Firefly set for first orbital launch today
Capitalism in space: If all goes right, Firefly Aerospace will attempt its first orbital launch today from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, using its Alpha rocket to place a test payload of science experiments in space.
The launch window is from 6 pm to 10 pm Pacific.
If you wish to watch, I have embedded the live stream below. That stream however have been very poor. The stream is working better here.
Note: They had a launch abort right at launch, and appear to be recycling to try again.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Capitalism in space: If all goes right, Firefly Aerospace will attempt its first orbital launch today from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, using its Alpha rocket to place a test payload of science experiments in space.
The launch window is from 6 pm to 10 pm Pacific.
If you wish to watch, I have embedded the live stream below. That stream however have been very poor. The stream is working better here.
Note: They had a launch abort right at launch, and appear to be recycling to try again.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Robert, I humbly apologize in advance if the following is too childish for your website, but….
SPESS TUBE IS GOING INTO SPESS! FRICK YEEAH!!!!!
Scott M. It does appear however that the live stream is not working very well.
(Does the Snoopy Danse (TM) off in a corner somewhere)
I found the live stream working better here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TBn6lqN7SQ
Oooof. And they just scrubbed. Hope they can reset and try again in their launch window.
Well shoot. They got off the pad and went supersonic, but there was something going wrong near to stage separation. Still, I’m sure they got really good flight data WRT their engines’ performance and fuselage during Max Q.
Best line before launch – “Pointy end up, flamey end down” . Good to break the tension before launch.