Weekly Space Report: Luna!

Highlights:

  • More Pad 1 Demolition

  • Pad 1 tank farm and plumbing and hardware included in the demolition.

  • Pad 1 lift arms appear to be upgrading in place.

  • Pad 2 finishing up the external shielding.

  • Artemis III Lunar Human Landing System info dump w/ pretty graphics

  • Impressive HLS and Cargo lander specs

  • SpaceX revealed completion of 49 of the payable milestones for HLS

  • HLS Flight article cabin under construction

  • Ship 39 fabrication progress spotted

  • Giga Bay walls going up, and tower cranes assembled.

  • Massey’s test site construction progress

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 11-12, Starlink 10-21, Starlink 11-21 (new turnaround record!), Starlink 10-37, Starlink 11-23

  • Jaxa HTV X1 cargo launch to ISS

  • Vast Haven-1 assembly progress

  • Shout out to issinrealtime.org

  • Blue Origin extended hot fire test of New Glenn 2. Still on track to launch Escapade in November.

  • Firefly Blue Ghost mission 3 to fly with Elytra module

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