Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut
Professional rocket orientation specialist, explainer of flamey stuff and rocket chaser. Bringing space down to Earth for everyday people 🚀
Rocket science can be extremely intimidating, but you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to be excited. Everyday Astronaut - Bringing space down to earth for everyday people
Had such a great time at Open Sauce last weekend 🤖 Big shoutout to everyone who stopped by to say hi, and to all the insanely cool booths I got to check out.
This was an awesome panel!
Just a bunch of nerds talking rocket science at #OpenSauce2025! Our VP of Engineering Brigette Oakes joined the stage with @TheBrianMcManus ,@Erdayastronaut, @joebarnard, @smartereveryday, @DJSnM and @Integza__. This crew is inspiring the next generation of dreamers and…
Space table. It's a space table. Right?
Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility have completed the SLS rocket’s Exploration Upper Stage thrust structure, a major part of the structural test article. This more-powerful stage is set to propel the @NASAArtemis IV mission to deep space. More: bit.ly/46ILXru
Looks like it's a two for one tomorrow! @FelixSchlang has a video about the top 5 craziest ways to get to space, and mine is about the math, the physics and the challenges of yeeting rockets, so it's a perfect crossover! Hope you learn lots!
Faster than a bullet! Our video about maglev craziness and other even crazier ways to get to space will be released tomorrow, along with @Erdayastronaut's video! After screening each other's videos behind the scenes, we concluded that you deserve this! Brace for impact! ❤️
New video comes out tomorrow about yeeting rockets!!! I have people ask often why they don't use some kind of catapult or maglev or something to help boost the rocket off the ground. Well, I dive WAY into it including the performance gains and the physics! It's a very fun video!
New Glenn’s BE-4 ship set is ready for its second flight. A quick photo of our seven engines onsite at Rocket Park—and a spare. Our progress to launch continues…
Finally exporting the full length supporter review of an absolutely wild video where we dive into the math behind yeeting rockets! From small boosts w/ existing launch infrastructure, to vacuum maglevs to replacing rockets altogether, this is DENSE w/ tons of math & animations!
Looks like @NASA Crew-11 is NET July 31st and basically a noon launch! Sounds like a good one to catch!
I love when they share little updates with us like this!!! So cool. I can't wait for Starship to mature more. Hopefully V3 irons out a lot of the kinks and gets Starship closer to being an operational vehicle🤞
Installing the redesigned fuel transfer tube into the first next generation Super Heavy booster. Roughly the same size as the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, the new transfer tube is responsible for channeling cryogenic fuel from Super Heavy's main tank to its 33 Raptor…
Bonus shot from my latest capture of the ISS transiting the sun: One of the captured frames sat right on the limb against these background prominences. The ISS is so iconic, I'm going to miss it when it's gone.
I had a chance to catch up with @rookisaacman about his run for NASA administrator, his future and of course, jets! I'm always excited to learn more about what Jared's got going on!!! Thanks for your time Jared! Enjoy!
It's been a rough few months for new spaceflight it feels like 😭 I hope this doesn't set the program back too far, we really need less delays for the Artemis program
Some notes from today's BOLE static fire: Nozzle anomaly occurred around 1:50 into the planned ~2:20 burn. First firing at full scale for any component on this motor, including the nozzle assembly. First firing at large scale for this propellant mix.