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Welcome to Wikipedia, N828335! Thank you for your contributions. I am N2e and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! N2e (talk) 18:39, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Phobos is being towed into Pascaqula, Mississippi now (with LIVE COVERAGE)

Phobos is being towed into Pascagoula, Mississippi now (with LIVE COVERAGE!!!) [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_qX5PFlyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_qX5PFlyg]

Crazy to be seeing live coverage. And clear views. Cheers. N2e (talk) 19:21, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I am watching that now. Amazing! Already made the relevant changes to the article. N828335 (talk) 19:34, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
With a well-sourced citation I trust.  ;) N2e (talk) 19:36, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Template:Starship flights/suborbital

It is good to see your enthusiasm for improving things in spaceflight topic area generally, and in helping to fix some particularly poor sourcing on Template:Starship flights/suborbital. I really appreciate your quick attention on the items that had been recently flagged.

I just thought it might be good to say here that there is definitely much more sourcing work and citation cleanup needed on that page; and stuff that wouldn't stand muster if some editor happens by to challenge it. I'd be happy to start discussing it on that Talk page... but also thought that since you are still relatively new to the editing on the English Wikipedia, I'd also be happy to discuss some of the broad categories that stand out to me here on your talk page too, if you'd like a more conversational and coaching take through some of those topics as you learn the Wikipedia ropes. Any preference? Cheers. N2e (talk) 19:26, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Either is fine, thanks. N828335 (talk) 01:09, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Sending a notification

hey N828335, didn't get the notification to pop when you pinged me on the Template talk:Starship flights/suborbital page. In case you didn't know you probably do but, when you want to ping another editor (using the re template, ping, etc.) you need to sign your comment in the same edit (Looks like when you did it wasn't). See Help:Fixing failed pings if you need help, but just reposting the re template (with everyone's name) and resigning your comment should work. (or it could have been an error on my end) Happy editing! OkayKenji (talkcontribs) 02:18, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

I tried it again, hopefully it worked. N828335 (talk) 02:23, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Still didn't work :(. But it's fine. OkayKenji (talkcontribs) 03:06, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Slightly confused

Hi N828335, Thank you for the welcome, although I must confess to being slightly confused by your welcome message. Although not a frequent or myriad editor, I have been a contributor and Wikipedian, almost since it's inception, (registered user since 2008). Could it be that you have me mistaken for someone else, or perhaps an error in the contributions/history database? Hopefully, if you're welcome was intended for someone else, you manage to find them. Sincerely,--Orville Wright (talk) 12:40, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

No problem. The fact that you did not have a talk page made me think you were conceptually somewhat new to editing. Obviously this is a generic message I leave often. Surprised no one welcomed you earlier. N828335 (talk) 15:19, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Request for input on SpaceX Starship

Greetings N828335, I have started a discussion on the SpaceX Starship talk page about reoganizing the prototype section. I would really appreciate your input. Please take a look and leave a note. Many thanks. JaredHWood💬 01:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I saw that. I will look into it once I have time. N828335 (talk) 01:29, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I saw your note, that you are working on the prototype table. I'm online right now too and will stay out of your way so we don't get edit conflicts. If I'm on later and there is more work to do, I take a turn at it. Jared.h.woodJHelzer💬 17:22, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Sure, thanks! N828335 (talk) 17:24, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
@JHelzer: The tables look so much better without the bulky notes section! I've copied and pasted each note cell under their respective heading. However, this leaves a lot of duplicate information that needs to be properly merged. I'm going to take a break on this article for a few hours, if you want to work on cleaning it up. Thanks, N828335 (talk) 18:41, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

That's what I get for not reading and being sloppy. Thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dgrundler (talkcontribs) 18:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

No problem, its just a minor issue. Thanks for your contributions! N828335 (talk) 18:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
And thanks for the welcome! The first page I edited on Wikipedia was over 13 years ago, but I am still a relative noob. Dgrundler (talk) 18:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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Hello from Wikipedia en español

Hi bro, I'm from Wikipedia en español, there I edited your user page performing the grammar. I was thinking, you could return the favor? Please, my userpage here probably have grammar errors and I need a checking there. See ya! Xillegas (talk) 06:47, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Sure, I will take a look. N828335 (talk) 07:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much! Xillegas (talk) 03:30, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

