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Marcia Smith

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6 months

At the Natl Acad cmte meeting, NASA's Lakiesha Hawkins shows a slide that says SpaceX will do a propellant transfer demo on their next Starship test.

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NASA statement on FAA's SpaceX decision.

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House Appropriators want to give NASA an even bigger boost than Biden: $25.04B. That's $1.77B more than FY2021 and $240M more than Biden req. Exploration gets $7.28B, a $723.9 M increase over FY2021 to fund human expl that leads "eventually" to lunar landing. Story to come.

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Pence and Trump talked about the "3" astronauts in the room: Wolf, Drew & Aldrin. But there were 4 - Sandy Magnus, standing right there.

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And here's Wally Funk after getting her #BlueOrigin astronaut wings.

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SpX's Nick Cummings shows nice aerial view of Boca Chica. And one of SN8 on pad getting ready to fly to 15 km with 3 Raptor engines. SN9 and 10 in production. 50 Raptors built now, prod rate will increase. First orbital flight next yr; booster in construction now.

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At WH press conf right now, Prez Biden announces that 2 Japanese astronauts will join future American missions to the Moon and one will become the first non-American to land on the Moon.

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I asked (just to be sure) if the only outstanding item is the USFWS review and FAA replied: "SpaceX has completed all corrective actions as required by the mishap investigation report. The environmental review is the last major element of the license evaluation process."

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I saw tweets from ppl wondering if Shatner is being compensated by Blue Origin apparently because his comments are so in tune w/Bezos and could bring in business. So I asked. Blue Origin spokesperson: "William Shatner is not being compensated." His eloquent remarks are genuine.

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3 years

For those keeping track, UAE's Hope probe arrives at Mars on Feb 9, China's Tianwen-1 on Feb 10 and U.S. Perseverance on Feb 18. Perseverance will land the day it arrives. Hope is an orbiter. Tianwen-1 is orbiter/lander, but lander won't descend till May.

Hope Mars Mission

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On February 9, 2021, the Hope Probe will reach the Red Planet and go completely dark for 30 minutes. Will Hope Probe succeed? #ArabsToMars #HopeProbe

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LIFTOFF of SpX Falcon 9 with Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO),

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3 years

Wow! @POTUS has a Moon rock in his office and @VP , in talking about who we are as a nation and our aspirations, says "we shoot for the Moon and then we plant our flag on it. We are bold, fearless and ambitious." Good news for NASA???

CSPAN

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. @VP Harris: "Even in dark times we not only dream, we do. We not only see what has been, we see what can be." #InaugurationDay

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1 year

Shenzhou 14 has landed -- on its side.

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Hawkins: SpX will use both Starbase and LC39A launch pads for Artemis III HLS. In the "high teens" of number of launches needed to aggregate fuel. Lander is about half way thru that sequence. Must do all in quick succession due to boil off issues.

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3 years

SpaceX HLS Contract Gets Protection in Revised Senate Bill

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NASA confirms that the object that hit a house in Naples, FL was indeed from the ISS battery pallet that they expected to completely disintegrate during reentry.

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3 years

NASA just announced 3 contract awards for nuclear thermal propulsion reactor concepts. NASA requested zero for NTP in FY2022, but, as expected, Congress is poised to put a lot in. H Approps CJS sbcmt wants $110 M.

NASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards - NASA

NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor

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3 years

NASA Admin Bill Nelson just said on #WashingtonPostLive that NASA's looking at the late 2030s for human trips to Mars. To those who think they can get there sooner? Well, "have at it," but there are a lot of ifs out there and NASA's going to go carefully.

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3 years

At #HumansToMars conf, NASA Admin Bill Nelson still says Artemis I will launch at the end of this year. "That's how close we are."

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2 years

Rogozin's answer to @katlinegrey 's query that if Anna Kikina doesn't fly on Crew-5 will she fly on Soyuz MS-22 instead: "I think that soon no one will fly anywhere at all, because with such aggression on the part of the Americans, they will have nowhere to fly."

ROGOZIN

@Rogozin

2 years

@katlinegrey Думаю, скоро вообще никто никуда не полетит, поскольку при такой агрессии со стороны американцев летать им будет некуда.

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Q-can you set my mind at rest that astronauts getting up and down Starship elevator is doable? Watson-Morgan: Yes. It's very tall. But have multiple ways to get insight/data from SpX. Fantastic partner. Elevator is multi-fault tolerant. Testing w/crew. Working hand in hand.

