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Sep 11, 2024

World’s first aerospike aircraft to fly this month after crash setback

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The world’s first flight test for an aerospike rocket engine ended in disaster, but Polaris Aerospace is back on track, preparing to fly two new prototypes for its MIRA supersonic/hypersonic aerospike spaceplane platform within weeks.

Immediately after the MIRA I crashed upon takeoff, Polaris Spaceplanes stated it would be going forward with the MIRA II and III. True to word, Polaris has unveiled two new, yet-to-be-fully completed airframes in a recent LinkedIn post.

The MIRA II and III are identical 16.4 ft (5 m) airframes with 30% more wing area than their predecessor, the MIRA I. Polaris opted to create two identical airframes in order to speed up flight testing as well as have a “reserve” aircraft if need be. “In addition,” writes the team, “the design has been greatly improved compared to MIRA with incorporating all the lessons learnt so far.”

Sep 10, 2024

Biden’s FAA Punishes SpaceX, Delays Starship Rocket Launch By Months

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With Musk siding with Trump, we now have Biden clique punishing the only space program that counts for something in this world.


“We will never get humanity to Mars if this continues.”

Sep 10, 2024

SpaceX: The Biden-Harris administration is blocking the next flight of Starship which is critical for accomplishing the promised Moon landing and later Mars landing

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SpaceX has prepared a lengthy document where they detail their endless attempts to be allowed to fly again.


SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

Sep 10, 2024

SpaceX Polaris Dawn, piloted by New Hampshire man, officially in orbit after successful launch

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The historic Polaris Dawn mission, which is being piloted by a New Hampshire man, launched at 5:23 a.m. Tuesday after an initial launch for 3:38 a.m. was delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions.

The mission pilot is Scott Poteet, who is from Stratham. He is joined by shuttle commander Jared Isaacman and mission specialists and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon.

Sep 9, 2024

Watch live: SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts on first commercial spacewalk mission

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Live coverage from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as the Polaris Dawn crew launches on a mission to perform the world’s first commercial space walk. Liftoff from pad 39A, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC).

Aboard Dragon Resilience are mission commander, Jared Isaacman, retired U.S. Air Force pilot, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and two SpaceX Lead Space Operations Engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. In addition to performing the spacewalk the crew will fly further from Earth than anyone since the Apollo era.

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Sep 9, 2024

SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

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These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.

Sep 9, 2024

Elon Musk Says First Starship Mars Mission In Two Years; Make America Healthy Again To Ensure Space-Bearing Civilization

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So what if we wont have anymore healthy societies and economies to enable us on the jump for interplanetary transports?


He explained, “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years,” adding, “Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet.”

The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.

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Sep 8, 2024

MIT’s rocket horizon project reimagines spaceX starship HLS as sustainable lunar habitats

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Rocket horizon, led by a team from MIT, represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to create sustainable lunar habitats.

Sep 8, 2024

Canopy wins Air Force contracts to develop thermal protection systems

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI, space travel

One contract focuses on Canopy’s transpiration-cooled TBS. Under a second contract, Canopy will embed high-temperature sensors in the TPS material.

Denver-based Canopy was founded in 2021 to develop manufacturing processes that rely on software, automation and 3D-printing to supply heat shields for spacecraft and hypersonic vehicles.

Sep 8, 2024

China’s secretive reusable spaceplane lands after 267 days in orbit

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State media Xinhua issued a brief report on Sept. 5 (Eastern), confirming the spacecraft’s return to Earth. The report provided no images, nor information regarding the mission and its landing site.

The “success of the experiment demonstrates the growing maturity of China’s reusable spacecraft technologies, which will pave the way for more convenient and affordable round-trip methods for the peaceful use of space in the future,” the report read.

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