It was faintly visible last night. Should be better tonight. Much more visible in phone cameras than naked eye. Edit: in dfw

This was in BCS. Definitely visible here.

Pretty sweet proof of concept for wireless power transfer using laser beams. Directly applicable to lunar missions to provide power when the moon goes dark for 14 days.

https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/star-catcher-and-intuitive-machines-successfully-demonstrate-power-beaming-for-extended-lunar-surfac

anyone get good pics of the aurora last night? couldn't see anything from my house but we are surrounded by a ton of light pollution

New Glenn will attempt again today starting at 2:57pm EST

I guess I've grown accustomed to the Starship prop load timeline. They're gonna fuel this thing all afternoon.

New Glenn propellant loading is underway. pic.twitter.com/1CCB2ds9Ib

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

normaleagle05 said:

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I guess I've grown accustomed to the Starship prop load timeline. They're gonna fuel this thing all afternoon.

New Glenn propellant loading is underway. pic.twitter.com/1CCB2ds9Ib

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

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SpaceX even loads faster? Man they really are a different breed. I assume they have less waste and topping off needed

Decay said:

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normaleagle05 said:

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I guess I've grown accustomed to the Starship prop load timeline. They're gonna fuel this thing all afternoon.

New Glenn propellant loading is underway. pic.twitter.com/1CCB2ds9Ib

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

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SpaceX even loads faster? Man they really are a different breed. I assume they have less waste and topping off needed

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They've had a LOT more practice. I hope Blue Origin can get going but SpaceX's pace is just different from what everyone here is used to.

Decay said:

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normaleagle05 said:

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I guess I've grown accustomed to the Starship prop load timeline. They're gonna fuel this thing all afternoon.

New Glenn propellant loading is underway. pic.twitter.com/1CCB2ds9Ib

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

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SpaceX even loads faster? Man they really are a different breed. I assume they have less waste and topping off needed

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Doesn't New Glenn use methane too? Must be a lot of boil off if it's taking that long.

Hence the need for the top up starting at T-60?

Check out the New Glenn-2 mission timeline. pic.twitter.com/39l0RW7q0G

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

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Decay said:

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normaleagle05 said:

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I guess I've grown accustomed to the Starship prop load timeline. They're gonna fuel this thing all afternoon.

New Glenn propellant loading is underway. pic.twitter.com/1CCB2ds9Ib

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) November 13, 2025

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SpaceX even loads faster? Man they really are a different breed. I assume they have less waste and topping off needed

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Doesn't New Glenn use methane too? Must be a lot of boil off if it's taking that long.

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No doubt. Hence why SpaceX does it the way they do. Saves on some costs.

T-15 on the Blue Origin launch. Go for terminal count so far. Looks like it might go.

Clear blue skies and terminal count is started. T-3min!

HOLD

at t-minus 20 seconds

Sheesh

Vehicle safed…

Feels like a scrub…

How long can they hold?

Testing lunar mobility in Texas. 🌕🤝 
  
Together with Texas A&M Space Institute, we’re advancing mission readiness for the LTV, Moon RACER, in a 400,000-sq-ft facility that simulates the Moon’s terrain, light, and gravity. Read more: https://t.co/ojABtROlBw pic.twitter.com/RM5vL6R1ra

— Intuitive Machines (@Int_Machines) November 13, 2025

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How long can they hold?

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Window is ~90 min…but they said they have turned off the clock for now…

Caliber said:

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How long can they hold?

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Until the next gas station

Clock reset to t-00:32:00 and counting

New time is 2:45 CST

Caliber said:

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How long can they hold?

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Until Jeff Bezos runs out of money.

That is cool about the TAMU Space Institute, though I am curious how they plan on simulating the gravity of the moon on earth like the tweet says...

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That is cool about the TAMU Space Institute, though I am curious how they plan on simulating the gravity of the moon on earth like the tweet says...

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Back during Apollo they would create a pulley system to simulate landing the LEM. Maybe similar things with other vehicles?

I had no idea about the Apollo testing, just curious about how they would do it.

Suspension from ceiling supports to help support a portion of the weight is my guess

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I had no idea about the Apollo testing, just curious about how they would do it.

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They had a hangar over at Ellington AFB where they setup a mock lunar surface to test equipment and mobility on. My dad and other members of the geology group help them set it up. They brought in rocks from several of the places they took the astronauts for geology training to simulate a lunar surface. Photos from that site with guys testing space suits and the rover (with walls and other structure visible behind them) figure prominently in many of the conspiracy theories about the moon landing being faked.

New hold…

Looks like they added about 3 min and then restarted the clock…

Go New Glenn go! Liftoff!