Tariq J. Malik
@tariqjmalik.bsky.social
Astrojournalist, rocket fan, Space.com Editor-in-Chief. Covering the 'verse since 2001. @SpacetronPlays on YT. Hailing frequency: tmalik@space.com
Nice view of Blue Origin's NG-2 New Glenn rocket on the pad as we await a new T-0 for NASA's Mars ESCAPADE launch during this weather hold. After the rain, it's a nice change...
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Nice view of Blue Origin's NG-2 New Glenn rocket on the pad as we await a new T-0 for NASA's Mars ESCAPADE launch during this weather hold. After the rain, it's a nice change...
The rain has reached Blue Origin's LC36 New Glenn pad for today's launch of NASA's Mars ESCAPADE mission. The clock still ticking down to a 3:18 pm ET launch.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The rain has reached Blue Origin's LC36 New Glenn pad for today's launch of NASA's Mars ESCAPADE mission. The clock still ticking down to a 3:18 pm ET launch.
Behold, NASA's ESCAPADE. The twin Rocket Lab-built probes are nestled atop Blue Origin's New Glenn NG-2 rocket for launch alongside a Viasat tech demo payload.
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Behold, NASA's ESCAPADE. The twin Rocket Lab-built probes are nestled atop Blue Origin's New Glenn NG-2 rocket for launch alongside a Viasat tech demo payload.
NEW LAUNCH TIME: Blue Origin is now targeting 3:18 p.m. ET for today's New Glenn #NG2 launch of NASA's Mars ESCAPADE mission due to weather. Livestream:
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November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW LAUNCH TIME: Blue Origin is now targeting 3:18 p.m. ET for today's New Glenn #NG2 launch of NASA's Mars ESCAPADE mission due to weather. Livestream:
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T-30 min & counting to launch for Blue Origin's NG-2 New Glenn rocket carrying NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes. Blue Origin is watching the weather for launch. T-0 set still for 2:45 pm ET. Watch live
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November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
T-30 min & counting to launch for Blue Origin's NG-2 New Glenn rocket carrying NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes. Blue Origin is watching the weather for launch. T-0 set still for 2:45 pm ET. Watch live
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November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
SpaceX/Starship Flight 11: SpaceX successfully launched its #StarshipFlight11 test flight, with a smooth splashdown for Super Heavy and @starlink deploy test. Ship 38 headed to Indian Ocean splashdown. Raptor relight test next.
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
SpaceX/Starship Flight 11: SpaceX successfully launched its #StarshipFlight11 test flight, with a smooth splashdown for Super Heavy and @starlink deploy test. Ship 38 headed to Indian Ocean splashdown. Raptor relight test next.
Hey, Space Fans! We're minutes away until NASA's #Artemis2 astronauts meet the press to discuss their moon mission! Tune in @SPACE.com
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September 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hey, Space Fans! We're minutes away until NASA's #Artemis2 astronauts meet the press to discuss their moon mission! Tune in @SPACE.com
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We're MINUTES AWAY from NASA's Artemis 2 mission briefing here at JSC. Tune in live @SPACE.com
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September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're MINUTES AWAY from NASA's Artemis 2 mission briefing here at JSC. Tune in live @SPACE.com
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Hey, Space Fans! Hello from Rocket Lab's new Launch Complex 3 at NASA Wallops here in Virginia, where the company is unveiling its new Neutron rocket pad today...
August 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hey, Space Fans! Hello from Rocket Lab's new Launch Complex 3 at NASA Wallops here in Virginia, where the company is unveiling its new Neutron rocket pad today...
Splashdown and Thar She Blows! SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 ship makes its on target landing/splashdown before tipping over and exploding via Buoycam.
August 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Splashdown and Thar She Blows! SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 ship makes its on target landing/splashdown before tipping over and exploding via Buoycam.
SpaceX's Starship is now reentering Earth's atmosphere for a planned soft-landing and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Part of the aft skirt suffered some damage, but the vehicle is still making its descent.
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
SpaceX's Starship is now reentering Earth's atmosphere for a planned soft-landing and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Part of the aft skirt suffered some damage, but the vehicle is still making its descent.
Starship Engine Relight! Starship Flight 10 Ship fired up a single Raptor engine in a critical reignition test, completing the spacecraft's in-space demonstrations for today's flight. The spacecraft's next milestone is reentry and splashdown.
August 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Starship Engine Relight! Starship Flight 10 Ship fired up a single Raptor engine in a critical reignition test, completing the spacecraft's in-space demonstrations for today's flight. The spacecraft's next milestone is reentry and splashdown.
I do love it when the team behind a space mission success cheers like these SpaceX engineers. Never gets old.
And the crowd goes wild...
And the crowd goes wild...
August 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I do love it when the team behind a space mission success cheers like these SpaceX engineers. Never gets old.
And the crowd goes wild...
And the crowd goes wild...
Starship Starlink Deploy Success: SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 Ship has successfully deployed all 8 of its Starlink simulators in a fairly smooth test of the Pez dispenser-like deployment system. Starship will eventually fly 60 Starlink V3 satellites at a time.
