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Orion's third flight will haul two pieces of a space station to lunar orbit | The Planetary Society


So first flight is Block 1 and sends uncrewed Orion around the Moon.

Second flight is Block 1 again and sends crewed Orion around the Moon.

Third flight is Block 1 for Europa Clipper.

Fourth flight is Block 1B and sends crewed Orion to orbit the Moon and deliver LOP-G parts.



Will be really interesting to see if we ever get to Block 1B.

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Product placement may help power NASA's next big space mission - The Verge

Astronauts on cereal boxes would be fine. Just don't put logos on rockets or anything stupid like that!

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I have some new found respect for the Orion capsule. I saw the Apollo 13 capsule and it never hit me just how large and impressive these capsules are. Orion is huge.

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NASA Sends Congress Long Awaited Human Exploration Roadmap –  SpacePolicyOnline.com

The same thing as usual except lunar landings have been added. Sweet! They say no later than 2029. Maybe this will transition into funding for BFR.

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Tonight's launch will be the first west coast landing on land.

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The landing pad looks great!

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Great landing!

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https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-19-001.pdf

SLS audit. Confident EM-1 will not launch by summer 2020. Billions and billions over budget due to poor management.

Boeing and NASA have some explaining to do.

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Latest schedule from @blueorigin CEO Bob Smith at #afasummit2018: People to fly on #NewShepard starting n first half of 2019; first #NewGlenn launch in 2021.

— Alan Boyle (@b0yle) October 10, 2018

New Glenn officially now targeting 2021.