Weekly Space Report: Road To Mars!

Highlights:

  • Flight 9 post op

  • Booster performed flawlessly through boostback.

  • One engine failed to light for landing, then fireball

  • Ship started tumbling shortly after SECO

  • Ship passivated before re-entry.

  • FAA mishap declared for ship loss of attitude control

  • Raptor 3 performance increase responsible for major payload to orbit increase

  • Starbase High bay demolition finished, to make room for Gigabay

  • Mars Heat Shield complications

  • Ship 38 parts headed for final assembly. Last of Block2 design

  • Ship 37 structural test campaign at Masseys

  • Pad B plumbing continuing with mount installed

  • Cargo Dragon CRS-32 returns to earth

  • Falcon 9: GPS III-7, Starlink 12-22, Starlink 17-1, Starlink 10-32

  • iSpace Resilience lunar landing expected this week

  • James Webb Space Telescope, focus on Abell S1063 grav lensing

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