Space Voyages into space

[Euroamerican]

Exciting! I still remember that one retrieval mission from a few years ago, which I think was a sample return from a comet's tail, that did a rather hard "crack the humpty dumpty" landing where the sample chamber was breached!

 

[colin traveller]

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Found this old video ..posted 8 yrs ago

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To the edge of the atmosphere....

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Live broadcast Space X launch

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[Telmar]

NASA has released a report on how satisfied they are with the Artemis mission, and the unmanned flight of Orion around the moon.

It´s not great.

The SLS rocket worked well, they have no issues, however the different engine vibration frequency did damage to the pad, blowing away elevator doors and letting exhaust plumes inside the shaft. This is not that serious.

More serious are faults in the Orion navigation software, and worse of it all the damaged heat shield. The heat shield broke off in large bits, cracked open, and a few bolts melted which made possible for plasma to get under the heat shield.

Regardless, and apart from some evident delay, Artemis 2 should still be a manned flight

NASA inspector general report highlights issues with Orion heat shield

A report by NASA’s inspector general highlights problems with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield and other issues that delayed its first crewed launch.

spacenews.com