Lewis East

Ad lunam et ultra.

[Lewis East @LewisEast2001]

For the first time in my life, there are humans on their way to the Moon!

This is the future I’ve always wanted! This is the future that we deserve! #NASA #Artemis

[Dave Limp @davill]

I've come to appreciate boring hotfires. Our BE-7 team recently completed a 2,500 second hotfire test at 10klbf on a development engine, setting the record for the longest-duration turbo pump-fed liquid rocket engine hotfire. This built on some of the most rigorous testing in the history of propulsion, with the previous record set by the RS-25 engine that powered the Space Shuttle. They recorded two 2,017 second tests in 1988. It's not lost on us that we're following a path those engineers blazed, and we're grateful for it. Grab the popcorn and enjoy watching 41 minutes of hotfire goodness.

[Lewis East @LewisEast2001]

Fantastic!

If this chap finds himself in No10, I hope he commits to this promise. Our country needs a high speed rail network for growth!

HS2 should be built in full but getting it at least to Manchester is a solid start! #HS2 #Labour

[RAIL Magazine @RAIL]

Andy Burnham pledges to revive HS2 from Birmingham-Manchester if he becomes Prime Minister
https://t.co/FCtoVWNjDO

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I love the incredible people of SpaceX beyond words

[Tesla Europe, Middle East & Africa @teslaeurope]

FSD Supervised now approved in Belgium 🇧🇪

Rollout will begin soon

[Dawn Aerospace @DawnAerospace]

THIS IS AURORA
✦ Mach 3.7
✦ 100 km altitude
✦ Up to 127 seconds of microgravity
✦ Runway takeoff and landing
✦ Four-hour turnaround

#suborbital #spaceplane #aurora

[Lewis East @LewisEast2001]

Download is going to be soggy! #DLXXIII

[NASA @NASA]

Introducing Artemis III.

Four astronauts. Three launches. Two dockings. One splashdown.

In 2027, the Artemis III mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit — the capability we need to return humanity to the Moon’s surface.

[Tesla Europe, Middle East & Africa @teslaeurope]

FSD Supervised now approved in Denmark 🇩🇰

Rollout will begin soon

[Dave Limp @davill]

True to its name, Never Tell Me The Odds has safely returned to Rocket Park.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Watch @ElonMusk provide a technical update on SpaceX’s capability to manufacture, launch, and operate AI satellites at scale → https://t.co/PSCyWrNsOg

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck. @NASA and @USSpaceForce have both been extremely helpful.

This team. Never tell them the odds.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Sneak peek of our recent Archimedes engine fit check to Neutron's Stage 1 thrust structure.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.

I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.

We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

[Dave Limp @davill]

We have regained some access to Launch Complex 36 and are actively investigating the hotfire anomaly. We will start clearing the pad soon and have a good rebuild plan in place. The booster and GS2s in the integration facility appear healthy from quick looks.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.

Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.

There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.

We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.

@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.

America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

The aftermath of LC-36 following New Glenn's explosion during its Static Fire test last night captured by D Wise (@dwisecinema).

Overview of the incident:
https://t.co/J1aWYWecfA

[Asher B. @asherbphotos]

First look at LC-36 from the air this morning after the explosion of New Glenn last night during a failed hotfire test.
Visible is the wreckage from the destroyed TE as well as the fallen lightning tower. More to come soon.

📸 - @LaunchHeavenX

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

The implications of New Glenn’s failure are probably worse than you think. I dig in here to some of the most serious concerns.

https://t.co/IkUTNjDvjI

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Blue Origin rocket explodes on Florida launchpad https://t.co/DfOkx3hwmK

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

NASA is aware of the anomaly that occurred tonight at Launch Complex 36 involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 

Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.

We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.