Stephen Clark
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Space Reporter @arstechnica, ex @SpaceflightNow | Reachable at [email protected]
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Joined January 2009
Landspace has published a video from the Zhuque-3 reentry and descent, including some onboard camera footage. Great to see.
This is a spectacular view of the fiery, failed Zhuque-3 first stage landing attempt over the desert. https://t.co/amZBLFWupG
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It's been a long wait, but Isaacman now heads toward confirmation in a much stronger place, politically. https://t.co/2JkgklyLeQ
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“We are in a great competition with a rival that has the will and means to challenge American exceptionalism.”…
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This is the way.
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“China’s first rocket recovery attempt achieved its expected technical objectives.”…
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It came in hot, but a near-bullseye. This result augurs well for Zhuque-3's reusable future.
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“Couples who live together for years, telling themselves that they’re as good as married, rarely seem to believe it… ‘My girlfriend’ neither carries the ring nor commands the respect of ‘my wife.’ Impermanence alienates and unnerves us.” @AbigailShrier
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Zhuque-3 missed its landing - an expected result for the first recovery attempt - but made it to orbit on its debut flight. This makes Zhuque-3, by far, China's largest successful "commercial" rocket, a notable feat in its own right. Video source: https://t.co/O6IeF7TXoa
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Zhuque-3 is airborne, expected booster landing attempt at T+8:30.
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There’s a race in China among several companies vying to become the next to launch and land an orbital-class rocket, and the starting gun could go off as soon as tonight.
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From the outside, China’s Zhuque-3 rocket looks like a clone of SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
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A big decision is looming, and NASA doesn't want to put all of its eggs into one basket. https://t.co/jfbxf23QZC
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“This would be a cheap insurance policy.”…
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For the first time ever, all spacecraft ports at the space station are full with 8 docked vehicles as 10 crewmembers conduct cutting-edge science in orbit. The station will shift to a seven-person crew next week as a Soyuz trio returns to Earth.
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For the first time in International Space Station history, all eight docking ports aboard the orbital outpost are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecr...
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One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge (if it ever had one). https://t.co/Wy7zJU7gxG
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One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge.
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Spoke with @dylan about the commercial space station business, and what NASA can do to make it successful. https://t.co/VvUa3SrKRT
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Voyager Technologies Chairman Dylan Taylor checks in with Ars from the space station frontier.
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Lots of implications for the Soyuz incident at Site 31 in in Kazakhstan, where one source told me the damage is "significant." https://t.co/hrHbKW36q1
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“We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership.”…
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Multiple sources report a collapse of the service access platform at Site 31 in Baikonur — the only facility that can support Russian crew launches and ISS operations. More details on the failed structure: https://t.co/iHkoRmX5Ix
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The Space Force confirms it won't launch any payloads on Vulcan until next year. https://t.co/9IceiT0MIq
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The company is closer to increasing its Vulcan launch cadence, but it won’t happen this year.
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Soyuz 5 is to Soyuz as Atlas V is to Atlas.
The Soyuz 5 rocket is finally here. Does it even matter any more? https://t.co/zrUHNUXXfk
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I always love seeing these rideshare stacks - like a bounty of shiny gifts under the Christmas tree.
Falcon 9 is vertical at pad 4E in California ahead of today’s launch of the Transporter-15 rideshare mission. The 57-minute launch window opens at 10:19 a.m. PT → https://t.co/bvmAjXtV1E
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It's interesting that China openly refers to this as an emergency mission, a word that NASA avoided using during the Starliner saga last year.
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This is a “successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry.”…
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Taxpayers are spending millions to measure the boom of methalox.
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“We’re going to continue to treat any LOX-methane vehicle with 100 percent TNT blast equivalency.”…
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Recently had a good conversation with Rocket Lab chief Pete Beck. It amazes me that nearly a decade after Electron's debut, there is still no viable competitor in its class. https://t.co/i2D7vDxf0E
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“In the end of the day, NASA has to capture the public’s imagination.”…
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