why is NASA (effectively) cancelling Chandra? well, here's my un-subtle chart showing why NASA Science is in so much trouble, and why it's worth fighting for. I hope that congress acts to restore NASA Science to $9B in 2025.

SCOOP (lol): Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the NASA astronauts scheduled to fly on Boeing's Starliner tomorrow, "will have a very light, traditional breakfast" before launch, per a NASA spokesperson. "Toast, scrambled eggs and oatmeal will be available for them."

The last step of fueling has been started. This will place about 12,300 gallons of liquid hydrogen fuel into the Dual Engine Centaur upper stage to power Starliner into space. Still targeting 12:25:40 p.m. EDT (1625:40 UTC) for liftoff: bit.ly/av_cft

If they are able to recycle for tomorrow, liftoff time would be 12:03 pm EDT. Also opportunities June 5 (10:52 am EDT) and June 6 (10:29 am EDT).

Gotta say, if both Starship and Boeing have attempted launches on June 5, every space reporter’s head is going to explode.

Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples spacenews.com/change-6-lands…

I did some back of the envelope math: it will take a minimum of 19 launches to get Starship ready for its NASA HLS contract—curious what others think. payloadspace.com/a-dear-john-fo…

🚀#Ariane6 launch date: 9 July 2024. More info 👇 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

Boeing Starliner is gearing up for launch! Liftoff is scheduled for 10:52 am ET. Launch vehicle and spacecraft are both doing great, weather is beautiful, and the launch team is ahead of schedule.

This morning, Boeing Starliner successfully launched to the ISS for its crewed flight test. Here's an overview of what happened, what the implications for this flight are, and what's next: youtu.be/ge_8rVRnktA

If "male and pale is money," as Chris Gore says, explain why Chris Gore, who is male and pale, has such a failed career he has resorted to this kind of bullshit engagement to eke out his paltry living?

Hoping that mission elapsed time clock runs for another decade. #SaveChandra

To geek out over space and the Tour de France in a single episode was extremely fun! You should listen, you'll have fun too! Swapna Krishna is just that brilliant!

NASA will retire the ISS at the end of the decade. It will be brought down and laid to rest in the ocean. But WHY do we need to retire it? Why can’t we save the space station, keep using it or have it as a museum? Newsletter: adastraspace.com/p/will-happen-… youtu.be/qlMmoaP_OE8

Recent solar activity pushed the aurora closer to us. The Soyuz hangs from the station in a stream of aurora. Soyuz is illuminated in a light blue from a sun behind the camera and in front of the space station that is just about to rise. 1/4s, f1.4, 50mm, ISO 6400

Cygnus NG-21: Mission control just alerted the ISS crew to a possible issue with the Cygnus cargo ship: "Just to let you guys know, good comm with Cygnus, we're going to have solar array deploy in about an hour. The first two burns were not performed by Cygnus, so they're

There have been increasing rumors from reputable sources that Boeing Starliner astronauts may come home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Nothing has been decided, but here’s an overview/what might be going on at NASA Newsletter @ 11 am ET adastraspace.com youtu.be/WyZMRTWWw3I

Did the Perseverance rover find life on Mars??? No. But it DID make a very interesting discovery that could be relevant to the search for ancient microbial life on the red planet!! Here's more: youtu.be/MdYuRUN_qk4