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3 years

And here it is! The WH announcement of @Astro_Pam 's nomination to be NASA Deputy Administrator.

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2 years

At LEAG, Logan Kennedy, Surface Lead at the HLS program office at Marshall, shows these slides of the Starship elevator. On the second slide he says this is what the first steps back on the Moon will look like.

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2 years

New plan.

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3 years

Upcoming tourist trips to orbit: Inspiration4 in Sept, orbit only (Crew Dragon), Russian film director + actress to ISS in Oct (Soyuz), Maezawa-san + film producer to ISS in Dec (Soyuz), Ax-1 to ISS in Jan 2022 (Crew Dragon). Did I miss any?

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3 years

Interesting slide from Jeff Gramling, Dir of NASA"s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, comparing the sizes of Mars rovers, incl the Sample Fetch Rover (SFR) for MSR.

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3 years

U.S. Space Command now says there was *no* space debris collision threat to Crew-2 after all. Was based on an "inaccurate report."

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1 year

The FAA has issued the license for Starship. Good for 5 years.

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Amit Kshatriya: still trying to understand fundamental physics of what caused unexpected damage to the Orion heat shield on Artemis I. Top NASA leaders made clear we're not just to come up with flight rationale, but understand physics and then determine what can we tolerate.

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3 years

Boeing is taking a $185 M earnings charge for commercial crew (i.e. Starliner). That's on top of $410 M charge in 4Q2019. That's all for OFT-2, which Boeing must pay, not NASA, since it's a fixed price contract.

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1 year

NASA statement on the Soyuz leak and cancellation of the spacewalk.

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2 years

Looks like NASA and Roscosmos have finally cut a crew exchange deal for Americans to fly on Soyuz and Russians on U.S. systems [presumably for no exchange of funds]. Rookie cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly on a Crew Dragon next fall and an American will take her place on Soyuz.

ROGOZIN

@Rogozin

2 years

Аня Кикина в рамках перекрёстных полётов Роскосмос-НАСА полетит на МКС осенью 2022 года в составе экипажа американского коммерческого корабля. Соответственно астронавта НАСА включим в состав нашего экипажа на пилотируемом корабле "Союз МС".

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NASA just provided the Artemis I launch windows for the rest of the year (thanks Kathryn!): July 26-Aug 9 Aug 23-Sept 6 Sept 19-Oct 4 Oct 17-31 Nov 12-27 Dec 9-22 With the caveat that they only do detailed analysis about 2 months out, so these are preliminary.

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3 years

VP Pence administering oath of office to Sen. Mark Kelly.

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2 years

To add perspective, I just confirmed with NASA that the DESIGN life of #JWST is 5 years, not 10, and the life-cycle cost of $9.7 B incl 5 yrs of ops not 10. Great if there's fuel for ops beyond 10 yrs, but fuel is not the only determinant and every yr of ops needs more money.

NASA Webb Telescope

@NASAWebb

2 years

Due to the precision of our launch and our first two mid-course corrections, our team has determined that Webb should have enough fuel to allow support of science operations for significantly more than a 10-year science lifetime! 💫

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2 years

Handy slide summarizing the four commercial LEO destinations efforts. Shown at AAS Goddard Symposium right now. #goddard2022

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4 years

Bridenstine: Wouldn't surprise me if we determine the lunar South Pole is out of reach for Artemis 3. I'm not saying it is or isn't, decisions haven't been made. But if go to equatorial region again where would we learn the most? Inspiration of returning to an Apollo site?

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3 months

From NASA budget summary, latest Artemis schedule. SpaceX Starship HLS test in 2026, same year as Artemis III landing. Artemis V, first use of Blue Origin's HLS, now in 2030.

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9 months

Germany will sign the Artemis Accords on Thursday in Washington. (I'll be on travel and will miss it, unfortunately.)

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1 year

Useful graphic from the NASA OIG report showing international collaboration on Gateway.

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2 years

NASA confirms they have acquisition of signal from Orion after its flyby on the far side of the Moon and firing its OMS engine. And here we are --the pale blue dot!

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1 year

The FAA reassessed what airspace needs to be closed around Cape Canaveral during space launches and has sharply reduced airspace restrictions for most of them.

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The FAA has issued a notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX launches of Starship from KSC's LC-39A. Comments to inform FAA "on significant issues to be analyzed in depth" due by June 24, 2024.

