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The #Unitree A2 #StellarHunter weighs 37 kg including two 9000 mAh batteries and can carry 30 kg. It should last a maximum of three hours ⏳ with a full load. The top #speed is around 13.3 km/h […]

Fiery meteor that punched through Georgia home's roof is older than Earth: Scientist A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself

📆 August 8, 2025 #'Meteorite ☄️ fragments struck a man's roof like a bullet and left a dent in the floor of the home outside #Atlanta https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/fiery-meteor-punched-georgia-homes-roof-older-earth-124493520

#AsteroidThreat

It appears highly unlikely that #DreamChaser will be ready for its debut #spaceflight this year. It is uncertain when a #Vulcan launch vehicle will become available https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/is-the-dream-chaser-space-plane-ever-going-to-launch-into-orbit

Boarding complete (again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ILMhbWHNQ

#ISS #SpaceX #NASA

Launch officials called the scrub just over a minute before liftoff, due to a bank of cumulus clouds ☁️. The next launch opportunity is Friday (Aug. 1) at 11:43 a.m. ET https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/spacex-nasa-scrub-crew-11-astronaut-launch-due-to-weather-video

#ISS […]

@erdayastronaut talking with @rookisaacman about #NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvaVxHkynY4

BTW, I sent a message to the #IAU executive and asked them to think about how to secure critical science data infrastructure and databases. Not sure, they can do much on short notice, but I hope there will be more strategic planning. We will need redundant services and mirrors around the world […]

Even if Congress decides to reject the #WhiteHouse cuts, the agency may have a hard time getting employees back. #NASA employees with relevant skills can work for the growing number of #SpaceCompanies with higher salaries or could leave for non-space industries that see their skills as valuable […]

According to #NASA, space rocks ☄️ measuring about one to 20 metres across collided with Earth’s atmosphere resulting in fireballs 🔥 556 times over 20 years. #Chelyabinsk is the best example. The types of #asteroids we should perhaps be most concerned about are those about 140 metres 📏 across […]

🇯🇵 #Hokkaido

• #Taiwanese 🇹🇼 private rocket company #TiSpace terminated the flight of one of its rockets shortly after lift-off in northern #Japan
• #Interstellar Technologies, backed by #Toyota, in 2019 became the first private rocket venture in Japan to reach space 🌌
• #Canon-backed #SpaceOne […]

While taking images of the distant #universe, @VRubinObs also discovered 2,104 #asteroids ☄️ flitting about in our own solar system—including seven whose orbits hew close to Earth’s own https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/23/1119129/first-images-vera-c-rubin-observatory

#Astronomy […]

#Eutelsat's #LEO satellite capability stems from its merger with #OneWeb in 📆 2023. But Eutelsat has since said it needed more than three times 📈 the number of #satellites 🛰️ previously thought, requiring up to 2.2 billion euros in financing. #France 🇫🇷 said it would inject $1.55 billion 💰 into […]

ESA Selects Four Companies to Develop Reusable Rocket Technology ESA has selected Rocket Factory Augsburg, The Exploration Company, ArianeGroup, and Isar Aerospace to develop reusable rocket technology.

🇪🇺 2024 #ESA has selected #RocketFactory Augsburg, The #ExplorationCompany, #ArianeGroup, and #IsarAerospace to develop reusable ♻️ rocket technology https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-selects-four-companies-to-develop-reusable-rocket-technology

Europe won't have reusable rockets for another decade: report Arianespace's CEO says the expendable Ariane 6 will likely fly for more than a decade before being replaced.

🇪🇺 2023 #Arianespace's CEO says the expendable #Ariane6 will likely fly for more than a decade 🥱 before being replaced https://www.space.com/europe-no-reusable-rocket-until-2030s

Honda pulls off surprise reusable rocket test launch – DW – 06/18/2025 Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.

🇯🇵 #Japan's government has set up a multibillion-dollar #space venture fund to subsidize private #rockets, encouraging several Japanese startups to work on the reusable ♻️ technology https://www.dw.com/en/honda-pulls-off-surprise-reusable-rocket-test-launch/a-72956378

#Honda has successfully tested an experimental #reusable ♻️ #rocket 🚀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jjxqpC0aY

#RocketScience

Exoplanet System

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On 📆 June 23 the @VRubinObs #observatory will unveil a first look at ultrahigh-definition images and videos of the cosmos taken 🔭 from a mountaintop in #Chile. And you can participate by joining a public livestream (in English and Spanish) or one of the in-person watch parties at #planetariums […]

#NASA indefinitely delayed a four-person crew's mission to the #ISS on Thursday over an escalating probe into air leaks aboard the orbiting laboratory's #Russian segment https://www.reuters.com/science/space-station-leaks-trigger-delay-private-astronaut-mission-2025-06-12

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket with Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.

The #AxiomSpace #Ax4 will be #India's 🇮🇳 and #Poland's 🇵🇱 first crewed trip to the #ISS. 📆 Fri Jun 13, 2025 11:12 UTC https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6791

Latest news about #Spaceflight (spoiler : nobody knows, even @sciguyspace)
• #NASA hour-long discussion : "a more unstable, shaky #political environment" https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/ars-live-recap-where-does-nasa-go-from-here
• #BlueOrigin / #NewGlenn : expectation 8 launches 2025 […]

#ElectricPropulsion* isn't #SciFi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJz_Byo4IU

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_electric_propulsion#Types

#FusionPower #FusionPropulsion

According to @shanadiez, who is the Director of #Starship Engineering, Booster 16 is slated to be caught 🦾 on its first flight.
Currently, there seem to be only three Block 2 Ships left to fly: Ship 36, 37, and 38 🚀🚀🚀. This would likely line up to have Booster 16 on Flight 10, Booster 15-2 on […]

SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship's 10th test flight (video) SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.

#SpaceX performed a long-duration "static fire" test with #SuperHeavy, #Starship's booster, at #Starbase. All 33 engines lit up during the trial https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-fires-up-super-heavy-booster-ahead-of-starships-10th-test-flight-video

#NASA says no decision yet on whether next #Boeing #Starliner flight will carry crew 👩‍🚀 👨‍🚀 https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-says-no-decision-yet-whether-next-boeing-starliner-flight-will-carry-crew-2025-06-06

Just to celebrate 2001 followers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXZf0Q9ulo

#2001SpaceOdyssey

Officials at the #Tokyo headquarters of #Ispace said on Friday morning local time that they had not been able to get in contact with the #Resilience spacecraft and presumed it had crashed 💥 in the northern hemisphere of the lunar near side […]

#ispace live stream of #RESILIENCE’s landing attempt on the #Moon 🌙 on 📆 June 6, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/live/BVSMXQPeTcw

#HakutoR

@neffo her are three space journalists discussing it https://spacey.space/@spaceflight/114602409569507113

The Future of the Starship Program, Block 3 and Mars - NASASpaceFlight.com SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a talk to employees inside the Starfactory, laying out the…

📆 2026 #SpaceX wants to send at least five ships with around 10 tons of payload capacity to #Mars.
📆 2028-2029 at least 20 Ships with a payload capacity of 75 tons.
📆 2030-2031 100 landers with 150 tons per ship
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/05/future-starship-block-3-mars

#Starship #Block3