Spaceflight ๐Where to book and what else to consider for your private #spaceflight ๐ https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Space
#SpaceStations will be occupied by civilians as #tourists and employees. A โlearning periodโ gives the industry considerable leeway to #experiment with humans ๐จโ๐. We need health โ๏ธ #research now to protect future civilians in #space ๐ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/health-research-is-needed-now-before-sending-civilians-to-space/
National Library of Medicine โ๏ธ "As the scope of human #spaceflight expands, the risk โฃ๏ธ to space #travelers expands as well" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485075/
Updates to the NASA human system risk management process for space exploration
This paper describes updates to NASAโs approach for assessing and mitigating spaceflight-induced risks to human health and performance. This approach continues to evolve to meet dynamically changing risk environments: lunar missions are currently ...
The team found that 91 per cent ๐ of genes were affected, with many switching on and off at the wrong time of day. โ#SpaceTravel was once thought to be unachievable; however, the growth of the #SpaceIndustry means it is now a real possibility. In addition, new plans are in place for #UK ๐ฌ๐ง #astronauts ๐จโ๐ going to the #ISS in ๐ 2025 via the UK #SpaceAgency #Axiom programme.โ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/18/jetlag-astronauts-travel-space-lag/
"The inflatable ๐ structures are not as fragile as they might seem. They are constructed of a fabric similar to the Kevlar material used in bulletproof vests, and their multiple layers offer a good degree of #radiation โข๏ธ protection. There are plans to use them to build small hotels for #SpaceTourists." https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-03-06/nasas-plans-for-the-end-of-the-iss-private-space-stations-and-hotels-with-an-earth-view.html
๐จ๐ณ #CAS Space said that its vehicle will include a tourist cabin that has four panoramic windows and can carry seven passengers per flight. The company plans to arrange a launch ๐ every 100 hours from a newly-built aerospace theme park, with ten vehicles available to take tourists to the edge of space ๐ in shifts.
Tickets will cost $415,127 ๐ต per person per trip https://www.reuters.com/science/chinese-state-backed-company-launch-space-tourism-flights-by-2028-2024-05-17/
#Politico ๐ 11/02/2022 : Donโt count on being #rescued โ by #NASA or the #SpaceForce, or even the company that built your private #spaceship.
#Seafaring โต explorers traditionally sailed with #additional #ships, #Apollo missions included #redundant capsules that proved crucial in #saving the #Apollo13 astronauts. #Skylab had #rescue #rockets and #spacecraft on #standby for in-#orbit #emergencies https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633
Wolf480pl@spaceflight
> A first step, it said, is ensuring all crewed spacecraft have common docking mechanisms so they can rendezvous in an emergency.
A lot of them already use IDSS / NDS, but wikipedia claims[1] that the ones on Dragon 2 and Starliner are active-only. If that's true, that'd be a problem during a rescue mission
Also, I don't understand why someone would install an active-only APAS derivative... is it that much cheaper than a dual-mode passive/active one?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Docking_System_Standard
The Queen of Weltschmerz๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
@rebelrebel62 On April 29, 2002, #NASA announced that it was cancelling the CRV and X-38 programs, due to budget pressures associated with other elements of the #ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Return_Vehicle#Cancellation
@spaceflight Maybe itโs a use case for Dream Chaser?
@rebelrebel62 for any more reliable vehicle than Starliner ๐, but it needs to be ready to launch
@rebelrebel62 last year #NASA "asked #SpaceX a few questions on their capability to return additional crew members on Dragon if necessary, but that is not our prime focus at this time" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nasa-mulls-spacex-backup-plan-crew-russias-leaky-soyuz-ship-2022-12-28/
NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia's leaky Soyuz ship
NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab.
The #ISS isolated strains were mutated and became genetically and functionally distinct compared to their #Earth counterparts. The strains were able to viably persist in the ISS over time with a significant abundance. E. bugandensis coexisted with multiple other #microorganisms ๐ฆ , and in some cases could have helped those organisms survive. https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/ames-science/ames-space-biosciences/multi-drug-resistant-bacteria-found-on-iss-mutating-to-become-functionally-distinct/
During a large #solar โ๏ธ energetic particle event, the #radiation โข๏ธ dosage an #astronaut ๐จโ๐ receives inside a #SpaceSuit could exceed 1,000 times ๐ the dosage someone on #Earth receives. That would exceed an astronautโs recommended lifetime limit by 10 times. Once a forecaster detects ๐ญ a #SolarFlare or #CME, the high-energy particles usually arrive to Earth in less than an hour โฑ๏ธ. But astronauts on the #Moonโs ๐ surface would need more time than that to seek shelter. https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-weather-forecasting-needs-an-upgrade-to-protect-future-artemis-astronauts/
"No #astronauts ๐จโ๐ have ever viewed Earth from the vantage point of a polar orbit. Such orbits are favored by commercial photo-reconnaissance satellites ๐ฐ๏ธ because they fly over the entire planet as it rotates beneath them." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-to-launch-bitcoin-entrepreneur-and-three-crewmates-on-flight-around-earths-poles/
Maybe they see more than the #HiRes cams with their ๐ โ๐ค
SpaceX to launch bitcoin entrepreneur and three crewmates on flight around Earth's poles
The historic, privately financed space flight will carry humans above Earth's ice caps for the first time.