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Astrobotic says it has acquired Masten Space Systems. The combined workforce will continue to operate in Pittsburgh and Mojave.

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4 years

Bob Zubrin: what can Mars Society do to help you? Musk: Have to have a set of ppl who want to go to Mars and can afford to go to Mars. When that reaches a million we'll have a city on Mars. Zubrin: need the will and the way. Musk: right. Zubrin: we can help w/the will.

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1 year

Statement from the FAA on Starship license:

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2 years

I asked NASA if any discussions were going on inside NASA, inside the Administration or anywhere else, with Axiom and/or SpX about bringing Vande Hei back on Ax-1 instead of Soyuz MS-19 to avoid Kazakhstan. The answer is: "No."

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2 years

Super congratulations to Chris Davenport @wapodavenport , recipient of the National Space Club's 2022 Press Award. Woohoo!! Way to go, Chris!

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2 years

Aerospace Safety Adv Panel is over already but they had a lot to say--too quickly to tweet. Key takeaways: (1) Starliner OFT-2 met many test obj but also produced a number of in-flight anomalies that need to be worked before CFT, delays to post certification flts seem likely;

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6 years

NASA announcer: the crew has landed and "we are in communication with the crew at this point and hearing they are in good condition."

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3 years

Jeff Bezos is giving the National Air and Space Museum $200 million: $70 M is to support its renovation and $130 M to create a new STEAM education center, the Bezos Learning Center. Largest gift to the Smitsonian since James Smithson's original gift in 1846.

National Air and Space Museum

@airandspace

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Announcing a $200 million donation from Jeff Bezos to support our renovation and launch a new education center at the Museum. The Bezos Learning Center will support our mission of inspiring the next generation of innovators, explorers, and researchers:

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4 years

Glaze says the Artemis 1 launch is "no later than" November 2021.

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4 years

Goldin: We really haven't had a competitor for a while, but China is moving at speed of light. We could fall behind. Have to go faster and "damn well get out of Earth orbit." Moon is fine, but gotta mine asteroids, get to other planets. Time to grow up and say NUCLEAR.

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2 years

I'm not into snark, but I just have to say, this roll-out is such a BIG DEAL for NASA you'd think they'd at least run a chyron on NASA TV to tell people when to expect coverage to begin. Even maybe why it's delayed. Geez.

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Amazon's Dave Limp told @wapodavenport on @PostLive just now they certainly would consider launching Kuiper sats w/SpaceX. F9 is low end of capability they need, maybe FH, but Starship definitely possible. Need to get half of 3,236 satellite constellation up by July 2026 per FCC

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3 years

Not sure this is the best way to depict Prichal under the circumstances. Or at any time. Russia is launching Prichal to ISS next week. Will dock with Nauka and provide an addl 5 docking ports.

ROGOZIN

@Rogozin

3 years

Модуль Причал прошел безэховую камеру без замечаний

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As @SciGuySpace reported yesterday, NASA is reassigning two rookie astronauts, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, to SpX's Crew-5 instead of waiting for Starliner. Oddly, no mention at all by NASA of Jeannette Epps, also assigned to Starliner-1 with Cassada.

NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions - NASA

Editor’s note: This release was updated on Oct. 8 to provide additional clarity on Suni Williams, who assigned to the Starliner-1 mission, and updated numbers

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2 years

Jared Isaacman and SpaceX are hosting a media telecon about Polaris Dawn right now.

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5 years

NASA Admin @JimBridenstine just rolled out the logo for Artemis.

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FAA just issued this stmt re Starship: "The FAA completed the safety review portion of the SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy license evaluation on Oct. 31." But the Fish and Wildlife Service still needs to complete its env review before a license can be issued.

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Lueders: our astronauts perform their missions with integrity. Serena made invaluable contributions and we stand behind her and I did not find the [TASS] accusations credible. [see @SciGuySpace 's article: ] #OFT2

Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus

"The Americans refused to perform a polygraph examination."

arstechnica.com

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WH fact sheet on what US & Japan agreed to. Confirms that for Moon its pressurized rover plus 2 astronaut flight opps *to the surface.* Also negotiating space technology safeguards agrmnt for US cmrcl launches from Japan, expanded sp sci coop, and more.

FACT SHEET: Japan Official Visit with State Dinner to the United States | The White House

Today, President Biden welcomed Prime Minister Kishida of Japan for an Official Visit with State Dinner to celebrate the deep and historic ties between our two countries. This visit also reflects the...

