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It’s breath taking to imagine that we are in time that we are going back to space but not to only collect few lunar samples and come back, but to build whole #space #supplychain that will support development of infrastructure required for further solar system exploration. Artemis plan for lunar #spacestation and than lunar base, and off we go to #Mars. It might just happen in my generations lifetime. Ps: the video is insane. SpaceX #starship

#DanHuot #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Starship #IntegratedFlightTest4 #IFT4 "SpaceX completed a test flight of its Starship rocket for the first time on Thursday, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones. “Our first ever ship landing burn after a launch into space ... that was incredible,” SpaceX communications manager Dan Huot said on the company’s broadcast. Elon Musk’s company launched Starship at about 8:50 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. A few minutes after launch, the rocket’s booster successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, a new milestone for its development. This was the first time SpaceX returned the booster in one piece — a controlled return of the booster is key to the company’s long-term goal of being able to launch and land Starship regularly, a practice it’s made routine with its Falcon 9 rockets. About an hour after the launch, Starship visibly survived reentry through the Earth’s atmosphere, and the company confirmed that the rocket splashed down in the Indian Ocean to complete the mission. Starship appeared to withstand external damage during the intense heat of reentry, with debris apparent on the broadcast. “Splashdown confirmed!” SpaceX posted on social media after the flight. There were no people on board the fourth Starship spaceflight. The company’s leadership has previously emphasized that SpaceX expects to fly hundreds of Starship missions before the rocket launches with any crew. ... The Starship system is designed to be fully reusable and aims to become a new method of flying cargo and people beyond Earth. The rocket is also critical to NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the moon. SpaceX won a multibillion-dollar contract from the agency to use Starship as a crewed lunar lander as part of NASA’s Artemis moon program. ... SpaceX has flown the full Starship rocket system on three spaceflight tests previously, with launches in April 2023, November and March. Each of the test flights has achieved more milestones than the last, but in each result prior to Thursday the rocket was destroyed before the flight’s end. During the company’s third test flight SpaceX tested new capabilities including opening and closing the payload door once in space — which would be how the rocket deploys payloads such as satellites on future missions — and transferring fuel during the flight in a NASA demonstration. Musk last year said he expected the company to spend about $2 billion on Starship development in 2023. Starship is both the tallest and most powerful rocket ever launched. Fully stacked on the Super Heavy booster, Starship stands 397 feet tall and is about 30 feet in diameter. The Super Heavy booster, which stands 232 feet tall, is what begins the rocket’s journey to space. At its base are 33 Raptor engines, which together produce 16.7 million pounds of thrust – about double the 8.8 million pounds of thrust of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, ..."

🌌 Starship's Fourth Test Flight: Success! 🌟 SpaceX's Starship has returned to Earth on its fourth test flight, landing in the Indian Ocean! Some highlights include: 🚀Splashdown Confirmed: "Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting fourth flight test of Starship!" 🌊Elon Musk: "Despite loss of many tiles and a damaged flap, Starship made it all the way to a soft landing in the ocean!" 📍Booster Success: The booster hovered above the Gulf before a soft landing, a big step forward from previous flights. This flight marks significant progress compared to the previous three tests!! #SpaceX #Starship #SpaceExploration #Innovation #SpaceTravel

Commercial space exploration leap-frogged forward last week: SpaceX's Starship 4 spaceflight survived reentry whilst NASA and Boeing launched its first manned Starliner. SpaceX also announced that it aims to build one Starship megarocket factory a day via its new Starfactory being built in south Texas - responding to the demands of the growing space exploration market. As the commercial rocket propulsion sector expands exponentially, so rockets which use fuel and oxygen will require ISRU on the lunar surface to provide for refuelling. Metalysis' technology is the world-leader in reducing lunar regolith into its constituent oxygen and metals. This oxygen can be captured and used for space propulsion. Metalysis has been working with the UK's space agency and the European Space Agency on a number of initiatives to demonstrate Metalysis technology on the lunar surface - whilst Metalysis aims to speed-up this timing, and increase the size of the unit deployed - effectively deploying a Metalysis Gen 2 on the lunar surface - capable of producing 400 kgs of oxygen per reactor, per year. Get in touch: info@metalysis.com #starship #spaceexploration #ISRU

