Aaron McCrea

Writer for NASASpaceflight🚀 | Aspiring Aerospace Engineer studying at PSU 🎓 | Opinions are my own

[Aaron McCrea @AaronMc286]

There may be a little while longer until SpaceX is allowed to launch Starship, but when has that ever slowed them down!

Read about the testing that’s going on currently and what’s holding SpaceX up!

Written by me for @NASASpaceflight

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Starship Flight 5 conducts full stack testing ahead of launch. There is still a potential full WDR to complete, but that is usually closer to the launch date, which is still some time away at present.

Overview by Aaron McCrea (@AaronMc286)

https://t.co/auchsKeyl6

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

The sights and sounds of launching the world's most powerful rocket

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the 13th flight test of Starship!

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

President Trump gave the world the Artemis Program, and NASA and our partners have the plan to deliver. We will standardize architecture where possible, add missions and accelerate flight rate, execute in an evolutionary way, and safely return American astronauts to the Moon, this time to stay.

This is the NASA that once changed the world. This is the NASA that will do it again.

[Aaron McCrea @AaronMc286]

This news is wild and exactly what NASA needed!

[NASA @NASA]

NASA will increase the cadence of the Artemis missions to successfully return humans to the Moon and sustain a lunar presence.

Artemis III will test systems in low Earth orbit to prepare for an Artemis IV Moon landing in 2028. https://t.co/TovtCfQXzf

[NHL @NHL]

TEAM USA WINS THE GOLD MEDAL!!! 🥇

#MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Some exciting launches coming this week!

Aaron McCrea (@AaronMc286) overviews:

https://t.co/0ea9jyXBLP

[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

Thank you, Coach Tomlin, for the hard work, dedication and success you brought to the Steelers over the last 19 years.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN! New Glenn returns to its blue origin.

[Ryan Caton @dpoddolphinpro]

BREAKING: Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) has been Officially Re-nominated by @POTUS to be @NASA's Administrator!

📷 @NASA

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Like many Americans, we are thankful for Mr. Bridenstine’s service leading NASA at one point. He deserves credit for spearheading the creation of the Artemis Program.

After departing NASA, he created a lobbying firm called the Artemis Group, representing a host of aerospace companies vying for NASA business → https://t.co/TJ1LSbR1lV

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@imPenny2x @SecDuffyNASA They won’t. SpaceX is moving like lightning compared to the rest of the space industry.

Moreover, Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Views from onboard Starship's tenth flight test

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@johnkrausphotos The orange color is rust from rapid oxidation of metallic test tiles

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The Starship landing video in the Indian Ocean was taken from a camera bolted to a Starlink terminal sitting in a kiddie pool 😂

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@Erdayastronaut Starship catch is probably flight 13 to 15, depending on how well V3 flights go

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s tenth flight test pushed the limits and provided maximum excitement along the way → https://t.co/UIwbeGoo2B

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Great work by the SpaceX team!!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship successfully ignited one of its Raptor engines while in space

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

It's not just Starship that we're keeping an eye on this week. Lots of other launches are also on the schedule:

https://t.co/q3pgzSGZgE

By Aaron McCrea (@AaronMc286).