#spacecraft — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spacecraft, aggregated by home.social.
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Artemis III: NASA Outlines Preliminary Mission Plans
NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III mission in Earth orbit, a crewed flight that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities between the Orion spacecraft and commercial landers.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-3/nasa-outlines-preliminary-artemis-iii-mission-plans
#Artemis #space #news #Artemis3 #NASA #Orion #Orionspacecraft #spacecraft
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Psyche Spacecraft Spies Mars Ahead of May 15th Gravitational Assist
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=psyche-spacecraft-spies-mars-ahead-of-may-15th-gravitational-assist
<p>A close flyby past the Red Planet this week will send NASA’s Psyche mission on its way towards its
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Psyche Spacecraft Spies Mars Ahead of May 15th Gravitational Assist
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=psyche-spacecraft-spies-mars-ahead-of-may-15th-gravitational-assist
<p>A close flyby past the Red Planet this week will send NASA’s Psyche mission on its way towards its
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This raises more questions that answers..... gotta see this work to believe it!
Offshore Launch Platform "Gateway" - a purpose-built semi-submersible drone ship from vendor SeaGate, will launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket, a two-stage, liquid-fueled small-lift vehicle offshore.
Claims it will leverage Seagate’s maritime logistics to transport and stage the LIQUID FUELED Alpha rocket entirely offshore >>> really ???? https://satnews.com/2026/05/04/lockheed-martin-firefly-and-seagate-partner-for-sea-based-national-security-launch/ #Space #Seagate #Firefly #RocketLaunch #LockheedMartin #DoD #Satellite #SpaceCraft #Rocket #USSF #SpaceForce
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This raises more questions that answers..... gotta see this work to believe it!
Offshore Launch Platform "Gateway" - a purpose-built semi-submersible drone ship from vendor SeaGate, will launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket, a two-stage, liquid-fueled small-lift vehicle offshore.
Claims it will leverage Seagate’s maritime logistics to transport and stage the LIQUID FUELED Alpha rocket entirely offshore >>> really ???? https://satnews.com/2026/05/04/lockheed-martin-firefly-and-seagate-partner-for-sea-based-national-security-launch/ #Space #Seagate #Firefly #RocketLaunch #LockheedMartin #DoD #Satellite #SpaceCraft #Rocket #USSF #SpaceForce
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This raises more questions that answers..... gotta see this work to believe it!
Offshore Launch Platform "Gateway" - a purpose-built semi-submersible drone ship from vendor SeaGate, will launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket, a two-stage, liquid-fueled small-lift vehicle offshore.
Claims it will leverage Seagate’s maritime logistics to transport and stage the LIQUID FUELED Alpha rocket entirely offshore >>> really ???? https://satnews.com/2026/05/04/lockheed-martin-firefly-and-seagate-partner-for-sea-based-national-security-launch/ #Space #Seagate #Firefly #RocketLaunch #LockheedMartin #DoD #Satellite #SpaceCraft #Rocket #USSF #SpaceForce
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This raises more questions that answers..... gotta see this work to believe it!
Offshore Launch Platform "Gateway" - a purpose-built semi-submersible drone ship from vendor SeaGate, will launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket, a two-stage, liquid-fueled small-lift vehicle offshore.
Claims it will leverage Seagate’s maritime logistics to transport and stage the LIQUID FUELED Alpha rocket entirely offshore >>> really ???? https://satnews.com/2026/05/04/lockheed-martin-firefly-and-seagate-partner-for-sea-based-national-security-launch/ #Space #Seagate #Firefly #RocketLaunch #LockheedMartin #DoD #Satellite #SpaceCraft #Rocket #USSF #SpaceForce
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This raises more questions that answers..... gotta see this work to believe it!
Offshore Launch Platform "Gateway" - a purpose-built semi-submersible drone ship from vendor SeaGate, will launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket, a two-stage, liquid-fueled small-lift vehicle offshore.
