Are you kidding?
They won the astronaut lottery : every single one of them dreams of having their mission extended, and getting to prolong the experience - nobody imagined they'd get that big a win.
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SpaceX and other space stuff
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Are you kidding?
They won the astronaut lottery : every single one of them dreams of having their mission extended, and getting to prolong the experience - nobody imagined they'd get that big a win.
Well, this may be truer than what was first thought. There were more problems on the way down.
Starliner Suffers New Problems While Coming Back to Earth
Late Friday night, NASA's plagued Starliner spacecraft finally made it back to the ground. A new thruster failed.
futurism.com
Wow! Snooze and miss it! Polaris Dawn launched early this morning! 
arstechnica.com
Polaris Dawn takes to the skies, setting the stage for a daring private spacewalk
Weather had confounded the launch attempt for nearly two weeks.
arstechnica.com
Wow! Snooze and miss it! Polaris Dawn launched early this morning!
Polaris Dawn takes to the skies, setting the stage for a daring private spacewalk
Weather had confounded the launch attempt for nearly two weeks.
I missed it too. Evidently it was very visible here in northern Virginia and up most of the east coast. I saw some local folks pics and they were pretty impressive.
Saw it here in the Lower Hudson Valley on my way to work. Was driving and listening to the launch on the radio. About 2-3 minutes after I saw it streak by. When I realized what I was looking at I grabbed my phone and got a VERY bad photo. Beautiful in real time.
The Polaris Dawn mission will begin the historic spacewalk at 2:23 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 12 (11:23 p.m. PT on Wednesday night).
SpaceX will live-stream the spacewalk via its social media channel, and you can watch it here.
SpaceX will live-stream the spacewalk via its social media channel, and you can watch it here.
Boeing must not have had anything to do with these.
futurism.com
NASA Activates Ancient Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Most Distant Human Object in Existence
NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat, switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe to a different set of thrusters.
futurism.com
I was just gonna post two items, yours was one of 'em LOL. Fine...here's the other one.
Another wonder of space, with video. (Vid, or it didn't happen
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Space Taxi set to launch in about an hour! NASA 'tube feed is live:
arstechnica.com
SpaceX set to launch mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth
SpaceX is bringing back propulsive landings with its Dragon capsule, but only in emergencies.
Draconids should peak tonight late evening. I am planning to get out about 10 and sit in the park with a beer.
Dragon meteors, actually.
Draconids - Wikipedia
Draco (constellation) - Wikipedia
Dragon meteors, actually.
Draconids - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Draco (constellation) - Wikipedia
(what do you think the origin of the name Dracula is?
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