#spacemission — Public Fediverse posts
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #astronomy #cosmology #NASA #NASARoman
A little while ago, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. After just over 31 minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket's last stage and set course for the area known as L2 (Lagrange Point 2), where its scientific mission will begin.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #China #Zhuque3
A few hours ago, the Chinese Zhuque-3 Y2 rocket blasted off from the Dongfeng commercial area, carrying the Honghu-03 satellite. The second stage successfully reached orbit with payload separation, achieving a successful primary mission on this rocket's second flight, the first to deploy a real satellite into orbit. A goal for LandSpace, the company that developed the rocket, was to land the first stage, which was successful.
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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star
Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT At the cosmic dawn, the universe was sprinkled with giant black holes—monstrosities so huge that scientists are still struggling to explain how they could have even existed. The answer may lie in a never-before-seen object from this cosmic era. In a paper published today in Nature, astronomers report the discovery of an extremely unusual, bright spot of red from the early universe. Externally, it looks like an enormous star about the size of the entire solar […] -
#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #astronauts #cosmonauts #NASA #Roscosmos #SoyuzMS28
A little while ago, cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev and astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, which landed in Kazakhstan. They had reached the International Space Station on November 27, 2025, as part of a normal crew rotation.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #SpaceX #SuperHeavy #Starship
It was the afternoon in the USA when SpaceX conducted a new flight test of its Super Heavy rocket and Starship prototypes. This is the 13th test involving the entire system of Elon Musk's company. They are advanced prototypes with the Super Heavy identified as Booster 20 and the Starship identified as Starship 40 or Ship40 or simply S40. It was the second test of the vehicles in their Block 3 version.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #astronauts #cosmonauts #ISS #SoyuzMS29
A few hours ago, the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, and, after a little more than three hours, reached the International Space Station with three new crew members on board. It docked with the Station's Prichal module. The ultra-fast track was used, which halves the journey duration and is used whenever the Station's position makes it possible.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #China #LongMarch10b
A few hours ago, the Long March 10B rocket performed its maiden flight, which started with its launch from the Wenchang launch site. The rocket's first stage also performed a controlled landing on a sea platform, as part of the development of a reusable launch system. This is a significant achievement because it's a rocket that will be used for China's crewed Moon missions.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #NASA #LINK
A few hours ago, the LINK spacecraft was launched using not a rocket that blasted off from the ground, but a small Pegasus XL rocket launched from an L-1011 Stargazer aircraft that took off from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to raise the orbit of NASA's Swift Space Observatory to prevent it from falling into Earth's atmosphere and disintegrating.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #SpaceX #StarfallDemo
A little while ago, SpaceX's Starfall Demo mission began with the launch of a capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. This mission aims to demonstrate the feasibility of returning cargo weighing up to 1,000 kilograms produced in orbit to Earth, or even transporting payloads very quickly to other continents.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #NASA #SpaceX #Dragon #CRS34
A little while ago, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft ended its CRS-34 (Cargo Resupply Service 34) mission for NASA splashing down smoothly off the coast of California. The Dragon left the International Space Station about 20 hours earlier. The Dragon spacecraft had reached the International Space Station on May 17, 2026.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #SpaceX #CrewDragon #Crew12 #ISS #NASA #ESA #Roscosmos #astronauts #cosmonauts
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked with the Harmony module of the International Space Station, completing the first part of its Crew-12 mission that began with its launch about 34 hours earlier. Andrey Fedyaev, Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir, and Sophie Adenot join the Expedition 74 crew.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #SpaceX #CrewDragon #Crew12 #NASA #ESA #Roscosmos #astronauts #cosmonauts
A little while ago, SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in its Crew-12 or SpaceX Crew-12 mission. After almost exactly ten minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket's last stage and went en route to carry out its mission.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #CrewDragon #SpaceX #NASA #JAXA #Roscosmos #astronauts #cosmonauts
A little while ago, SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft completed its Crew-11, or SpaceX Crew-11, mission for NASA with a successful splashdown. Aboard were astronauts Zena Cardman, Michael Fincke, and Kimiya Yui, and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, who had arrived at the International Space Station on August 2, 2025, as part of Expedition 73/74.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #astronomy #NASA #SpaceX
A few hours ago, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Twilight rideshare mission, carrying a total of 40 satellites in various phases. Among them were NASA's Pandora Space Telescope and the BlackCAT and SPARCS nanosatellites, part of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative. These satellites will conduct their astronomical observations from low-Earth orbit.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #astronauts #cosmonauts #NASA #Roscosmos #SoyuzMS27
A few hours ago, cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky and astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, which landed in Kazakhstan. They had reached the International Space Station on April 8, 2025, as part of a normal crew rotation. The capsule landed on its side, an event that can occur due to reentry conditions, but the crew members suffered no injuries.
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#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #BlueOrigin #RocketLab #NewGlenn
#NASA #ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) twin probes were launched atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, which accomplished its mission, called NG-2. One goal for Blue Origin was to land the first stage, which was a successful one. After approximately 33 minutes, the probes, named Blue and Gold, separated from the rocket's second stage and began a long journey to Mars.