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Live feed from ISS starting at 11:45 am EST. JAXA HTV-X1 cargo departure. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUNm9iv7sAg

I found a good read published yesterday, about RDEs powering future hypersonic missiles. A collaboration between GE and Lockheed may lead to dual mode rockets. https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-new-rotating-detonation-ramjet-tests

Posted yesterday at https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010826a-nasa-historic-test-facilities-marshall-demolition.html

Seeing as Cargo Dragon capsules are being bumped up in the launch to ISS timeline, is there any word on refurbishment of Crewed versions? Maybe an new one built to add to the existing line-up?

Scott Manley will have a busy week of editing his next YT video.

Also in the news at NASA, MS-27 is scheduled to undock from the ISS on December 8th. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-astronaut-jonny-kim-crewmates-return/

NASA has completed the construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Link to NASA's site: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-completed/

A manual pin. You would think there would be a spring loaded, toothed ratcheting mechanism engineered to lock automatically. And maybe a position switch. That said, with the current state of Russia's affairs, redirecting money to serve their war effort doesn't seem far fetched.

Since the upper stage on a Progress performs a hot fire separation, I'm thinking no. And there's no budget for that either. And logistically, getting a Russian vehicle to U.S. soil for launch isn't looking too easy, ever.

As a technician, I can say the plumbing layout from the chillers to the plate and frame heat exchangers has been executed very well. The Centra-vac chillers are on anti-vibration mounts (AVMs), there are flex lines installed, circuit setters, vertical mount pumps (make for ease of repair when...

I have been receiving them. I had to re-allow them to my inbox after a recent Windows update, as the Edge browser from by Microsoft wants to take over everything - data control and mining, as blatant as ever.

In the news, NASA equipment lands in a Texas farm field. https://apnews.com/article/nasa-equipment-parachute-west-texas-field-7463639a9a085d2ec7d1640776c85fa8

Excerpt from ABC- https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/northrop-grumman-cargo-ship-reaches-international-space-station-125698312 The 11,000-pound (5,000-kilogram) shipment should have reached the space station Wednesday, three days after blasting off from Florida. But when the capsule...

Besides the Cygnus, Northrop-Grumman also builds the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) which can dock with a dead spacecraft to control attitude and steering. However, that would blow the Kg to orbit budget, and Cygnus XL isn't quite dead yet.

I've been lost now, days uncounted And it's months since I've seen home Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Or am I all alone? If you return me to my home port I will kiss you, Mother Earth Take me back now, take me back now To the port of my berth.

The Ferengi version will be called TRON: EARS

This looks to me like another attempt to have a concept of a plan. The plan looks to keep a government body in control of who launches what and when and for "how much?". Simplifying launch review streamlines the "How much" while decreasing the interval, hence "much more".

Parachutes are insanely difficult to properly deploy at or above Mach. Compressive forces, bow shock, reefing, avoiding oscillation, tumbling, and getting the can deployed past the drag zone that wants to suck it toward the vehicle. If they lose a scaled up version without doing drop tests...

The National Weather Service has just published instructions and recipe for Mailbox Lasagna...

The proper way to identify age for those wanting access to child pornography is to cut them in half with a chainsaw and count the rings.