Gav | spaceOFFSHORE

No lightning without thunder. No Space without ships. ⚓🚀 Ramblings about offshore aerospace activities globally since 2018.

[Gav | spaceOFFSHORE @spaceOFFSHORE]

I don't have the words to describe the last seven days.

Wow. Marine Assets Rock. ❤️‍🔥 Thanks for tuning in!

[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.

[Jerry Pike @JerryPikePhoto]

Falcon 9 steaming ahead towards Port Canaveral

[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🇺🇸

[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]

[Kiko Dontchev @TurkeyBeaver]

Couldn’t agree more with Shana. Thinking about the entire team at Blue. We’ve been there before and there are very few things worse than losing a vehicle on the pad. Remember @blueorigin, it’s the darkest before the dawn and you will be measured not by this anomaly, but by how you respond. We are all rooting for you to get safely back to flight as soon as possible!

[Gav | spaceOFFSHORE @spaceOFFSHORE]

*Ferociter

[Gav | spaceOFFSHORE @spaceOFFSHORE]

Blue Origin's range security Feroricter patrol boats remain offshore from LC-36 at this time, following the explosion during static fire testing of New Glenn earlier tonight.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

[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.

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4.

https://t.co/tANS0dWyIH

[Rough Riders Show @RoughRidersShow]

SpaceX’s Starship transport barge “You’ll Thank me Later” has arrived at Port of Brownsville! @NASASpaceflight

[Colleen @colleenadastra]

Marmac 31, otherwise known as "You'll Thank Me Later," has arrived in the Port of Brownsville!

This barge is expected to transport SpaceX equipment and flight hardware such as horizontal Starships and Boosters from Starbase,TX to the Space Coast of Florida.

@NASASpaceflight

[Starship Gazer @StarshipGazer]

The new SpaceX Starship and Booster transport barge "You'll Thank Me Later" has arrived at the Port of Brownsville today. This will be used to transport Starships and Boosters from Starbase, TX to Cape Canaveral, FL.

5/27/26

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Starship Barge "You'll Thank Me Later" Arrives at Starbase https://t.co/YVdDs1kaiB

[Starlink @Starlink]

Starlink-equipped buoys provided real-time video streaming in the Indian Ocean during Starship's twelfth flight test

[Gav | spaceOFFSHORE @spaceOFFSHORE]

@thejackbeyer @dpoddolphinpro @Erdayastronaut

[Mark Federschmidt @BoosterTribe]

Come work at @SpaceX in Starbase, TX. We have hovercraft…. And the largest, most powerful craft ever to fly. 🚀😎

[🏳️‍🌈Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (Alex) @Alexphysics13]

"This is fine"

[Marcus House @MarcusHouse]

Holy S#%^! 🤯

[Gav | spaceOFFSHORE @spaceOFFSHORE]

Fiery landing for Starship!