A MOON BASE AT CLAVIUS Hear my chat w/ Rod Pyle rodpyle & Tariq J. Malik, & my thoughts on why we should set up a lunar base off-pole. As it turns out, 2001: A Space Odyssey's Clavius crater would be a really great spot. The SETI Institute Mars Institute NASA KeplerSpaceUniversity @NSS

Extremely rare 'White Auroras' spotted over Finland last night

China has officially entered the era of flying taxis. Two Chinese companies have obtained a commercial operation certificate for autonomous passenger drones from the CAAC, the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Astrobiologist and host of AskAstrobio, Dr. Graham Lau, has written an article about what he calls The Panzoic Effect: how thinking about alien life might impact us as individuals and collectively. psyche.co/ideas/the-panz…

STARLINER CREW REVEALS HARROWING FLIGHT TO DOCK W/ ISS Amazing article by Eric Berger Eric Berger following his interview w/ NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore & Sunita Williams @Astro_suni. Right Stuff stuff.

Timelapse from Antarctica to the Arctic.

NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman (Jared Isaacman) opening statement: "As the President stated, we will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars. Along the way, we will inevitably have the capabilities to return to the moon...”

Nighthawk: Rationale For A Mars Chopper Class Rotorcraft To Explore Noctis Labyrinthus astrobiology.com/2025/04/nighth… #astrobiology #Mars #helicopter Pascal Lee

On ep. 156 of TWiS we are joined by Dr. Phil Metzger, one of the leading researchers into the potentially dangerous effects of rocket plumes. Tariq J. Malik Pascal Lee National Space Society TWiT Tech Podcasts Lisa Laporte #NASA #Mars @drphiltill twit.tv/shows/this-wee…

DEIMOS, MARS' OUTER MOON Amazing pic of Deimos' far side (always facing away from Mars) imaged so well for 1st time by ESA's Hera mission spacecraft flying by Mars on way to double asteroid Didymos. Note shadowed saddle between Deimos' two lobes. The SETI Institute Mars Institute KeplerSpaceUniversity

NSS POSITION ON POTENTIAL NASA SCIENCE BUDGET CUTS Here's the NSS' position paper on potential NASA science budget cuts, issued a few weeks ago (March 2025): t.ly/Vfa_R

NEW NSS VIDEO SERIES! Check out our new space video series on the NSS YouTube channel, co-produced by NSS, #SFIA w/Isaac Arthur, & #AdAstra w/ Rod Pyle rodpyle: t.ly/go75y

Lucy’s flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson this Sunday, April 20, will be the first time NASA sends a spacecraft to a planetary body named after a living person.

NASA LUCY MISSION FIRST PICS OF ASTEROID #DONALDJOHANSON Asteroid Donaldjohanson turns out to be a "contact binary": the result of the joining of two smaller bodies following a collision. Congrats to NASA & Lucy Team! t.ly/B4L1d The SETI Institute KeplerSpaceUniversity @NSS

ISDC-2025 Headed to @NSS #ISDC2025 this week 19-22 June in Orlando, FL. Hope to see you there. The SETI Institute Mars Institute KeplerSpaceUniversity NASA Ames NASA