1 year agoSatellite imagery from April 9 shows at least 32 Flanker variant fighters and one Il-76 among other aircraft, at the Voronezh Malshevo airbase. The base has seen recent renovation and is likely a frontal airbase for Russian aircraft operating over Ukraine
1 year agoSpaceWeather alert: geomagnetic storm
Serbian president confirmed that Serbia is negotiating with @Dassault_OnAir for a year for 12 newly produced Rafales, but wants 12 more used. A third 12-plane squadron of an unsp. OEM is also being considered. Serbia will also purchase the Baykar TB-2 and Chinese CH-95 UCAV's
Reports that all airports in Pakistan have been put on high alert. All government employees and Parliamentarians not allowed to leave the country without NOC. Hospitals in Islamabad also placed on high alert
1 year agoRussian army using suicide drones in Luhansk region
.@SpaceX: Dragon is 10 meters from the @space_station; docking sequence will begin shortly
Mi-8 helicopter with 21 passengers made an emergency landing in the Tomsk region, no one was injured - Rescuers
.@SpaceX: Dragon with the half Moon in the distance
.@SpaceX: Dragon and the Ax-1 crew nearing Waypoint 0
.@SpaceX: Nominal midcourse burn confirmed
.@SpaceX: Suit leak check complete. Dragon and the Ax-1 astronauts are continuing to proceed toward the orbiting lab
.@SpaceX: Dragon approaching the @space_station
.@SpaceX: Watch Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-1 crew dock with the @space_station
.@SpaceX: Watch live as the Ax-1 astronauts check-in from orbit
.@SpaceX: ~15 minutes until the Ax-1 crew checks in live from orbit
1 year agoUkrainian army on 7th April shot down Russian Orion drone
.@SpaceX: Dragon completed a co-elliptic transfer orbit burn, lining itself up for approach with the @Space_Station
.@SpaceX: More photos from today's Falcon 9 launch of @Axiom_Space's Ax-1 mission to the @Space_Station
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9 launches the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the @space_station
.@SpaceX: Follow Dragon and the Ax-1 astronaut's flight to the @space_station
.@SpaceX: Dragon will perform a series of burns on its way to the @space_station for a targeted docking at 7:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 9
.@SpaceX: Dragon has separated from Falcon 9's second stage
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9's first stage booster has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship
.@SpaceX: First stage entry burn complete
.@SpaceX: Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway
.@SpaceX: Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon
.@SpaceX: T-35 minutes until liftoff; propellant loading of Falcon 9 has begun and Dragon's escape system is armed
.@SpaceX: Crew access arm retracts from Dragon and Falcon 9
Reuters: Oil futures continue to gain, and Brent crude rises by a dollar a barrel
.@SpaceX: Ax-1 crew arrives at historic Launch Complex 39A ahead of flight