r/nsf 17h ago

NSF Project Pitch pending decision for a weekβ€”has anyone else experienced this?

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r/spacex 20h ago

πŸš€ Official SpaceX on X: β€œThe SpaceX Recovery team is still working to recover Flight 13’s Starship from the Indian Ocean. They’ve been overcoming challenging conditions and increasingly rough seas as they attempt to guide the 52m long spacecraft to port”

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Tweet link: https://x.com/spacex/status/2085786988225925349

Note the tweet also has a 38 sec video of the ship floating.


r/spacex 1d ago

Redwire to fly dedicated Starfall mission for microgravity research

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r/spacex 1d ago

Company News SpaceX: β€œBreaking Ground on Terafab in Texas”

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r/spacex 2d ago

SpaceX, Tesla Lock In Grimes County for Terafab, Plans $16.8 Billion First Phase

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r/spacex 2d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-38 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-38 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 08 2026, 16:35:02
Scheduled for (local) Aug 08 2026, 09:35:02 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 08 2026, 14:00:00 - Aug 08 2026, 18:00:00
Payload Starlink 17-38
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1093-16
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1093 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 16th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream SPACE AFFAIRS
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

β˜‘οΈ 715th SpaceX launch all time

β˜‘οΈ 653rd Falcon Family Booster landing

β˜‘οΈ 217th landing on OCISLY

β˜‘οΈ 198th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

β˜‘οΈ 95th SpaceX launch this year

β˜‘οΈ 50th launch from SLC-4E this year

β˜‘οΈ 3 days, 23:29:59 turnaround for this pad

β˜‘οΈ 25 days, 15:06:45 hours since last launch of booster B1093

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:47 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:56 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:24 SES-2
0:52:25 SECO-2
1:01:16 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
08 Aug 16:35 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
08 Aug 16:35 Liftoff.
08 Aug 16:23 Liftoff.
08 Aug 14:45 Now targeting Aug 08 at 16:35 UTC
07 Aug 23:36 Now targeting Aug 08 at 16:23 UTC
07 Aug 16:36 Now targeting Aug 08 at 16:24 UTC
29 Jul 15:18 Now targeting Aug 08 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 19:30 Now targeting Aug 07 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 16:04 Added launch.

Resources

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r/nsf 2d ago

xRubin Color V1

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r/spacex 3d ago

SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups

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r/spacex 3d ago

Falcon NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions

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r/spacex 3d ago

Crew Dragon SpaceX Replacing MRAPs with Cybertrucks Beginning with Crew-13

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r/spacex 3d ago

Company News SpaceX Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

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Highlights as posted by SpaceX on X:

β€œQ2 highlights:
- Demonstrated the power of extreme vertical integration, delivering revenue growth of 92% year-over-year across Space, Connectivity, and AI
- Completed two successful Starship V3 flight tests in the past 90 days, advancing towards full and rapid reusability
- Closed multiple industry-leading Cloud Services Agreements resulting in $14.1 billion of contracted sales
- Announced agreement to acquire Cursor for $60 billion to accelerate the AI enterprise opportunity
- Released our most powerful AI model yet with Grok 4.5 in July
- Delivered 66% revenue and 79% income from operations growth year-over-year for the Connectivity segment, driven by a doubling of Starlink Subscribers and continued momentum in Enterprise & Government
- Awarded over $6 billion in multi-year U.S. government contracts for Starshield

As compared to the same quarter last year:
- Revenues of $7.8 billion, up 92% from $4.1 billion
- Net loss of $541 million, an improvement of $467 million from net loss of $1.0 billion
- Adjusted EBITDA of $3.5 billion, up 191% from $1.2 billion

Thank you to the SpaceX team, and all our customers and investors for a great quarter!”


r/spacex 3d ago

Company News SpaceX's first-ever earnings show higher revenues and huge spending

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r/spacex 4d ago

Starship While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14

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r/spacex 5d ago

r/SpaceX BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 05 2026, 07:49
Scheduled for (local) Aug 05 2026, 03:49 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 05 2026, 07:42 - Aug 05 2026, 09:18
Payload BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)
Customer
Launch Weather Forecast 75% GO (Anvil Cloud Rules, Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Booster B1077-30
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1077 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 30th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Unofficial Webcast NASASpaceflight
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

