Congrats, 前澤友作! You should link up w/ Astrowright for a preflight fitness plan before you ring Luna, & if you ever become inspired to have an internationally-accomplished jazz trombonist (who is also a planetary scientist) join your merry crew, I’m all yours in 2023! 🚀

They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu goo.gl/tqU7Bn

BFR is designed to be fully reusable, servicing Earth orbit as well as the Moon and Mars.

When I ask a young person how they screwed up something on a technical project and they tell me they haven't, I generally tend to suspect either that they are dishonest or that what they tried was really easy. Screwing up a technical project as a student is a feature, not a bug

Kluger: are you frustrated, annoyed, angry that there’s been no one on the moon since you? Harrison Schmitt: all of the above. I realized in 1972 there was going to be a hiatus after Apollo 17, but didn’t think it would be 50 years. #ApolloPlus50

“We want everything to be reusable,” says Bridenstine of his exploration architecture, which features the expendable SLS. #Transformers

Kitay: a lot of misinformation about the Space Force. It’s not about Marines dropping out of space or fighting aliens. People don’t understand the importance of satellites to national security. #VonBraun18

NASA announces the Dawn mission has come to an end; the spacecraft, orbiting Ceres, missed scheduled communications sessions the last two days and managers concluded the spacecraft had likely exhausted its fuel, as expected. go.nasa.gov/2P4WQNO

Starman’s current location. Next stop, the restaurant at the end of the universe.

We are at the point in presentations about space habitats where speakers casually mention mining ammonia from Ceres.

DARPA has identified the spaceports that would serve as potential launch sites for its responsive launch competition, and also said 18 teams have passed an initial pre-qualification phase. bit.ly/2PdbyCx

Blue Origin plans to conduct its next New Shepard suborbital test flight tomorrow morning from West Texas. No people will be on board the vehicle, but the capsule will be filled with experiments. bit.ly/2SSUUFD

Where will we land humans on Mars? We’re hosting the 1st workshop to look at potential sites nasa.tumblr.com/post/132022872… pic.x.com/9F8jCBtU9t

Starting Dec 14, you can apply to be an astronaut! Before you do, here are 5 things to know nasa.tumblr.com/post/132538793…

Aurora at night, from the International Space Station. pic.x.com/vonbZYRRb3

RT Rogue1-the Jeff Faria Project After 100, Marie Curie’s papers are still radioactive | Open Culture ➤ buff.ly/1Mg24KW

ICYMI NASA's Dawn Mission spacecraft sent 1st pics from its best-ever viewpoint of dwarf planet Ceres go.nasa.gov/1Pr2cvh

Are we alone in the universe? Science has the answer. One of our best science videos of 2015 econ.st/1TcHqPl

Quantum Computing Particles Sent Back Through Time buff.ly/1Omf3tr

Сlose-up flyover of Pluto! Watch full movie on YouTube: youtu.be/zQIsXd6c8cg @NewHorizons2015 #Pluto #NASA