November 20, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- NASA and Boeing are now targeting an April 14, 2024 launch of the first manned Starliner mission
That date still depends on the results from a planned January parachute drop test to see if Boeing has fixed their faulty design.
- How to watch the final minutes of Ariane-6’s final dress rehearsal countdown, including an 8-minute engine burn of the rocket’s core stage
The test is scheduled for November 23, 2023
- Upcoming Chinese launches will have drop zones in habitable areas of China
The link has maps showing a variety of drop zones, but because the text is in Chinese, it is unclear when those launches will occur, and with what rocket. If anyone can translate please comment here.
- Boeing today celebrates 25 years of ISS operations
The picture shows the first module, Russian-built Zarya, the completion of which was paid for by American taxpayers. One wonders if its condition is as bad now as Russia’s other early module, Zvezda.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- NASA and Boeing are now targeting an April 14, 2024 launch of the first manned Starliner mission
That date still depends on the results from a planned January parachute drop test to see if Boeing has fixed their faulty design.
- How to watch the final minutes of Ariane-6’s final dress rehearsal countdown, including an 8-minute engine burn of the rocket’s core stage
The test is scheduled for November 23, 2023
- Upcoming Chinese launches will have drop zones in habitable areas of China
The link has maps showing a variety of drop zones, but because the text is in Chinese, it is unclear when those launches will occur, and with what rocket. If anyone can translate please comment here.
- Boeing today celebrates 25 years of ISS operations
The picture shows the first module, Russian-built Zarya, the completion of which was paid for by American taxpayers. One wonders if its condition is as bad now as Russia’s other early module, Zvezda.