"Deimos (oil rig)" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Deimos (oil rig). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 8#Deimos (oil rig) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. I started a discussion on this. N2e (talk) 04:20, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Category:Floating launch vehicle operations platform

FYI, I just created Category:Floating launch vehicle operations platform in order to subcat away the half dozen or so vessels of this subtype from the more general Category:Service vessels. Feel free to review, or add any vessels I may have missed. Cheers. N2e (talk) 16:07, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice, I have added a few more. N828335 (talk) 16:18, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Great. Thanks for catching the ones I missed. We've got ourselves a bonafide, and I think useful, subcategory in place now. N2e (talk) 03:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

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Attention: Dispute Resolution Request started!

There has been a dispute on the article List of Starship flights. A dispute resolution request has been sent to Wikipedia. 64.121.103.144 (talk) 19:32, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Good, we probably need some outside opinions. I've gotten tired of discussing it, so I have not commented in a while. After thinking about it, I think we should just label SN8-SN11 as just failures, and not use 2 columns. If it was recovered: success. If it wasn't: failure. We don't need to add green boxes just to feel better for SpaceX. If it was any other company, we would do this, but SpaceX just has so many fans, which are the editors. N828335 (talk) 19:37, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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List of Starship flights

List of Starship flights Talk page has got some things cleaned up lately.

I think you can see (learn) it takes patience to slowly see a consensus develop on some of the big questions and topics that have lots of dedicated and enthusiastic editors. In this case: it was that all that one-word armchair analysis by SpaceX fans who can hardly stand not to have a chart with colors was, in the end, original research. But that is the consensus that ultimately developed. Now more reliably sourced facts, and fewer editor fights (eventually) over what to call each launch or landing and how to color them.  :) N2e (talk) 03:59, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Attention!

I will now remove the WikiProject. Join in the discussion about making a WikiProject Spaceflight subproject at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spaceflight/NASA/SpaceX subprojects. 64.121.103.144 (talk) 15:25, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Invite

Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/SpaceX (company)/Invite

@64.121.103.144: Thank you for the notice, I left my opinions about the project on the proposal page. N828335 (talk) 00:25, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

64.121.103.144 (talk) 17:38, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Rocketry

Would you be interested in joining my WikiProject, Rocketry? I am the Project Coordinator. Also, would yoube interested in being the project's assistant coordinator?

64.121.103.144 (talk) 23:30, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

No, the articles I work on more closely correlate to spaceflight than rocketry. N828335 (talk) 00:27, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Note

Remember the subproject proposals that we are working on? Can you let other people know that there is a new spaceflight subproject proposal? 64.121.103.144 (talk) 15:34, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I can maybe let a few people know, but I really am not very active at the moment. N828335 (talk) 15:38, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
@64.121.103.144: Please don't significantly alter other's user pages, like adding a wiki break banner. I am not on a wiki break, I said I am not "very" active, but I still make several edits per day, which is much less than in the past. However, I already have a banner on my user page addressing this, that I've added to this talk page also. N828335 (talk) 19:53, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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Note

Remember me? I now have an account. Starship SLS (formerly IP 64.121.103.144) (talk) 22:20, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@StarshipSLS: Great, thanks for letting my know. N828335 (talk) 00:13, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Consensus seems formed, or imminent

Looks like SpaceX floating launch platform is the most consensus pick. I've left a comment on the Talk page summarizing how I see it. N2e (talk) 18:24, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

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1 April 2021 — 30 April 2021
Volume 1 — Issue 7
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In the News!
Article of the month.

Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was selected as part of NASA's third group of 14 astronauts in 1963 and flew in space twice.

Image of the month.

The unofficial flag of earth day which is made of the "Blue Marble" image taken onboard of the Apollo 17 spacecraft with a blue background.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 112.
Total number of members: 325.


April Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.


  1. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L23 (7th at 16:34:18) Success Success
  2. China Long March 4B – Shiyan 6-02 (8th at 23:01) Success Success
  3. Russia Crewed mission Soyuz-2.1aMS-18 (9th at 07:42:40) Success Success
  4. United States Crewed mission Falcon 9 – Crew-2 (23rd at 22:14:08) Success Success
  5. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 6 (25th at 22:14:08) Success Success
  6. United States Delta IV Heavy – NROL-82 (26th at 20:47) Success Success
  7. China Long March 6 – Qilu 1 & Qilu 4 (27th at 03:20) Success Success
  8. European Union Vega – Pléiades Neo 3 (29th at 01:50:00) Success Success
  9. China Long March 6 – Tianhe 1 (29th at 03:23:15) Success Success
  10. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L24 (29rd at 03:44) Success Success
  11. China Long March 6 – Yaogan 34 (27th at 03:20) Success Success

May Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.


  • Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25
  • GSLV Mk.2 – GISAT 1
  • Long March 7 – Tianzhou 2
  • Atlas 5 – SBIRS GEO Flight 5
  • Soyuz – OneWeb 7
Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 30 April 2021.

Monthly Changes

Since March, 39 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There is 1 less GA-class, with 3 more files, 4 more B-class, 6 more C-class, 7 more start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.

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Working Group

I have created a working group for SpaceX articles. Please help! Link: Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/SpaceX working group. StarshipSLS (talk) 17:36, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Starship orbital test flight moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Starship orbital test flight, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. CommanderWaterford (talk) 21:03, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Is the article that it went to being reworked? It was marked as deleted when I checked it. 12.186.169.130 (talk) 15:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

It is being worked on in the draft space, Draft:Starship orbital test flight. N828335 (talk) 16:09, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Alright I'll remember that. Thanks! 12.186.169.130 (talk) 16:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
This is for your hard work at Draft:Starship orbital test flight. StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 23:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CommanderWaterford was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
CommanderWaterford (talk) 19:21, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

I think this draft is ready to be submitted to AFC. What do you think? StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 14:22, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Not quite yet. I think we should make an infobox (like other rocket launches) and work on some sourcing first. N828335 (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@N828335: Ok, I will work on that. Can you give me a link to a good infobox we could use? StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 23:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@StarshipSLS: I added one over from Falcon Heavy test flight. Infobox still needs some more work, along with some ref work. Then, it should be ready for article namespace. N828335 (talk) 23:51, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@N828335 :I've edited the infobox. Launch is not from Florida but from Texas. StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 23:54, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@N828335: Where did you get the info that it is launching from Florida? The FCC exhibit says Texas. StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 23:56, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@StarshipSLS: Thanks for catching that. I copied it directly from the Falcon heavy one, guess I forgot to change that. I have some more time now, so I will work there. N828335 (talk) 00:15, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Just sent it over to be reviewed now. N828335 (talk) 00:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@StarshipSLS: After getting declined again, I think I will just create a section on the List of Starship flights article, and move the content there for now. This seems to be the recommendation from WP:DELAY. N828335 (talk) 20:38, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Could I continue work on the draft? StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 23:51, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@StarshipSLS: Just an update: I moved the entire thing to a section on List of Starship flights, so edit it there. The draft no longer exists, I created a redirect out of it. In the future, once we get a few more details, we can just replace this redirect with the actual article. I don't think the user who declined it is very familiar with rockets/Starship, which might explain their decision. A little more publicity on the launch before giving it an article might help, however. N828335 (talk) 15:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok. StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 15:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

List of Starship Flights ( Page Move/Rename )

Just so you know there's a move/rename request on List of Starship Flights that you may want to be aware of. 12.186.169.130 (talk) 19:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@12.186.169.130: Yes, I saw that discussion, I just have not decided and responded yet. Thanks, N828335 (talk) 20:46, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Starship orbital test flight

