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We had an exciting launch during the week with lift off of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission
on Friday. [SpaceX Commentator: “Zero. Ignition. Liftoff! Go Falcon, go Dragon, godspeed Axiom-1.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1062, then landed successfully for the 5th time on
the droneship A Shortfall Of Gravitas. [SpaceX Commentator: “As you can see,
this Falcon 9 has landed for the 5th time. All the while, great commentary there.”]
The ISS posted a Tweet saying “Four Ax1 astronauts from Axiom Space opened the SpaceX Dragon
Endeavour hatch today at 10:13am ET, entered the station, and met the seven-member Exp 67 crew.”
There was a Tweet posted saying “Today's Ax-1 mission provides one of the best SpaceX Falcon
9 first stage landings as an uninterrupted time lapse from the onboard camera.” Musk
responded with “Smooth video courtesy of bolting Starlinks to the deck. They are able to handle
high vibration & acoustics.” There was a Tweet I wanted to share that SpaceX posted about this
Axiom mission. They said “Over the course of Ax1, the crew will conduct approximately 25 experiments
focused on human research, life and physical sciences, technology demonstrations, & Earth
observations that will expand microgravity research to new sectors.” NASA’s Kennedy
Space Centre Twitter account posted an amazing picture of both Falcon 9 and SLS on launch pads.
It says “Welcome to America's multi-user spaceport! Seen here is SpaceX’s Falcon 9
rocket for Ax1 on Pad 39A & our Artemis 1 rocket on 39B. This is the 1st time two different types
of rockets & spacecraft made to carry humans are on the sister pads at the same time.”
I also wanted to share the upcoming launches as we have another launch expected this coming week.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the NROL-85 mission is scheduled to lift off on
Friday 15th at 12:59pm UTC or 8:59am EDT. There’s a Tweet from Everyday Astronaut that I want to
share about a Netflix documentary focussed on SpaceX. He said “Netflix knocked it out the park
for “Return To Space” w/ incredible access of NASA and SpaceX DM2! I had the honor of being
part of it alongside Elon Musk, Jim Bridenstine, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Gwynne Shotwell.”
I’ve personally seen the documentary and for those of you with Netflix, I highly recommend it.
It's very inspiring. There was a CNBC article posted saying “Sir Richard Branson,
less than a year after reaching space with Virgin Galactic, hopes to next trade flights with Elon
Musk and fly with SpaceX. He said ‘Hopefully, I’ll be able to go up on one of his spaceships one day,
and he’ll be able to go up on one of ours.’” SpaceX has secured yet more launch contracts
with this article posted about another agreement. It says “Momentus Inc., a U.S. commercial space
company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services,
recently announced that it has signed multiple launch agreements with SpaceX.”
Heading over to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site. New GSE plumbing was
seen being installed on the orbital launch tower. The chopstick catching arms were seen raised to
the top of the tower during testing. The Starship quick disconnect recently removed was seen moved
back to the launch site. Foundation work has been spotted going on at SpaceX’s little rocket garden.
There is an article posted related to Boca Chica and a permit to expand their site in the area.
It says “The US Army Corps of Engineers has closed a permit application for a proposed expansion of
SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas — a potential snag in the company’s plans to add
new launch and landing pads to the area, as well as substantially grow the site.” Here’s a view
of a Booster header tank seen being placed on a truck in the yard. Ship 20 was seen being moved
over to the suborbital Pad B launch mount. Work continues on the Ship 24 nosecone in the yard.
Here’s the Ship 24 body section. Ship 24 is now continuing to progress inside the Mid
Bay. Both the Ship 24 nosecone and payload barrel section are waiting to be stacked.
The two have now been stacked inside the High Bay. Crews have continued working on Booster 7 as
it sits on the orbital launch mount. Super Heavy Booster 7 was hooked up to the crane to be lifted.
Booster 7 was then lifted off of the orbital launch mount. Booster 7 has been placed on the
structural test stand. Taking a look at the road and beach closures on the Cameron County website,
after testing during the week some closures have been added. There are currently closures scheduled
for tomorrow, Monday 11th until Wednesday 13th for possible testing. Finally, to finish
today’s video, we once again have a Starbase production diagram thanks to Brendan Lewis.
As always, I have to say thanks to both Mary, known as BocaChicaGal and Nic Ansuini
for being out there filming the Starbase content. Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working
behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams and other space content. That’s it for this episode of
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