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Reject Superheavy, return to N1 (sh.itjust.works)
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Credit: u/DoctorSov

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History of spaceflight iceberg (sh.itjust.works)
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Credit: u/DobleG42

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Payback (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Context 1, context 2

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Finally some retaliation against those pesky snipers! (video.twimg.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Source

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Isaacman: "I was prepared to personally cover the cost to launch Roman" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sources: xcancel, X1, X2, X3, X4

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Superheavy booster version 3 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Booster Transport Stand (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Space Shuttle Program Outcome Compass (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Vulcans at Decatur (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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When you realize lunar lander's laser altimeter malfunctioned... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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At least we got a B16 static fire (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Context 1, Context 2

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"Uh, this is station to mission control... did you change the departure schedule?" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Stoke Space share video of Zenith full-duration engine test (video.twimg.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://x.com/stoke_space/status/1930609298473668992

Zenith is checking off requirements - here’s a full 200-second mission duration burn that spans the full range of power levels and mixture ratios.

Alternate angle: https://x.com/stoke_space/status/1930610117872943541

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Jeff Who's master plan? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Wait, WHAT? (June 5th space politics dump) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Gwynne wisely sits this one out:

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Sources: X1, X2, X3, X4, X5

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Starliner right now... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Shenzhou team must be feeling pretty good right now (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What a day. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sad SLS (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Or maybe not?

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Hakuto-R 2 has landed IN the moon (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Altitude: Negative 223 meters.

A few seconds earlier, the telemetry reported the lander was a mere 50 m above the surface, but travelling at 187 km/h.

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Ship team vs Raptor team (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Newly unveiled Raptor 3 design distills the Raptor engine heritage to its purest defining essence (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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spoiler
spoiler Leek Leak ::: :::

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The simplest engine (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I said SIMPLER! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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OK, hear me out... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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