Justin Davenport
@Bubbinski
I'm a total space cadet and a writer for @NASASpaceflight. Have attended a number of launches, rocket tests, and NASA Socials. Astronomy/model building/aviation
My first jellyfish! Falcon 9 out of Vandenberg, taken from east Mesa, AZ.
Word is we have a scrub due to wind limits - Adam Gilmour on LinkedIn.
Meanwhile in China, Hyperbola-1 conducted a successful return to flight mission.
And while we still wait for news in Queensland, on this side of Earth iSpace has…equalised with a 4th successful launch out of 8 for their Hyperbola-1 at 04:11 UTC. I’ll get back later for the name of the 1 satellite on board since the one I see is a silly sponsorship name LOL.
Active prop load going on, T-0 is at 10:30 pm PDT/0530 UTC now.
Still on the ground in Queensland. The window for Eris lasts until 12:30 am PDT/0530 UTC tonight.
T-3 min to the currently listed launch time on Next Spaceflight. Let’s see what happens. I didn’t find any live streams for Hyperbola.
Found this for the big screen: Eris launch attempt, now set for 9:10 pm PDT/0410 UTC. Hyperbola-1 is also scheduled to fly from China at the same time! youtube.com/live/mgXkXSFX0…
52 years to the day - Milkstool, meet Starstool 🚀 Skylab-3 / Starship 37 📷 @NASA / @NASASpaceflight
Today in 1973, Skylab 3, the second crewed mission to the US space station Skylab, launched on a Saturn IB rocket.
Ship 37’s aft over the OLM and “starstool” adapter fitting to allow the ship to stand alone without the booster.
SpaceX Lifts Starship 37 for Pre-flight Static Fire to the OLM
Ship 37’s being lifted onto the OLM and “starstool” with the Mechazilla arms! Something you normally don’t ever see.
Let’s hope it’s nothing major.
Crew-11: Falcon 9 B1094-3 aborts Static Fire test at 39A ahead of the launch of four astronauts to the ISS later this week. We'll have to wait and see when they make another attempt and if this impacts the launch date. nsf.live/spacecoast