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change.org/p/warner-music-gr… Everyone go sign this RIGHT NOW for @JulietteReilly_
Joshua R Collins retweeted
Triple digits unlocked. 💯🚀
The 100th Electron has left the factory, headed for launch.
Thank you and congratulations to the many people behind this rocket, and the 99 before it.
Rocket lab middle river update. Unsurprisingly pretty quite out this morning. The crane is gone, and the yard trailer is back in the lot by the water. Once again no noticeable change to the box structure.
Joshua R Collins retweeted
Neutron’s Stage 2 and Thrust Module have arrived to Virginia. After a short barge ride from the Neutron Factory, these major assemblies have now been offloaded on Wallops Island and are going through arrival checkouts.
Next up: integrated fluids testing and launch mount interface checkouts for the Thrust Module, with Stage 2 to follow on the test stand beside it soon after.
Joshua R Collins retweeted
Enjoy the sights and sounds of shipping Neutron's Stage 2 and Thrust Module to Launch Complex 3.
Videos I captured of the thrust structure move and lift this morning. (Shout out to my dad for letting me borrow his camera so I could use mine for photos. 2nd videos was captured using my camera).
Update: engine section has been loaded on the barge. (camera mode dial got moved by accident and i didn't notice so did they best to make them half way decent. Saw some the ones from this morning were darker but didn't think to check the mode dial before going back out.)
After being rolled out of the factory, it was taken to the dock around the corner. No sign of a barge yet as of when I left, but there was a second truck and trailer so perhaps they will be transfer it to that then trucking it downtown to load.
Update from Rocket Lab's middle river facility. The cap that @spacepat_o saw had been removed yesterday is back on top thrust sim structure. The only change to the box structure is there is now black tarp covering the opening.
Joshua R Collins retweeted
We have completed breakover operations for the Neutron Stage 2 tank assembly, rotating the stage horizontal – a critical step in the handling of large rocket sections for integration and assembly.
Here’s a last look at Stage 2 on the Neutron Factory floor before it’s wrapped up (literally) for barge shipment to LC-3 on Wallops Island where its fluid systems will be tested and its Archimedes vacuum engine installed.
to all my fellow pbs kids, kids rejoice for the GOAT has returned! #fetch #ruffruffman #pbskids youtu.be/PJswOXRrc3U?si=80Qj…
Joshua R Collins retweeted
🔥 Just another day at Stennis. Stage 2 successfully completed its first integrated hotfire!
The A2 test stand was originally built in the 60s to support Saturn V Upper Stage testing (S-II). It was later reconfigured to be a single engine test stand for Shuttle Main Engine testing and development.
The last Saturn V Stage test occurred October 30, 1970 on A2. It has been 55 years, 11 months, and 17 days since A2 supported stage testing capability.
As of this morning, it is now 0 days.
Joshua R Collins retweeted
Sooo let me get this straight.
For 2 years, we've been thinking that this tent is for HLS testing. Thrusters, maybe landing legs.
We were so excited.
We thought there was real HLS progress...
...and then it turns out to be just for testing the flying Roadster...😭☠️
Joshua R Collins retweeted
It's hard to believe it's already been two years since Liam Payne left us. We miss you every single day, Liam. 🕊️
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Post-flight analysis confirms the Artemis II Orion heat shield performed as expected during its Mach 39 reentry, protecting the spacecraft and the astronauts aboard as they returned from the 694,481-mile journey around the Moon. go.nasa.gov/4B7EWNT
ALT Two photos side-by-side showing the Artemis I Orion heat shield on the left and the Artemis II Orion heat shield on the right. Both heat shields are seen on stands and rotated for inspection. Credit: NASA
