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vbrad26
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Sounds like all testing today went very well.
As of this moment, I have not heard for sure if they are go for a launch attempt on 9/27 - they say data needs to be reviewed, but the data is encouraging.
 
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Good discussion from Astronaut Terry Virts and author of "Lost Moon."

 
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No surprise here, and sort of old news at this point. But the launch has been scrubbed due to the incoming weather.
They are in fact, rolling it off of the pad...
 
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Maybe slightly off topic for this thread but DART was pretty cool. Heh, just google "Nasa Dart Mission" and watch the page, even google had fun with this mission...
 
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Maybe slightly off topic for this thread but DART was pretty cool. Heh, just google "Nasa Dart Mission" and watch the page, even google had fun with this mission...

If you Google "Do a barrel roll" it's pretty interesting too...
 
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NASA now aiming for an early AM launch of Artemis 11/14.

"NASA used the time back in the VAB to inspect the rocket and capsule, saying Wednesday that inspections confirmed "minimal work is required to prepare" for the next launch attempt. The agency plans to roll the rocket back out to the Launch Complex 39B pad as soon as Nov. 4."
 
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Pretty amazing find after 37 years.

History Channel team finds large piece of space shuttle Challenger.

One the largest pieces of NASA's fallen space shuttle Challenger has been discovered on the ocean floor by a TV documentary team searching for a downed World War II aircraft.

The artifact, which today remains where it was found by the crew filming The History Channel's new series "The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters," was positively identified by NASA based upon the item's modern construction and presence of 8-inch square thermal protection (heat shield) tiles. The segment of Challenger was found in waters off Florida's Space Coast, well northwest of the area popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle.

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(CREDIT - History Channel)
 
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Damn. Very sobering.
 
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Well, it FINALLY happened...and I slept through it lol.
But Artemis 1 FINALLY blasted off from KSC.

https://www.nasa.gov/content/live-coverage-of-nasas-artemis-i-mission-to-the-moon

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NASA's Orion crew capsule snapped its first image of Earth as it ventures to the moon. This is the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 that a human-rated craft has captured a view of our planet.

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IMAGE - NASA
 
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NASA's Orion crew capsule snapped its first image of Earth as it ventures to the moon. This is the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 that a human-rated craft has captured a view of our planet.

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IMAGE - NASA
Wait a minute, I don’t want to kick up a big conspiracy thing but the earth looks kinda flat in that picture.
 
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It appears that 3 time space flight veteran Dragon 6 Commander Stephen Bowen (STS-126, 132, 133) knew he was suppose to wear a watch on the outside of his suit.😀 The 3 other first time fliers not so much.

Pretty confident he is wearing an X-33 that he rotates to the underside of his wrist shortly before launch.

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CREDIT - NASA
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