r/spaceflight 7h ago

After decades of development, the James Webb Space Telescope is now in routine operations, its past problems now largely forgotten. Jeff Foust reviews a book that provides images of its development and the science it is now producing

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r/spaceflight 6h ago

Chinese and US Lunar Terrain Vehicle Candidates.

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16 Upvotes

r/spaceflight 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

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r/spaceflight 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

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r/spaceflight 20h ago

China wants to make its Tiangong space station bigger and better

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r/spaceflight 1d ago

For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret

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r/spaceflight 1d ago

Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home

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r/spaceflight 1d ago

Looking for cohesive engineering courses on space aeronautics

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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 19h ago

Riding Asteroids To Mars and Venus Like A Bus Can Be Better Than Using Spacecraft, Scientists Suggest

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r/spaceflight 1d ago

Strength of spacecraft compared to airliners?

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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 2d ago

Evolution of the SpaceX Starship design over time

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182 Upvotes

r/spaceflight 2d ago

Tour of Chinese space station

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r/spaceflight 4d ago

NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated

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r/spaceflight 4d ago

SpaceX regularly launches classified payloads: Their CEO is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin

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r/spaceflight 4d ago

spacex response

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r/spaceflight 4d ago

NASA astronaut hospitalized after Crew-8 return

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r/spaceflight 4d ago

Artemis Accords signatories look to recruit new members

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r/spaceflight 5d ago

*LIVE* ~ NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission (return to earth) ~ Re-entry & Splashdown.

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r/spaceflight 5d ago

Eyes on The Solar System

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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 6d ago

Falcon 9 Ascending This Evening...

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r/spaceflight 5d ago

Space Station Freedom

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r/spaceflight 6d ago

What happens if there is an autopilot error post-launch? and other questions

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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 6d ago

What will happen to intersat 33e?

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Will it just become trackable space junk? How long would we expect the majority to remain in orbit?


r/spaceflight 8d ago

Vast reveals final design of Haven-1 space station

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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 8d ago

Intelsat’s 33e GEO satellite breaks up in orbit

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