The fatality rate of people traveling in space is about 3%. That sounds low, but it's higher than extreme sports. Since ๐ 1930, improvements in technology ๐ง and safety features have lowered the number of fatal ๐ accidents in the #aviation industry per million miles flown by a factor of 3,000 ใฝ๏ธ https://phys.org/news/2024-09-space-spacex-polaris-dawn-mission.html
Space travel comes with riskโSpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than ever
Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can't survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion.
Bernd@spaceflight the current target rate for fatal accidents for human space flights is 1 in 270, which is an order of magnitude lower than 3%, but sitll ridiculously high compared to other means of transport. Starliner wouldn't even meet that modest goal.
@hopfgeist with its โdarn near-flawlessโ performance ? ๐ค https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/boeings-starliner-crew-mission-returns-to-earth-but-its-astronauts-are-still/
The team at #VoyagerStation has already assured the public that as #SpaceTourism ๐ฉโ๐ becomes more commonplace, they hope to eventually make a stay ๐๏ธ affordable for all. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/worlds-first-hotel-in-space
20 things to see ๐ท on the #Moon https://www.astronomy.com/observing/things-to-see-on-the-moon-an-observers-guide-to-lunar-names/
๐งญ #Navigation : #Marble is a virtual globe ๐ application which allows the user to choose among the #Earth, the #Moon, #Venus, #Mars and other planets ๐ช https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(software) | https://marble.kde.org
"Think of something profound to say on your arrival. Things that the #Apollo astronauts ๐จโ๐ said on their arrival includes [...] https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Moon
4๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ #SpaceStation & #SpaceHabitat companies https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations
๐ 2025 Lunar Gateway #NASA #ESA #CSA #JAXA
๐ 2025 Haven-1 #VastSpace
๐ 2026 Axiom Station #AxiomSpace
๐ 2026 StarMax #Gravitics
๐ 2026 LIFE Pathfinder #SierraSpace
๐ 2027 Russian Orbital Service Station #Roscosmos
๐ 2028 Starlab #NanoRacks #VoyagerSpace #Airbus #MDASpace #Mitsubishi
๐ second half 2020s Orbital Reef #BlueOrigin #SierraSpace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_stations#Planned_and_proposed
"We now know itโs possible to equal or surpass the total habitable volume of the entire International #SpaceStation, in a single launchโ ๐ https://spacenews.com/sierra-space-conducts-second-full-scale-burst-test-of-inflatable-module/
60sRefugee@spaceflight Plus, for the first time since Skylab, we may have an orbital module wider than a hallway on the inside.
Von Braun Space Station 1956
โข #AxiomStation is believed to have been downsized to two modules from the originally planned four.
โข The #VAST #Haven-2โs first module is scheduled to launch in ๐ 2028
โข #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
โข #Starlab launch is scheduled for ๐ 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/
โข The #VAST #Haven-2โs first module is scheduled to launch in ๐ 2028
โข #OrbitalReef is designed with 830 cubic meters of internal volume, 90 percent of the internal volume on the #ISS
โข #Starlab launch is scheduled for ๐ 2028
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/commercial-space-stations/
#Competition accelerates #innovation : "What if we actually build a #SpaceStation, launch ๐ it in #orbit, have a crew ๐จโ๐ of four go to it, spend two weeks at least in the space station, and come back home safelyโฆbefore the U.S. #government makes their decision?โ (in ๐ 2026) https://youtu.be/us_V_e0-NVs?feature=shared&t=205
The Race to Replace the ISS | VAST's American-Made Space Station
The primary structure of the #SpaceStation was built in just 15 months. #Haven1 is expected to be launched in ๐ May 2026. It consists of a cylindrical module measuring 10 meters in length and 4.40 meters in diameter. The 45 cubic meter habitat got 1.10 meter windows. Four #Haven2 modules are to be in space by ๐ 2030. The station is to grow to nine modules by ๐ 2032. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Haven-1-Vast-Space-wants-to-launch-its-private-space-station-into-space-in-2026-10277222.html
#ThalesAlenia Space Italia ๐ฎ๐น will deliver the Payload Power Thermal Module to Axiom in 2025 for final outfitting and a launch ๐ no earlier than ๐ 2027. Axiom would then launch the first #habitat module, #Hab1, in ๐ 2028 https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-revises-space-station-assembly-plans
The Gravitics #SpaceStation modules range from 3 meters to 8 meters ๐ in diameter. The company aims to provide space station modules as a plug-and-play product line that can launch on a variety of #rockets. #Gravitics plans to have a subscale spacecraft launched by ๐ 2026 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/09/gravitics-lands-125-million-order-from-axiom.html
