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We Are Go For Launch
Artemis : The First Flight premiers TONIGHT!
Watch the premier here at 8PM EST!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...
Artemis : The First Flight premiers TONIGHT!
Watch the premier here at 8PM EST!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...
Artemis The First Flight
YouTube video by Derek Newsome
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November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We Are Go For Launch
Artemis : The First Flight premiers TONIGHT!
Watch the premier here at 8PM EST!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...
Artemis : The First Flight premiers TONIGHT!
Watch the premier here at 8PM EST!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...
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With Artemis II approaching I know a lot of news outlets are starting to look for in depth photos and knowledge of this mission.
I have a significant backlog of photos already available from the Artemis Program and will be on site covering the mission in the lead up to the launch in February.
I have a significant backlog of photos already available from the Artemis Program and will be on site covering the mission in the lead up to the launch in February.
September 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
With Artemis II approaching I know a lot of news outlets are starting to look for in depth photos and knowledge of this mission.
I have a significant backlog of photos already available from the Artemis Program and will be on site covering the mission in the lead up to the launch in February.
I have a significant backlog of photos already available from the Artemis Program and will be on site covering the mission in the lead up to the launch in February.
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NASA's IMAP mission lifts off on its million mile journey to study our sun's heliosphere.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
NASA's IMAP mission lifts off on its million mile journey to study our sun's heliosphere.
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SpaceX has released some details on the Starship Flight 9 failure and Ship 36 explosion.
Another fuel leak in the ship resulted in the loss of Flight 9.
Ship 36 was destroyed due to a COPV failure likely from mishandling prior to or during installation.
www.spacex.com/updates#flig...
Another fuel leak in the ship resulted in the loss of Flight 9.
Ship 36 was destroyed due to a COPV failure likely from mishandling prior to or during installation.
www.spacex.com/updates#flig...
SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
www.spacex.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
SpaceX has released some details on the Starship Flight 9 failure and Ship 36 explosion.
Another fuel leak in the ship resulted in the loss of Flight 9.
Ship 36 was destroyed due to a COPV failure likely from mishandling prior to or during installation.
www.spacex.com/updates#flig...
Another fuel leak in the ship resulted in the loss of Flight 9.
Ship 36 was destroyed due to a COPV failure likely from mishandling prior to or during installation.
www.spacex.com/updates#flig...
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2.9 Million Pounds Of Thrust Into The Night Sky
@torybruno.bsky.social Vulcan sure puts on a great show for the photographers out here.
📸by me
@torybruno.bsky.social Vulcan sure puts on a great show for the photographers out here.
📸by me
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
2.9 Million Pounds Of Thrust Into The Night Sky
@torybruno.bsky.social Vulcan sure puts on a great show for the photographers out here.
📸by me
@torybruno.bsky.social Vulcan sure puts on a great show for the photographers out here.
📸by me
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Four Solids, Two Liquids, One Show
The first Vulcan VC4 roars to life over Cape Canaveral, beginning the USSF-106 mission with style.
The first Vulcan VC4 roars to life over Cape Canaveral, beginning the USSF-106 mission with style.
August 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Four Solids, Two Liquids, One Show
The first Vulcan VC4 roars to life over Cape Canaveral, beginning the USSF-106 mission with style.
The first Vulcan VC4 roars to life over Cape Canaveral, beginning the USSF-106 mission with style.
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Orion is officially ready to fly. After spending the past two months in the MPPF for propellant loading and interior installs, the spacecraft is now ready to receive its launch abort system and then be stacked atop the SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center.
📸 NASA/Skip Williams
📸 NASA/Skip Williams
August 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Orion is officially ready to fly. After spending the past two months in the MPPF for propellant loading and interior installs, the spacecraft is now ready to receive its launch abort system and then be stacked atop the SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center.
📸 NASA/Skip Williams
📸 NASA/Skip Williams
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With looming storms NASA’s Crew 11 mission threaded the needle as it lifted off from Launch Complex 39A.
August 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
With looming storms NASA’s Crew 11 mission threaded the needle as it lifted off from Launch Complex 39A.
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I think perhaps the most horrifying part in all of this is I think he is less of a threat to NASA than Janet Petro has been.
