
Will Robinson-Smith🚀
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Storyteller, reporter for @SpaceflightNow, movie lover, and proud @MedillSchool (Northwestern) alum. Retweets are not endorsements.
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HAPPY SPACE COAST DAY!!! We collected proclamations from Brevard County and 16 local communities in celebration of this momentous event. Today, we celebrate 75 years of launch from Florida's Space Coast! Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum





We are back at it with forward module testing, gearing up for New Glenn’s second flight. Part of this testing campaign is to activate the hydrogen peroxide system that fuels our Reaction Control System, or RCS. The GS1 RCS provides 20,000 lbf thrust in any direction, allowing the





It was great to speak with the crew before they arrived here in Florida for their launch and it was wonderful to see them head off into space today. Best of luck on all the work ahead, Zena Cardman, Col. Mike Fincke, 油井 亀美也 Kimiya.Yui and Oleg! See you next year!









Arianespace EUMETSAT Copernicus EU European Space Agency ESA Earth Observation EU Defence and Space After the ignition of the Auxiliary Propulsion Unit, the Vinci engine’s third boost put the upper stage into a reentry orbit to safely burn up through Earth’s atmosphere, preventing accumulation of space debris. That concludes our work this evening. Thank you for being with us!