Hi, could you please explain why you thought that a draft which was declined as AfC for good reasons now deserved to be inserted into an existing mainspace article? CommanderWaterford (talk) 16:46, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@CommanderWaterford: WP:DELAY States that "It is wise to delay writing an article about a breaking news event until the significance of the event is clearer as early coverage may lack perspective and be subject to factual errors. Writing about breaking news may be recentism, and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. It is recommended that editors start a section about the event within an existing article on a related topic if possible, which may later be split into its own article if the coverage suggests that the event is independently notable." My understanding is that we thought it was not notable for its own article at the moment, so it should be inserted as a section on a existing, highly related article.
Based on your declining comment, it seems like the event is not notable enough for an article (yet), and there's nothing I could change on the draft to make it more notable. This was the only option I saw besides deleting the content altogether. N828335 (talk) 17:27, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
@N828335 WP:DELAY does not mean instead of waiting inserting it into a mainspace article. Wikipedia is not a newspaper nor a marketing&/promotional organization for Starship. CommanderWaterford (talk) 17:30, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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1 May 2021 — 31 May 2021
Volume 1 — Issue 8
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In the News!
  • The Crew of SpaceX Crew-1 had a successful splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on 2nd May at 06:56:33 UTC. After they launched in November 2020 and had spent 167 days in space.
  • A LongMarch 5B rocket had an uncontrolled re-entery into the atmosphere on 4th May. With any debris being reported to have landed in the Indian Ocean.
  • One of Rocket Labs Electron rockets expierienced a launch malfunction 2:30 into launch causing the mission to result in failure.
  • Images have been released after the landing of Zhurong rover on Mars on 14th May.

Featured Content


Article of the month.

Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".

Image of the month.

Astronaut Clayton Anderson wis shown as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 116. Total number of members: 329.

May Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.


  1. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25 (4th at 19:01:07) Success Success
  2. China Long March 2C – Yaogan 30-08 (6th at 18:11) Success Success
  3. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L27 (9th at 06:42) Success Success
  4. New Zealand Electron – "Running Out of Toes" (15th at 11:11) Failure Failure
  5. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L26 (15th at 22:56) Success Success
  6. United States Atlas 5SBIRS-GEO 5 (18th at 17:37) Success Success
  7. China Long March 4BHaiyang 2D (19th at 04:03) Success Success
  8. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L28 (26th at 18:59) Success Success
  9. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 7 (28th at 17:38:39) Success Success
  10. China Long March 7Tianzhou 2 (29th at 12:55:29) Success Success

June Launches
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Article Statistics
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Monthly Changes

Since April, 45 pages have been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class and 1 image reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, with 2 more B-class, 8 more C-class, 1 less start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.

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Article of the month.

Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain. Nowak was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006. In 2007, Nowak was involved in an incident that led to her dismissal from NASA and the Navy.

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Image of the month.

Offical portrait of Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (Buzz Aldrin) who was the pilot on the Apollo 11 mission.

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Members


New Members:

Number of active members: 118. Total number of members: 331.
Monthly Changes

Since May 28 pages ahve been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class, 1 list reached FL-class & 2 images reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, as well as 1 more file page. There are 4 more B class articles, 20 more C class articles, 10 less start class articles & 1 less stub article.

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In the News!
  • On 11th July Virgin Galactic had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Richard Branson onboard in SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity.
  • On 17th July NASA announced that scientific observations from the Hubble Space Telescope had resumed on a backup computer after being placed in a "safe mode" since June 13.
  • On 20th July Blue Origin had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Jeff Bezos onboard in a New Shepard capsule.
  • On 26th July The Pirs module was the first permanent ISS module to be decommissioned. After docking to the ISS on 17th September 2001, just under 20 years ago.
  • On 29th July The ISS was moved out of its normal orientation after the Nauka module (a new Russian module) was docked and started firing its thrusters.
Article of the month.

Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle. Two variants were developed: Centaur G-Prime and Centaur G. The powerful Centaur upper stage allowed for heavier deep space probes, and for them to reach Jupiter sooner. However, neither variant ever flew on a Shuttle.

Image of the month.

This is an Extreme Deep Field image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, released by NASA on September 25th, 2012. With exposure dates from July 2002 to March 2012.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 120. Total number of members: 333.

July Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.


  1. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 8 (1st at 12:48:33) Success Success
  2. China Long March 2DJilin-1 (3rd at 02:51) Success Success
  3. China Long March 4CFengyun 3E (4th at 23:28) Success Success
  4. China Long March 3C/ETianlian I-05 (6th at 15:53) Success Success
  5. China Long March 6 – Ningxia 1 (9th at 11:59) Success Success
  6. China Long March 2CYaogan 30-10 (19th at 00:19) Success Success
  7. Russia Proton-MNauka (21st at 14:58:25) Success Success
  8. China Long March 2D – Tianhui-1D (29th at 04:01) Success Success
  9. United States Electron – Monolith (29th at 06:00) Success Success
  10. European Union Ariane 5 ECASO-D2 & Eutelsat (30th at 21:00) Success Success

August Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.


Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 July 2021.
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 19 5 7 38
FL 1 4 4 9
FM 102 102
GA 11 24 34 54 123
B 2 48 40 52 142
C 56 160 545 510 12 1,283
Start 36 157 1,106 2,244 374 3,917
Stub 9 244 2,188 233 2,674
List 14 126 79 218 1 438
Category 1,032 1,032
Disambig 49 49
File 207 207
Portal 55 55
Project 68 68
Redirect 2 1 1 1,134 1 1,139
Template 501 501
Other 31 31
Assessed 126 546 2,058 5,278 3,179 621 11,808
Unassessed 3 1 74 78
Total 126 546 2,058 5,281 3,180 695 11,886

Monthly Changes

Since June: 24 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 4 more files. There is 1 more B class article, 5 more C class articles, 10 more start class articles & 2 more stub class articles.
The 2 additional FM class have been FM for a few years, they just registered this month.

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1 July 2021 — 31 July 2021
Volume 1 — Issue 10
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News!
  • On 11th July Virgin Galactic had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Richard Branson onboard in SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity.
  • On 17th July NASA announced that scientific observations from the Hubble Space Telescope had resumed on a backup computer after being placed in a "safe mode" since June 13.
  • On 20th July Blue Origin had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Jeff Bezos onboard in a New Shepard capsule.
  • On 26th July The Pirs module was the first permanent ISS module to be decommissioned. After docking to the ISS on 17th September 2001, just under 20 years ago.
  • On 29th July The ISS was moved out of its normal orientation after the Nauka module (a new Russian module) was docked and started firing its thrusters.
Article of the month.

Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle. Two variants were developed: Centaur G-Prime and Centaur G. The powerful Centaur upper stage allowed for heavier deep space probes, and for them to reach Jupiter sooner. However, neither variant ever flew on a Shuttle.

Image of the month.

This is an Extreme Deep Field image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, released by NASA on September 25th, 2012. With exposure dates from July 2002 to March 2012.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 120. Total number of members: 333.

July Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.


  1. Russia Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 8 (1st at 12:48:33) Success Success
  2. China Long March 2DJilin-1 (3rd at 02:51) Success Success
  3. China Long March 4CFengyun 3E (4th at 23:28) Success Success
  4. China Long March 3C/ETianlian I-05 (6th at 15:53) Success Success
  5. China Long March 6 – Ningxia 1 (9th at 11:59) Success Success
  6. China Long March 2CYaogan 30-10 (19th at 00:19) Success Success
  7. Russia Proton-MNauka (21st at 14:58:25) Success Success
  8. China Long March 2D – Tianhui-1D (29th at 04:01) Success Success
  9. United States Electron – Monolith (29th at 06:00) Success Success
  10. European Union Ariane 5 ECASO-D2 & Eutelsat (30th at 21:00) Success Success

August Launches
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Article Statistics
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Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 19 5 7 38
FL 1 4 4 9
FM 102 102
GA 11 24 34 54 123
B 2 48 40 52 142
C 56 160 545 510 12 1,283
Start 36 157 1,106 2,244 374 3,917
Stub 9 244 2,188 233 2,674
List 14 126 79 218 1 438
Category 1,032 1,032
Disambig 49 49
File 207 207
Portal 55 55
Project 68 68
Redirect 2 1 1 1,134 1 1,139
Template 501 501
Other 31 31
Assessed 126 546 2,058 5,278 3,179 621 11,808
Unassessed 3 1 74 78
Total 126 546 2,058 5,281 3,180 695 11,886

Monthly Changes

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  • On 12th August a GSLV Mk.2 rocket with the EOS-03 Earth observation satellite as a payload encountered a third stage failure and crashed back into the ground after reaching a maximum altitude of 140km (87 miles).
  • On 20th August a 5 hour 55 minute spacewalk was completed by chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming on the Tiangong space station.
  • On 28th August an Astra rocket had an engine failure at launch, but managed to recover and fly to the upper atmosphere before leaving its flight corridor, resulting in flight temination.
Article of the month.

Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and lunar module pilot R. Walter Cunningham.

Image of the month.

