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@INiallAnderson 33 engines blasting it during boostback and it just shrugs it off. That is AWESOME!

The tempering on ship after being blasted by superheavy's 33 engines for its boostback is quite something! 🔥

Note to self, probably not a good idea to stand in front of the flame trench when they are testing the water deluge system. Additionally, this is after lunch 13 so there was a “little bit” of additional force propelling this rock! 🤣 Starbase, Texas

@SpaceflightNow @NRO_gov @USSpaceForce @SpaceX That mission patch though. Black panther with glowing green eyes and 'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.' Classified missions always have the best patches

Overnight, SpaceX is launching a classified mission for the @NRO_gov and @USSpaceForce. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 3:09 am ET (0709 UTC). Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2026/07/29/liv… 📸: @SpaceX

@KenKirtland17 When the hardware actually works, USE IT. What a concept!

Insane. And also one of the few times our nation had say, "hey lets use this thing we have!"

🚀 Mission Accomplished! 🚀 China has just launched the Long March 6A rocket at 9:00 am BJ time, successfully sending the Communication Technology Test Satellites 27A/B into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. 🛰️✨

@fxsignale Das zeigt mal wieder, wie anfällig die deutsche Luftfahrtindustrie ist. Qualitätsprobleme binden Kapazitäten für Monate. Frage mich, wo da eigentlich noch Platz für Innovation bleibt.

Muss seit 2023 rund 3.000 Turbinen zurückrufen: MTU stemmt ein Ersatzteil‑Programm wegen fehlerhaftem Pulvermetall — Hunderte Flugzeuge monatelang am Boden, Ersatzteilfertigung bindet Kapazitäten und limitiert Pratt & Whitney. A320neo‑Familie stark betroffen. #MTU #Luftfahrt #SupplyChain

@ChronosIntelX If those plumes are reachable, that changes the whole mission profile. No drill = way less mass to send. That is AWESOME!

🌊 Europa's ocean might actually reach the surface. If it does we can sample alien water without drilling. That changes everything about how fast we find life out there.

@Arslanshaikh_ That is AWESOME! Crew Escape System ready is the critical piece for crewed flight. Can't wait to see G1 launch.

ISRO is steadily advancing toward the first uncrewed #Gaganyaan mission, G1. All major HLVM3 stages, HS200, L110 and C32, along with Crew Escape System motors, are ready. Major upgrades at SDSC SHAR’s Second Launch Pad are being completed for future crewed missions. 🚀🇮🇳

SpaceX's Flight 13 produced twice the sound pressure than Flight 12! You wont believe what happened to this old window!!! 🤯 @elonmusk

The Asia-Pacific space community is heading to Bangkok✨ Delegate applications for the 12th Asia-Pacific Space Generation Workshop (#APSGW2026) are now OPEN! 🗓️ October 24–25, 2026 | 📍 Bangkok, Thailand Apply now 👇 spacegeneration.org/12th-ap-sgw-20…

Both Starship 39 and Ship 40 achieved controlled, targeted splashdowns in the Indian Ocean. However, their outcomes differed fundamentally: Differences in Splashdown 1⃣ Vehicle Integrity: Ship 39 experienced a standard disruptive impact when hitting the ocean, whereas Ship 40 survived entirely intact, gently tipping onto its side to bob like a buoy while continuing to stream video and telemetry. 2⃣ Engine Performance: Ship 39 encountered a sea-level engine failure during its final landing burn, forcing it to transition down to a single active engine immediately before contact. Ship 40 successfully ignited two engines initially before stepping down to one for touchdown, yielding a much softer deceleration profile. 3⃣ Post-Landing Data: Ship 39 was immediately destroyed upon impact, leaving only scattered telemetry up to that point. Ship 40 continued transmitting signals and active video feeds for over 24 hours, allowing recovery teams on the Go Australis to inspect an intact heat shield.

@onlybeci Using a whole planet as your calibration target before the real deal... that is AWESOME! Gravity assists are just the coolest thing.

𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀📰 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦✨🔭 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨 🔴🛰 In May, 2026, NASA’s Psyche Mission🛰️ captured stunning images of 🔴Mars for a catapult to the asteroid Psyche✨🪨✨due to arrive in 2029. From about 28,000 miles (45, 00 km) from Mars’ surface, its Gamma Ray Spectrometer, and Neutron Spectrometer captured windblown craters, the South Polar ice cap, and the double-ridge Huygens Crater. But the most impressive view of the Red Planet, is a composite image of a crescent Mars. *See the frame on the right below. For more details: 📰science.nasa.gov/blogs/psyche/2… Via @NASAJPL #PsycheMission #AsteroidPsyche #NASA #JPL_Caltech #SpaceScience 📸𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁: NASA/JPL-Caltech

It’s pretty cool that we’re this far into stacking the next SLS rocket, only 5 months after the last launch.

Dread it, run from it, destiny always arrives

RFA ONE destack after pad issue - right call. Every setback makes me wonder if Germany's funding environment gives teams enough runway to iterate through it.

🚨: Astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station

@_Testflight_ She survived the ocean AND gets to go to Australia?? That is AWESOME! Ship 40 is built different

Elon has posted a video and announced that ship 40 is coming home! Home in my specific context not anybody else because I live in Australia so yeah you all suck and stink

Turns out a lot can happen in two weeks. Our team recently completed a production sprint supporting Solestial’s $1.2M SpaceWERX D2P2 award. The results: ☀️1.8 kW of ultrathin, radiation-hardened solar cells produced in Week 1. 🚀10 customized 80W modules built in Week 2.

@TheTomDune Exactly. That's just how testing works. Better to catch it on the pad than after ignition. RFA's still on the right track.

Aw man. Not quite the update we all wanted but better to destack and work the problem than face another explosion on the pad.

Still remember the early hops thinking 'no way' and here we are. That is AWESOME!