News Vulcan: ULA's Next Generation Launcher

[GLS]

.. and shutdown as expected!
Earth-escape trajectory established!

 

[BrianJ]

Nice launch ULA!
[whinge] The contradictory and obfuscating explanations of Peregrine's trajectory were frustrating, though
[/whinge]

 

[cybro]

So who is getting buried on the moon and why would ULA do that ?
NASA responds to Navajo Nation's request to delay private mission:

 

[DaveS]

Not good news on the Astrobotic Peregrine mission:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744367789953933641

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744389634568724791

 

[DaveS]

Latest news based on current downlink through DSS-53 at Madrid DSN which begain 1730 UTC, 8 minutes ago.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744412283743199585

 

[DaveS]

And the latest, propellant leak confirmed which rules out the lunar landing:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744419692813443333

 

[Urwumpe]

German TV will be disappointed. They only talked about the first private lunar lander, but not about the first Vulcan launch....

 

[cybro]

Uh hu... So the Navajos were right... Bringing them bones up there was not a good idea after all.
NASA responds to Navajo Nation's request to delay private mission placing human remains on the moon:

 

[GLS]

A few more views

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744476849499996298

Meanwhile, above our heads

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744469638640005538

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744543629392134194

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744859691404927300

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744835489838854215

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744770456626893215

 

[cybro]

Now Artemis 2 has been pushed back a year.. The bones strike again:
Astronauts won't walk on the moon until 2026 after NASA delays next 2 Artemis missions

 

[GLS]

Now Artemis 2 has been pushed back a year.. The bones strike again:
Astronauts won't walk on the moon until 2026 after NASA delays next 2 Artemis missions

Already posted in the correct thread https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/artemis-program-updates-discussions.37165/post-614989

 

[GLS]

About 1.5 days left...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745112387693219876

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745274757417931128

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744426261945209066

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745227814452752446

 

[kuddel]

[...]Peregrine Mission One may "land" on the Moon after all. Unfortunately it will be a crash landing.[...]

Better that I've feared.

 

[GLS]

Leak slowing = mission lasts more

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745596798805123121

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745851250527138041

At this rate the leak will stop and prop will start appearing in the tank

 

[N_Molson]

Can it be repurposed into some kind of communications relay ? That could help getting coverage on the far side.

 

[GLS]

Coming back...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1746999245968732244