Claims it will leverage Seagate’s maritime logistics to transport and stage the LIQUID FUELED Alpha rocket entirely offshore >>> really ???? https://satnews.com/2026/05/04/lockheed-martin-firefly-and-seagate-partner-for-sea-based-national-security-launch/ #Space #Seagate #Firefly #RocketLaunch #LockheedMartin #DoD #Satellite #SpaceCraft #Rocket #USSF #SpaceForce
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The Artemis II images browser is in a much better shape now, with separate collections for the Earth, Moon, and Eclipse images. A complete scientific data archive prepared by the lunar science team and peer-reviewed is to be released through NASA's PDS.
https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Collections/Artemis/Artemis2/
#Artemis #Earth #Moon #Eclipse #Artemis2 #NASA #space #Orion #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #science #news #astrodon #photography
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They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=they-really-launched-this-tiny-spacecraft-well-sort-of-space-photo-of-the-day-for-may-11-2026
Latest: <p>It's the tiniest Mars test we've seen yet.</p>
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The view from inside Integrity as recovery forces pop open the hatch
Credit: Reid Wiseman
#Artemis #Orion #spacecraft #EODGRU1 #astronauts #JohnPMurtha #divers #USNavy #Navy #orionspacecraft #capsule #space #science #news #NASA #astrodon #photography #Artemis2 #SanDiego #California #Pacific
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Katalyst Space has completed environmental testing of its robotic spacecraft, LINK, clearing a key milestone toward launch. LINK will capture and raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
https://www.katalystspace.com/post/katalyst-robotic-spacecraft-passes-testing-milestone
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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Katalyst Space has completed environmental testing of its robotic spacecraft, LINK, clearing a key milestone toward launch. LINK will capture and raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
https://www.katalystspace.com/post/katalyst-robotic-spacecraft-passes-testing-milestone
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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Katalyst Space has completed environmental testing of its robotic spacecraft, LINK, clearing a key milestone toward launch. LINK will capture and raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
https://www.katalystspace.com/post/katalyst-robotic-spacecraft-passes-testing-milestone
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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Katalyst Space has completed environmental testing of its robotic spacecraft, LINK, clearing a key milestone toward launch. LINK will capture and raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
https://www.katalystspace.com/post/katalyst-robotic-spacecraft-passes-testing-milestone
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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Katalyst Space has completed environmental testing of its robotic spacecraft, LINK, clearing a key milestone toward launch. LINK will capture and raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
https://www.katalystspace.com/post/katalyst-robotic-spacecraft-passes-testing-milestone
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
#space #katalyst #link #spacecraft #SwiftObservatory #astronomy #astrodon #science #news #LINKspacecraft
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The Material Science Behind A Spacecraft's Impact Armor
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-material-science-behind-a-spacecrafts-impact-armor
<p>Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft
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The Material Science Behind A Spacecraft's Impact Armor
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-material-science-behind-a-spacecrafts-impact-armor
<p>Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft
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Say this quickly three times - magnetoplasmadynamic thruster!
NASA/JPL successfully tested a new magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) ion thruster spacecraft engine that runs on lithium metal vapor.
Ion engines accelerate ions — charged atoms — out through a nozzle to provide thrust, hence they are often described as using "electric propulsion" and are 25 times more powerful that current engines that burn chemical propellant.
