r/spaceflight

  1. 68points

    Dream Chaser blueprint by me (i.redd.it)

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  2. 3points

    New SLS-Rocket? (i.redd.it)

    4 comments · source

  3. 2points

    Is the Chinese moon rocket getting quietly upgraded ? (self.spaceflight)

    1 comments

  4. 36points

    The Ares I-X launched on this date in 2009 (en.wikipedia.org)

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  5. 2points

    Anyone NASA Accredited can Fill me in For the Max Power Event? (self.spaceflight)

    0 comments

  6. 15points

    New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto - Could it be Planet X (youtube.com)

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  7. 13points

    Vulcan Leo 1 Launch: ULA's Critical Comeback NET November 13 (talkoftitusville.com)

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  8. 5points

    NASA continues to emphasize an ongoing race to the Moon between the US and China. Jeff Foust reports that, despite this rhetoric, both countries have delayed lunar lander missions that are precursors for crewed missions (thespacereview.com)

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  9. 3points

    Scientists speed up tests to protect satellite chips from radiation (interestingengineering.com)

    1 comments · source

  10. 8points

    The disclosure last month that the US has fielded space control weapons has ignited new debates about what space warfare would look like. Four experts explain that strategies should focus not on a preemptive strike but instead staying in a war of attrition (thespacereview.com)

    2 comments · source

  11. 13points

    NASA-sponsored National Academies committee recommends 4 non-polar locations for humans to begin investigating the moon (self.spaceflight)

    2 comments

  12. 11points

    Made on earth (self.spaceflight)

    5 comments

  13. 146points

    If you could witness any single event in space exploration history in person, which one would you pick? (i.redd.it)

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  14. 3points

    SpaceVision, Nation's Premier Young Professional Space Conference at Space Center Houston Next Week Discusses Human Spaceflight Past, Present, and Future (self.spaceflight)

    0 comments

  15. 17points

    ZBLAN Fiber Optics In Orbit Face Lingering Impurities (spectrum.ieee.org)

    2 comments · source

  16. 2points

    SpaceVision, Nation's Premier Young Professional Space Conference being Hosted at Space Center Houston Next Week (self.spaceflight)

    0 comments

  17. 232points

    Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart turns 91 today; performed the first in-space test of the portable life support system used by the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon (en.wikipedia.org)

    8 comments · source

  18. 11points

    First Pictures: The View of Earth from Space – October 24, 1946 - 80 Years Ago (drewexmachina.com)

    1 comments · source

  19. 7points

    There is renewed interest in mining asteroids or the Moon for resources ranging from water ice to precious metals. Alex Wood-Osterwald offers nine reasons why resource extraction is becoming more feasible (thespacereview.com)

    4 comments · source

  20. 74points

    The first photo of Earth from outer space was taken 80 years ago today, by strapping a camera to a US captured German V-2 Rocket and hoping the film would survive the crash (en.wikipedia.org)

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  21. 21points

    NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Enters Final Commissioning Phase - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)

    2 comments · source

  22. 46points

    ‘The most complicated launch campaign ever’: NASA lays out mad dash to test lunar landers (cnn.com)

    2 comments · source

  23. 14points

    More than 30 years ago, a shuttle orbiter had a fleeting encounter with a relic of the original Moon race. Robert Kelso describes the experience as witnessed from Mission Control (thespacereview.com)

    0 comments · source

  24. 0points

    I can't believe he said that.. (old.reddit.com)

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  25. 13points

    STS-120 Discovery launched on an ISS assembly mission on this date in 2007. Fun facts: STS-120 became the first time two female mission commanders were in space at the same time; the lightsaber used by Mark Hamill in Return of the Jedi was flown to the station and returned to Earth (en.wikipedia.org)

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