Beth Moses

Professional suborbital astronaut, engineer, & world’s most-flown female astronaut. Flew 6 flights for Virgin Galactic now a Purdue professor flying on Purdue1.

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

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[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Heads up UK folks, especially Scotland and NI:

[Jonathan McDowell @planet4589]

The @vardaspace W-4 reentry capsule, which failed to deorbit last month, reentered over Wick, Scotland at 1402 GMT (3.02pm BST) Monday. Since it had a heat shield, the possiblity of finding debris on the ground exists.

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

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[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

The NASA proposal to create a government-led “core module” to assist commercial space stations (CLDs) appears to be dead. Most of the CLD vendors will celebrate this.

[Noah Bergren @NbergWX]

WOW! Remarkable video from 5 miles from the launch pad in Jetty Park. Watch that fireball, and listen around 35 seconds into the video for the massive audible explosion.

📸: John Concilus

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Florida friends, heads up:

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Debris from our recent hotfire anomaly may wash ashore in the coming days/weeks. If you encounter any debris, do not touch or approach it for your safety.

Please report the location immediately:
Call: 1-321-222-4355 
Email: [email protected]

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Based on a handful of sources, this is what I've been able to glean about the New Glenn failure this evening in Florida. TL;DR, it's freaking bad.

https://t.co/df6BcfpyF4

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

@SciGuySpace this tweet did not age well :(

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

oh goodness, an uncrewed New Glenn has exploded on the pad during a hot fire test. glad to hear there were no injuries.

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

How it looked from our other Cape cams.

[Jeff Foust @jeff_foust]

Starship Flight 12 launch scrubbed for the day.

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Starship v3 test today, hopefully. Pretty view from SpaceX livestream!

[Jeff Foust @jeff_foust]

An interesting comment by NASA Administrator Isaacman at the ASCEND conference this morning: "The next time the world tunes in to watch astronauts fly around the Moon, which will be likely in sometime in 2027, they will be taikonauts, and America will no longer be the exclusive power to send humans into the lunar environment."

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

And with a breeze…
🖤💛🚀

Video: Jason’s Instagram j_williamson123

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Here’s our Purdue1 crew having fun at the statue of alumni Neil Armstrong. For the record I absolutely do not equate myself, a suborbital professional astronaut, to orbital or lunar professionals. Different jobs! An honor, though, to fly for Purdue! https://t.co/4Vp83Zh6cF

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

@Axiom_Space @jeff_foust @Astro_Wakata Congrats Koichi!

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Here’s an image from the press conference last month that announced the final two crew members on the Purdue1 suborbital space flight, myself & Flo Stahura. On the right is student Thendral Kamal who moderated our Q&A. What a lovely event! Thank you School of Engineering! 🖤💛🚀

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

@Lori_Garver Thanks Lori!

[Beth Moses @Astro_Beth]

Back in 2019 when I was assigned to my first spaceflight, I was a new thing in the world - I didn’t work for a government agency like NASA astronauts, and I wasn’t a pilot at the controls like Grissom or the X-15 astronauts. When it came to professional astronauts I didn’t fit the mold. Private employer? Private astronaut corps? Suborbital flight?! Engineer?!!! Goodness gracious there were plenty of reasons for establishments and colleagues to shake their heads in confusion or turn their backs in silent rejection. I get it. Some still do, six flights later while staring down the barrel of my seventh.

So I am *incredibly* honored to be included in Purdue’s official Cradle of Astronauts, and to also be the first non-governmental astronaut invited in. I’m still so pleased to be in this video.

Hail Purdue! Ever grateful, ever true.
🖤💛

[Purdue University @LifeAtPurdue]

On #NationalAstronautDay, learn why Purdue is called the Cradle of Astronauts.

🚀 Nearly a third of all U.S. spaceflights have included a #Boilermaker.

⭐ 10-plus missions have included multiple #Purdue alums.

Dive into Purdue’s #space legacy. ⬇️ https://t.co/Vsc5hgMMnM

[National Air and Space Museum @airandspace]

65 years ago today, Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he launched on a suborbital mission aboard his Mercury "Freedom 7" spacecraft. The mission lasted 15 minutes and 22 seconds. More on Shepherd's history making flight: https://t.co/UPzT7qnFWM