Max Evans

Spaceflight Content Producer/Commentator with NSF | @nasaspaceflight | ordinary life = ordinary stories

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 with Starlink 10-43 https://t.co/6CD2ZTgXuM

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

That’s right. Under budget AND ahead of schedule.

Looking forward to seeing the beginning of the world-changing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope NET August 30.

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@yingzhangphoto @NASASpaceflight Right on, thanks so much for these man. Great to finally meet you!

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Confused by the sound of all the playbacks for the New Glenn explosion at Cape Canaveral Space Force Center? It's TV Magic.

John "Das" Galloway (@KSpaceAcademy) explains the time it takes for sound to travel from our cameras to our microphones.

➡️https://t.co/Yi1pmwqBQc

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@NASASpaceflight @jdeshetler

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Why not…

Vulcan VC2, Starship Flight 10, and Delta IV Heavy in reverse monochrome.

[Asher B. @asherbphotos]

Taking some inspiration from @astromatthewt, I edited some of my photos to be in inverse monochrome and I cannot believe I’ve never done this before. It’s so cool!

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

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

[ULA @ulalaunch]

The first low Earth orbit (LEO)-optimized Centaur upper stage is now integrated atop the Vulcan rocket at ULA's @AmazonLeo Integration Facility!

Integrating the vehicle with the new LEO 85K Centaur upper stage allows the team to perform first time procedures, validate stage and ground support equipment interfaces with a planned Wet Dress Rehearsal to validate new technologies in advance of the first Vulcan Leo mission.

Learn more in our blog:
https://t.co/thnd65wusQ

[Stoke Space @stoke_space]

Sound🔊on: epic fly-by footage of the ongoing Zenith engine testing and Stage 1 structural qualifications happening at our test site in Moses Lake. 🤘🚀

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@davill @blueorigin Mega thanks for the updates here, Dave!

Looking forward to seeing the strength of Blue’s workforce in action. Y’all got this.

[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.

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

I enjoyed being at the CNBC event, but I wanted to clarify. The question was about the timing of the Moon Base and recent lunar rover awards. I was pointing out that those missions are not until 2028, which should be well within what is possible for pad recovery.

Blue Origin leadership has responded incredibly quickly, and NASA will do all we can to help with root cause analysis and accelerate pad recovery timeframes while staying extremely focused on progressing the lander.

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@Alexphysics13

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

after nearly a month on the road… finally home 🤍

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@JerryPikePhoto

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Always a pleasure to spend time with @AstroIronMike, @zenanaut, and @Astro_Kimiya.

Human spaceflight represents the very best of teamwork, preparation, and international partnership. Grateful for all this crew accomplished aboard the @Space_Station as we continue to push the boundaries of exploration.

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

@AJamesMcCarthy @astryl_info o shoot u right

[Vast @vast]

🇫🇷 Today at Choose France, President @EmmanuelMacron announced a historic agreement with Vast for 2 astronaut missions: @Thom_astro to the International Space Station and @Arno_astro to Haven-1. Vast will also establish its European Headquarters in Paris. https://t.co/zOGyyruJwN

[NSF - NASASpaceflight.com @NASASpaceflight]

Reviewing all the NSF camera views and the aftermath of the New Glenn explosion at LC-36.

➡️https://t.co/NpcBW029PZ