🚧 Primary Date → Closure Scheduled for Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Weather conditions at the South Texas Launch Site on Friday are suboptimal (thunderstorms) and don't really improve until Sunday. Then Monday and Tuesday are pretty breezy.
I'm going on vacation Wednesday, so this pretty much guarantees that is when SN15 will fly.
Source: @SciGuySpace
I'm going on vacation Wednesday, so this pretty much guarantees that is when SN15 will fly.
Source: @SciGuySpace
[Render] Starship at apogee - Ultimate Edition.
Fixed the flaps and the frosty bits.
Source: @Neopork85
Fixed the flaps and the frosty bits.
Source: @Neopork85
It is busy up here: there are 11 of us on the International @Space_Station, and also two Crew Dragons! #MissionAlpha https://flic.kr/s/aHsmVpeFiY
Source: @Thom_astro
Source: @Thom_astro
NASA says the Crew-1 landing remains on schedule for Saturday, with a splashdown set for 11:36am ET. There will be another weather briefing this evening, as winds and sea states remain the primary constraints for undocking and atmospheric reentry.
Source: @SciGuySpace
Source: @SciGuySpace
Crew dinner!! 🍽 How many astronauts can you fit around (or above) a table? 📷 @Astro_Soichi
Source: @Thom_astro
Source: @Thom_astro
Bill Nelson is the 14th NASA administrator. He will take over for acting administrator Steve Jurczyk, who by all accounts has been a steady hand since Jim Bridenstine resigned on Jan. 20.
Source: @SciGuySpace, @SenateCloakroom
Source: @SciGuySpace, @SenateCloakroom
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Confirmed by unanimous consent: Executive Calendar #113 Bill Nelson to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. @NASA
As of this afternoon the residents of Boca Chica Village have not received an Alert notice for Friday, April 30. #WenHop 🔥🚀🔥
Source: @BocaChicaGal
Source: @BocaChicaGal
A new Starship TFR has been issued (1/8002):
Issued → 04/29/2021 2138
Start Date → 05/02/2021 1200
End Date → 05/03/2021 0100
Altitude → UNL
https://starbasestatus.com/tfrs/1_8002
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Issued → 04/29/2021 2138
Start Date → 05/02/2021 1200
End Date → 05/03/2021 0100
Altitude → UNL
https://starbasestatus.com/tfrs/1_8002
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Possible Flight TFR
1/8002
Issued: 29th of April 21:38
Date: 2nd of May 12:00 to 3rd of May 01:00
Altitude: SFC-UNL
Date: 2nd of May 12:00 to 3rd of May 01:00
Altitude: SFC-UNL
The Flight Termination System (FTS) has still not been installed on Starship SN15. The odds of a launch attempt tomorrow are deteriorating, but perhaps they plan to do it last minute.
Source: @nextspaceflight
Source: @nextspaceflight
A new advisory has been detected which mentions SpaceX-related key words. Detected at: [Fri Apr 30 01:28:01 UTC 2021] #spacex #starship https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/advADB.jsp
Source: @StarbaseTracker
Source: @StarbaseTracker
Looks like a cherry picker is at the right height for FTS placement! we’ll have to see tomorrow to see if it is!
Source: @GatewayToMars
Source: @GatewayToMars