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December finally seemed to end the year relatively calmly, but that's just because this year was already filled to the...

December finally seemed to end the year relatively calmly, but that's just because this year was already filled to the brim.

🇺🇸🛰️ - OTV-7 launched on FH to GTO.
🇨🇳🚀 - Return of Long March 5.
🇺🇸💔 - B1058 destroyed in rough seas.

Let's hope for just as many epic events in 2024!

Seriously though, November had some bangers as well.🇺🇸🚀 - Starship IFT-2 (aka IFT-1 but slighly less kerbal).🇺🇸🌌 - Lucy...

Seriously though, November had some bangers as well.

🇺🇸🚀 - Starship IFT-2 (aka IFT-1 but slighly less kerbal).
🇺🇸🌌 - Lucy flew past Dinkinesh, thereby discovering Dinkimoon.
🇪🇺🔥 - Ariane 6 performed a 7-minute hotfire.

November was my personal favorite.🇺🇸🛰️ - Starlink 6-26, 1st launch witnessed IRL by yours truly.🇺🇸🛰️ - Starlink 6-27,...

November was my personal favorite.

🇺🇸🛰️ - Starlink 6-26, 1st launch witnessed IRL by yours truly.
🇺🇸🛰️ - Starlink 6-27, 2nd launch witnessed by yours truly.
🇺🇸🛰️ - CRS-29, 3rd launch & landing witnessed by yours truly.
🇺🇸🛰️ - O3b mPower 5&6, 4th launch witnessed by yours truly.

October added to the already impressive tally of 2023.🇮🇳🧑‍🚀- Gaganyaan IFA test on India's goofiest rocket!🇺🇸🌌 -...

October added to the already impressive tally of 2023.

🇮🇳🧑‍🚀- Gaganyaan IFA test on India's goofiest rocket!
🇺🇸🌌 - NASA's Psyche launched on FH!
🇪🇺🚀 - PLD Space successfully launched Miura 1 suborbital demonstrator.
🇺🇸🛰️ - First Kuiper sats launched on a comically slow Atlas V.

September had something interesting for everyone.🇺🇸🪂 - OSIRIS-REx sample capsule landed back on Earth!🇯🇵🌌 - JAXA launched...

September had something interesting for everyone.

🇺🇸🪂 - OSIRIS-REx sample capsule landed back on Earth!
🇯🇵🌌 - JAXA launched XRISM X-ray telescope and SLIM lunar lander.
🇮🇳☀️ - ISRO launched the Aditya-L1 solar observatory.
🇺🇸🐇 - Stoke Space performed a successful hop test.

August was the peak of this year's Moon Season.🇮🇳🌖 - Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon!!!🇷🇺🌖 - Luna-25...

August was the peak of this year's Moon Season.

🇮🇳🌖 - Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon!!!
🇷🇺🌖 - Luna-25 launched, but was less successful at the landing part.
🇺🇸🚀 - Final launch of Antares 230+.

July was an emotional rollercoaster.🇪🇺🌌 - ESA's Euclid telescope launched!🇪🇺🚀 - The last Ariane 5. 😭🇨🇳🚀 -...

July was an emotional rollercoaster.

🇪🇺🌌 - ESA's Euclid telescope launched!
🇪🇺🚀 - The last Ariane 5. 😭
🇨🇳🚀 - Zhuque-2 first methane rocket to reach orbit!
🇮🇳🛰️ - ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 launched.

June was mostly just waiting for Epic July, but the rocket industry was still hard at work:🇺🇸🔥 - Vulcan Flight Readiness...

June was mostly just waiting for Epic July, but the rocket industry was still hard at work:

🇺🇸🔥 - Vulcan Flight Readiness Firing.
🇳🇿🚀 - Rocket Lab HASTE hypersonic test.
🇺🇸🚀 - The penultimate Delta IV Heavy.
🇪🇺💥 - Vega-C Zefiro-40 test failure causes even more Vega delays.

We could calm down a bit in May, but not by much...🇰🇷🚀 - Nuri's first operational launch.🇰🇵🚀 - Chollima-1 failed...

We could calm down a bit in May, but not by much...

🇰🇷🚀 - Nuri's first operational launch.
🇰🇵🚀 - Chollima-1 failed maiden flight.
🇺🇸🚀 - SpaceShipTwo return-to-flight.
🇺🇸🌖 - Blue Moon 2.0 chosen by NASA as the second lunar lander.

In fact, April was so packed that I need two toots to recap it!🇨🇳🚀- Tianlong-2 successful maiden flight!🇺🇸🧑‍🚀-...

In fact, April was so packed that I need two toots to recap it!

🇨🇳🚀- Tianlong-2 successful maiden flight!
🇺🇸🧑‍🚀- Artemis II crew reveal!
🇯🇵🌖- Hakuto-R failed lunar landing.

April, on the other hand, was simply amazing.🇪🇺🌌 - ESA's JUICE started its 8-year journey to Jupiter!!!🇺🇸🚀 - Starship...

April, on the other hand, was simply amazing.

🇪🇺🌌 - ESA's JUICE started its 8-year journey to Jupiter!!!
🇺🇸🚀 - Starship performed the most kerbal launch ever!

March was yet another ill-fated month. April couldn't come soon enough.🇯🇵🚀 - H3 failed maiden flight.🇺🇸🚀 - Terran 1...

March was yet another ill-fated month. April couldn't come soon enough.

🇯🇵🚀 - H3 failed maiden flight.
🇺🇸🚀 - Terran 1 failed maiden flight.
🇮🇳🚀 - Qaem 100 failed orbital flight.
🇺🇸💥 - Centaur V "anomaly".

February was the peak of the Coolant Leak Cinematic Universe.🇷🇺🫧 - Progress MS-21 hole in radiator...🇮🇳🚀 - SSLV first...

February was the peak of the Coolant Leak Cinematic Universe.

🇷🇺🫧 - Progress MS-21 hole in radiator...
🇮🇳🚀 - SSLV first successful launch.
🇷🇺🧑‍🚀 - Soyuz MS-23 uncrewed launch to replace the leaking Soyuz MS-22.

January was not exactly a great start.🇺🇸🚀 - LauncherOne's first UK launch sadly ended in failure, marking the end of Virgin...

January was not exactly a great start.

🇺🇸🚀 - LauncherOne's first UK launch sadly ended in failure, marking the end of Virgin Orbit.
🇺🇸🚀 - ABL's RS1 maiden flight was not successful either.

So this was 2023 in spaceflight, month by month... 🧵

So this was 2023 in spaceflight, month by month... 🧵

Well that's it 😔

Well that's it 😔

Farewell 😔

Farewell 😔

The last Ariane 5 has just arrived at its last destination on Earth.Liftoff tomorrow at 21:30 UTC.

The last Ariane 5 has just arrived at its last destination on Earth.
Liftoff tomorrow at 21:30 UTC.

Today marks 10 years since Inverted Proton-M 🥳🥳🥳📽️: Indira Keldibekova

Today marks 10 years since Inverted Proton-M 🥳🥳🥳

📽️: Indira Keldibekova

The Axiom-2 Crew Dragon will re-enter tonight around 11:00 PM Eastern (10:00 PM Central) along the following trajectory, likely visible from...

The Axiom-2 Crew Dragon will re-enter tonight around 11:00 PM Eastern (10:00 PM Central) along the following trajectory, likely visible from within a few hundred miles of that line: