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OHHHH that says Flight!

Picking the right asteroid is half the problem. The Lowell Discovery Telescope helps. We use multiple telescopes (including LDT) to do astrometry and spectroscopy of potential target asteroids so we can characterize their orbits and composition before we ever send a spacecraft.

@AndyLapsa 👀

Hey that's a neat truck

The greatest speaker of all time is talking tomorrow. I will also be there! Who else is going?

@VikranthJonna @thejackbeyer We only use the freshest, non gmo, free range, zero cruelty, farm to space, no hormone aluminum panels

@thejackbeyer @AstroForge Hmmm those are some fresh aluminum sandwich panels..

🚧 Spacecraft build in progress @AstroForge 🚧

Robyn and Ashton break down our recent successful hot-fire test campaign with our Hall-effect thrusters. We talk about what went right, what went wrong, and why you always want to "test as you fly." Listen to the full episode here: apple.co/40550YW

DeepSpace-2 preflight testing continues! Each of our thrusters has its own gimbal in order to manage angular momentum, generate required torques, and hold stable through days-long burns. Next up, we're conducting a gimbal vibration test to ensure they can survive launch loads.

Roid Rage episode 61 is a Q&A Episode! Matt, Robyn, and Jack discuss NASA Admin Jared Isaacman floating an asteroid mining competition, the hot fire testing we recently completed, who we'll sell the first kilogram of asteroid platinum to and more! Listen here: youtu.be/Es1yTzSCc8o

Full test success! Our team verified nominal operation of the thruster with our avionics and flight hardware at all planned power levels. We also successfully fired the thruster while gimbaling. Thanks to the @AerospaceCorp EP lab for hosting us for this test campaign.

@Overpressure_ does it smell like bacon?

@AstroForge I can smell the Jack in this

“More data, more better.” Our team is back at it with additional hot fire testing of our Hall-effect thrusters to continue to buy down risk ahead of launch later this year.

Episode 60 of Roid Rage has "machine that builds the machine" vibes. Podcast: apple.co/40550YW Youtube: youtu.be/W7f7oiihBf4

@BrettHayvice @lougrims @JacobKeeton20 We’ll be flying with two pps-x00 thrusters and are going to be running them at 1kw.

@lougrims @JacobKeeton20 @AstroForge Thanks for clarifying.

@stoke_space 🔥🔥🔥 (but blue)

First trim test of our Zenith ZE12 engine to assess the flight thrust chamber assembly's (TCA) design performance and to run the engine system through its range of power levels and mixture ratios–along with performance upgrades to our fuel turbopump 🧑‍🍳😙🤌 (Also shows performance upgrades to our fuel turbopump.)

Mining asteroids is 100x more awesome than mining Earth. x.com/i/status/20469…

The race to mine the universe is about to heat up.

Eric Foster, Senior Mechanical Engineer, and Chris Hearn, Head of Avionics, discuss the design of DeepSpace-2's avionics boxes, what it's like working in legacy space vs "new space," and how they felt seeing hardware they worked on fly on Artemis II. apple.co/40550YW

Jack, Matt, and Chap (now COO) dig into whats going on with the current dip in Mining stocks and explain why the industry's only real fix is a step-change in engineering. Plus, Artemis II Proximity ops reactions (this was recorded before TLI). Listen: apple.co/40550YW

After 29 years at JPL working on missions like Europa Clipper, SMAP, and four different iterations of Mars Sample Return, our Principal Mechanical Engineer Sasha wanted to see results before his career ended so he retired and joined AstroForge. Listen: apple.co/40550YW