Highlights:
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Compression testing at Massey’s with test article B19.3
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Debris picked up during static fire, no damage to flame trench
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Tank farm getting attention
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Cool control room video released by SpaceX
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Manifold pressure sensor aborted the static fire back at the 10-engine test.
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10-engine static fire quick stop did damage.
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Ship 41 parts spotted
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Booster 20 forward dome spotted
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Factory construction obscuring Megabays more and more
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Pad 1 parts for new launch mount showing up at the port
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Concrete skirt of the tower finished.
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Sheet piles around perimeter of trench in progress.
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Small propellant tanks at Pad 1 coming out
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Air separation plant e-house moved into place on foundation.
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New Glenn 3: Booster re-used and recovered again successfully. But with new engines.
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New Glenn 3: Second stage failed to deliver to target orbit.
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Falcon 9: GPS III SV10 (final in constellation), Starlink 17-22, Starlink 17-14
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Drone ship “Just Read The Instructions” retiring from catch operations to haul Starship components.
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Artemis II further followup.
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Heat shield photo from underwater immediately after splashdowm. Heat shield performed as predicted.
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Vast Haven-1 and Haven-2 presentations, with new 6.6m docking ring aimed at standardization. (Huge!)
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Rocket Lab “Bubbles” and “Kakushin Rising” missions
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Rocket Lab in-house thruster production
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NASA Nancy Grace telescope eight months ahead of schedule and under budget (!!).
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Nancy Grace mission overview.