Total revenue that SpaceX will receive from NASA this year is ~$1B out of ~$15B total, so ~7%. Moreover, NASA is paying SpaceX for astronaut & cargo transport to the Space Station, launching research satellites and some work for returning to the Moon. All of these contracts

Liftoff of Starship Flight 10. 📸 - NSF - NASASpaceflight.com

A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump removes NASA employees from federal labor-management protections, under the justification of national security. space.com/space-explorat…

Happy Labor Day weekend, I guess 🇺🇸

I want Bo’s and I need it now

A Senate Commerce Committee hearing sounded the alarm over the U.S.-China moon race, emphasizing American dominance off Earth as the backdrop for NASA’s next funding authorization. space.com/astronomy/moon…

U.S. in danger of losing to China in the race to the moon. “Without major change, it’s highly unlikely we’ll beat China’s timeline.” #haiku #haikutoyoutoo #nasahaiku

Worries include broken windows and impacts to the local environment, tourism and fishing industries. space.com/space-explorat…

Starship in Flor’da? “The turtles and the nudists will have to migrate.”

NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy pushed back against recent claims that the agency is losing ground to China in the race back to the moon, promising the Artemis program will get astronauts there first, in a closed NASA town hall. space.com/space-explorat…

🌟 “A game changer.” Astronaut & former NASA Deputy Admin Pam Melroy on our world-first flight test of a high-thrust RDRE, featured in SPACE.com by Josh Dinner. With her leadership, Venus is scaling from milestones → real-world aerospace applications. 🚀 🔗 Read the full

Artemis II crew names their Orion spacecraft “Integrity”

We have made the decision to postpone our launch attempt, and we will share a new expected launch date in the coming weeks. After detailed review over the last 15 hours, the root cause has been discovered to be related to our propellant quality slightly differing between vehicle

During testing at Firefly’s facility in Briggs Texas, the first stage of Firefly’s Alpha Flight 7 rocket experienced an event that resulted in a loss of the stage. Read more here: fireflyspace.com/missions/alpha…

Tesla North America *cries in HW3 v12.6.4* wen update?

NASA is sinking Its flagship science center During the shutdown. space.com/space-explorat…

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say "There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…" space.com/space-explorat…

On this day 25 years ago, Expedition 1 became the first crew to call the International Space Station home, launching a continuous human presence in orbit. This would not have been possible without NASA and its partners, as well as every astronaut and engineer who keeps the lights on in low

Report from a NASA Goddard employee: "I asked excepted people if they have seen any change in Building 36. A move has started and movers moved all of our belongings out from our offices, packed our stuff into boxes, and left it in conference rooms. We were told before that we'd

It’s a beautiful day for a rocket launch. Preparations are underway at LC-1 for Electron’s next launch for iQPS / QPS研究所/人工衛星開発. 🚀Mission Name: “The Nation God Navigates” 🎯 Customer: iQPS 🛰️ Payload: QPS-SAR-14 or YACHIHOKO-I 🌏 Orbit: 575km LEO 📍 Launch Site: Pad B, LC-1