Yeah, that's the part that's probably got me too.
Space stuff (NASA, UKSA, CSA, ESA, etc)
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I’ll be up. I’d better be. That’s the time I start closing the night out at work.
Ok, so I'm encourageable.
Great looking launch. The sky was clear and it was easy to see separation and re-orientation of the boosters as well as the mid-flight booster burn. I was too far away to see the landings, though. The rumble hit a minute after launch and lasted for minutes. Got rumbling and sonic booms from the landing.
Got an okay picture of the pre-separation burn:
I still need to find a way to properly capture the beauty of the post separation phase. I think next time I'm not doing a time exposure, I'll have to drag out the tripod anyway and try an even longer exposure:
From the live-stream, it sounded like they got proper landings from both boosters and did not have a successful landing from the core.
Great looking launch. The sky was clear and it was easy to see separation and re-orientation of the boosters as well as the mid-flight booster burn. I was too far away to see the landings, though. The rumble hit a minute after launch and lasted for minutes. Got rumbling and sonic booms from the landing.
Got an okay picture of the pre-separation burn:
I still need to find a way to properly capture the beauty of the post separation phase. I think next time I'm not doing a time exposure, I'll have to drag out the tripod anyway and try an even longer exposure:
From the live-stream, it sounded like they got proper landings from both boosters and did not have a successful landing from the core.
Also,
NASA’s next billion-dollar mission, called Dragonfly, will be an innovative quadcopter to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, the agency announced today. The craft will soar and hover over the icy moon’s surface—and land on it—in a search for the conditions and chemistry that could foster life. (Science)
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NASA’s restored Apollo Mission Control is a slice of ’60s life, frozen in amber
(Tried to paste an image, but it’s 5K and I’m on mobile)
$5Million, a bunch of LEDs, paint, and lots of set dressing to make MOCR 2 look the way it did 50 years ago.
—Patrick
(Tried to paste an image, but it’s 5K and I’m on mobile)
$5Million, a bunch of LEDs, paint, and lots of set dressing to make MOCR 2 look the way it did 50 years ago.
—Patrick
figmentPez
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Smarter Every Day looks at how NASA is still processing moon rock samples:
Having to log each fragment as it broke off of the parent sample broke me.
Middle-of-the-night thought: will there be a similar facility on the moon itself when/if the 2024 plans actually happen? #WeAreGoing
Apollo 11, replayed in real time:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
CBS is livestreaming their coverage as well:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
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CBS is livestreaming their coverage as well:
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Air and Space lists Twenty People Who Made Apollo Happen
It has a really great picture of Margaret Hamilton that isn't the one that normally gets used:
It has a really great picture of Margaret Hamilton that isn't the one that normally gets used:
Chris Kraft, NASA's original Flight Director, has passed at age 95. 
Yes, I was. I was able to get to the beach just south of Port Canaveral -- I'm actually still on my way home. I should have a picture or two this afternoon.
Rather different space news - possible first crime committed in space.
Ever wonder what it would be like to do a photo shoot of rocket launches from Ancient Greece Middle-Earth New Zealand? Now you can find out:
Behind the scenes at Earth's most beautiful rocket launch site
--Patrick
Behind the scenes at Earth's most beautiful rocket launch site
--Patrick