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Space Reporter @arstechnica, ex @SpaceflightNow | Reachable at [email protected]

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Andrew Jones
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Landspace has published a video from the Zhuque-3 reentry and descent, including some onboard camera footage. Great to see.
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Andrew Jones
3 days
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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Eric Berger
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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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Stephen Clark
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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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Abort73
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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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Stephen Clark
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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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Stephen Clark
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Zhuque-3 is airborne, expected booster landing attempt at T+8:30.
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Stephen Clark
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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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Eric Berger
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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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@Space_Station
International Space Station
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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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Stephen Clark
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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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Eric Berger
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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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Stephen Clark
7 days
ICBM must have caught the Proton bug.
@Osinttechnical
OSINTtechnical
7 days
Footage of a Russian ICBM test going (literally) upside down at the Yasny missile range today.
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Eric Berger
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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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Anatoly Zak
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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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Stephen Clark
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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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Stephen Clark
9 days
Soyuz 5 is to Soyuz as Atlas V is to Atlas.
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Eric Berger
9 days
The Soyuz 5 rocket is finally here. Does it even matter any more? https://t.co/zrUHNUXXfk
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Stephen Clark
9 days
I always love seeing these rideshare stacks - like a bounty of shiny gifts under the Christmas tree.
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SpaceX
9 days
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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Stephen Clark
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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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Stephen Clark
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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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Eric Berger
11 days
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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