The test showed the electric propulsion system capable of operating at power levels up to 120 kilowatts. https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasa-is-making-a-powerful-new-ion-engine-to-send-astronauts-to-mars-and-it-just-passed-its-1st-test #NASA #Space #SpaceCraft #MPDEngines #magnetoplasmadynamic #Ions #IonThruster #Lithium
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NASA-Supported Small Spacecraft Launches to Study Solar Particles
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=nasa-supported-small-spacecraft-launches-to-study-solar-particles
Key insight: <p>Through NASA
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#NASA's '1st #nuclear powered interplanetary #spacecraft' will send Skyfall #helicopters to #Mars in 2028
NASA will launch the #SpaceReactor1 Freedom to Mars before the end of 2028, demonstrating advanced nuclear electric #propulsion in #deepspace. Nuclear electric propulsion provides an extraordinary capability for efficient mass transport in deep space and enables high power missions beyond Jupiter where solar arrays are not effective.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasas-1st-nuclear-powered-interplanetary-spacecraft-will-send-skyfall-helicopters-to-mars-in-2028 -
Artemis II Orion Crew Module Returns to Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #KSC #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #NASA #space #news #astrodon #photography
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Artemis II Orion Crew Module Returns to Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #KSC #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #NASA #space #news #astrodon #photography
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Artemis II Orion Crew Module Returns to Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #KSC #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #NASA #space #news #astrodon #photography
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Artemis II Orion Crew Module Returns to Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #KSC #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #NASA #space #news #astrodon #photography
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Artemis II Orion Crew Module Returns to Kennedy Space Center
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
#Artemis #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #KSC #KennedySpaceCenter #Florida #NASA #space #news #astrodon #photography
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Artemis II Earthset: UHD-4K video of a sequence of 90 images captured with the Nikon Z9
#Artemis #Moon #Earth #Earthset #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news #astrodon #lunar #flyby #lunarflyby #photography #video #4K #UHD4K
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Artemis II: a series of portraits with a crescent Earth in the window
#Artemis #Moon #Earth #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #space #news #astrodon #lunar #flyby #lunarflyby #photography #portrait #astronaut #astronauts
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Artemis II Earthset: a sequence of 59 images captured with the Nikon Z9
#Artemis #Moon #Earth #Earthset #Artemis2 #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news #astrodon #lunar #flyby #lunarflyby #photography #video
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/467066/ NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns to Florida after historic voyage #AerospaceAndDefenseIndustry #California #ChristinaKoch #Éire #Engineering #FLStateWire #florida #GeneralNews #IE #Ireland #JeremyHansen #KennedySpaceCenter #national #NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration #Planets #ReidWiseman #SanDiego #Science #Space #SpaceExploration #spacecraft #Technology #USNews #VictorGlover
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Canada Updates Space Launch and Re-Entry Regulations in Canada Space Launch Act.
New regulations have strict de-orbiting mandates for controlled re-entries for non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) within five years after operational life.
Includes potential liability for debris affecting Canadian airspace, and Operators must submit debris mitigation plans, register for space situational awareness, and prove compliance. https://satnews.com/2026/04/29/canada-tightens-re-entry-regulations-as-spacex-starlink-constellations-descend/ #Canada #Space #SpaceLaunchAct #Satellites #SpaceCraft #Re_Entry #De_Orbit #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #Liability #LowEarthOrbit #NGSO
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Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".
#art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart
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US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=us-indian-spacecraft-captures-mexico-city-subsidence
<p>Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from
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US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=us-indian-spacecraft-captures-mexico-city-subsidence
<p>Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from
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Just released by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest: pics of the lifting and handling of the Artemis II spacecraft in San Diego, April 16-17, 2026.
Credit: Mario Icari
#Artemis #Orion #OrionHeatShield #spacecraft #astronauts #orionspacecraft #capsule #space #science #news #NASA #astrodon #photography #Artemis2 #SanDiego #California
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EraDrive and Northrop Grumman collaborate on AI-enabled autonomy
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=eradrive-and-northrop-grumman-collaborate-on-ai-enabled-autonomy
<p>SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley startup EraDrive is working with Northrop Grumman to enhance
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EraDrive and Northrop Grumman collaborate on AI-enabled autonomy
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=eradrive-and-northrop-grumman-collaborate-on-ai-enabled-autonomy
<p>SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley startup EraDrive is working with Northrop Grumman to enhance
#collaborate #spacecraft #northrop #eradrive
