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Spaceflight 🚀<p>📆 2025 preview :</p><p>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> 🌙 deliveries by <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Astrobotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobotic</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefly</span></a> Aerospace.<br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SPHEREx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPHEREx</span></a> will create a map of the universe 🌌 <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>'s 🇪🇺 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRider</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> orbital test flight <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>'s 🇯🇵 lunar lander and micro-rover <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Tianwen2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tianwen2</span></a> 🇨🇳 collects samples from a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEA</span></a> ☄️ <br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/BepiColombo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BepiColombo</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a><br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/EuropaClipper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropaClipper</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a><br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> flyby<br>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/JUICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JUICE</span></a> at <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a><br><a href="https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-missions-coming-in-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astronomy.com/space-exploratio</span><span class="invisible">n/space-missions-coming-in-2025</span></a></p><p>• <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SierraSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SierraSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/DreamChaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DreamChaser</span></a> test mission to the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> <a href="https://www.planetary.org/articles/calendar-of-space-events-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planetary.org/articles/calenda</span><span class="invisible">r-of-space-events-2025</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇪🇺 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRider</span></a>'s inaugural flight is currently expected in 📆 2027. This is four years ⌛ after the original Q3 2023 projection, established when the first contracts were signed in December 2020 <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/beyond-gravity-delivers-key-elements-of-esas-space-rider-vehicle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/beyond</span><span class="invisible">-gravity-delivers-key-elements-of-esas-space-rider-vehicle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceplane</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Runway-to-Space No More, Reaction Engines Cease Trading - It’s not often that the passing of a medium sized company on an industrial estate ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/runway-to-space-no-more-reaction-engines-cease-trading/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/04/runway</span><span class="invisible">-to-space-no-more-reaction-engines-cease-trading/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reactionengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactionengines</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sabre</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>🇩🇪 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/POLARIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POLARIS</span></a> would attempt the first <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MIRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIRA</span></a> II rocket-powered flight before the end of 📆 2024. It was designed, built, and ground-tested in six months. Approval for rocket-powered flights was granted on 📆 2 October <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/polaris-spaceplanes-receives-approval-for-rocket-powered-flights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/polari</span><span class="invisible">s-spaceplanes-receives-approval-for-rocket-powered-flights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceplane</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRider</span></a> funding was initially approved by the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> in 📆 2016. Its maiden flight is currently scheduled for the third quarter of 📆 2025 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Rider" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Ri</span><span class="invisible">der</span></a></p><p>📆 August 2024 Drop 🪂 Test <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-completes-first-drop-test-for-reusable-space-rider-spacecraft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/esa-co</span><span class="invisible">mpletes-first-drop-test-for-reusable-space-rider-spacecraft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a></p>
IT News<p>First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site - Enlarge / Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane inside a NASA test cha... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2023334" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2023334</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/internationalspacestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalspacestation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commercialcargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercialcargo</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commercialspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercialspace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dreamchaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dreamchaser</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sierraspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sierraspace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vulcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulcan</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a></p>
janggolan<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation [<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ISRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISRO</span></a>] began work on the space plane project in 2019. The agency aims to scale up the vehicle to become part of a reusable system... <br><a href="https://www.space.com/india-second-landing-test-space-planet-video-march-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/india-second-landing</span><span class="invisible">-test-space-planet-video-march-2024</span></a> <br>The U.S. Space Force's robotic X-37B is currently on its seventh flight and its first high-orbit mission after a December launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, while <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s own mysterious <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> just passed 100 days in low Earth orbit.</p>
IT News<p>A sleuthing enthusiast says he found the US military’s X-37B spaceplane - Enlarge / File photo of an X-37B spaceplane. (credit: Boeing) </p><p>... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002584" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2002584</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/militaryspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militaryspace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/usspaceforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usspaceforce</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a>-37b</p>
Matt Willemsen<p>China’s space plane deployed 6 mysterious ‘wingmen,’ and no one knows what they are<br><a href="https://bgr.com/science/chinas-space-plane-deployed-6-mysterious-wingmen-and-no-one-knows-what-they-are/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bgr.com/science/chinas-space-p</span><span class="invisible">lane-deployed-6-mysterious-wingmen-and-no-one-knows-what-they-are/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpacePlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wingmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wingmen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Space Force chief: Timing of Chinese spaceplane launch “no coincidence” - File photo of the US military's X-37B test vehicle after a landing in 2... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1991189" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1991189</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chinesespaceprogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chinesespaceprogram</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a>-37b</p>
IT News<p>Effects of Falcon Heavy launch delay could ripple to downstream missions - A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is seen outside the company's hangar at Ke... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1990914" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1990914</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/militaryspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militaryspace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/falconheavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falconheavy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceforce</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a>-37b</p>
IT News<p>In a surprise move, the military’s spaceplane will launch on Falcon Heavy - Enlarge / The military's X-37B spaceplane landed last November to end t... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982469" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1982469</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/usspaceforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usspaceforce</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/falconheavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falconheavy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a>-37b</p>
janggolan<p>After decades of dreams, a commercial <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> is almost ready to fly... <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/after-decades-of-dreams-a-commercial-spaceplane-is-almost-ready-to-fly/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/</span><span class="invisible">after-decades-of-dreams-a-commercial-spaceplane-is-almost-ready-to-fly/</span></a> <br>"We wanted to have a fuel system that was green instead of using <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/hypergolics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypergolics</span></a>, so we could land it on a runway and we could walk up to the vehicle without being in hazmat suits," Vice said. "That was hard, I have to say."</p>
IT News<p>After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly - Enlarge / Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane is almost ready to lea... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1980010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1980010</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/internationalspacestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalspacestation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dreamchaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dreamchaser</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sierraspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sierraspace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>features</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Virgin Galactic Cautiously Returns To Flight - After Richard Branson delivered some inspiring words from his seat aboard SpaceShi... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/05/04/virgin-galactic-cautiously-returns-to-flight/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/05/04/virgin</span><span class="invisible">-galactic-cautiously-returns-to-flight/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/virgingalactic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virgingalactic</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/currentevents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currentevents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spacetourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacetourism</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/suborbital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suborbital</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A New Zealand company has started flying a rocket-powered spaceplane - Enlarge / Dawn Aerospace's Mk-II Aurora takes to the skies under rocket... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1929210" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1929210</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dawnaerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dawnaerospace</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceplane</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>