Petro has so far attempted to be a cataclysmic leader for NASA, pushing to cut missions and staff at NASA before Congress actually cuts anything.
Petro has so far attempted to be a cataclysmic leader for NASA, pushing to cut missions and staff at NASA before Congress actually cuts anything.
A reality TV star as the head of NASA while simultaneously doing another job he’s not qualified for? Why not
July 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I think perhaps the most horrifying part in all of this is I think he is less of a threat to NASA than Janet Petro has been.
Petro has so far attempted to be a cataclysmic leader for NASA, pushing to cut missions and staff at NASA before Congress actually cuts anything.
Petro has so far attempted to be a cataclysmic leader for NASA, pushing to cut missions and staff at NASA before Congress actually cuts anything.
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LVOS today for the next Vulcan rocket at Cape Canaveral as ULA prepares for the USSF-106 mission. This is the first national security launch for the new rocket.
July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
LVOS today for the next Vulcan rocket at Cape Canaveral as ULA prepares for the USSF-106 mission. This is the first national security launch for the new rocket.
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Congress has also been growing wary of her decision making, with her directly stating she supports the president's budget in all of her decision, some have taken that as her ignoring Congress, which authorizes and directs NASA activities, for the executive office.
June 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Congress has also been growing wary of her decision making, with her directly stating she supports the president's budget in all of her decision, some have taken that as her ignoring Congress, which authorizes and directs NASA activities, for the executive office.
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Axiom-4 takes aim on the International Space Station, with a crew truly living up to the orbital outposts name.
June 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Axiom-4 takes aim on the International Space Station, with a crew truly living up to the orbital outposts name.
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The scale of the damage from last nights explosion is still wild.
Methane+LOX is an extremely potent explosive when something goes wrong, and this was with <20% of the methane loaded onto the ship. A low to ground failure of a fully loaded methane rocket is going to be a massive event.
📸IGW
Methane+LOX is an extremely potent explosive when something goes wrong, and this was with <20% of the methane loaded onto the ship. A low to ground failure of a fully loaded methane rocket is going to be a massive event.
📸IGW
June 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The scale of the damage from last nights explosion is still wild.
Methane+LOX is an extremely potent explosive when something goes wrong, and this was with <20% of the methane loaded onto the ship. A low to ground failure of a fully loaded methane rocket is going to be a massive event.
📸IGW
Methane+LOX is an extremely potent explosive when something goes wrong, and this was with <20% of the methane loaded onto the ship. A low to ground failure of a fully loaded methane rocket is going to be a massive event.
📸IGW
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More than 10 years of development and 40+ prototype vehicles and now 4 vehicle failures in a row.
If SpaceX wants to succeed with Starship, it is time to take a step back, reevaluate the program top to bottom, and find real fixed instead of bandaids.
If SpaceX wants to succeed with Starship, it is time to take a step back, reevaluate the program top to bottom, and find real fixed instead of bandaids.
June 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
More than 10 years of development and 40+ prototype vehicles and now 4 vehicle failures in a row.
If SpaceX wants to succeed with Starship, it is time to take a step back, reevaluate the program top to bottom, and find real fixed instead of bandaids.
If SpaceX wants to succeed with Starship, it is time to take a step back, reevaluate the program top to bottom, and find real fixed instead of bandaids.
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Northrop Grumman has announced that on June 26th they will be test firing the first BOLE Solid Rocket Booster for the SLS rocket. This will replace the heritage steel boosters from the space shuttle, with a lightweight composite cased structure.
📸Northrop Grumman
📸Northrop Grumman
June 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Northrop Grumman has announced that on June 26th they will be test firing the first BOLE Solid Rocket Booster for the SLS rocket. This will replace the heritage steel boosters from the space shuttle, with a lightweight composite cased structure.
📸Northrop Grumman
📸Northrop Grumman
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60 years ago, Mobile Service Towers dotted the space coast, supporting a litany of rockets as we took our first steps into the stars.
Today the final one came down.
Today the final one came down.
June 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
60 years ago, Mobile Service Towers dotted the space coast, supporting a litany of rockets as we took our first steps into the stars.
Today the final one came down.
Today the final one came down.
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However before that flies, ULA is expecting to fly another Atlas V Kuiper mission and a pair of Vulcan rockets for the Department of Defense.
