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Launch date is confirmed for the morning of Christmas Eve, assuming no issues come up during the 30 minute launch window.
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SpaceX launch in a few minutes for anyone that is around and looking for something to do.
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The final SpaceX launch of the year was this morning. Despite a 30% go for weather, they made it happen. 94% of the launches this year were on used boosters.
And they successfully landed a booster for the 100th time, on the 6th anniversary of their first landing.
And they successfully landed a booster for the 100th time, on the 6th anniversary of their first landing.
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Booster 4 cryo test in progress.
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From today's edition of Spaceweather.com:
THE SENSATIONAL TAIL OF COMET LEONARD: Telescopes around the world are swiveling to catch Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), which experienced an explosive outburst on Dec. 20th. Last night, Gerald Rhemann photographed knots and swirls of debris flowing down the comet's sensational tail:
"I took the picture using a remote-controlled telescope in Farm Hakos, Namibia," says Rhemann.
"A small telescope reveals a very complex and dynamic tail," adds Daniele Gasparri, who photographed the comet from the Atacama desert in Chile. "It is a rare beauty of the sky."
"Long exposure times are useless, the comet's tail is moving so rapidly," says astrophotographer Michael Jaeger. "The shapes are sensational."
More disturbances may be in the offing. The comet is heading for its closest approach to the sun (0.61 AU) on Jan. 3rd. Increasing heat could liberate new jets of gas and dust from the comet's core or even blow away huge chunks of ice and rock. Astronomers in the southern hemisphere will have the best view as Comet Leonard climbs higher in the austral summer sky (coordinates). Got a picture? Submit it here.
THE SENSATIONAL TAIL OF COMET LEONARD: Telescopes around the world are swiveling to catch Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1), which experienced an explosive outburst on Dec. 20th. Last night, Gerald Rhemann photographed knots and swirls of debris flowing down the comet's sensational tail:
"I took the picture using a remote-controlled telescope in Farm Hakos, Namibia," says Rhemann.
"A small telescope reveals a very complex and dynamic tail," adds Daniele Gasparri, who photographed the comet from the Atacama desert in Chile. "It is a rare beauty of the sky."
"Long exposure times are useless, the comet's tail is moving so rapidly," says astrophotographer Michael Jaeger. "The shapes are sensational."
More disturbances may be in the offing. The comet is heading for its closest approach to the sun (0.61 AU) on Jan. 3rd. Increasing heat could liberate new jets of gas and dust from the comet's core or even blow away huge chunks of ice and rock. Astronomers in the southern hemisphere will have the best view as Comet Leonard climbs higher in the austral summer sky (coordinates). Got a picture? Submit it here.
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It will have little to no impact on my actual life if anything would happen but still, I'm starting to feel moderately anxious for the launch of the Webb telescope. I've been looking forward since they made the plans. Finger crossed and salt of the shoulder for good luck.
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I think it'll be fine. The success rate with space missions/launches is generally pretty good. I get that it's very diffuse, but I'm amazed that not a single probe has crashed into something we didn't know was there when passing through the asteroid belt, or that any have been lost doing planetary flybys and again hit something we didn't see. These things are going so fast that the tiniest little pebble could cause catastrophic damage.
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They'll have at least another day to prepare, it seems. Mother Nature is being a pain in the tail and the launch was pushed back to Christmas day.
On the plus side, it means if they decide to stream the launch I know I'll be home to see it
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There’s a lot of nervous people today, and well there will be for the next 6 months or so until the James Webb Fully deploys. No matter how good launches are these days there’s still ton that can go wrong. Even once it gets where it’s going, if just one thing doesn’t go right when it’s getting setup, that’s 10 billion dollars down the drain, and years of hard work wasted, also would be a huge disappointment/black mark for NASA.
I was reading this article yesterday, about how it will be positioned, and it’s quite interesting. I didn’t realize that this thing will be so far from earth, one million miles. This will also mean, that unlike the Hubble, there will be no astronauts doing any kind of work on this thing, if it can’t fix itself it’s down and out.
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I was reading this article yesterday, about how it will be positioned, and it’s quite interesting. I didn’t realize that this thing will be so far from earth, one million miles. This will also mean, that unlike the Hubble, there will be no astronauts doing any kind of work on this thing, if it can’t fix itself it’s down and out.
Why NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will orbit nearly 1 million miles from Earth
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Starship 20 had a nice static fire test this morning.
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Looks like they are going for another static fire in 20-30 minutes as I type this.
Edit: Abort. Recycling for another attempt?
Edit: Abort. Recycling for another attempt?
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Shine on, you crazy space diamond. 💎
And also some very good news: The initial flight performance was so good that it had to use less fuel than expected on its course refinements, which may have extended its operating lifetime by quite a bit! It's even deploying itself a bit ahead of schedule because of that too.
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Booster 1069 came back to port a little banged up. The landing was normal, but rough seas knocked her about and damaged the legs and engine bells.
Also, Superheavy Booster 4 was lifted off of the launch stand this morning.
Also, Superheavy Booster 4 was lifted off of the launch stand this morning.
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The chopsticks are doing some exercises tonight. Up, down, open.
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The unpacking is still going well:
And our old friend is still getting those choice shots:
And our old friend is still getting those choice shots:
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Aaaaand it's done! All the unfolding went off problem free, now the task is to start focusing the lenses and wait for it to cool down enough so that it's own heat signature doesn't interfere with the photography. All goes well, the first pictures will be coming in sometime around late June/early July, so something to look forward to this year!
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The remains of Booster 3 were finally removed from pad A today.
