SpaceflightMemes
- "This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!"
The Crew-9 launch this past Saturday marked the first crewed launch from SLC-40. The existing crew tower at LC-39A is visible in the background.
- "SpaceX Drains Air From Spacecraft While Astronauts Are Inside"
The headline is !technicallythetruth@lemmy.world, but it lacks a bit of context...
- New Highscore! (19 humans in orbit)
Soyuz MS-26
- Alexey Ovchinin
- Ivan Vagner
- Don Pettit
SpaceX Dragon Polaris Dawn
- Jared Isaacman
- Sarah Gillis
- Scott Poteet
- Anna Menon
Boeing Starliner CFT
- Butch Wilmore
- Sunita Williams
Shenzhou 18
- Li Guangsu
- Li Cong
- Ye Guangfu
Soyuz MS-25
- Oleg Kononenko
- Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Nikolai Chub
SpaceX Dragon Crew-8
- Matthew Dominick
- Michael Barratt
- Jeanette Epps
- Alexander Grebenkin
Who Is In Space (archive snapshot)
This surpasses the previous record of 17 people in orbit set in 2023. There were 20 people in space (50 mile definition) last year as well, but six of them were not in orbit (Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo).
- Screwed or crewed? [Daily Hopper]
Source: Daily Hopper on Mastodon!
That's right, Daily Hopper has started posting to their Mastodon account! (@daily_hopper@spacey.space)
If we follow them there and show them some love, perhaps they will lead others to the fediverse as well :)
- Meanwhile, in another dimension... [Daily Hopper]
Meanwhile, in another dimension... [Daily Hopper]
New comic by @daily\_hopper
- There's no way this schedule holds, right?
Three launches (one of them crewed) currently scheduled in the span of 81 minutes.
- Lifted spirits (featuring B14.1)
Source: Daily Hopper on Twitter
They just announced that they are also on Threads.
If any of you still have a Twitter account, you might consider politely asking them to post to their Mastodon account (@daily_hopper@spacey.space) as well :)
- Two launches out of Florida scheduled only 13 minutes from each other?
- https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/
- https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7509
- https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7507
- "Tradition"
I'm pleased that Daily Hopper has been a bit more active recently. Their comics are quite good.
- Really excited about todays Ariane 6 maiden launch!
I was just watching the countdown to todays Ariane 6 flight on YouTube on the
officialcryptoscammer European Space Agency channel. The preview animation video that they are looping looks stunning, but something seem off …
