ERPS members fly the KISS Beta test vehicle at Fresno Tripoli HPR meet.
Members of ERPS check out the static engine test facilities at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in Mojave.
About a dozen ERPS members got a tour of SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
E.R.P.S. members from the K.I.S.S. vehicle team prep the static stand at F.A.R. for an engine firing.
https://spacenews.com/new-agreement-enables-u-s-launches-from-australian-spaceports/ Jeff Foust October 27, 2023 Equatorial Launch Australia announced in April an agreement with Phantom Space that could see it host launches of Phantom’s Daytona rocket. Credit: ELA HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The governments of Australia and the United
![[27 Oct 2023] Intuitive Machines targets launch to the Moon in mid-January](https://i0.wp.com/erps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/53251490051_22760974f9_c.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1 "[27 Oct 2023] Intuitive Machines targets launch to the Moon in mid-January")
The completed Nova-C lander for the IM-1 mission is photographed in mid-October at Intuitive Machines’ facilities in Houston, Texas, ahead of it being shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Image: Intuitive Machines The first lunar lander aiming for a touchdown at
![[26 Oct 2023] Marcus House on Lunar Exploration plans](https://i0.wp.com/erps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/design-created-by-the-wonderful-tony-bela.jpg?resize=650%2C350&ssl=1 "[26 Oct 2023] Marcus House on Lunar Exploration plans")
YouTuber Marcus House has an interesting video up about various plans for Lunar Exploration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B57GDeirtJY “SpaceX’s Colossal Starship Superheavy launch vehicle! The largest rocket ever created, promises the ability to send massive payloads into orbit at an affordable cost, much
![[25 Oct 2023] NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Is About To Flyby An Asteroid In Its First Major Test Flight](https://i0.wp.com/erps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RSLocalFile-2DC47B46-8F59-4A58-A7CA-5CB60151FE3F.png?resize=564%2C350&ssl=1 "[25 Oct 2023] NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Is About To Flyby An Asteroid In Its First Major Test Flight")
On November 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will visit its first asteroid, Dinkinesh. Their meeting will be a critical, ultra-brief encounter between two of the loneliest drifters in the Solar System. Lucy has already been flying through space for two years.
![[24 Oct 2023] ULA sets Christmas Eve launch date for first Vulcan Centaur](https://i0.wp.com/erps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vulcan-cert1-padtest-1200x799-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1 "[24 Oct 2023] ULA sets Christmas Eve launch date for first Vulcan Centaur")
Jeff Foust on SpaceNews has a story on the new target for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur launch: VEGAS — United Launch Alliance now plans to launch its first Vulcan Centaur rocket on Christmas Eve, carrying a commercial lunar lander. The company
Some recent news items: – Satria launched yesterday – Internet for Indonesia– SpaceX launched Transporter-8 Jun 12th w/72 minisats – … and landed 200th F9 first stage.– Earlier that day, it launched 52 Starlink sats from VSFB– VO ceases operations–
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May 1st, 2021 @ 2:00 pm PDT Topic: E.P.R.S. Annual (Zoom) Meeting Time: May 1, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Our Annual Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91615793973?pwd=WmRVVENNRWk5RllWOWgrVUsxcmFwZz09 Meeting ID: 916 1579 3973 Passcode: E.R.P.S. Find your local number:
![[30 May 2020] SpaceX and NASA Launch to Station](https://i0.wp.com/erps.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/launch.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1 "[30 May 2020] SpaceX and NASA Launch to Station")
Saturday, May 30th saw the first Falcon 9/Crew Dragon flight to ISS carrying astronauts. The mission left Florida in a picture perfect flight and placed the 2 DM-2 astronauts into a 200 km preliminary orbit. Over the next 19 hours