Launch - PFRR (Simulated) F9H + DC-101 to RU OSS @ 98 Deg Inclination

Prelaunch - Pad 01.

Waiting on Weird Science.

And after a few land line calls... And a little arm twisting... Here we go.

Up we go... ^^^

Climbing... So long PFFR.

Boosters separating.

Yes the DC-101 is a little long for the Fairings but oh well it works.

Up we go again... And Fairing Separation.

Second Stage Booster out of gas... Alt 600 Km.

Separation.

Sails Out.

Next Phase of the Mission... Chase down that New Russian Space Station... ^^^

Hint... It's going to look a lot like the old Russian MIR. 

Aaannnddd after a long boring approach... We're there... Docked.

 Yeap... That new Russian Space Station sure does look a lot like the old Mir.

Orbiter Space Flight Simulator: 2024 Edition.

Launch - PFRR - 46.034 + 52.010 + 46.035 - Sounding Rockets - AWESOME - NASA

Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events (AWESOME).

Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat: Geophysical Institute UAF. 

 

46.034 Terrier @ 20250325 11:50:00 UTC 03:50:00 Local.

52.010 Black Brant XII @ 20250325 12:30:00 UTC 04:30:00 Local.

 46.035 Terrier-Improved Malemute @ 20250329 08:00:00 UTC 00:30:00 Local. 

Left a nice Worm Hole for anyone to see: made the Space Weather News. 

 Weird Science @ Geophysical Institute PFRR.

Scheduled Launch - Mar 23 to Apr 06 - PFRR - NASA - AWESOME

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat, located 20 miles north of Fairbanks, and operates it under a contract with NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which is part of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. 

 

The experiment, titled Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events, or AWESOME, features one four-stage rocket and two two-stage rockets all launching in an approximately three-hour period. 

 

Colorful vapor tracers from the largest of the three rockets should be visible across much of northern Alaska. 

 

The launch window is March (23) through April 6.

 

Colorful vapor tracers from the largest of the three rockets should be visible across much of northern Alaska.

 

Science NASA Gov: NASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora Experiment. 

 

GI UAF PFRR NASA AWESOME: To receive updates about the launches, text PFRRLAUNCHES to 866-485-7614. 

 

NASA Gov Sounding Rockets: Type Vehicles. 

PFRR Facebook: Once the first rocket launches - the second will follow in 1 hour - and the third in 45 min following the second. 

YouTube Feed: is ready to go.

News - Arctic Dome Alaska - Astro Dan the Iron Dome Man has a $12 Billion Plan

Along with the Trump administration’s executive order, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) introduced the Increasing Response Options and Deterrence of Missile Engagements (IRON DOME) Act in February 2025. 

 

A provision of this act is:

$12 billion to expand missile interceptor fields at Fort Greely in Alaska with new Next Generation Interceptors. These missile interceptors are part of the Ground-based Mid-course Defense (GMD) system with involved contractors being Boeing, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. 

The “Iron Dome for America” executive order also requires that the Pentagon – jointly with the Office of Budget and Management – submit to the White House a plan to fund this directive. The Trump administration is currently working on its fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budgetary outline and therefore seeks to have guidance in how much funding it should request for the Dome’s various components before it finalizes a proposal.

 

WTG Rocket Man... ^^^ 

 

 

News - Spaceports - Astro Act - Pacific Spaceport Complex Kodiak Alaska

 

Legislation to Boost Investment in American Spaceports. 

 

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced bipartisan legislation to support spaceports across the nation, boosting investment in the next frontier while addressing the concerning spaceport bottleneck preventing more frequent launches. The Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators (ASTRO) Act would award funding to spaceports with a proven track records of successful launches in order to help to promote America’s strategic, military, and commercial interests in space exploration while supporting local economies surrounding spaceports.

 

“As global competition in space accelerates, the United States must invest in the infrastructure that supports our commercial and national security launch capabilities,” Sen. Sullivan said. “The ASTRO Act will provide critical resources to modernize and expand our spaceports – fueling essential upgrades at facilities like the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak – to ensure we remain the world’s leader in space launch. I’m glad to work with Senator Warner and Senator Luján on this bipartisan effort to strengthen our space industry and enhance our national security.“

America faces a severe and worsening “spaceport bottleneck” as the need for space launch facilities vastly outpaces supply, creating very high demand on a small number of facilities. The ASTRO Act would provide non-federal spaceports the resources they need to build transit infrastructure and quickly increase launch capacity and cadence. Under the ASTRO Act, spaceports would receive $250,000 for each licensed launch and $100,000 for each permitted launch up to $2.5 million annually, promoting investment in spaceports that already have a successful record.

Full text of the ASTRO Act is available here.

And in other news... Astro Dan has been squirreling away a little funding for an Alaska Arctic Dome.

On Feb. 5, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), introduced a bill to authorize $19.5 billion in fiscal 2026 funding for a broad set of missile defense initiatives beyond the scope of the executive order. Most of the proposed spending, $12 billion, would go toward expanding the ground-based midcourse interceptor field at Fort Greely, Alaska.

Landing - Moon - Blue Ghost 01 - Firefly Aerospace - CLPS

Blue Ghost Mission 01 , a CLPS Moon landing mission conducted by Firefly Aerospace in Texas, launched on January 15, 2025 and landed on March 2, 2025 at 08:34 UTC, becoming the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon. 

 

 

The Earth at night is big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas... TY Tx's... ^^^

 

 

Firefly Aerospace: Lunar Mission Orbit Details.

 

Space Flight Graphics: Blue Ghost 01.

Blue Ghost M2: The second Blue Ghost lander is scheduled for launch in 2026. 

It will deliver Lunar Pathfinder, a European communication satellite and a precursor to the Moonlight Initiative constellation, to lunar orbit. 

Blue Ghost M3: A third Blue Ghost mission is planned for 2028.

Brought to you by NEN Near Earth Network - NASA. 

Now anyone can build a spaceship in their garage, rideshare it on an F9 and fly it out of their basement... Make commercial Micro Aerospace Great Again... McMAGA... ^^^