Space exploration and rockets general thread

[Legend]

Better be flawless.

[DD_Bwest]

weather permitting lol

[Legend]

weather permitting lol

Gotta have faith!

[DD_Bwest]

Gotta have faith!

faith is nothing against science ;

[Legend]

faith is nothing against science ;

Some scattered showers won't hurt as long as the wind is nice. Monday looks good for that.


Will be awesome once SpaceX rockets become more mainstream and durable to weather. Soyuz has launched during snow.

[Legend]

High winds and rain in forecast at VAFB. First launch of #IridiumNEXT now planned for January 14th at 9:54:34 am PST. #NEXTevolution.

— Iridium Corporate (@IridiumComm) January 8, 2017

[Legend]

T minus 48 hours

It's been a long few months since the last launch. Lucky for us though, the next launch is scheduled for Jan 26. 2017 could have a launch almost every other week if another explosion doesn't happen.

[Legend]

2 hours to go. Seems like it might really be launching today.

[Legend]

Bwest, we need you


Hosted stream is near starting.

Fuling is already well underway. They're doing fuling at like half speed to err on the side of caution. We are go for launch!

[DD_Bwest]

Bwest, we need you


Hosted stream is near starting.

Fuling is already well underway. They're doing fuling at like half speed to err on the side of caution. We are go for launch!

just woke up lol i was laying in bed and assumed i missed it,  then realized i have like 5 minutes lol

[Legend]

I'm feeling good on the landing chances. Didn't realise they've already had 6 good ones.

[Legend]

Well that was awesome footage!!!

[DD_Bwest]

The Falcon has landed!!!!

I love the view they used,   getting to see JRTI as a small point and slowly get bigger is just awesome

[Xevross]

Yay success! Awesome!

[Legend]

I like this picture a lot.



And the next launch is only 10 days from now.