This year for the company is focused on ramping up launch cadence, with ULA targeting being able to fly every 10-14 days by the end of the year.
This year for the company is focused on ramping up launch cadence, with ULA targeting being able to fly every 10-14 days by the end of the year.
May 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
However before that flies, ULA is expecting to fly another Atlas V Kuiper mission and a pair of Vulcan rockets for the Department of Defense.
This year for the company is focused on ramping up launch cadence, with ULA targeting being able to fly every 10-14 days by the end of the year.
This year for the company is focused on ramping up launch cadence, with ULA targeting being able to fly every 10-14 days by the end of the year.
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United Launch Alliance is currently gearing up for a slew of launches this summer, one of which will include the heaviest commercial payload ever launched coming in at over 25,700 kg, shattering the current 17,400kg record currently held by SpaceX.
May 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
United Launch Alliance is currently gearing up for a slew of launches this summer, one of which will include the heaviest commercial payload ever launched coming in at over 25,700 kg, shattering the current 17,400kg record currently held by SpaceX.
Happy Birthday!@derekdotspace.bsky.social
Looking forward to another year of keeping up with all the space news with you!
Looking forward to another year of keeping up with all the space news with you!
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Birthday!@derekdotspace.bsky.social
Looking forward to another year of keeping up with all the space news with you!
Looking forward to another year of keeping up with all the space news with you!
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astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell is a go-to expert for all things spaceflight. but that has always been his side gig -- until now. on McDowell's decision to retire this year & leave the U.S.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S. (Gift Article)
Jonathan McDowell is retiring from studying the universe. But he’s ramping up efforts to chronicle humanity’s exploration of space.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell is a go-to expert for all things spaceflight. but that has always been his side gig -- until now. on McDowell's decision to retire this year & leave the U.S.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
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Dancing In The Moonlight
April 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Dancing In The Moonlight
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The nominated NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman does not appear positioned to fight for the agency.
"People shouldn't waste heartbeats on rumor and speculation." followed just 2 days later by the exact rumors coming to fruition with the agency not even trying to fight back.
"People shouldn't waste heartbeats on rumor and speculation." followed just 2 days later by the exact rumors coming to fruition with the agency not even trying to fight back.
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The nominated NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman does not appear positioned to fight for the agency.
"People shouldn't waste heartbeats on rumor and speculation." followed just 2 days later by the exact rumors coming to fruition with the agency not even trying to fight back.
"People shouldn't waste heartbeats on rumor and speculation." followed just 2 days later by the exact rumors coming to fruition with the agency not even trying to fight back.
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This is the schedule SpaceX presented to NASA for their Starship HLS program in December of 2020. In 20 days we will be past the timeline, with zero major milestones complete.
While it is expected to see delays to spaceflight programs, the magnitude of the delays to HLS are becoming apparent.
While it is expected to see delays to spaceflight programs, the magnitude of the delays to HLS are becoming apparent.
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the schedule SpaceX presented to NASA for their Starship HLS program in December of 2020. In 20 days we will be past the timeline, with zero major milestones complete.
While it is expected to see delays to spaceflight programs, the magnitude of the delays to HLS are becoming apparent.
While it is expected to see delays to spaceflight programs, the magnitude of the delays to HLS are becoming apparent.
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The building will feature numerous exhibits from spaceflight history, as well as structures that will offer you views of the Space Shuttle previously only attainable by those working on the Space Shuttle program itself.
It is expected to open no earlier than 2026.
📸Ron McPherson
It is expected to open no earlier than 2026.
📸Ron McPherson
March 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The building will feature numerous exhibits from spaceflight history, as well as structures that will offer you views of the Space Shuttle previously only attainable by those working on the Space Shuttle program itself.
It is expected to open no earlier than 2026.
📸Ron McPherson
It is expected to open no earlier than 2026.
📸Ron McPherson
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When it opens, it will offer a truly breathtaking display of Space Shuttle Endeavour, assembled together with an External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters as it would have stood on Launch Complex 39.
📸ZGF Architecture
📸ZGF Architecture
March 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When it opens, it will offer a truly breathtaking display of Space Shuttle Endeavour, assembled together with an External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters as it would have stood on Launch Complex 39.
📸ZGF Architecture
📸ZGF Architecture