#mr steven

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OK, I know their last names aren't exactly the same but in my head Mr. Stevens the maths teacher and Mr. Steven from the Milkman are the same person. Instead of becoming a bar tender with a Texan accent he became a maths teacher and is now having his own affair. No one can convince me otherwise.

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SpaceX's Mr. Steven preparing for first Falcon 9 fairing catch attempt in months

SpaceX recovery vessel Mr. Steven has spent the last several weeks undergoing major refits – including a new net and arms – and testing the upgraded hardware in anticipation of the vessel’s first fairing catch attempt in more than four months. Required after a mysterious anomaly saw Mr. Steven return to Port in February sans …

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Watch SpaceX get very close to catching its rocket’s nose cone during a test

Almost there...

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SpaceX techs work towards Falcon 9 fairing recovery with wacky series of experiments

Over the course of the past week, Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin has captured a multitude of unusual occurrences at SpaceX’s Port of Los Angeles dock space, each time involving a Falcon fairing recovery vessel like Mr Steven or NRC Quest, a Falcon fairing half (flight-proven or otherwise), and one of several attenuating circumstances. More likely than …

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SpaceX's Mr Steven gains upgraded arms to catch its first Falcon 9 fairings

SpaceX’s iconic Falcon 9 payload fairing recovery ship, known as Mr Steven, has been spotted in California’s Port of San Pedro having new arms installed with two cranes and a crew of SpaceX technicians. Aside from the sudden addition of dramatically different arm design, a large inflatable structure also took shape – seemingly overnight – right …

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Last day SpaceX launched Iridium-6/GRACE-FO without attempting to land the first stage, however they attempted fairing recovery with Mr. Steven catching it.

Replay stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0GgKfwCSk

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