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Cosmic Penguin

@Cosmic_Penguin

Astronomy & spaceflight weeb penguin. In a relationship w/ Space Shuttle Discovery. Starship x @NASA_SLS shipper. Chinese spaceflight news/@PRCMarsRover hunter.

Hong Kong ➡️ Ontario Somewhere

Joined May 2012

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Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Jul 10
What Is Happening In Chinese Spaceflight in Quarter 3, 2026 - What do you mean that "We are getting important updates of spaceflight development progress of the current globe's no. 2 space-fairing nation through random social media photobombs"?
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
May 19, 2021
FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE CHINESE MARS ROVER ZHURONG IS OUT!
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Jan 3, 2019
#ChangE4 's rover Yutu 2 is now on the Moon surface: (weibo.com/2656274875/Hai…)
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Dec 4, 2020
There's now a full fabric PRC flag planted on the surface of the Moon after it was deployed from one side of Chang'e 5's descent stage just before ascent stage's launch. Whatever your opinions on the PRC are, this photo definitely has significant meanings in spaceflight history.
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Dec 6, 2020
No sweat in handling - that container has some asteroid rocks collected billions of kilometers away in the Asteroid Belt! ssl.tksc.jaxa.jp/space/return/p… @haya2e_jaxa
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Apr 15, 2022
Replying to @Cosmic_Penguin
As always people got close to watch launches there 😉
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Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Jun 20, 2022
SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED. I REPEAT, SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED. In a seminar to Nanjing University, Sun Zezhou, program chief of Chinese Mars mission Tianwen-1, has reported on the Chinese Mars Sample Return mission. TL;DR: Landing on Earth in July 2031, 2 years BEFORE NASA-ESA plans!
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
May 22, 2021
Oh those sneaky Chinese, posting these photos literally while I was posting the previous tweet... Anyway Zhurong has rolled off her lander's ramp onto Martian surface today @ 02:40 UTC! Here's the photo proof from the rear HazCam:
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Dec 24, 2021
WE NOW LIVE IN A TIMELINE WHERE JWST IS THE NEXT LAUNCH TO SPACE WORLDWIDE
DutchSpace
@DutchSpace
Dec 23, 2021
Oh hi there Ariane 5 with Webb :) 📷ESA - S. Corvaja #VA256
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Feb 1, 2021
Well, this one clearly didn't went in the correct direction right after launch.... China's private LSPs are perplexing easy to get to the pad and beyond, but seemingly just as difficult to get to orbit. (m.weibo.cn/detail/4599854…)
Cosmic Penguin
@Cosmic_Penguin
Nov 30, 2024
So with 2 successive launches from Vandenberg SLC-4E where the stream got delayed till after liftoff (this one at T+45 seconds), I have some (probably unverifiable) hypothesis: 1. There’s something around SLC-4E right now that must not be filmed
Spaceflight Now
@SpaceflightNow
Nov 30, 2024
The Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the droneship in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX started its webcast of the mission after launch.