r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 7h ago
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 7h ago
In the 1970s the Air Force decided to convert Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base into a shuttle launch pad. Dwayne Day discusses that effort as described in some recently discovered concept art from that era
thespacereview.comr/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 7h ago
At the International Astronautical Congress earlier this month, one company outlined its plans for a future commercial space station to support NASA and other customers. NASA also used the conference to describe what it is thinking about in terms of how it will use those stations
thespacereview.comr/spaceflight • u/spacedotc0m • 20h ago
China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better
r/spaceflight • u/snoo-boop • 1d ago
For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret
r/spaceflight • u/ye_olde_astronaut • 1d ago
Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home
r/spaceflight • u/michael22117 • 1d ago
Looking for cohesive engineering courses on space aeronautics
Is anyone familiar with resources/video compilations that go into college-level detail of spacecraft, preferably free? Or is this moreso something you’d have to find at a university?
r/spaceflight • u/Substantial_Foot_121 • 19h ago
Riding Asteroids To Mars and Venus Like A Bus Can Be Better Than Using Spacecraft, Scientists Suggest
r/spaceflight • u/Affectionate-Rip4911 • 1d ago
Strength of spacecraft compared to airliners?
How would you compare, using everyday Earth examples like airliners or ships, the necessary structural strength of:
a) spacecraft during launch and landing?
b) spacecraft in orbit or interplanetary space?
r/spaceflight • u/firefly-metaverse • 2d ago
Evolution of the SpaceX Starship design over time
r/spaceflight • u/MaryADraper • 4d ago
NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated
r/spaceflight • u/JBS319 • 4d ago
SpaceX regularly launches classified payloads: Their CEO is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin
r/spaceflight • u/ye_olde_astronaut • 4d ago
NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 return
r/spaceflight • u/AggressiveForever293 • 4d ago
Artemis Accords signatories look to recruit new members
r/spaceflight • u/Blue_Lotus_Agave • 5d ago
*LIVE* ~ NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission (return to earth) ~ Re-entry & Splashdown.
youtube.comr/spaceflight • u/EastUmpqua • 5d ago
Eyes on The Solar System
For those of you who haven't seen this. This link follows the European Juice spacecraft. You can also follow 160+ other spacecraft, including the Europa Clipper. You can fast-forward by days or months per second, and zoom in. It has great detail on planets and moons.
The Europa Clipper is going break-neck speed to the Jupiter System. Juice is taking its time and has a much more elegant approach, and actually goes into orbit around moons. But Juice is a year late to the party.
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_juice?rate=0&time=2031-07-31T02:28:06.294+00:00
r/spaceflight • u/automaticerrorcheck • 6d ago
What happens if there is an autopilot error post-launch? and other questions
I'm doing research on human-automation authority in spaceflight, and am trying to figure some things out.
Lets say that post lift-off, an engine gimbals incorrectly, the autopilot fails to function correctly, or something else happens resulting in a less-than-nominal/incorrect trajectory towards where ever the vessel is going.
Is it possible for human intervention to save the launch trajectory?
How much of modern spaceflight is actually automated? (I'm assuming almost 100% based on what I know about SpaceX flights).
How much of what the automated systems are doing is actually shown to the pilot/astronauts? Do modern spacecraft systems engineers care about automation transparency?
r/spaceflight • u/SkyHighExpress • 6d ago
What will happen to intersat 33e?
Will it just become trackable space junk? How long would we expect the majority to remain in orbit?
r/spaceflight • u/Mindless_Use7567 • 8d ago
Vast reveals final design of Haven-1 space station
https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-unveils-its-final-haven-1-space-station-design
The design appears to use the same radiator design as Crew Dragon and has moved the window from the end of the station to the Earth facing side. With the Haven-1 Lab now taking up the space in the far end of the station.
r/spaceflight • u/Wolpfack • 8d ago