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@SpcPlcyOnline

2 years

WOWWWWW! Amazing photo.

John Kraus

@johnkrausphotos

2 years

Two rockets at Kennedy Space Center, seen from above. NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket, slated to launch Artemis I around the moon this summer, and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch Ax-1 to the ISS tomorrow:

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Maser: takes 4-4.5 years to build an RS-25 from when we order materials. Think we can get under 3 years with learning curve. #SpaceSymposium

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Astonishingly, JAXA reports that SLIM has sent back an image after surviving a second lunar night. "We received a response from SLIM last night confirming that SLIM was successful in its second overnight. ..."

小型月着陸実証機SLIM

@SLIM_JAXA

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昨晩SLIMから応答があり、SLIMが2回目の越夜に成功したことを確認しました。昨晩はまだ太陽が高く機器が高温であることから急ぎ航法カメラによりいつもの風景の撮影などを短時間実施いたしました。 #JAXA 、 #SLIM 、 #たのしむーん

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OMG! I can’t believe I’m on the list! I am so, so touched. Really! THANK YOU! 🤗

SpaceNews

@SpaceNews_Inc

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SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards honorees: Unsung Hero

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4 years

SpaceX's Kate Tice and NASA's Dan Huot deserve gold stars for all those hours of commentary. Tice got a little teary at the end -- no doubt a combination of joy, relief and exhaustion. #Demo2

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3 years

Draft House SS&T reconciliation bill provides $4.4 B for NASA ($4 B for fixing aging facilities; $388 M for climate R&D; $12 M for IT/cyber incl IG oversight). None for second HLS. Lots of $ for NOAA, incl $173 M to implement PROSWIFT space weather act.

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FAA says its investigation into the Blue Origin New Shepard-23 accident remains open. "FAA approval is required to close the investigation" and for New Shepard to return to flight. Here's the FAA statement:

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1 year

@SpaceX @AstroDuke @astro_josh @Astro_Wakata Crew Dragon with the Crew-5 crew aboard being brought aboard the recovery ship.

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7 months

SpaceX has sent out an email to media about setting up cameras etc for the next Starship launch saying it could be "as soon as mid-November, pending regulatory approval."

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4 years

Bolden: need constancy of purpose. @JimBridenstine doing excellent job of keeping everyone focused, incl promoting cmrcl space. #TheSpacePolicyShow

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4 years

Bridenstine: outpost around Moon by 2023. Intl partners excited. Spacesuits coming, will be ready to walk on Moon by 2024.

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1 year

ULA President Tory Bruno just told TPS's Mat Kaplan at the Humans to Mars Summit that Vulcan will launch "this summer or later in the year" depending on what if any fixes are needed to upper stage after that leak in the steel pressure vessel. Will know very soon.

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The White House (OSTP) has just released a "Celestial Time Standardization Policy" to establish time standards at and around celestial bodies other than Earth. Moon is initial focus and "Coordinated Lunar Time (ULC)" will be tied to UTC here on Earth.

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Not an official statement by any means, but at the Galloway Symposium luncheon just now, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik commented in passing that the Artemis II crew likely will launch in 2025. [not 2024]

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NASA Admin Nelson said he called Barbara Mikulski to thank her. Indeed, without her, today might never have come. It’s Done! JWST Successfully Deployed

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At press bfg right now, ESA DG Josef Aschbacher says they've decided to launch EarthCARE on a Falcon 9 instead of Vega-C both bc Vega-C return to flight will be delayed due to test failure and spacecraft requires cutouts to fairing and don't want to make changes at this point.

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3 years

Talk about burying the lede. This @BoeingSpace Starliner update doesn't disclose that it is slipping launch from March 25 to April 2 until literally the last line.

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Following up on @Jeff_Foust 's intriguing tweet this morning from #VonBraun2022 , I asked NASA if plans have indeed changed for Artemis IV and now include a landing. They have! Here's the full reply:

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At LEAG, NASA HLS prog mgr Lisa Watson-Morgan re SpX's Starship HLS: "you could maybe get a feeling that their system is ready to go. And it's not yet. We're in design and development."

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At NAC-HEO, ESDMD head Cathy Koerner says they now expect to get to annual candence of Artemis missions after Artemis V, which is on the schedule for 2030.