Official portrait of Ilan Ramon, an astronaut killed during the failed re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

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August Launches
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  1. China Hyperbola-1Jilin-1 (3rd at 07:39) Failure Failure
  2. China Long March 6 – KL-Beta A/B (4th at 11:01) Success Success
  3. China Long March 3B/EChinaSat 2E (5th at 16:30:05) Success Success
  4. United States Antares 230+Cygnus NG-16 (10th at 22:01:05) Success Success
  5. India GSLV Mk II – EOS-03 (GISAT-1) (12th at 00:13) Failure Failure
  6. Europe France VegaPléiades-Neo 4 (17th at 01:47:06) Success Success
  7. China Long March 4B – Tianhui-2 02 (18th at 22:32) Success Success
  8. Russia Kazakhstan Soyuz-2.1bOneWeb 9 (21st at 22:13:40) Success Success
  9. China Long March 2C – RSW-01 (24th at 11:15) Success Success
  10. China Long March 3B/E – TJSW-7 (24th at 15:41) Success Success
  11. United States Rocket 3STP-27AD1 (28th at 22:35) Failure Failure
  12. United States Falcon 9CRS-23 (29th at 07:14:49) Success Success

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Article Statistics
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Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 19 5 7 38
FL 1 4 4 9
FM 102 102
GA 10 24 34 54 122
B 4 48 41 53 146
C 57 160 546 530 1,293
Start 34 157 1,106 2,262 374 3,933
Stub 9 244 2,197 1 234 2,685
List 14 124 79 225 1 443
Category 1,033 1,033
Disambig 1 49 50
File 206 206
Portal 55 55
Project 58 58
Redirect 2 1,140 1,142
Template 504 504
Other 22 22
Assessed 126 544 2,059 5,333 3,170 609 11,841
Unassessed 53 53
Total 126 544 2,059 5,333 3,170 662 11,894

Monthly Changes

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Members

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October Launches
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  1. Russia Kazakhstan Crewed mission Soyuz-2.1aSoyuz MS-19 (5th at 08:55:02) Success Success
  2. Russia Soyuz-2.1bOneWeb (14th at 09:40:10) Success Success
  3. China Long March 2D – Solar Explorer (14th at 10:51) Success Success
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  6. South Korea NuriDummy payload (21st at 08:00) Failure Failure
  7. China Long March 3B/E – Shijian-21 (24th at 01:27:03) Success Success
  8. Europe France Ariane 5SES-17 (24th at 02:10) Success Success
  9. Japan H-IIAQZS-1R (26th at 02:19:37) Success Success
  10. China KuaizhouJilin-1 Gaofen-02F (27th at 06:19) Success Success
  11. Russia Kazakhstan Soyuz-2.1aMS-18 (28th at 00:00:32) Success Success

November Launches
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Article Statistics
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Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 21 6 7 41
FL 2 4 4 10
FM 103 103
GA 11 27 36 54 128
B 4 47 40 56 147
C 58 159 560 587 1,364
Start 33 160 1,108 2,331 334 3,966
Stub 11 243 2,186 217 2,657
List 15 126 85 230 1 457
Category 1 1,042 1,043
Disambig 51 51
File 212 212
Portal 55 55
Project 59 59
Redirect 1 1,147 1,148
Template 505 505
Other 23 23
Assessed 128 553 2,082 5,457 3,197 552 11,969
Total 128 553 2,082 5,457 3,197 552 11,969

Monthly Changes

Since August: 75 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 3 more FA class articles, 1 more FL class page and 1 more FM class file. There are 6 less files. There are 6 more GA class articles and 1 more B-class article, 71 more C-class, 33 more start-class and 28 less stub-class articles.

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Hey, I think you may be interested with the WP:Constellation program, where currently articles about private spaceflight gets improved. Happy editing, Starship SN20 (talk) 021:48, 10 May 2022 (UTC) @N828335

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@Ultimograph5: I agree these platforms no longer are notable after being sold, so I am not against the deletion of this article I created. N828335 (talk) 04:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

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@Mykhal: Perhaps not anymore. When I made this redirect Next Spaceflight was mentioned on the page, but this content seems to have been removed. Therefore I would not be against deleting this redirect. See [1]. I'm not sure about their current relation, but NASASpaceFlight does use them on their website [2] and vice versa [3]. Next Spaceflight was created by Michael Baylor who used to work for NASASpaceFlight but not anymore. N828335 (talk) 18:23, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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