Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-@NASA, editor: @NASAWatch & @Astrobiology, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former @ChallengerCtr board 🖖🏻

[Keith Cowing @KeithCowing]

“My Star Trek Episode At Everest" https://t.co/UHpTKiSzDt #StarTrek #StarTrekDay #exploration #AwayTeam #Everest #Nepal

[Nature & Animals🌴 @naturelife_ok]

may my grave become a shelter for every creature of god that wanders in search of refuge and warmth..

[Challenger Center @ChallengerCtr]

In honor of #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈, we're spotlighting just a small fraction of the many LGBTQ+ #STEM pioneers whose incredible achievements and innovations have benefited humankind: Sally Ride, Alan Turing, Lynn Conway, and Sara Josephine Baker.

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

When NASA Called, Achintya Bairat Answered
https://t.co/0RxNKAXx8l

"April 16th is a day etched into my memory forever. In the morning, I received a call for an interview for my dream job at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Two hours later, I got a call from my doctor. “We’ve diagnosed you with stage 4 metastatic cancer. If we don’t treat this now, you won’t have a future to worry about, let alone an interview.” FYI @NASAAdmin @rookisaacman

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Sally Ride, born #OnThisDay in 1951, was an astronaut, physicist, engineer, and the 3rd woman to travel to space.👩‍🚀🚀

Her legacy lives on through all the women and girls who continue to be inspired by her courage to break stereotypes and gender biases that hold #WomenInScience back.

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Casual, as you do.

[National Space Society @nss]

NASAWatch EDITOR KEITH COWING TO RECEIVE NSS SPACE PIONEER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MASS MEDIA AT ISDC-2026!

Full Press Release:
https://t.co/v1wm5AIozO

@NASAWatch @astrobiology

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

May 26, 1876, marks the official conclusion of the Challenger Expedition. Spanning three and a half years, the voyage of HMS Challenger laid the foundation for modern oceanography, collecting biological and geological samples all over the oceans
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[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

The International Machine Consortium is certainly making a lot of progress. Dr. Ellie Arroway should be able to go for a ride on the 4th of July. #Contact #America250

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Meanwhile @NASA is building a Stargate next to the White House to get Americans to the Moon before China does it.

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Oops. I Won An Award. I will be receiving the National Space Society ‘Space Pioneer Award for excellence in mass media’ at the @ISDC. I am not exactly the award winning type. As such, I am doubly flattered by this – especially given the folks who have been similarly honored in prior years. https://t.co/XYFOYHXcGy @NSS #isdc2026

[Astrobiology @astrobiology]

- On 9 Jun at 11:00 am EDT @NASA will announce the #ArtemisIII crew - https://t.co/45Bkr80Nr3
- On some future date perhaps @NASA will announce the crew of the first #Astrobiology expedition to #Mars

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Let’s Stop Going In Circles And Go Somewhere Once Again
https://t.co/Ls6oqFMtjZ #Artemis #Moon @NASAMoonbase @NSS @NASA @ExplorersClub

[Astrobiology @astrobiology]

The future submersible droids that we send to explore the seas of Europa, Enceladus, Ganymede - and beyond - will benefit from these autonomous systems being deployed on Earth today. #astrobiology #AbSciCon #AbSciCon26

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

Well @TheNRAO it is obvious that @Carhartt likes space and #astronomy - especially the @Interstellar type - and vice versa.

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

NASA administrator to attend ribbon cutting at Space & Rocket Center - Inspiration4 Skills Training Complex https://t.co/bturK1ENuv

[Astronauts For America @Astros4America]

We are the country that set foot on the moon. We are the land of opportunity. We are the American dream.

Today, those ideals are being challenged. But we can stand up for them. Will you join us?

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

We really do need your help to keep NASAWatch online - please consider making a donation* https://t.co/0G7LdKdtI2
* Two things online at NASAWatch that NASA will not tell you about
- Report: llegal Implementation of Trump’s FY2026 Budget Request Without Congressional Approval https://t.co/rUsqw1SBi5
- Experts Needed To Confirm/Affirm NASA Goddard Expertise
https://t.co/N9vWguxXWS

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

The National Academies are seeking suggestions for experts to participate in a new Congressionally mandated consensus study tasked with conducting a high-level assessment of current technical and scientific capabilities housed at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), what capabilities are positioned to ensure long-term success of the NASA mission—including for future cutting-edge scientific discovery and crewed space exploration—and what facilities are needed to house and operate those capabilities.

The committee will provide a report with findings and recommendations to ensure long-term success of the GSFC and the NASA mission. Based on the Statement of Task, the National Academies are looking for expertise pertaining to NASA's mission directorates, particularly in the following areas:

development of advanced and emerging technologies
testing and modeling
systems development
space missions
space technology
infrastructure and facilities
human space exploration
science and engineering workforce

The National Academies will use these suggestions to build a committee of approximately 10 volunteer experts as well as identify potential speakers and peer reviewers.

We invite you to submit nominations by Friday, April 24, 2026. https://t.co/tYHBo4VNxb @NASAGoddard @NASA @theNASEM

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

"Science Committee Democratic Staff Report Reveals Details on NASA’s Illegal Implementation of Trump’s FY2026 Budget Request Without Congressional Approval" A Presidential budget request means nothing until Congress acts on it,” said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren. “And in 2025, NASA implemented Trump’s budget proposal illegally, without any approval from Congress. The agency violated the basic separation-of-powers framework set forth in the Constitution. NASA’s actions derailed critical projects, demoralized its employees, and broke its trust with the scientific community and the private sector. NASA repeatedly denied what it was doing, but the facts prove otherwise. This staff report provides an overview of the evidence my team has gathered and highlights the damage NASA inflicted upon itself by yielding to pressure from OMB instead of following the law.

Ranking Member Lofgren continued, “A President’s Budget Request is not law. It cannot supersede the laws enacted by Congress. NASA must heed the warning of this report and prevent what happened in 2025 from happening again.”

The staff report, Mission Aborted: How NASA Illegally Implemented the President's Budget Request Without Congressional Approval, brings to light NASA’s blatant disregard for the laws enacted by Congress and the severe consequences of this recklessness for the agency and the country.

The report has six key findings:

1. In 2025, NASA acted in concrete and formal ways to implement the proposals of the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 PBR).
2. Senior political appointees, including then-Chief of Staff Brian Hughes and then-Senior Advisor to the Administrator Ryan Whitley, ordered staff to implement the FY26 PBR.
3. Numerous whistleblowers throughout the agency disclosed firsthand accounts to Committee Staff about the FY26 PBR being implemented.
4. NASA ordered the cancelation of the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project on the day that the full FY26 PBR was released.
5. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center fatally undermined the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) proposal after its mission class was zeroed out in the FY26 PBR.
6. NASA eliminated the Joint Agency Satellite Division (JASD) after the FY26 PBR proposed to end NASA’s role as the acquisition agent for NOAA’s satellite programs.

The report is informed by whistleblower testimonies, documents, and emails, obtained from the Committee’s investigation, to confirm that NASA illegally implemented President Trump’s FY2026 budget request.

The Democratic Staff Report can be found here: https://t.co/M3sg6HXNOS

[NASA Watch @NASAWatch]

If you have ever been on an expedition to a remote & potentially dangerous location you get attached to the people and things who kept you safe. @Astro_Christina hugs "Integrity" - her Moon ride - and I hugged Quimmiq - our polar bear defense force on Devon Island up near the north pole. @NASAAdmin #spacesymposium #41space - @pascalleetweets @ingallsimages