Weekly Space Report: SLS Artemis II Woes

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Highlights:

  • Booster 19 test campaign starts at Massey’s

  • Multiple successful propellant load tests.

  • B19.1 test article dismounting–reportedly tested to twice the expected load

  • B19.3 possibly undamaged top half returned to factory.

  • Booster 20 and Ship 40 both spotted, features exposed.

  • Starbase expansion into marsh started with placement of silt fence.

  • Pad 2 detonation suppression system testing

  • Air separation tower placed

  • NASA and DOE finalize memo for nuclear power reactor on the moon

  • SpaceX space-based Data Centers proposal discussion. FCC application for 1 million satellites. “Starcloud”

  • Space Launch System aborted Wet Dress Rehearsal. Pesky hydrogen leaks, just like 3 years ago.

  • Orion hatch pressurization system problem.

  • NASA management gasping like beached fish under harsh questioning

  • Falson 9: Starlink 17-32 stage 2 failure after deployment. Flights halted for the week.

  • SLC-39 Crew Dragon access arm removed

  • Vast Haven-1 progress report.

  • Vast Haven-Demo on-orbit maneuvers

  • NASA IMAP mission collecting data

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