August 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Starship Starlink Deploy Success: SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 Ship has successfully deployed all 8 of its Starlink simulators in a fairly smooth test of the Pez dispenser-like deployment system. Starship will eventually fly 60 Starlink V3 satellites at a time.
Starship Satellite Simulator Deploy! In a major milestone , SpaceX's Ship has begun deploying the eight Starlink satellite simulators.
The spacecraft has spit out five of the satellites so far, which are in a flat stack, much like a Pez candy dispenser at a rate of about one per minute.
The spacecraft has spit out five of the satellites so far, which are in a flat stack, much like a Pez candy dispenser at a rate of about one per minute.
August 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Starship Satellite Simulator Deploy! In a major milestone , SpaceX's Ship has begun deploying the eight Starlink satellite simulators.
The spacecraft has spit out five of the satellites so far, which are in a flat stack, much like a Pez candy dispenser at a rate of about one per minute.
The spacecraft has spit out five of the satellites so far, which are in a flat stack, much like a Pez candy dispenser at a rate of about one per minute.
Starship in Space: SpaceX's Flight 10 Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is now coasting in space, a major milestone for today's test flight.
The next milestone will be the deployment of 8 Starlink simulators at the 18-minute mark of the flight.
The next milestone will be the deployment of 8 Starlink simulators at the 18-minute mark of the flight.
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Starship in Space: SpaceX's Flight 10 Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is now coasting in space, a major milestone for today's test flight.
The next milestone will be the deployment of 8 Starlink simulators at the 18-minute mark of the flight.
The next milestone will be the deployment of 8 Starlink simulators at the 18-minute mark of the flight.
Splashdown 1! SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster made a soft landing and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico after a smooth launch and stage separation. The 33-engine rocket lost 1 engine, but it did not appear to affect the flight
Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is coasting
Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is coasting
August 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Splashdown 1! SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster made a soft landing and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico after a smooth launch and stage separation. The 33-engine rocket lost 1 engine, but it did not appear to affect the flight
Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is coasting
Ship upper stage has shut down its engines and is coasting
Stage Separation: SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster has separated from its Ship upper stage in a hot staging event to return to Earth for a landing and splashdown.
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Stage Separation: SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster has separated from its Ship upper stage in a hot staging event to return to Earth for a landing and splashdown.
LIFTOFF! SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 main engines on time and is soaring spaceward for a liftoff of SpaceX's Fligth 10 test flight.
The towering rocket, standing over 400 feet tall, will take just over 2.5 minutes to separate its first stage and Ship
The towering rocket, standing over 400 feet tall, will take just over 2.5 minutes to separate its first stage and Ship
August 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
LIFTOFF! SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 main engines on time and is soaring spaceward for a liftoff of SpaceX's Fligth 10 test flight.
The towering rocket, standing over 400 feet tall, will take just over 2.5 minutes to separate its first stage and Ship
The towering rocket, standing over 400 feet tall, will take just over 2.5 minutes to separate its first stage and Ship
SpaceX's launch double header today kicks off with a successful Falcon 9 launch of the NAOS Earth obs satellite for Italy + 7 other satellites from Vandenberg. Starship Flight 10 tonight.
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
SpaceX's launch double header today kicks off with a successful Falcon 9 launch of the NAOS Earth obs satellite for Italy + 7 other satellites from Vandenberg. Starship Flight 10 tonight.
ispace moon landing status presser set for 8 pm ET. From ispace: "At this moment, we have not yet been able to establish communication with RESILIENCE, but ispace engineers in our Mission Control Center are continuing to work to contact the lander."
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June 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ispace moon landing status presser set for 8 pm ET. From ispace: "At this moment, we have not yet been able to establish communication with RESILIENCE, but ispace engineers in our Mission Control Center are continuing to work to contact the lander."
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ispace moon landing: The time for the Resilience probe's landing has come, and gone, with ispace working to confirm the status of the lander.
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ispace moon landing: The time for the Resilience probe's landing has come, and gone, with ispace working to confirm the status of the lander.
ispace/Resilience landing: ispace's Resilience moon lander has fired its thrusters to leave lunar orbit and begun its descent to the moon's surface. Resilience is in an autonomous phase now. Live telementry data is strong.
June 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
ispace/Resilience landing: ispace's Resilience moon lander has fired its thrusters to leave lunar orbit and begun its descent to the moon's surface. Resilience is in an autonomous phase now. Live telementry data is strong.
SpaceX video from Starship Flight 9 showed burnthrough of some flaps as it falls uncontrolled from space. Contact has been lost. Propellant leaks inside ship led to loss of attitude control.
'We are expecting it to break up essentially as it reentires over the indian ocean,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.
'We are expecting it to break up essentially as it reentires over the indian ocean,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.
May 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SpaceX video from Starship Flight 9 showed burnthrough of some flaps as it falls uncontrolled from space. Contact has been lost. Propellant leaks inside ship led to loss of attitude control.
'We are expecting it to break up essentially as it reentires over the indian ocean,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.
'We are expecting it to break up essentially as it reentires over the indian ocean,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says.