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5 years

NASA Inspector General strongly urges Congress to remove requirement that Europa be launched on SLS. Here's the bottom line:

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2 years

A White House official says the companies that were at the event with VP Harris today were Capella, Maxar, Planet, Hawkeye 360, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, Axiom, Nanoracks, and Sierra Space.

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The NASA budget req has $2.6 B for planetary science, inc; $600 M for "a mission" to Europa [presumably Clipper] to launch ON A COMMERCIAL ROCKET [not SLS] in 2023, which OMB says will save "over $700 million"

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SpX's Reed and Todd "Leif" Ericson say how often the hatch was open to expose the cupola was up to the crew except that it was closed during sleep time and had to be closed to use the restroom due to space constraints.

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6 years

I saw 9 shuttle launches. All amazing. The FH launch was similar in terms of sound and feel during launch. But the sonic booms of the landing were much more powerful than the shuttle’s. Noisy, but not teeth rattling.

Ben Honey

@spaceguy87

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@SpcPlcyOnline I assume you’d seen STS launch from there? How did it compare?

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Yes, thanks to @NASASpaceflight , @Erdayastronaut , @BocaChicaGal and other dedicated members of the space community we get to see the testing play out. SpX only gives the glimpses.

Christian Davenport

@wapodavenport

3 years

With the SpaceX Starship program, we see the testing play out in real time, then get glimpses into the reaction and potential fixes, so now we know what to look for next time. This is taking the public along for the ride and another reason why there is such enormous interest.

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Chatting with Aerojet Rocketdyne folks here at the NASA KSC press site, they are "100%" certain the problem is the sensor, which is on the core stage side of the interface between the hydrogen tank and the engine.

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Japanese PM Kishida says they've signed an implementing arrangement for the Lunar Rover and confirmed 2 astronaut flight opps. He said he was here at the dawn of space dev in US and was "so excited" by the spectacular challenge. [He lived in NY (Queens) for 3 yrs as a child]

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ISRO has chosen its first four astronauts for the Gaganyaan program.

ISRO Spaceflight

@ISROSpaceflight

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#ISRO reveals the identities of the four astronaut designates for #Gaganyaan 's first crewed mission! 👨‍🚀 • Group Captain Prashanth BalaKrishnan Nair • Group Captain Ajit Krishnan • Group Captain Angad Prathap • Wing Commander Shubhansku Shukla 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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@SpcPlcyOnline

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At media bfg at Space Symp now, FAA/AST's Kelvin Coleman says next Starship launch has to both clear the mishap invstgtn and get license modification bc they're planning to do "some different things." Up to SpX to say what they are. Cld be done by May, but no commitment frm FAA.

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

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Ericson (who is Inspiration4's mission director): cupola was huge success. Exceeded expectations optically. Flawless. This mission is opening of second space age. Can't overstate impt of making diff here on Earth too -- pls contribute to St Jude. End of presser.

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

3 years

Canadian Space Agency's Ken Podwalski says aiming for launch of Canadarm3 in early 2027. #Glenn2021

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

3 years

Because Endeavour reaches the 210 day limit on Nov 6?

Eric Berger

@SciGuySpace

3 years

Hearing that the NASA/SpaceX Crew-3 launch will not happen this weekend. Crew-2 now likely to return from orbit before the launch happens.

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

2 years

Kirasich adds NASA is tracking 4 Starship/Super Heavy launches. 1st was supposed to be early summer, now December, so SpX has lost a few months there. Then Starship-to-Starship propellant transfer. Then longer duration mission. Then entry development. [no dates]

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

2 years

After several requests NASA has finally sent me the launch dates/times for the November Artemis launch period. It is identical to what @NASASpaceflight has been tweeting all along except for Nov 27, which now is 24 minutes long (instead of 4) and 2 minutes earlier (12:34 pm ET).

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

9 months

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio just passed Mark Vande Hei's record for longest continuous spflt by a U.S. astronaut (355 days). Bill Nelson and Pam Melroy will call him Wed. at 12:05 pm ET (NASA TV). Rubio & 2 Russian crewmates will come home Sept 27 after handover to Soyuz MS-24.

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

2 years

At #Crew5 post-launch press conf, Roscosmos' head of human spflt and veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev says intl cooperation in human spflt began more than 40 yrs ago and "we will continue our cooperation as long as I can imagine."

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

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At NAC-HEO meeting, Wayne Hale says he's retiring from consulting and stepping aside as chair of NAC-HEO. The mtgs today and Monday are his last as chair.

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