This will take a little while to fully process.
Nov 172022
Oct 042022
A YouTube video with a bit more imagery of the impact and the results…
Oct 012022
A few photos showing the innards of an F-22 being repaired:
and some more pic.twitter.com/yZjvk5Fl49
— Fighterman_FFRC (@Fighterman_FFRC) June 12, 2022
Sep 302022
The Hubble and Webb space telescopes both observed the DART asteroid impact, and both saw distinct “streamers” in the ejecta. Which seems rather odd given that the asteroid appears to have been a loosely-assembled gravel pile, with nothing holding the ejected particles together… no surface tension, no magnetic fields, not even any appreciable gravity.
Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact
Webb’s view in near infrared:
Hubble’s view in visible light:
Sep 292022
Say what you will about United Launch Alliance and the fact that it is far, FAR behind the times when compared with SpaceX, they’ve recently been issuing some damned impressive videos.
Found it! Ok, since you asked so nicely… here is a full duration @BlueOrigin #BE4 firing. #VulcanRocket #CountDownToVulcan. Enjoy… pic.twitter.com/HZB2z33ted
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) September 28, 2022
OK. By popular demand, my ultra secret, most favorite spot. #NROL91 pic.twitter.com/OdqaUsPHuC
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) September 27, 2022
Here’s a cool fisheye shot for all you flame trench fans. Don’t forget to turn up the sound. #NROL91 pic.twitter.com/yv2JWbCP1w
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) September 27, 2022
Want to see some fire close up from my favorite secret SLC6 viewing spot? (turn up the volume…). #NROL91 pic.twitter.com/Ss3Hzfkcb1
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) September 26, 2022
Gotta love a rocket that is so metal, it sets itself on fire before launching into space. Getting excited for #NROL91 #DeltaIVHeavy pic.twitter.com/9RIJV6LAK0
— Tory Bruno (@torybruno) September 19, 2022
And they’re retweeting some good vids of their Delta IV launch:
Video from the #NROL91 Delta IV Heavy launch yesterday. @ulalaunch @torybruno @SuperclusterHQ pic.twitter.com/taa3Usgo9Z
— Justin Hartney (@justinhartney) September 25, 2022
Wide angle shot of ULA Delta IV Heavy – NROL-91 successfully launched from Vandenberg SFB yesterday. @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/habqHr7NVs
— Jay L. DeShetler (@jdeshetler) September 26, 2022
Some great launch videos. Now, to release some equally impressive landing videos, demonstrating that ULA is in the business of recovering and reusing rockets to not only lower launch cost (and compete with SpaceX) but also to ramp up launch rates in order to save western civilization off-world, because it’s going to hell on *this* one.
Sep 282022
The images coming in of the DART impact are absolutely remarkable.
Same video as before of ATLAS observing the DART impact, but tracked sidereally (with the stars). Each frame is about 40 seconds, and the entire sequence is about two hours. pic.twitter.com/p7Sgvfu2CK
— ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022
The preliminary preview images from @LICIACube show the extent and shape of the plume from the #DARTmission Sept. 26 impact on asteroid Didymos' moonlet Dimorphos pic.twitter.com/VwUm096Yov
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) September 27, 2022
Here are some of the first images direct from the @LICIACube team at @ASI_spazio https://t.co/9LEIZA5SF7
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) September 27, 2022
A imagem que vocês estavam esperando chegou! Já acessamos os dados do @NASAWebb e montamos um timelapse do asteroide Dimorphos após a colisão com a missão de teste de defesa planetária #DART. #AstroMiniBR pic.twitter.com/DWQEnyW7x9
— Projeto Céu Profundo (@CeuProfundo) September 27, 2022
Dude. DUDE.
Sep 262022
This is what men can do when they strive for greatness using the precepts of western science: we can bullseye a 500-meter-wide pile of rubble from across the friggen’ solar system.
The plume was visible from Earth-based telescopes.
ATLAS observations of the DART spacecraft impact at Didymos! pic.twitter.com/26IKwB9VSo
— ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022
Check out these two different angles of the #DARTMission explosion taken from Earth observatories!! #nasa #asteroid #dimorphos #atlasproject #ssaosouthafrica pic.twitter.com/JyRrk74Fjs
— The Bind (@TheBindRocks) September 27, 2022
The Webb and Hubble telescopes were aimed at the impact, but I haven’t seen anything from them yet. Probably takes time to process.
Sep 242022
America is not only insane, but *terminally* insane, if we let this problem continue to fester.
Sep 222022
Ethereal.
Neptune in a new light! 🔵
Hubble’s view of this planet looks pretty different from @NASAWebb's new image, on the right.
That’s because these two telescopes looked at the planet in different wavelengths of light. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/omelj0ZkDX
— Hubble (@NASAHubble) September 21, 2022
Aug 102022
A Russian-occupied Crimean air base suffered a series of impressive explosions. Some claim that Ukrainians fired long range rockets (longer range than any rockets they were though to have). The Ukrainian government suggested that special forces and partisans set off a series of explosions. The Russian government said that it was just an accident with some ammo, and that nobody was injured and no aircraft were trashed. While we still don’t know for sure what happened, satellites have passed over and hoo boy, the place is a mess.
Widespread Destruction Seen After Blasts At Russian Base In Crimea
There are a number of commercial satellite photos showing a bunch of planes turned into smoking ruins.
As some have pointed out, Russia has aircraft in reserve. Apparently they think they have access to the F-18’s on the aircraft carrier USS George Bush:
Russia Accidentally Prints “Navy Day” Posters Featuring Cruiser Moskva (Sunk last April by Ukraine); American Aircraft Carrier USS George Bush
Snerk.