Mastodawn

This graphic is good for showing what the US is attempting to land on the #Moon this time is nothing like Apollo. #space #spaceflight
RT https://x.com/xopherobin/status/1383352546052349955

Christophe Robin (@XopheRobin) on X

#NASA has selected #SpaceX to continue the development of its Human Landing System for the #Artemis program. The HLS will take astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. #Starship is really impressive compared to its competitors or the historical LEM. #Moon #Space

X (formerly Twitter)

howtospace Aug 25

German Astronomical Society Aug 19

We are the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG)—one of Europe’s oldest astronomical associations, founded in 1863 and currently welcoming around 800 members.

Our mission includes organizing annual scientific meetings, fostering public outreach, supporting young astronomers, and encouraging astronomy education.

howtospace Jun 19

Hermann Assmann

Jun 19

Ich bin jetzt an einem Punkt, ich hätte gerne eine "Gedichtegruppe" in meiner Freizeit. Also Leute, die sich gegenseitig ihre gerade auswendig gelernten Gedicht vortragen (deklamieren, rezitieren...) und sich darüber freuen und im Anschluss dann darüber sprechen. Gibt's sowas überhaupt, oder ist das die totale Schnapsidee ? #gedichtegruppe

From another angle, it looks like the top tank (there's a top and a bottom tank) detonated first, which would make sense because that's the methane tank; the bottom tank is oxygen.

Soooo, essentially the front fell off.

The top two cameras here are at Massey's test site, the bottom two are at the Orbital Launch Pads about a 5 minute walk from Boca Chica Beach.

#SpaceX #Starship #space

howtospace Jun 19

Hey, so howtospace is back here, as astrodon.social will sadly close. So hi again with a reminder that #NASA is facing severe budget cuts with this little horror story in 7 charts from the Planetary Society's Casey Dreier.

https://www.planetary.org/articles/nasa-2026-budget-proposal-in-charts

NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts

The White House has put forward a radical, wasteful proposal for NASA. We have the data to prove it.

The Planetary Society

howtospace Nov 18, 2022

IT's official #lightsail2 has burned up after an inspiring and very successful nearly three-and-a-half years mission demontrating solar sailing. Here's an overview plus some pictures of this project funded by tens of thousands of Planetary Society members and backers. https://www.planetary.org/articles/lightsail-2-completes-mission

#lightsail2
Image The Planetary Society (CC BY-NC 3.0)

LightSail 2 completes mission with atmospheric reentry

The three-and-a-half-year solar sailing mission showed LightSail 2 could change its orbit with sunlight alone.

The Planetary Society