#spaceport — Public Fediverse posts

Andøya, Norway
The German startup Isar Aerospace launches its unmanned Spectrum rocket into orbit. Saturday’s launch from from the Andøya Spaceport marked a breakthrough for Europe, which wants to send satellites into space independently, reducing its reliance on the US amid the shifting global order.

Photograph: Isar Aerospace/AFP/Getty Images

#Norway
#Andoya
#Aerospace
#spaceport

The Moon’s planned first spaceport will have no runways, taxiways or gate announcements—NASA’s Gateway will follow an invisible orbit sculpted by the gravity of Earth and the Moon, and engineers have now published the first detailed strategies for keeping visiting spacecraft safely separated while they wait to dock.
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-moons-planned-first-spaceport-will-have-no-runways-taxiways-or-gate-announcementsnasas-gateway-will-follow-an-invisible-orbit-sculpted-by-the-gravity-of-earth-and-the-moon-and-engineers-have-now-published-the-first-detailed-strategies-for-keeping-visiting-spacecraft-safely-separated-while-they-wait-to-dock
<p>A new traffic-management study tests how Gateway and visiting spacecraft could wait in the same
#spaceport #taxiways #visiting #planned

#TheAdvocate:
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Letters: SpaceX project represents a state of emergency for Louisiana’s land, water, culture
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".. I’m no wordsmith, but regrettably I feel sure that we, the people of Louisiana, need to wake up and vote for politicians who care and listen and are not opportunists. .."

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/letters-spacex-pollution-danger/article_570a64af-c6ab-5b4a-96d5-81f92770000b.html

2.9.2026

#Louisiana #Pollution #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpacePort #SpaceX #Umweltverschmutzung #USA #VermilionParish

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/117173609989182553

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlands and Islands Enterprise acquired #Orbex’s partially developed #Sutherland #Spaceport* assets after the company’s collapse. Officials support continued launch 🚀 development.

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=spaceport+sutherland&layer=TF+Outdoors

#Spain 🇪🇸 tried to get the #European #SpaceAgency to choose the Canary Islands, instead of French Guiana, as #ESA's launch 🚀 base. #ElHierro* is at the same northern latitude as #CapeCanaveral https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/del-aeropuerto-al-spaceport-aumenta-la-lista-de-los-puertos-espaciales

* 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Punta+de+los+Frailes&layer=Cyclosm

#Spaceport #Europe

Fox 🦊 (the #photographer) spent part of his career as a #journalist covering the end of the #SpaceShuttle Era, including the landing of Space #Shuttle #Endeavour.
This #photo depicts the #towback of the Endeavour #Orbiter to :nasa: #NASA's Orbiter Processing Facility after #STS-134, the second-to-last Shuttle flight.
Endeavour delivered the #AlphaMagneticSpectrometer02/#AMS02 to the #InternationalSpaceStation/#ISS.
The marshy conditions of #KennedySpaceCenter/#KSC are visible in the lower right, a reminder of the #spaceport's humble origins. And the uncountable number of #alligators🐊 in waiting.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/endeavours-return-and-her-reflection-heron-and-fox.html

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

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#Alaska Pacific #Spaceport 📆 Jan. 10, 2023 #ABL Space Systems launch #failure 🚀. The nine engines in its first stage #shut down simultaneously after #liftoff, causing the vehicle to fall back to the pad and explode 💥 https://spacenews.com/first-abl-space-systems-launch-fails/?preview_id=135979

#LockheedMartin purchased 26 launches on ABL’s RS1 through 2025, with the option for up to another 32 launches through 2029 https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/abl-rs1-demo-1

🚀 #rockets dedicated to launching small #satellites face competition from #SpaceX #SmallSat #rideshare business https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/world/abl-space-systems-satellite-launch-alaska-scn/index.html

Picture : #Antares Rocket explosion (#RS1 launch hasn't been streamed)

#RocketScience #SpaceCompany

Virgin Orbit’s first orbital test flight cut short after rocket released from carrier aircraft - On Monday, Virgin Orbit attempted the first full flight of its orbital payload launch system, which... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/R0Zj1Sqqaxs/ #virginatlantic #virgingalactic #launcherone #spaceflight #virgingroup #virginorbit #california #outerspace #aerospace #spaceport #science #boeing #space #ceo #tc #vp