Hacker News with Generative AI: Spaceflight

Starship's Sixth Flight Test (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.

SpaceX, Spaceflight

337 points by hnburnsy 15 days ago | 419 comments

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch a new crew capsule on Monday (theverge.com)
Blue Origin is preparing to launch its NS-27 mission with the RSS Kármán Line, its new crew capsule, on Monday at 9AM ET.

Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Blue Origin, Bezos

4 points by thunderbong 47 days ago | 0 comments

The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (2023) (righto.com)
The Soviet space program used completely different controls and instruments from American spacecraft.

Spaceflight, History, Soviet Union, Technology

193 points by dangle1 47 days ago | 25 comments

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket grounded for 3rd time in 3 months following crash-landing (livescience.com)

Spaceflight, SpaceX, Accidents, Technology

3 points by bookofjoe 48 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX launches Crew-9 with two people to bring back Boeing crew (nasaspaceflight.com)
SpaceX and NASA have launched Crew-9 for its six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, originally set to launch with four people, launched with only two. The empty seats will be used by Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams is to return home in February 2025. The launch took place at the instant window of 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC) on Sept.

SpaceX, NASA, Spaceflight

14 points by ivewonyoung 54 days ago | 0 comments

Transparency in Cislunar and Interplanetary Spaceflight Activities (planet4589.org)

Spaceflight, Transparency, Cislunar, Interplanetary

9 points by ironyman 55 days ago | 0 comments

Starliner astronaut: We found things that we just could not get comfortable with (cnn.com)

Spaceflight, NASA, Safety, Starliner

40 points by ivewonyoung 68 days ago | 4 comments

The future of Boeing's crewed spaceflight program muddy after Starliner's return (arstechnica.com)
Nearly a decade ago to the day, I stood in the international terminal of Houston's main airport checking my phone.

Spaceflight, Boeing, Aerospace, NASA, Competition

38 points by rbanffy 70 days ago | 47 comments

SpaceX update regarding Starship FAA flight approval (spacex.com)
Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 who commanded the Inspiration4 mission, announced today the Polaris Program, a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities, while continuing to raise funds and awareness for important causes here on Earth.

SpaceX, Starship, FAA, Spaceflight

76 points by redox99 72 days ago | 293 comments

China's Spaceplane Lands in Gobi Desert, Ending Secretive 268-Day Mission (gizmodo.com)

China, Spaceflight, Space Exploration, Military Technology

8 points by croes 74 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing Starliner capsule lands back on Earth (space.com)

Spaceflight, Boeing, Starliner

4 points by taubek 75 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing's Starliner started making a repeating 'pulsing' sound yesterday (theverge.com)

Spaceflight, Aerospace, Boeing, Starliner

10 points by musha68k 80 days ago | 2 comments

Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace partner for spaceplane surveillance demonstration (spacenews.com)