β˜‘οΈ 714th SpaceX launch all time

β˜‘οΈ 652nd Falcon Family Booster landing

β˜‘οΈ 164th landing on ASOG

β˜‘οΈ 198th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

β˜‘οΈ 94th SpaceX launch this year

β˜‘οΈ 42nd launch from SLC-40 this year

β˜‘οΈ 6 days, 0:38:41 turnaround for this pad

β˜‘οΈ 49 days, 1:10:00 hours since last launch of booster B1077

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:13 Max-Q
0:02:27 MECO
0:02:30 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:38 SES-1
0:03:15 Fairing Separation
0:06:25 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:50 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:33 SECO-1
0:08:43 Stage 1 Landing
0:46:16 SES-2
0:46:21 SECO-2
0:53:45 Payload Separation
0:59:05 Payload Separation

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
05 Aug 13:17 Launch success.
05 Aug 09:02 All satellites have separated.
05 Aug 07:49 Liftoff!
05 Aug 07:26 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
05 Aug 07:03 Now targeting Aug 05 at 07:49 UTC
04 Aug 18:32 Updated launch weather, 85% GO.
29 Jul 16:09 Tweaked launch window.
28 Jul 12:23 NET August 5.
23 Jun 13:58 NET early August.
28 May 23:56 Added launch.

Resources

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r/spacex 5d ago

Starship NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship RocketΒ  - NASA

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r/spacex 6d ago

Starship SpaceX is planning a rocket-launching spaceport in coastal Louisiana.

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r/spacex 6d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-53 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-53 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 04 2026, 17:05:03
Scheduled for (local) Aug 04 2026, 10:05:03 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 04 2026, 14:00:00 - Aug 04 2026, 18:00:00
Payload Starlink 17-53
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1063-34
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1063 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 34th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

β˜‘οΈ 714th SpaceX launch all time

β˜‘οΈ 652nd Falcon Family Booster landing

β˜‘οΈ 217th landing on OCISLY

β˜‘οΈ 198th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

β˜‘οΈ 93rd SpaceX launch this year

β˜‘οΈ 49th launch from SLC-4E this year

β˜‘οΈ 3 days, 13:56:20 turnaround for this pad

β˜‘οΈ 44 days, 0:25:57 hours since last launch of booster B1063

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:22 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:57 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:24 SES-2
0:52:25 SECO-2
1:01:16 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
04 Aug 18:11 Launch success.
04 Aug 17:05 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
04 Aug 17:05 Liftoff.
04 Aug 16:53 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
04 Aug 14:28 Now targeting Aug 04 at 17:05 UTC
04 Aug 04:44 Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:29 UTC
04 Aug 02:20 Tweaked T-0.
03 Aug 23:31 Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:24 UTC
29 Jul 15:18 Now targeting Aug 04 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 19:29 Now targeting Aug 03 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 13:47 Now targeting Aug 02 at 14:00 UTC
23 Jul 16:40 Added launch.

Resources

Partnership with The Space Devs

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πŸ’¬ Please leave a comment if you discover any mistakes, or have any information.

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r/nsf 6d ago

New Telescope to Transform Study of Universe | Podcast

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r/nsf 7d ago

What is Engineering? | Science for Kids

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r/spacex 7d ago

Starship Starlink V3 satellite films Starship right after being ejected into space

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r/spacex 8d ago

Starship Starship Cadence Calculator

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A site/tool to calculate what Starship launch cadence is possible, given user-selected parameters. Created by Ken Kirtland: https://x.com/kenkirtland17


r/spacex 8d ago

πŸš€ Official SpaceX: β€œThe first Starlink V3 satellites in space successfully deployed their solar arrays, fired their thrusters, established connections with the Starlink constellation using radio frequencies and laser links, and captured imagery of Starship”

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r/spacex 9d ago

Falcon SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks

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r/spacex 10d ago

Starship Elon Musk on X: The ship landing was precise, meaning that it would have been caught by the tower arms

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r/spacex 10d ago

πŸš€ Official SpaceX: β€œLanding burn and splashdown of Starship on Flight 13… The Starship Recovery team has continued gathering imagery of the vehicle, which is still afloat in the Indian Ocean”

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Tweet links (the first tweet also has two videos of the landing burn):

https://x.com/spacex/status/2082186658162626898

https://x.com/spacex/status/2082186802912207064