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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Caught
NASA ^ | 23 Oct, 2024 | Credit & Copyright: SpaceX

Posted on 10/23/2024 11:49:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: What if a rocket could return to its launch tower -- and be caught? This happened for the first time 10 days ago, after a SpaceX Starship rocket blasted off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, USA. Starship then split, as planned, with its upper stage landing in the Pacific Ocean. The big difference was the lower stage, Super Heavy Booster 12, was caught by its launch tower about 7 minutes later. Catching a rocket for reuse is a new and innovative way to help reduce the cost of rocket flight by making rockets more easily reusable. Starship rockets may be used by NASA in the future to send spacecraft to Earth orbit, the Moon, and even other planets.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; booster; caught; nasa; spacex; superheavybooster
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Today's image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.

1 posted on 10/23/2024 11:49:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Pinging the APOD list

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Today's image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.

2 posted on 10/23/2024 11:49:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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3 posted on 10/23/2024 11:54:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Yeah, that’s neat and all, but I hear NASA is going to be sending a black lesbian squirrel to the ISS in a couple of years.


4 posted on 10/23/2024 12:12:02 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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No ping received today, so found the post by title search. Did I fall off the list?


5 posted on 10/23/2024 4:52:23 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
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Sorry, the ping list may not have pasted properly. I will check and ping if it did not go out. Thanks for letting me know.


6 posted on 10/23/2024 5:14:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Pinging the APOD list
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Today’s image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.


7 posted on 10/23/2024 5:15:37 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

Just got the ping, many thanks! These images you post are always magnificent, and I confess I was having a little bit of “withdrawal symptoms” earlier. :-)


8 posted on 10/23/2024 5:21:44 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
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If only we could have caught a Saturn 5 that way..
To think of all those righteous F1 engines just sitting at the bottom of the ocean.


9 posted on 10/23/2024 6:05:39 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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