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[TURION @TurionSpace]

We are proud to announce our selection as a prime contractor under the U.S. Space Force’s $1.84 billion Andromeda IDIQ. We’re excited to support Space Systems Command in advancing this critical Space Domain Awareness initiative.

Turion was founded on the belief that the next era of space belongs to companies that move fast, deliver results, and never confuse size with capability.

This award validates Turion’s speed, grit, and proven technology. We remain committed to developing the tools and capabilities needed to secure the ultimate high ground.

[TURION @TurionSpace]

Since DROID.001’s deorbiting, we’re continuing our series of sharing some of it's earliest captures. This pass captures COSMOS 2567 (NORAD ID 55978), observed in 2024. Starting with a pre-processed frame, followed by a model attention heat map—refining signal, isolating structure, and identifying the object with high confidence. The final frame confirms COSMOS 2567, closing the loop from detection to characterization.

Let us know if you’d like to see more captures like this!

[Joe Morrison @mouthofmorrison]

Spoke to a NASA staffer yesterday and asked how she feels:
- Isaacman is working around the clock
- She’s been formally asked, for the first time in seven years, “how is bureaucracy holding you back, and how can I help?”
- She’s never been more excited to work at NASA

[Jared Isaacman @rookisaacman]

Well it is official now..

I want to again express my sincere appreciation to President Donald J. Trump @POTUS for nominating me to lead NASA, and to the United States Senate--and Chairman Cruz @tedcruz - for their diligence and fairness throughout the confirmation process. I am grateful to Secretary Duffy @SecDuffy for his leadership as Acting Administrator during this transition, and to my wife Monica, my family, my friend Senator Sheehy @TimSheehyMT and everyone who offered their support along the way.

As I step into this role, I make these personal commitments:

– Mission: I will champion the bold objectives of human space exploration, scientific discovery, and a thriving orbital economy that ensures America’s leadership in space. We will never again give up our capabilities to reach for the stars, and we will never settle for second place.

– Integrity: I will serve responsibly, transparently, and without personal gain, covering every cost I am legally permitted to, and fully adhering to my ethics agreement. My loyalty is to my country, my President, and the space agency that has inspired me since I was a child.

– Urgency: I will intensely focus the agency on achieving the near-impossible, the very reason NASA was established in the first place. We will eliminate the bureaucracy that impedes progress and empower the best and brightest to take ownership, move quickly, accept smart risks, and act with a relentless focus on mission success.

– Inspiration: Every launch, every scientific breakthrough must inspire the next generation to dream bigger, to reach higher, and believe that anything is possible. In addition to my existing philanthropic efforts, I will donate my salary as Administrator to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Space Camp to help prepare the pioneers of tomorrow.

I am humbled by this opportunity, proud to serve, and ready to work alongside the most talented minds in America as we continue the greatest adventure in human history.

Sincerely,
Jared Isaacman
NASA Administrator

[TURION @TurionSpace]

We’re Hiring: Sr. Flight Software Engineer

Build the code that powers spacecraft and shapes the future of in-space logistics.

Real-time embedded systems.
Fast-paced, mission-driven team.

Apply now → https://t.co/YBsXawEsIZ

#FlightSoftware #NowHiring

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

ANOMALY! Just before Ship 36 was set to Static Fire, it blew up at SpaceX Masseys!

Live on X and YT:
https://t.co/GPjZIX1Zyd

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

Jared Isaacman’s (@rookisaacman) nomination for NASA administrator, already delayed nearly six months, was abruptly canceled last week, reportedly as the side effect of some unrelated internal political power struggle. This is, in my opinion, a massive unforced error.

This is a catastrophe for NASA, whose operational capability has already been grievously harmed by decades of indifferent management and oversight, resulting in nearly every mission suffering significant cost and schedule overruns.

We must save NASA because we love what it represents. From the kid who wears his worn NASA shirt to bed every night while dreaming of exploring the stars, to the last page of the US passport uttering a promise that we will safeguard freedom for humanity in space forever, NASA represents the best of the United States.

It has long been clear that restoring NASA’s historical pre-eminence would require swift action, decisive leadership, and an uncompromising focus on our future mission to explore the stars. The time for zero-sum trades between resource-starved science missions is over. Nostalgia for a dimly remembered expense and might of Project Apollo is misplaced. We’ve lived in a world of cheap, reliable, plentiful launch for a decade and what have we got to show for it?

NASA’s mission is to ensure that the universal values of freedom, justice, and rule of law are as universal in space as they are back home in the United States, a beacon of hope for the oppressed and downtrodden for a quarter of a millennium. Now is no time to sleep on hostile foreign totalitarian dictatorships and their illegitimate ambitions to dominate our future. NASA must safeguard our freedom on the Moon, ensuring equal access for peaceful explorers from all nations for the betterment of all mankind.

It is clear that business as usual cannot support this mission. NASA has spent two decades and $100b on a rocket that everyone knows cannot even reach the Moon. Enough is enough! If the US could produce atomic weapons from scratch in three years in the middle of the worst war in history for $30b in 1944, the US can build a large, open, permanently occupied Lunar station and explore Mars in 2030. The US taxpayer demands a NASA that can robustly represent the interests of the people.

How? NASA has historically invented much of our civilization’s productivity enhancing technology, so it is reasonable for us to expect that, adopted there first, NASA’s productivity growth should far outpace that of the general economy, and yet this has not been the case. Going forward, NASA must aggressively measure and reward productivity.

This renewed focus on human exploration doesn’t imply a zero-sum deletion of NASA’s important science missions, but they must serve NASA’s central mission first and foremost, or else stay clear of the critical path. A NASA that supports the affordable launch of a million tonnes of cargo from thousands of vendors into low Earth orbit every year can easily launch robotic missions to every planet in every launch window. From now on, NASA’s architecture choices and programmatic discipline must reflect an organization whose diligence and intelligence dignifies the trust placed in it by the free peoples of the world.

[Gene @SpaceBasedFox]

Awesome pic of a Starlink sat photobombing a Google Earth image. Relative velocity was so high that the chromatic aberration on the image isn't even overlapping. Look at the difference compared to airplanes photographed under similar circumstances

[TURION @TurionSpace]

DROID.002 precision pointing verification completed. Now the fun really begins.

[TURION @TurionSpace]

Contact made <1 hour from liftoff. 2-way comms established. Spacecraft stable, first light expected within one week. Let the DROID.002 fun begin.

[TURION @TurionSpace]

DROID.002 launch imminent.

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program.

https://t.co/jqmRbMVlOK

[TURION @TurionSpace]

Today @TurionSpace was awarded a $32,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract for multi-payload satellites and real-time command and control with the US Space Force. This contract provides for the demonstrations of a rapid build of three satellites with rendezvous proximity operations high-resolution satellite-to-satellite imagery collection capabilities. Although we have many more satellites to launch, join STARFIRE now to get a screaming deal - we're fully operational and can integrate our API into any existing platform rapidly. Official DoD press release here: https://t.co/ZYlXVvmWXj

[TURION @TurionSpace]

DROID.002 build complete! Another critical step in building the foundation of our orbital infrastructure.

[TURION @TurionSpace]

We look forward to supporting @SemperCitiusSDA in next-gen proliferation of LEO satellites for national security!

[TURION @TurionSpace]

DROID.002 solar deployment test ✅

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting fifth flight test of Starship!

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

Wow - phenomenal!!!!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!