Space Stuff and Launch Info

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SpaceX will try to recover Starship

The Swift rescue mission is spinning after reaction wheel failures
Quick, send a rescue mission to rescue the rescue mission!
If they cannot get this under control, Swift is probably doomed. This mission was already put together on short notice (which makes it more likely that something is rushed and fails), now only a few months are left.

 

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Themis completes a wet dress rehearsal
This is Europe's reusable rocket test article. At 28 meters, it's already as large as some orbital rocket boosters.

Starship in space, seen from one of the Starlink satellites it deployed:



Alternative with music, and in case the above link doesn't play:

https://xcancel.com/SpaceX/status/2083335902705934423

It's a composite of four cameras with different settings, leading to the different brightness in the four quadrants.

Starlink satellites looking at each other: