Authorities detained or arrested about 200 people on Saturday at pro-Palestinian protests on campuses nationwide, as student groups resisted orders to break down encampments, via Rachel Siegel & Christian Davenport
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Go for press briefing, now at 4:30.

White House stmt on Russia vetoing a UN Security Council resolution today that was to reaffirm the Outer Space Treaty's prohibition on putting nuclear weapons in space.
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China on track for crewed moon landing by 2030, space official says spacenews.com/china-on-track…

Crazy to think that just four years ago, SpaceX was going for its 50th landing. Now: 300. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Getting closer to Starliner’s first launch with crew. This is a big moment for Boeing—and NASA.

The way to compete against SpaceX, Beck said, “is to outsmart them and outwork them. You have to be the mosquito, that is for sure. And you have to be very agile. … The crazy thing about a mosquito is that it’s kind of annoying, but there’s a nonzero chance that you might get…

Public service journalism at its best--and with video! Thanks to spacenews! Star Trek vs Star Wars Debate at 39th Space Symposium: Who Won? spacenews.com/star-trek-vs-s… via SpaceNews

U.S., Japan to announce military cooperation, joint NASA lunar mission - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Totality! What an eclipse.

Going through some old photos. This was from Boeing Starliner emergency egress training in June 2018.

I know we’re all skeptical about Elon time but May seems entirely possible for IFT-4.

The fact that Team Spaceballs is included (and well represented by a very able communicator) makes this a must-see debate at the end of Space Symposium.

First Wally Funk and now Ed Dwight. Very cool.

Wheels on the moon are coming. NASA announces new moon rover contracts - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

NASA’s Artemis II crew was announced a year ago today. Now scheduled to fly around the moon no earlier than September 2025.

Cool shot. First of three SpaceX launches today.

George Abbey, a legendary figure at NASA, has died. For decades he was the arbiter of which astronauts got to fly.