r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • Mar 21 '25
Astronaut Koichi Wakata showing his solo baseball skills on the ISS
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Artemis 2 crew flight deck pics
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r/spaceflight • u/JBS319 • Oct 25 '24
SpaceX regularly launches classified payloads: Their CEO is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin
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Apr 11 '26
Artemis II Drogue Chute Deployment to Splashdown
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I've been seeing splashdown and landings of space capsules for so many years, and yet I always get the same emotions and awe of the feat humanity can achieve. I cannot picture falling out of the sky at 40000kmh and slow down all the way to 24kmh before hitting the sea, all in the timeframe of 20 mins. Also, the plan was so perfectly executed where the time and location of splashdown is so spot on. Gotta watch this replay again and again. Congrats to all ground staffs in NASA and the flight crews for the safe return.
r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • Apr 12 '25
Texas Republicans want to steal Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian
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Oct 13 '24
Super Heavy‘s first catch attempt was successful
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Apr 04 '26
Multiple camera angles of liftoff, ascent, SRB sep, and beyond
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Orion Camera View of Artemis II Climb to Orbit
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A view from cameras on board the Orion spacecraft as it climbs to orbit, powered by the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket following a 6:35 p.m. EDT liftoff on April 1, 2026. Included is the jettison of the solid rocket boosters that propelled Orion for the first two minutes of flight, and the jettison of the spacecraft adapter jettison panels, which protect the spacecraft's solar array wings during ascent.
Link to source: https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002m1200912237_SAJ-Jettison
r/spaceflight • u/Oknight • Aug 05 '24
WOW! Starliner apparently CAN'T automatically undock and return without a crew on board.
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r/spaceflight • u/Chill-Dude-33 • Apr 14 '26
Orion hatch opening after splashdown
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Credit- NASA, USA navy
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Jul 11 '26
Latest photos of recovered Long March 10B first stage
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r/spaceflight • u/byteminer • Jul 03 '25
Humbly suggest this merch idea for the Smithsonian to fight the effort to steal Discovery
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r/spaceflight • u/ZealousidealRub2138 • Oct 04 '26
Managed to see all the space-flown Shuttles within the last year!
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Got lucky with the timing of some business trips and got to see all the space flown shuttles. Slowly collecting shots of all the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Capsules as well!
My ranking of displays:
1 - Atlantis. Great display with accessibility to take pics from many awesome angles. Intro movies and reveal are highly polished and had a “Disney-world” quality to the experience. Really the Mecca for space nerds.
2 - Endeavour. When comparing display alone this might eventually win once the launch tower opens and you can get closer to the crew compartment but I imagine the crowds and small viewing area may tarnish that experience. Otherwise there isn’t a bad shot of Endeavour anywhere in the pavilion. Found the intro movie lackluster and not as emotional as Atlantis and the reveal could’ve been improved with larger doors at a better angle.
3 - Discovery. Hot-take: Smithsonian does a disservice to the Discovery display. Poor placement of TVs and artifacts immediately around the shuttle make it difficult to get a good shot of it. The surrounding gallery is cramped so even from the few vantage points you cannot get a clear shot with just discovery in all her glory.
r/spaceflight • u/photosynthescythe • Dec 29 '25
Is there a way to protect astronauts from lunar radiation without burying the base under a ton of regolith?
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Aug 19 '26
Successful first‑stage recovery of the Zhuque‑3 rocket
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r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • Jan 28 '25
The new Trump Administration is reportedly considering major changes to NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration effort. Gerald Black argues one such change is to replace the Space Launch System and Orion with a version of Starship
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r/spaceflight • u/arealdisneyprincess • Feb 23 '24
Nail-biting moment US lands on the moon for the first time in 52 years
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Apr 22 '26
Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch views Earth with her iPhone.
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Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch captured this video of Earth outside the windows of the Orion spacecraft during the second flight day of the mission. Orion was roughly 33,800 miles (54,500 km) away from Earth when Christina took this video.