#Musk has likely told #Trump that #NASA does not need to fund private space stations in #LEO. A version of #Starship could be developed to provide a semi-permanent presence. This would wreck the business plans of multiple #US companies working to provide this capability for NASA. https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/02/elon-musk-recommends-that-the-international-space-station-be-deorbited-asap/
The Global ๐ #Spaceport Alliance now has 76 members, including 31 spaceports around the world ๐. #Starship could reach most destinations within 30 minutes and anywhere on #Earth within an hour โฑ๏ธ https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/rocket-companies-set-out-plans-for-global-same-day-delivery-at-farnborough-airshow
๐ฎ๐ณ It is proposed to develop Transportable/Mobile #LaunchSystems that can operate from ground/ aerial/ sea-based platforms. The system should be able to change from transportable position to โLaunch ready positionโ in not more than 60 minutes. #India has also tested a series of reusable #spaceplanes https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4849/1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ #Orbex #Sutherland : โWe expect the #spaceport to be ready in early spring of next yearโ https://spacenews.com/orbex-working-towards-2025-first-launch
The search for safer and geographically advantageous launch sites has turned global attention toward #Africa ๐. Itโs proximity to the equator brings with it a โslingshot effectโ for rockets, helping satellites reach geostationary transfer orbit with less fuel and #costs. #Djiboutiโs ๐ฉ๐ฏ #spaceport is expected to take five years to complete. Engineers from a couple of #Kenyan ๐ฐ๐ช universities concluded that building a spaceport was โhighly feasibleโ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/could-the-united-states-future-liftoffs-take-place-in-africa/
#SpaceX is laying the groundwork for expansion ๐๏ธ at #KennedySpaceCenter. SpaceXโs second #Starship tower at #Starbase was stacked in record time, taking only four months to complete. At least two 2๏ธโฃ additional towers could be built at the Cape. A new tent is beginning to be raised. This tent has around 40% ๐ more ground space than the old tents at Starbase. SpaceX would only need one more large tent to cover over 90% of the space inside the old tents at Starbase. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/11/roberts-road-10-31-24/
Starship preparations to return to the Roberts Road facility - NASASpaceFlight.com
SpaceX is at it again, laying the groundwork for expansion at its Roberts Road facility at NASAโs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The work never ceases with SpaceX as it prepares for the future with an evolution coming to the Space Coast. These developments include new buildings, property expansions, and rumors of Starshipโs revival in Florida.
"There are currently hundreds of employees on the waitlist to move to the campus. To do this, #SpaceX must maximize its space." https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/12/spacex-starbase-city-texas-cameron-county
The new city ๐๏ธ covers about 3.9 sq km. #Starbase will be a Type C city - a category of municipality of fewer than 5,000 people https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39j8rj4nmmo
The #city boundary of Starbase in #OpenStreetMap ๐บ๏ธ https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1383490697/history
#Africa now has 22 nations represented on the #UnitedNations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (#COPUOS) https://spaceinafrica.com/2024/11/05/djibouti-joins-united-nations-committee-on-the-peaceful-uses-of-outer-space
How many of the 4๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ #spaceports worldwide do you know by name ? https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aeroway=spaceport
< 3
< 5
< 10
> 10
Poll ended at .
For details about the #spaceports, use #OverpassTurbo https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aeroway=spaceport ๐ https://overpass-turbo.eu/?w=%22aeroway%22%3D%22spaceport%22+global&R
...or #OsmAnd on your #mobilephone ๐ฑ (got them as #POI) https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/index.html
#Italy ๐ฎ๐น reopens the Luigi Broglio #SpaceCenter near Malindi, #Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช https://europeanspaceflight.com/italy-to-reopen-kenya-based-offshore-launch-facility
LordHivemindofCeres 
@spaceflight
1. French Guyana
2. Kiruna
3. Andoya
4. Baikonur
5. Plesetsk
6. Vostochny
7. Tanegashima (Spelling?)
8. Wallops
9. Vandenberg
10. KSC
(11. Canaveral SFS)
Private:
(12. Boca Chica)
Khleedril@spaceflight Does #Cornwall count?
Melting lunar ๐ dust with laser radiation for a #3Dprinted #MoonBase. The mission is scheduled to launch ๐ in ๐ 2026. https://www.lzh.de/en/press-releases/2024/next-step-towards-moon-lzh-and-tu-berlin-partner-with-astrobotic
๐จ๐ณ #DeepBlue Aerospace is selling the first two #suborbital tickets ๐ Oct. 24, will officially start suborbital travel commercialization in ๐ 2027 https://spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue-aerospace-reveals-suborbital-tourism-plans/
10 upcoming #moon ๐ missions https://www.freethink.com/space/moon-missions
#Moon ๐ missions visualized as of ๐ Aug 23, 2023 https://www.statista.com/chart/18698/planned-missions-to-the-moon/
