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The Orbital Launch Table has been lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount

Starbase is moving at Warp 9 https://t.co/p8F5Qqfl8T

The cost of launching things into space (per kilogram) to lower earth orbit (altitude < 1200 miles) was almost stagnant for 40 years before SpaceX entered the arena.

Everything is better on Satur(N)day 🪐 Saturn is known for its massive ring system extending about 175,000 miles from the planet. The rings consist of billions of chunks of ice & rock, which can be as large as mountains! Learn more from @NASASolarSystem: https://t.co/XYi3TiMn0Y https://t.co/ZSzNk5Irxu

And the Launch Table is almost down onto the mount! A Super Heavy booster will park its aft on here in the near future! ➡️https://t.co/OqT9wDX7ER https://t.co/hvUraKlwg4

🎶 I got my driver's license last week 🎶 50 years ago today, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was used on the Moon for the first time. The Apollo 15 astronauts used it to drive 27.9 km on the lunar surface, traveling at an average speed of 9.6 km/hr. #Apollo50 https://t.co/whX6Ij9ktO

Starbase is moving at warp 9

#Starliner's Tuesday, Aug. 3 #OFT2 launch is almost here! In the meantime, get in on the virtual experience with a 360 ride in Starliner, tour the @Space_Station in 3D, and more: https://t.co/TdzjXDR0Z7 https://t.co/XasdfPZAgS

💫 It’s time for one of the biggest meteor showers of the year – the Perseids! Here’s how you can watch them at their peak in mid-August: https://t.co/gzdflf9y1G 📸: @NASAHQPhoto https://t.co/rj2qSP3bDw

“As I stand out here in the wonders of the unknown at Hadley, I sort of realize there's a fundamental truth to our nature. Man must explore. And this is exploration at its greatest.” - Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott, July 31, 1971 #Apollo50 https://t.co/gk1ogwnJUC

Stage Zero

ESO's visual artist Martin Kornmesser picked this image of the VLT as one of his favourites, even though he believes that “choosing a favourite image (from ESO archive) is like choosing your favourite child". 🔗 https://t.co/dV7h8xKJCe Credit: @aghizzi / @ESO https://t.co/PEgq0CoECA

Cobots, or collaborative robots, were designed to cooperate with humans, but cost still prevents their widespread adoption. Now, a company hopes to drop the price of cobots with advances originally made for NASA’s planetary rovers. @NASAspinoff https://t.co/eRuyNQNWJ8

The cost of launching things into space (per kilogram) to lower earth orbit (altitude < 1200 miles) was almost stagnant for 40 years before SpaceX entered the arena.

[OC] Some comics about Mercury (a planet which doesn't get nearly enough love)