Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
#SpaceX will attempt another launch of #Starship tomorrow morning from Boca Chica, Texas.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/world/starship-spacex-launch-scn/index.html
Here's the SpaceflightNow.com YouTube video feed for today's #SpaceX SES launch targeting 4:08 PM EST.
It's cloudy outside, so we probably won't see much from the ground.
We have a #SpaceX launch coming up this afternoon, targeting 4:08 PM EST. The payloads are two satellites for SES of Luxembourg.
By flying reusable rockets, SpaceX has brought down the cost of placing payloads in orbit, bringing back the commercial launch business from overseas.
It's been overcast all day, so I don't think we'll see much. I'll post a video link before launch.
#Space #SpaceCoast #KSC
"The Kennedy site did report injury data for 2016, the first year it was required to do so – but hasn’t reported since ... The facility employed only 50 people at the time; it had just taken over a launch pad from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Sixteen of those workers were injured, #SpaceX reported. By 2021, employment at Kennedy had grown to more than 1,100 workers, #NASA said."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/
#Space #Reuters documents at least 600 unreported workplace injuries at #SpaceX since 2014.
"The cases also included five burns, five electrocutions, eight accidents that led to amputations, 12 injuries involving multiple unspecified body parts, and seven workers with eye injuries. Others were relatively minor, including more than 170 reports of strains or sprains."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/
Amateur smartphone video of the #SpaceX Falcon 9 landing at #CCSFS about seven miles east of my location. Be sure to wait about 30 seconds to hear the double sonic booms! (3/3)
https://www.facebook.com/wordsmithfl/videos/300114152982199/
I caught part of the #SpaceX first stage landing burn overhead as it was returning to land at #CCSFS. (2/3)
https://www.facebook.com/wordsmithfl/videos/1058287168497212/
My amateur smartphone video of the #SpaceX cargo Dragon launch from #KSC. It gets really cool at the 2:30 mark when the upper stage exhaust starts flaring out while the first stage returns to land at #CCSFS. (1/3)
https://www.facebook.com/wordsmithfl/videos/1091409141878893
Here's another excellent feed from SpaceflightNow.com of the #SpaceX Dragon launch at 8:28 PM EST.
We have a #SpaceX cargo Dragon launch to the #ISS scheduled for tonight from #KSC Pad 39A at 8:28 PM EST. We also get a rare land landing for the F9 at the Cape!
I'll try to check in later with a YouTube link where you can watch the festivities. Land landings are spectacular; we get a big double sonic boom.
56 years ago today, the first Saturn V rocket launched on an uncrewed test flight.
The launch is perhaps best remembered for #CBSNews anchor Walter Cronkite's description of his press building shaking, holding the window in, the ceiling about to collapse, etc.
Saturn V was the most powerful U.S. rocket ever built until the #SpaceX #Starship launched earlier this year.
Just found this video on the #Obama presidential library web site showing Elon Musk giving the president a tour of #SpaceX Launch Complex 40 on April 15, 2010.
I've seen plenty still photos, but this video was released in response to a FOIA request.
For those who think Elon has turned fascist, 13 years ago he was Obama's best pal.
Amateur smartphone video of tonight's #SpaceX #Starlink launch as seen from north Merritt Island.
https://www.facebook.com/100000747763996/videos/1379091569709757/
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022