Loren Grush
@lorengrush.bsky.social
Space reporter at @bloomberg.com covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Send tips: LGrush@bloomberg.net | Signal username: lorengrush.56 | Buy my book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172817
The Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator www.senate.gov/legislative/...
After the remarkable turnover at Relativity Space, my colleague @kielporter.bsky.social and I dove into what really happened at the company and how it's moving forward with its new CEO Eric Schmidt
A Rocket Maker Burned Through Its Cash, Then Eric Schmidt Swooped In
Relativity Space tried to build spacecraft with 3D printing. After a series of setbacks, Google’s former chief has taken the helm — and the old boss’s big idea is being left behind.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
After the remarkable turnover at Relativity Space, my colleague @kielporter.bsky.social and I dove into what really happened at the company and how it's moving forward with its new CEO Eric Schmidt
The SpaceX news just keeps on coming
SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion
SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a transaction that would make it...
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The SpaceX news just keeps on coming
This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
Our last free-to-read story of the day is this classic whopper from @lorengrush.bsky.social:
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Encounters with SpaceX fans who uprooted their lives and moved to Starbase
Trying to understand the people who feel “trapped on Earth” and would like to live on Mars
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
NASA and Boeing are reducing Starliner's definitive mission to the ISS to four, after last year's botched test flight and the ISS program quickly approaches its end. Next Starliner flight, a cargo mission, is planned for April
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
NASA and Boeing are reducing Starliner's definitive mission to the ISS to four, after last year's botched test flight and the ISS program quickly approaches its end. Next Starliner flight, a cargo mission, is planned for April
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We've worked on this project for months — excited to finally share it!
[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor
A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts worried the US could lose the new moon race.
cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We've worked on this project for months — excited to finally share it!
[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
cnn.com/interactive/...
[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
cnn.com/interactive/...
Blue Origin sticks the landing on New Glenn's second flight www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Launches First NASA Mission
Blue Origin LLC launched its flagship New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, successfully reaching space and landing its first-stage booster shortly after launch, a major feat for the Jeff ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Blue Origin sticks the landing on New Glenn's second flight www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
At last, some resolution www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Revives Billionaire Isaacman’s Nomination to Top NASA Job
President Donald Trump renominated Elon Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA on Tuesday, a major about-face just five months after the White House ended his candidacy as relations between Trump and M...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
At last, some resolution www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
You'd think of all people, Kim Kardashian would know how selective editing works people.com/kim-kardashi...
Kim Kardashian Insists the 1969 Moon Landing Was Fake: ‘It Didn't Happen'
Kim Kardashian revealed that she believes the conspiracy theory that the 1969 Moon landing did not actually happen, and she tried to convince her 'All's Fair' costar Sarah Paulson to believe it, too, ...
people.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You'd think of all people, Kim Kardashian would know how selective editing works people.com/kim-kardashi...
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Quite the battle royale here.
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Quite the battle royale here.
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I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX?
NASA’s shrinking budget threatens the public science behind SpaceX’s success, and it could weaken America’s ability to develop breakthrough technologies.
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is one of those weeks where I'm reminded that space reporting is 95% talking about going to space and 5% actually going to space
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is one of those weeks where I'm reminded that space reporting is 95% talking about going to space and 5% actually going to space
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I did a brief writeup on known space debris reentries on Oct 16, none of which match the UA1093 airliner incident
planet4589.org/space/misc/u...
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Reentered over Canary Is. circa 16W 28N at 0157 UTC, reentry observed from ground. Space Force confirms reentry on Oct 16 but with no TIP reentry data. 3) WHSJW 6-01 (63428, 2025-067A) Reentered over Sakhalin 143E 49N at 1700 UTC based on Space Force TIP reentry data on space-track.org.
planet4589.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I did a brief writeup on known space debris reentries on Oct 16, none of which match the UA1093 airliner incident
planet4589.org/space/misc/u...
planet4589.org/space/misc/u...
Ah yes, the age old "make space companies move faster" technique. Works every time x.com/SecDuffyNASA...
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ah yes, the age old "make space companies move faster" technique. Works every time x.com/SecDuffyNASA...
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Thank you, @lorengrush.bsky.social, for speaking to my “Covering Technology” students today!
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thank you, @lorengrush.bsky.social, for speaking to my “Covering Technology” students today!
Jared Isaacman may not totally be out of the NASA game just yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaire Isaacman Met With Trump Over Top NASA Job
Jared Isaacman and President Donald Trump have met in recent weeks and discussed reviving the fintech billionaire’s nomination to lead NASA, according to a person familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Jared Isaacman may not totally be out of the NASA game just yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Have a little cosmic wonder with your spooky season: My first story for @nytimes.com, about a pair of once-in-a-lifetime cosmic visitors gracing the northern skies this month www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...
Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Have a little cosmic wonder with your spooky season: My first story for @nytimes.com, about a pair of once-in-a-lifetime cosmic visitors gracing the northern skies this month www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...
This week is going to be revealing in a lot of ways. There's been plenty of speculation over how NASA will respond in the event of a shutdown and a CR, and the agency has been planning to a lot of different scenarios. Soon we'll find out exactly what the path forward is.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This week is going to be revealing in a lot of ways. There's been plenty of speculation over how NASA will respond in the event of a shutdown and a CR, and the agency has been planning to a lot of different scenarios. Soon we'll find out exactly what the path forward is.
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NEW
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
NEW
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.
This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it
www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
As another government shutdown looms, OMB is telling federal agencies to plan for mass firings rather than just furloughs, bucking precedent www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
White House Tells Agencies to Prepare for Job Cuts in Shutdown
The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As another government shutdown looms, OMB is telling federal agencies to plan for mass firings rather than just furloughs, bucking precedent www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NASA is about to get a new crop of astronaut candidates. Start your Monday on a high note: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX3...
NASA Selects 2025 Astronaut Candidates
YouTube video by NASA
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NASA is about to get a new crop of astronaut candidates. Start your Monday on a high note: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX3...
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An absolute banger of a story from @sarahscoles.bsky.social about Breakthrough Starshot and its dreams of interstellar travel, a decade after the big-deal project was announced, including what happened to that dazzling $100 million promise: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared
An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science
www.scientificamerican.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An absolute banger of a story from @sarahscoles.bsky.social about Breakthrough Starshot and its dreams of interstellar travel, a decade after the big-deal project was announced, including what happened to that dazzling $100 million promise: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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House Appropriations has filed a CR that would keep the government open through November 21. appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
House Appropriations has filed a CR that would keep the government open through November 21. appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Kind of a wild morning! First up some post-Starship analysis for the newsletter, with Elon's promise of reaching 100-ton payload capacity next year www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Is Starship the Weak Link in the US Lunar Race With China?
Greetings Earthlings, it’s Loren Grush, reporting this week from the US Chamber of Commerce’s aerospace summit in Washington. The pressure is on for the US to beat China in the race to put humans back...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Kind of a wild morning! First up some post-Starship analysis for the newsletter, with Elon's promise of reaching 100-ton payload capacity next year www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for up to $8.5B in cash and up to $8.5B in stock, resolving an FCC inquiry into EchoStar (Bloomberg)
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September 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for up to $8.5B in cash and up to $8.5B in stock, resolving an FCC inquiry into EchoStar (Bloomberg)
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