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Will Robinson-Smith
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Space reporter for @spaceflightnow.com covering NASA, orbital launches and commercial space | Send tips: will@spaceflightnow.com
Overnight, @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social will attempt its 1st Moon landing. The anticipated touchdown of the Blue Ghost lander is 3:34 am EST / 0834 UTC on March 2.

Before then, brush up on the mission and what Firefly and NASA have planned while on the Moon.

Watch: youtu.be/g-SCMQnTB18?...
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander closes in on Moon landing
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March 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉
January 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload—the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments—to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. 🔭 🧪
NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft - NASA
Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the
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January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The commercial imaging satellite 高景一号02星 (GaoJing 1-02, Superview 1-02), operated by Beijing-based SpaceView (北京航天世景信息技术有限公司) reentered above New Orleans at 0408 UTC Dec 22 (10.08 pm CST Dec 21) heading northbound towards MS, AR, MO and was widely observed
December 22, 2024 at 5:53 AM
You may have heard NASA is delaying the Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 missions. For those who don't feel like going watching a 1.5 hour briefing to get a visual understanding of why these delays are happening, here's our @spaceflightnow.com 10 min. version with handy visual aids.

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NASA announces new delays for first astronaut Artemis mission, Moon landing
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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December 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
In a space-adjacent post, congratulations to all the Space Coast Marathon and Half-Marathon finishers! It was a beautiful day for a run!
December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hi there! I'm Will Robinson-Smith, reporter and launch commentator for @spaceflightnow.com. As we cover government and commercial orbital space, I'd love to hear from you!

Tips are welcome at my email in my bio and I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to tell rich, visual stories via video!
November 29, 2024 at 5:51 PM