🚀 Exciting news! Crews are unpacking NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, bringing us one step closer to exploring Jupiter’s icy moon. Follow the journey of this groundbreaking mission with NASA. #NASA #EuropaClipper #SpaceExploration 🌌✨ Unpack the details in the link below! #NASA #SpaceExploration

Boeing and NASA are ready to return Starliner to Earth without its crew. Without any people on board, NASA officials expressed confidence that Starliner will return to Earth safely and successfully late on Friday evening. With these last actions, the Boeing-built Starliner's difficult first crewed voyage will come to an end. Prior to the vehicle being used regularly to transfer humans to and from the International Space Station, this flight was supposed to be the last one of certification. However, just prior to the car's attempt to dock on June 6, technical issues surfaced. It is now definite that the high-stakes mission will end on Friday at 6:04 p.m. EST when Starliner attempts to undock. If everything goes according to plan, the spacecraft will land about six hours later at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. #Boeing #NASA #Starliner #SpaceX #CrewlessReturn #SpaceNews #OrbitalFlight #Aerospace #SpaceExploration #NASAUpdates #BoeingStarliner #SpaceTech #FutureOfSpace #SpaceMission #Astronauts #SpaceTravel #SpaceIndustry #SpaceCapsule #ReturnToEarth #SpaceHistory #Foundingstatrtups

🚀 Fantastic News! Boeing's Starliner spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after overcoming several challenges. Despite malfunctioning thrusters and helium leaks, the mission is a success. Mission commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams will conduct tests during their 10-day stay. This demo flight is crucial for Boeing to begin regular ISS missions, catching up with SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Starliner faced delays and challenges, but it’s on track for commercial operations, with future potential beyond the ISS. 🌌 What are your thoughts about this? #SpaceExploration #Boeing #NASA #p3r #SpaceTech

A true engineering marvel - Starship from SpaceX. What a beauty. 🚀 Integrated Flight Test-3 (IFT-3), was the third test mission for the fully stacked Starship. Neither the Starship vehicle nor its Super Heavy booster survived all the way through to their intended splashdown, but SpaceX officials said the test flight achieved several of its key goals during the flight. Also the first and second Starship launches both ended explosively last year, with the vehicles detonating before the completion of each flight's mission objectives. However, data collected during those first flights helped SpaceX engineers get Starship ready for success down the road. #space #spaceexploration #spaceindustry #spacecraft #engineering #technology #trending #trendingnow #trendingtopic #scienceandtechnology #dailylearning #dailymotivation #dailyinsights

🚀 **TIMELINE: Boeing's Troubled Starliner's Journey from Launch to Earth Return** Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has had quite the journey! Last Friday, it returned uncrewed, touching down in the New Mexico desert after a challenging three-month test mission. The mission was plagued by technical difficulties that delayed its original plans, leaving astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore on the International Space Station until next year. While the Starliner has faced hurdles, each setback is a reminder of the complexities of space exploration and the resilience required to push boundaries. As Boeing continues to refine its systems, we look forward to seeing how these lessons will shape the future of space travel. #SpaceExploration #Starliner #Boeing #SpaceTechnology #Innovation #NASA

This is something each space investor or investor considering investing in space, should see: the incredible disproportion in the space market. We can clearly see the raising of emergent markets, like New Zealand (!!), which had the same launches of India. As for the USA dominance, it opens up to several considerations: PROS: having a space startup in the US results in a easier and larger access to resources, capital, knowledge and past data. CONS: if something goes wrong within the US space agencies (see Artemis II), the entire human rush to the space exploration will be negatively affected. Let's close the 2023 with these deep knowledge and enter 2024 with the intention to improve the actual ecosystem Diegane Dione, Eva Blaisdell Lady Rocket , I thought of you, as soon as I saw it!