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Amateur idiot interested in space. Hoping to make more people aware of the crews and achievements of the Paraglider Research Vehicle, The Gemini Tow Test Vehicle and the Northrop HL10 Lifting Body. Other items do appear.
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Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand’s deep tech moonshots Source: TechCrunch search.app/Et3QM Shared via the Google App

Empyreum, Italy’s new satellite platform for the constellation era Source: SpaceNews search.app/H4eSq Shared via the Google App

Pontypridd and Crickhowell are sold out but tickets available for TONIGHT in SWANSEA

This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it. Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.

A video from our friends at PLD Space. 🇪🇸 youtu.be/58biv9yTXu0?...

🧑🍳 Come and taste the most iconic iguarias at the Terra e Mar gastronomic fair in Viana do Castelo! Local cuisine, music, show-cooking sessions, and a fan zone to watch the Portuguese Cup final! Photos: Viana do Castelo City Hall. #vianadocastelo #food #Portugal #gastronomy #sea #photography

De nuestros amigos en PLD Space. youtu.be/LVrU1PX0lUU?...

Locusts went down a storm in Brighton last night. Such an incredible response. I’m kinda humbled. We’re back there on Saturday at 2pm, then off to Edinburgh in August, and then maybe other places too. So proud, and knackered!

Rocket Lab launches The Sea God Sees (iQPS Launch 2) Source: SatNews Publishers search.app/bGDvg Shared via the Google App

Sunset, Long Island, 1939 by Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt

Hey, it's totally cool not to like every piece of entertainment media. But it's totally uncool to trash what other people like. If you don't like it, skip it, and take joy from the joy other people get from it.

NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/2nYZrxy

EOS-9, Satellite Launch: ISRO Rocket Fails 7 Minutes Into Flight, National Panel Set Up To Find Out Why Source: NDTV search.app/A2Ui2 Shared via the Google App

Make. This. Happen.

On the 23rd of May 1933 test pilot Bruce A. Peterson was born. Photos and information NASA.

On the 22nd of May 1962 Milton O. Thompson was in the pilots seat of the Paraglider Research Vehicle. The vehicle, Paresev 1A fitted with a 600 square foot Dacron wing, carried out two air tow tests behind a Piper PA-18 Super Cub aircraft. Photograph and information NASA.

On the 20th of May 1969 William H. Dana was in the pilots seat of the Northrop HL10 for its 18th flight. The vehicle achieved a speed of 959 kilometers per hour from an altitude of 14,966 meters. The flight lasted 6 minutes and 54 seconds. Photograph and information NASA.

'Closer Than Europa': Scientists say Ceres could be the easiest ocean world to reach Source: BUSINESS TODAY search.app/61oWA Shared via the Google App

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Happy birthday, Trevor Cooper! 🥳 Click https://bgfn.sh/trevor25 to get up to 50% off selected Star Cops and Doctor Who audio dramas and bundles. Hurry! Sale ends no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 25 May 2025.

Tickets available for Abertawe/Swansea next Tuesday www.ticketsource.co.uk/cover-to-cov... please share with Swansea friends as Pontypridd and Crickhowell are sold out

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A few tickets for tonight’s gig in Nottingham have become available

ISRO's 101st Big Rocket Launch Takes Flight, Loses Satellite Minutes Later Source: YouTube search.app/1PyJn Shared via the Google App

Rocket Lab launches radar imaging satellite for iQPS Source: SpaceNews search.app/V7uWP Shared via the Google App

Really dig how Hopper used this same bldg in four different urban paintings. It had to be in his neighborhood.

How sad it is that so many with news media , entertainment and political platforms have cruelly or cynically chosen the route of the transphobe - I keep hearing of a rise in mental health crises in the trans community - know there are many that support you

Imagine remotely starting a car that's engine that hadn't run in 21 years? NASA did that with Voyager's thrusters while it is 25 billion kms away in interstellar space & is travelling away from you at 61,500 km/h. FFS - Scientists are incredible - TRUST THEM!!!

All gigs gone well but knew one night I’d feel some cracks appearing - quite an intense run - thanks to those I am meeting along the way - will superglue tomorrow

British officials told the U.S. they are concerned about the safety of SpaceX’s plans to fly its next Starship rocket over British territories in the Caribbean, where debris fell earlier this year after two of the company’s rockets exploded.

Make. This. Happen.

With a launch attempt by Gilmour Space this week,they said they aren't livestreaming it. I did for Southern Launch and HyImpulse in 2024 from the Nullarbor Plain. I have the equipment, the cameras and a Starlink connection. ##GetJoshtoGilmourSpace

How poetry has replaced anxiety - hope you enjoy this thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/replacing-...

Respect to NASA for somehow fixing the thrusters on their Voyager spacecraft which broke 20+ years ago and is currently 48 years from earth. ✌️ #DIY #nasa #voyager

How cool is this. Voyager 1 is coasting in interstellar space, more than 48 years & 25 billion miles from Earth. Its back-up manoeuvring thrusters failed more than 2 decades ago. But @NASAJPL have GOT THEM WORKING AGAIN!!!! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...

After 3 hard years of 2 week tests, projects due the day before tests, many other assignments as well as attending lectures and rotations every Monday-Friday with very little to no breaks. I’ve finally attained my Pharm D Doctorate🥼👨🏾‍🎓. You can address me as Doctor. Ken now👨🏾‍⚕️