Siamo in mano ad un cialtrone pieno di sè.

Pescara-Milano sulla carta 4h, nella pratica: in bocca al lupo.

Che tristezza

Singolare nel senso che sono stati gli unici, di certo. Singolare nel senso che c'è qualcos'altro dietro, non saprei.
L'Italia è pur sempre il paese del Moby Prince e del ponte Morandi, il paese della Uno Bianca e di Ustica.

Tutto è possibile...

Sierra Space Expands on Its new Lunar Contract for NASA | Space Voyaging Sierra Space reveals details of its NASA lunar logistics contract, expanding its LIFE habitat technology from LEO to Moon missions under the Artemis program

🌕 Sierra Space has been awarded a contract by NASA to explore how its LIFE inflatable habitat could be repurposed for staging, transport, and storage on the Moon.

The study contract falls under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 Appendix R initiative.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05...

The FAA is requiring an investigation for the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mishap.

This only applies to the Ship loss, the Super Heavy vehicle loss was under a test objective cover

ULA says that the launch of Kuiper 2 Mission for Project Kuiper, the second batch of production satellites for Amazon, on an Atlas V 551 rocket is planned for June 13, 2025, pending range approval.

Liftoff scheduled for 2:29 p.m. EDT with a 30-min window, from SLC-41, Florida

The FAA approved license modifications for the SpaceX #Starship Flight 9 mission.

However, SpaceX may not launch until the FAA either closes the Starship Flight 8 mishap investigation or makes a return to flight determination. The FAA is reviewing the mishap report #SpaceX submitted on May 14.

The FAA has just released the following statement about SpaceX's Starship Flight 9:

Firefly Alpha carrying Lockheed Martin Satellite suffered Stage Separation Mishap | Space Voyaging Firefly launched the Lockheed Martin's LM 400 tech demo abord its Alpha Rocket, however, a mishap during stage separation may have compromised the mission

🚀 A Firefly's Alpha rocket launch from Vandenberg suffered a mishap during stage separation.

🛰️ The #FLTA006 mission was carrying Lockheed Martin's LM 400 tech demo satellite. As of now, it is unclear whether the payload has reached orbit.

Read more:
www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...

ULA Launches The First Batch Of Kuiper For Amazon’s New Constellation | Space Voyaging Today, ULA's Atlas V rocket successfully launched the first batch of satellites for Amazon's new mega constellation for worldwide connectivity: Project Kuiper

🛰 ULA successfully launched the first batch of 27 satellites for Amazon's Kuiper commercial constellation.

🚀 The Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral, carrying the satellites to low Earth orbit.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...

ESA’s New Biomass Launched to Map Forests’ Carbon | Space Voyaging ESA’s Biomass satellite launched from Kourou on the Vega-C VV26 mission to map forest carbon, strengthening Europe’s independent access to space with Avio

🚀 Today, Arianespace successfully launched the #VV26 mission from French Guiana.

🌍 Vega-C carried ESA’s Earth Explorer #Biomass satellite, which will provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...

The US Space Force has awarded the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contract to SpaceX for $5.9B, United Launch Alliance for $5.3B, and Blue Origin for $2.3B:

www.defense.gov/News/Contrac...

ULA's launch of Kuiper 1, the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, with an Atlas V 551 rocket, is planned for April 9, 2025.

The launch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. EDT at the opening of a three-hour window, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fl

Fram2 Launched into Polar Orbit for a New Worldview | Space Voyaging SpaceX launched Fram2, the first private human spaceflight over Earth's poles, carrying a four-person crew for scientific research and educational outreach

🚀 Last night, #SpaceX launched #Fram2, the first human spaceflight into polar orbit.

🌎 The planned three-to-five-day private mission will support polar and space environment studies, advance long-duration spaceflight and human health research.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04...

SpaceX is very likely to share more about the flight and the investigation on its website.

We hope that it will include some statements to address this topic

The FAA closes the investigation on #Starship Flight 7:

US Space Force selects Rocket Lab and Stoke for National Security Space Launches | Space Voyaging The United States Space Force (USSF) has added Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to the competition for launch contracts under the NSSL Phase Line 1

🚀 The US Space Force has selected @rocketlabusa.com and Stoke Space to participate in the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program.

The IDIQ contract has a maximum value of $5.6 billion, with an ordering period until 2029.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

Let's be clear: it's great that RL is really pushing towards reusability... It's also important to remember that someone pushed for that first, against the whole industry.

I don't want to mix politics and technology, but despite what you (and me) think about Elon Musk now, kudos for what he did...

"If a plane doesn't throw away its doors to deliver cargo, why should our rocket?"

says Rocket Lab on X today.

Interesting because, reading feels like 2016 again, with a certain CEO of a certain company trying to pursue fairing recovery (and reuse) while getting mocked by everyone...

Crew-9 is Back on Earth, Ending an Eventful Mission | Space Voyaging SpaceX's Crew-9 Dragon capsule safely splashed down off the coast of Florida carrying Willmore and Williams after a long and controversial mission

🧑‍🚀 After much controversy, SpaceX's #Crew9 mission safely splashed down off the coast of Florida.

The Crew Dragon capsule is carrying NASA's astronauts Nich Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Willmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

🌌 Among the most notable #Euclid results is a classification survey that has cataloged over 380,000 galaxies and identified 500 gravitational lens candidates, leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and citizen science contributions.

📸Credits: ESA

ESA Euclid Mission Unveils First Deep Field Data | Space Voyaging ESA Euclid first deep field data reveals millions of galaxies, mapping the cosmic web, advancing understanding of dark matter, dark energy, and galaxy evolution

🚨 @esa.int's Euclid mission released its first major batch of survey data, including a preview of Euclid’s deep fields.

This data release consists of three large mosaics that contain 26 million galaxies, some as far as 10.5 billion light-years away.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

Intuitive Machines confirmed today, in a press release, that #Athena landed 250 meters from the planned landing site in a crater.

The lander is on its side, and the solar panels are not charging the batteries. The mission is thus concluded, and teams are analysing all collected data.

🚀 SpaceX launched the height #Starship flight test, and it hasn't gone as planned with the second consecutive losses of the upper stage early in the flight.

However, the tower catch maneuver was successfully validated again.

An analysis of what happened: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

A sentence that started as a joke and is now a trademark of the company

Official SpaceX words:

"The vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost. Our team immediately began coordination with safety officials to implement pre-planned contingency responses.

We will review the data from today's flight test to better understand root cause"

Ariane 6 Launches CSO-3 Supporting France’s Defense Earth Observation | Space Voyaging Despite delays, today Arianespace's Ariane 6 successfully launched the French CSO-3 observation satellite, marking an important step for European sovereignity

🚀 Today Arianespace launched the first Ariane 6 commercial mission carrying the CSO-3 Earth Observation satellite for French government.

🛰️The Composante Spatiale Optique constellation provides high-quality optical imagery for France's defense needs.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

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Europa Clipper swings by Mars on its Long Journey to Jupiter | Space Voyaging The Europa Clipper spacecraft passed near the Red Planet to change its orbit. The NASA probe tested two of its nine fundamental scientific instruments

🛰️ Yesterday, NASA's Europa Clipper probe conducted a gravity assist around Mars, reaching a minimum distance of 884 kilometers from the Red Planet’s surface.

During the close flyby, the spacecraft tested some of its important scientific instruments.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

Blue Ghost Completes Historic Landing on the Moon | Space Voyaging Today, Firefly became the first private company to soft land on the Moon thanks to Blue Ghost successful historic touch down

🌕 This morning, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 softly touched down on the surface of the #Moon, carrying 10 scientific payloads for #NASA.

On its first attempt, Firefly became the first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing.

Read more: www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/03...

And about the flight:

"Flight 8 mission profile involves launch of the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from Boca Chica, a return to the launch site of the Super Heavy booster for a catch attempt by the launch tower, and a water landing of the Starship vehicle in the Indian Ocean west of Australia."