🌕📣 How to Survive on the Moon! 🌕📣 Written by rocket scientist Joalda Morancy, this practical guide teaches future astronauts about underground lava tubes, razor-sharp moon dust, and giant space catapults. 📆Early Feb 2025 🚀Illustrated by @aaroncushley The countdown begins!

Another step towards launch (and a few more photos). The transport and lift operation relies on our Transporter Erector or TE, a structure that’s almost 300 feet long and 50 feet wide and weighs more than 4 million pounds.  Once at the pad, the TE is set into its pivot point –

Gone vertical.

Got my copy of How to Survive on the Moon! This is a fantastic gift for any young space goers and delves into everything you need to know about how to get to the moon, and live there! Written by the incredibly smart Joalda Morancy! You can expect to see this in early February!

The FAA issued a Part 450 commercial space license authorizing the first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn vehicle. The FAA determined Blue Origin met all safety, environmental & other licensing requirements well ahead of the statutory deadline. bit.ly/4j5ecoi. #FAASpace

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🚀 Launch Alert | We’re targeting New Glenn’s first launch no earlier than January 10 from LC-36. Read more: bit.ly/40qToPF

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New Glenn’s inaugural mission is targeting January 13. Our three-hour launch window opens Monday at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC). Join us here for the webcast hosted by Ariane Cornell and Denisse Aranda beginning an hour before launch!

Despite an unfavorable 60% no-go weather forecast, New Glenn defied the odds this morning, successfully lifting off from LC-36 at 2:03 a.m. EST and blazing a trail to orbit on its maiden flight. 🚀🇺🇸

This was the best stream ever

I bet Neil wishes he had this guide before that first moonwalk. How to survive on the Moon is out now in the US. U.K. spacers will have to wait until Thursday for it. Thanks to Neon Squid and Joalda Morancy!

My second book is out in the world starting today :-) yippee