Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦
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@redplanetrick
Martian at @NASA HQ, farm boy from Virginia, pilot, former ISS CAPCOM, explorer, Earthling, co-lead for Mars Human Landing Sites Study; Opinions mine
Lovely shot of Blue New Glenn rocket! They are targeting 2:50 p.m. for liftoff today (Wed), and the launch window extends until 4:17 p.m.
See you tomorrow.
NG-2 Launch Update: Our next launch attempt is no earlier than Wednesday, November 12, due to forecasted weather and sea state conditions. We worked with the FAA and range to select a launch window from 2:50 PM – 4:17 PM EST / 19:50 – 21:17 UTC. The live webcast starts at T-20 minutes.
Launch today (2:45pm ET) for both New Glenn rocket (second time) and for ESCAPADE mission (two satellites heading to #Mars ) Both the Blue and ESCAPADE teams are amazing. Godspeed! @exploreplanets @ExploreMars @L_SPACEProgram @TheMarsSociety @sedsusa @csf_space
Today’s New Glenn launch window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET / 19:45 UTC. Join us here for the webcast hosted by Ariane Cornell and Tabitha Lipkin, beginning 45 minutes before launch!
Starship just lost during a static fire. Hopefully there wasn’t a lot of damage to launch pad nasawatch.com/commercializat…
Major focus on humans to Mars emerging in just released Presidents “skinny budget”. Lots and lots of other changes being proposed such as no MSR, SLS or Gateway. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
The landing appears to have had an issue. There is one pic which shows it may have tipped over; not generating full power (which may indicate it's tipped over) and engine did not shut off on landing which it should have done (if in upright position). Press conf at 4PM ET
