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Starship upper stage header tank assembly, showing the COPVs.
(Screenshot from #WAI video)

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Elon's SpaceX Starship:

Massey's test site after Ship 36 explosion.
Initial indication of the cause was a faulty nitrogen COPV.
In comparison, 2 of the 3 Falcon 9 mission failures was caused by a faulty COPV in the disposable upper stage. All three Falcon 9 mission failures was caused by the expendable Falcon 9 upper stage. None of the Falcon 9's reusable booster stages have caused a mission failure.
#WAI video (~23 minutes): https://youtu.be/K6aF_NdOfzc

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Meanwhile on Mars:

Perseverance Rover looks back after a 4.5 hour long drive, heading north the drive distance was ~404 meters.

This post-drive image was acquired by one of the rover's navigation cameras.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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At the #Paris Air Show 2025, #VenturiSpace has unveiled a fully #European -made lunar rover, designed to be carried into #space by the #Ariane 6.4 launch system and landed on the Moon’s surface by the European #Argonaut* lunar lander https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/venturi-space-unveils-european-lunar-rover-paris-air-show

* first full mission planned to launch in late 2031 https://www.irishtimes.com/science/space/2025/05/29/europes-moonshot-argonaut-and-the-irish-engineer-leading-the-way

Ship 35 (left) and Ship 37 (right). It looks like Ship 37 will be next in line for flight after Ship 35.

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Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk.

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QUESTION #2 : which of the following is NOT a chondrite?

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QUESTION #1 : which of the following is valid Martian meteorite type?

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#PPOD: JWST's NIRCam captured this picture of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. JWST identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa, which likely originated in the moon’s subsurface ocean. This discovery has important implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s ocean. The moon appears blue primarily because it is brighter at shorter infrared wavelengths. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, G. Villanueva (NASA/GSFC), S. Trumbo (Cornell Univ.), A. Pagan (STScI)

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In a serious gain in efficiency, a Space X Starship prototype has exploded without actually being launched.
They're next plan is to see if they can produce an explosion during the assembly process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71AwkBt3_ts

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Elon's SpaceX Falcon 9 & Starlink:

Falcon 9 booster B1090 lands for its 5th time, after launching Starlink group 10-18.
June 18, 2025

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Elon's SpaceX Starship:

Ship 36 blows up during a full static fire test at Massey's test site.

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They blew up a #Starship during testing 15 mins ago.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKwWclAKYa0

Astronomer here! My first ever article for Scientific American magazine is out this month! All about how black holes shred stars and how we discovered that black holes “burp” after eating them, plus a black hole named Jetty McJetface! https://www.byteseu.com/1117740/ #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpaceTechnology

Elon's SpaceX Starship:

Ship 36 single engine static fire. To simulate an in-space burn.
For Ship 36's upcoming orbital velocity flight attempt (IFT 10), it must be able to successfully perform such an engine restart during flight. This is to prove that V2 Starship upper stages can do a de-orbit burn, before they can circularize their orbits. This is to avoid leaving a tumbling 100+ metric ton heat-shielded object stranded in space.

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Elon's SpaceX Starship:

IFT-10 orbital velocity test flight attempt for Booster 16 and Ship 36, is scheduled for NET June 29, 2025.

Ad Astra!

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A view of Ship 36's landing pin on the lower left. It is for landing the orbital rocket stage back at its launch site.

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