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The Orlando Sentinel, November 28, 1963.

#Space #NASA

Apollo 11 launched 55 years ago this morning from #KSC Pad 39A.

This is #CBSNews coverage that morning with Walter Cronkite, starting at T-5:06 in the countdown. To watch in real time, start the video at 9:27 AM EDT / 6:27 AM PDT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUvSg2zXXs

#Weather #Hurricane #Beryl

Looks like the #SpaceX #Starbase is pretty much out of the cone, although I'm sure they'll get storm surge.

#NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston looks like they're going to get wet.

#Space #NASA From #AP: An update on the Bill Anders plane crash. (Contrary to the claims by some, there's no evidence that age had anything to do with it.)

https://apnews.com/article/plane-crash-nasa-astronaut-killed-earthrise-cff8971705b90ceb0e0002870dc8c342

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Here's the recording of today's #NASA #ISS #Boeing #Starliner #CFT telecon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7r0Me8M5QA

#Space #ISS

Here's the link for the 2 PM EDT #NASA #Boeing #Starliner #CFT telecon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BGAPuzxZU

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#Boeing press release regarding #Starliner performance during last night's #NASA #ISS "safe haven" event.

https://starlinerupdates.com/starliner-works-exceptionally-well-as-safe-haven-in-real-life-scenario/

#Space #NASA will hold an audio telecon tomorrow at 2 PM EDT to update #Boeing #Starliner #CFT as well as "recent station operations."

Which I suspect means last night's "safe haven" evacuation after a Russian satellite spewed debris everywhere.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-boeing-to-provide-commercial-crew-space-station-update/

#Space #NASA #ISS From #Reuters:

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The six U.S. astronauts currently on the space station were alerted by NASA mission control in Houston around 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday (0100 GMT on Thursday) to execute "safe haven" procedures ...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams boarded their #Starliner spacecraft, the #Boeing -built capsule that has been docked since June 6 in its first crewed test mission on the station.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russian-satellite-blasts-debris-space-forces-iss-astronauts-shelter-2024-06-27/

#Space #NASA selected #SpaceX to develop and build an #ISS deorbit vehicle, circa 2030.

Comment ... There's no guarantee the ISS partnership will deorbit the station in 2030. They could always decide to extend. But the consensus is it's time to move on, with Project Artemis targeting the moon and private companies developing commercial habitats. Deorbiting ISS creates a market for the habitat companies.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/

#Space #SpaceCoast

For those of you with Facebook access, my amateur smartphone video of this afternoon's #SpaceX #FalconHeavy launch of the #NASA #NOAA weather satellite. Be sure to wait for the double sonic booms at the end.

https://www.facebook.com/100000747763996/videos/866972745243312/

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#SpaceX is now targeting 5:26 PM EDT / 2:26 PM PDT for the #FalconHeavy launch and landing from #KSC Pad 39A. The payload is a #NASA #NOAA hurricane satellite. Watch live now on the NASA TV YouTube channel. Must see TV!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

#Space #NASA From #ArsTechnica:

The week that an EVA suit failed at the #ISS, one of the two companies working on a new suit has decided to drop out.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasas-commercial-spacesuit-program-just-hit-a-major-snag/

#Space #SpaceCoast

#SpaceX is targeting 5:16 PM EDT for the #FalconHeavy launch of the #NASA #NOAA GOES-U satellite from #KSC Pad 39A.

Because it's a NASA payload, the NASA YouTube channel will carry the launch, starting at 4:15 PM EDT. You'll want to watch; a Falcon Heavy launch and landing is must-see TV!

Right now, the weather forecast is only 30% favorable, but it's a two-hour launch window.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

#Space Breaking from #NASA: Ths morning's spacewalk was cancelled after Tracy Caldwell Dyson's EVA suit's service and cooling umbilical unit started leaking water.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/06/24/spacewalk-cancelled-due-to-spacesuit-cooling-unit-water-leak/

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#NASA has delayed yet again the return of the #Boeing #Starliner #CFT spacecraft and crew until at least after a July 2 spacewalk.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/2024/06/21/nasa-boeing-adjust-timeline-for-starliner-return/

#Space #NASA confirms the passing of #JPL #Voyager project scientist Ed Stone.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ed-stone-former-director-of-jpl-and-voyager-project-scientist-dies

#Space #NASA Unconfirmed reports that long-time #Voyager mission project scientist Ed Stone has passed away. He led Voyager for 50 years, starting in 1972, before the Voyager probes launched. At one time, he was #JPL director.

Awaiting confirmation.

#Space #NASA #CoSoLawyers

The University of Mississippi has the Center for Air and Space Law. I always tell young aspiring lawyers that space law is The Next Big Thing. They publish a quarterly Journal of Space Law. You can find the issues for free at this link, if you want to scan through the articles (if law is your thing.)

https://airandspacelaw.olemiss.edu/the-journals/journal-of-space-law/journal-of-space-law-back-issues/

#Space #SpaceX #Boeing #NASA

"... SpaceX, dominant though it may be today, would benefit from some real competition. But space is hard, as veterans of the field like to say, and the legacy aerospace companies, like Boeing, that dominated the Apollo, space shuttle, and ISS era of spaceflight will need deep cultural shifts to compete in the new era of entrepreneurial discovery."

https://www.city-journal.org/article/can-boeing-catch-up-with-spacex