSeek anyone?) and before 2030 😎
You don't think so?
#AndyWeir already thought of something similar in #TheMartian, where a #Chinese booster saved the day by resupplying Hermes for its rescue mission when M̶u̶s̶k̶'̶s̶ #NASA's resupply rocket suffered #RUD in mid air.
During a routine ambient-pressure test, the Liquid Oxygen Tank ruptured. Based on photos of the damage, it appears that a COPV at the bottom of one of the larger chines might have exploded 💥 during the pressure test. Until we hear more directly from #SpaceX, it is only speculation at this point what caused the rupture https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/booster-18-anomaly-proof-testing/
When do you expect will #BlueOrigin land the #NewGlenn first stage without #RUD 💥 ? https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-second-new-glenn-rolls-to-the-launch-pad-and-they-expect-to-recover-this-one
♻️ #reusability
2nd/3rd attempt
4th/5th attempt
6th/7th attempt
8th attempt or later
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@PaulHammond51
He was demoted to deputy project scientist, and I suspect that was for political reasons, because he dared question (carefully, almost subtly, but still) the decision to postpone, and maybe abandon the #MSR mission due to "budget constrains".
LOL! No budget constrains for #Musk's and others' #RUD or #upsidedown "successes", but constrains for the most successful planetary mission to date? Gimme a break!
I'll never stop mentioning that the decline started in #Biden's admin.
Sam Clemente
🅱🅸🅶🅾🆁🆁🅴.🅾🆁🅶Beautiful weather for takeoff from Shahroud airport (Iran) “OIMJ 181500Z 07008KT CAVOK 30/M06 Q1017” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/oimj/en #iran #shahroudairport #oimj #rud #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl
R.L. Dane 
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I wanna play some #KSP tonight.
#KerbalSpaceProgram #SpaceSim #Space #Lithobraking #RUD #RapidUnplannedDisassembly
Martin VogelScott Manley hat sich den Start und die unerwartet frühe Rückkehr der Spectrum-Rakete im Morgenmantel angesehen und analysiert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFyMAaeYdvs
#spectrum #IsarAerospace #ScottManley #RUD
#spectrum #IsarAerospace #ScottManley #RUD
First Orbital Rocket Launched From European Soil, Becomes First Rocket To Crash In European Waters.
The #FAA said debris hit one vehicle on the ground in South Caicos 🇹🇨 Island after the Jan. 16 breakup. The rocket breakups 💥 in January and earlier this month caused 414 departure delays for aircraft and 80 diversions or holds for planes ✈️ already aloft https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/spacex-starship-explosions-flights-delayed-costs-20221722.php