The Perpetual MEGA Space Thread

[JTS11]

NASA live link

NASAâs Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch â June 5, 2024 (Official NASA Broadcast)

Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United...

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Looks like they're shooting for around 10:50 Eastern.

 

[taxi1]

Looks like they're shooting for around 10:50 Eastern.

More like 2025 AD

 

[ChuckMK23]

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Liftoff of Starliner Atlas V ALL NAVY CREW.

Suni was HC-8 while I was at 6, her husband Mike was a squadron mate at 6 and a fellow IP at HT''s. I believe he became a Federal LEO after active duty while Suni was at TPS..

 

[Griz882]

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Liftoff of Starliner Atlas V ALL NAVY CREW.

Suni was HC-8 while I was at 6, her husband Mike was a squadron mate at 6 and a fellow IP at HT''s. I believe he became a Federal LEO after active duty while Suni was at TPS..

Helicopter pilots in space! What’s next? Cats and dogs getting married?

 

[GroundPounder]

Helicopter pilots in space! What’s next? Cats and dogs getting married?

Mass hysteria, I would imagine.

 

[Swanee]

Bill Anders died in a light civil plane crash today.

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

www.wkyt.com

 

[ChuckMK23]

Bill Anders died in a light civil plane crash today.

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

www.wkyt.com

T-34A Mentor. He closed his flight plan on his own terms

 

[Swanee]

T-34A Mentor. He closed his flight plan on his own terms

I hope it was quick and painless.

 

[Brett327]

I hope it was quick and painless.

There's video... it was.

 

[Citation3]

I believe a fitting tribute to a life well lived. Well worth the 6 minutes over a cup of coffee this morning.

Fair winds General Anders.

 

[ChuckMK23]

I believe a fitting tribute to a life well lived. Well worth the 6 minutes over a cup of coffee this morning.

Fair winds General Anders.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Bill Anders was a Naval Academy graduate. 1955.

 

[Swanee]

There's video... it was.

I just saw it. Yeah. Wow.

Interesting that he was doing aerobatics at 90. But he was one of the most accomplished pilots in the world.

 

[Griz882]

I just saw it. Yeah. Wow.

Interesting that he was doing aerobatics at 90. But he was one of the most accomplished pilots in the world.

Saw it as well…I also watched a video of him flying in his late 80’s and he was setting it in fire then.

 

[Random8145]

So the Starliner's astronauts are currently stranded aboard the ISS as the Starliner is having issues. It had a small helium leak before launch, but Boeing and NASA determined this would not affect anything. However, turns out it had four additional helium leaks that were discovered after launch along with problems with five thrusters.